 | | Book | | berg Organ Pipