 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | retrogradephase. Other retrogradephasesincludewollastonite,vesuvianite,epidote,andehlorite;fluoriteand calciteare common...dergroundminingoperationsand producescopper, zinc, and silver from skarn-typeorebodies.The ore arsenic,and silverthan...Anticline •- Syncline • Fault --- Vein [] • Mines 0 IO0 • • • • • 500 m • FIG. 2. Surfacegeologicmap...formed; tr -- trace tremolite-actinolite,epidote, vesuvianite,chlorite, 22 43 Biotite Amphibole Clinopyroxene...chalcopyrite,pyrite, stibnite,pyrrhotite,andruby silvers,aswell aslarge amountsof calcite;its Pb gradesare |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | permission of the Chief Mining Engineer, B.C. of Mines. 80 Department SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS...grossularite,in a boro-silicatemineral near vesuvianite, and possiblyin chlorite. These minerals are...transparent quartz, common sulphides,gold and ruby silvers together with minor amounts of an alunite-dickite...deeper, enriched zones in the Cactus and Silver Prince mines. The extremely fine grained sulphideores...studiesby the U.S. GeologicalSurvey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, War ProductionBoard, Texas Bureau of EconomicGeology |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for...Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted excellent loose ilmenite crystal clusters...Burlakov and Kotrly (1995), about 20 other quartz mines are operated in the region of the Subpolar Urals...which the famous Dodo and Puiva mines belong, and some of these other mines also yield ilmenite crystals...the 1970s (Pezzotta, 2005b). Temperino and Lanzi mines, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno, Tuscany. Beginning |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the shadow of the headframes of the many gold mines in that famous district, spurred yet another phenomenal...Chao (1986, 1995); the incredible garnet and vesuvianite from the Jeffrey mine at Asbestos, Quebec; beautifully...phosphates from Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory; silvers and associated cobalt and nickel minerals from |  | | Book | | from contact metamorphism. Fine crystals of vesuvianite, garnet, scapolite and spinel can be found in...in parallel edges) -30- Tetragonal system Vesuvianite Orthorhombic system with a pyramidal termination...compound with two components, such as sodium chloride, silver sulphide. When two valence states exist for the...dendritic, tree- or branch-like as in native copper and silver; wedge-shaped, as in gypsum; spear-shaped, as in...cupboard. Sodium cyanide is used to clean gold, silver and copper. Concentrated nitric, sulphuric and |  | | Book | | Congress catalog card number: 77-186742 Printed in France by Draeger, Paris CONTENTS Introduction The Birth...Orleans, FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris 4 F. HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg...SCHUBNEL, Professor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ¥& JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector...Kongsberg, NORWAY }& PAUL FRAENKEL, collector, Paris, FRANCE jx JOHN FULLER, Mineral Assistant, British Museum...omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites? When the | | | Book | | Orleans, FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris ^ F* HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg...schubnel, Pro fessor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ^ JOHN sinkankas, author and collector,...Kongsberg, NORWAY ^ PAUL fraenkel, collector, Paris, France ^ JOHN fuller, Mineral Assistant, British Museum...omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites? When the...localities: the Egyptians were working gem and gold mines on the Upper Nile River, the Greeks were busy with |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg...W. E. Wilson Letter from Europe: Ste-Marie-aux-Mines Show ............................494 by M. P. Cooper...Treasures Two Huge Apatite Crystals A Discovery of Silver In The Gatineau A Rich Field For Prospecting Messrs...of mica from his Villeneuve mine and Pike lake mines; and a magnificent specimen of an apatite crystal |  | | Journal (issue) | | March–April, 2020 The Copper World and Mohawk Mines Northeastern San Bernardino County, California Paul...adams@aero.org Although the Copper World and Mohawk mines are nearly 2 miles apart, they share history and...from the Cima Road exit on Interstate 15. These mines, in particular the Mohawk, were popular destinations...the early history of the Copper World and Mohawk mines has been taken from Hewett (1956) and Vredenburgh...Company, which owned the Copper World and Mohawk mines, and his business records were donated to the Huntington | | | Journal (issue) | | March-April, 2020 THE COPPER WORLD AND MOHAWK MINES NORTHEASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ...adams@aero.org Although the Copper World and Mohawk mines are nearly 2 miles apart, they share history and...from the Cima Road exit on Interstate 15. These mines, in particular the Mohawk, were popular destinations...early history of the Cop per World and Mohawk mines has been taken from Hewett (1956) and V redenburgh...Company, which owned the Copper World and Mohawk mines, and his business records were donated to the Huntington |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | bismuth oc.cursas tetradymite'and bismuthinite;7 and silvers as argentire, associatedusually with the copperdeposits...copper, the camps at Clifton-Morenci, etc. Gold, silver, lead, andzincare occasionally recovered asby-products...SUCCESSION 2. Scapolite (Ca, NaC1, A1, SiOn). Vesuvianite (Ca, A1,F, SiO, OH). Quartz (SiOn). Muscovite...determinedthe following order at .theWhite Horse Pass mines in the Yukon: (a) pyroxene,and rarely magnetite...sometimescopper,often both. Again there is gold, silver, manganese. Nickel, titanium, beryllium, boron |  | | Catalog/List | | 50 81B17 NICKI:L, Ni, Noumea, New Caledonia. (a) silver-gray nickel grains (0.5 IIl'II.) with black ilmenite...00 81B38 VESUVIANITE, Banchetti Mt., Bellecombe, Italy. Exceptional clusters of vesuvianite. Sharp, lusterous...semseyite crystals (minor sphalerite and galena). Rare silver mineral. Matrix is 3 x 6 cm ••. $100.00 81B70 PROUSTITE...needle cassiterite associated with this unusual silver species. (note: crystal is not "granular" as most...114 CHABOURNEITE, Tl 5 Sb21S34, Jas Roux, Isere, France, (a) small (2-3 mm) black masses of chabourneite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg...Alpine sulfosalt occurrence at Saint-Pons, Haute-Provence, France .........................................curator of minerals at the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, has been appointed Collection...mining district, which has been mined for gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, arsenic and bismuth |  | | Book | | and the most valuable. precious metals are gold, silver, ( like this rolled in emerald pebble, a stream)...organized early mining - for example, abandoned mines and waste dumps - is found in the Urals of Russia...many thousands of years. The earliest back known mines date 2000 lu:. to Egypt, INTRODUCTION • Ancient... lost surrounded by tales of and murder. Some mines are thought to be cursed probably rumors spread...refractive color, opaque White or Silver Always White or Silver Milky Quartz 85 Distinctive milky |  | | Book (edition) | | for most mineral production. The majority of the mines still officially discourage any collecting. We have...and singularity for a few cents’ worth of metal. Mines that encounter specimens of great artistic and scientific...studies of inaccessible and abandoned mines. Someday many old mines may come to life again, reopened because...because studies of specimens that were saved when the mines were running have indicated that other minerals...dry compounds cobalt nitrate [Co(NO,),-6H,O], silver nitrate sium iodide (KI), dimethylglyoxime (AgNO) |  | | Journal (issue) | | learning that was never taught in school. If you could lure some previously converted “rock hound” to serve...higher grade pro duct and to permit recovery of the silver in the ore which runs about 3.2 ounces to the ton...concentrate and the tailings will carry sufficient silver values to warrant further treatment by a hydrometallurgical...hydrometallurgical process to produce a shippable silver concen trate. Seeks Barite Source Events leading...but more significant ones may be dis covered in mines where a coal bed or other ore body is either cut |  | | Journal (issue) | | IHI1IJNGA1llY. Figure 1. "Internal view of the silver mines near Schemnitz, in Hungary" published by C....scepter and skeletal quartz, drusy amethyst, wire silver, acanthite, pyrargyrite, stephanite, barite, calcite...For centuries the deposit was mined mainly for silver, but also for gold, lead, zinc and copper. The...first pneumatic pump, "European amalgamating" in silver-ore processing, the novel "Hungarian" ore car for...("Mine"), and in 1228 when the name Argentifodina ("Silver Mines") appears. During the 12th and 13th centuries |  | | Book (edition) | | of giving in connection some information as to mines and mining renovation ; industry. " The student...and its Compounds Copper and its Compounds 141 Silver its Lead and its Compounds Zinc and its Compounds...Chrysolite Group Garnet Group Zircon Group 281 Vesuvianite, Epidote, etc Axinite 282 Danburite, lolite...windows, and in arborescent forms of native copper, silver, gold, etc. Fig. 11 represents, much magnified...flatten out under the hammer, as in native gold, silver, copper. When thin slices may be cut off with |  | | Journal (issue) | | Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach...(Elmhurst, IL) Gilbert Gauthier (Maisons-Laffitte, France) Gemmological Institute o f America, Michael Waitzman...Mateo, CA) Thomas N. McKee, Arizona Turquoise and Silver (Scottsdale, AZ) John C. Medici (Dublin, OH) Frank...lous photos of the abandoned Japanese stibnite mines,” he said to me when I visited him in Fallbrook;...demonstrates the value of personal encounters with the mines and the miners. American Sapphire mine, Yogo Gulch |  | | Book (edition) | | two adjacent faces into the telescope deter- mines the angle existing c Fig. 2. Contact Goniometer...in Figs. 79, 80 Zircon. Fig. 85. Fig. 89. Vesuvianite. Fig. 92. Cassiterite. basal pinacoid, basal... 81. Fig. 86. Fig. 90. Zircon. Zircon. Vesuvianite. Fig. 93. Combinations. Fig. 87. Apophyllite...are accomplished. For instance, metals like lead, silver, copper, etc., may be reduced from their minerals...other lying nearer the bottom of the tube, of a silver-gray and crystalline material. Oxysulphide of |  | | Journal (issue) | | NV photography: Nelly Barland Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Oiaf Medenbach...of recreated underground environments from many mines, countries and eras. Imagine spending more than...jaunt over to Salzburg to tour the famous salt mines and enjoy the city’s wonderful ambiance, shopping...compact brown oxide of iron. Chessy near Lyons in France. 4474 Green carbonate of copper variety fibrous...blue carbonate of copper with lithomarge. Chessy France. 6458 Pyroxene crystallized in eight-sided prisms |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | poison ivy for fine xl specimens of Vesuvianite on massive Vesuvianite. At No. Groton, N . H., he collected...on the dumps of the old abandoned emerald mines on Silvers Ridge proved worth the agony and produced...throughout South West Africa, where he visited many mines both of minerals and diamonds. The lecture was enjoyed...Berry of East Lynn, Mass., showed kodachromes of mines in Ontario, Maine and New Hampshire which produce...Mr. Stinson from the California State Bureau of Mines who will talk to us on "Uranium" Canada Thunder |  | | Book (edition) | | for most mineral production. The majority of the mines still officially discourage collecting by workers...of beauty for their few cents' worth of metal. Mines that encounter specimens of great artistic and scientific...Mining and Mineral Museum, the Arizona Bureau of Mines, the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, the Canadian...studies of inaccessible and abandoned mines. Someday many old mines may come again to life, reopened because...because studies of specimens that were saved when the mines were running have indicated that other minerals |  | | Book (edition) | | order prism and pyramid with second order prism (vesuvianite) ; 28, Combination of basal pinacoid with the...the same forms as Fig. 27 ; (vesuvianite) ; 29, Twin crystal of cassiterite (a contact twin). PROPERTIES...of the following: Thumb nail, Copper or 1\ silver coin, Knife blade, 5|-6 Window glass, 6|-7...MINERALS 8 The ore minerals of the heavy metals silver, copper, mercury, are soft, mostly below 3. Sulphides...) Streak black or nearly so: SECTION Mineral silver-white to steel-gray Mineral dark gray, black, blue |  | | Book (volume) | | well as Toronto and Ottawa in Canada and Paris, France, proved to be invaluable sources of information...interest of the written account. There are many great mines or finds which have no surviving specimens to represent...claims of the discovery of certain silver minerals in Maine mines is reduced due to the almost non-existence...specimens because they themselves remember which mines they have visited. If there were a never-ending...and sometimes more, of a known mine. Underground mines frequently have near-surface horizontal excavations |
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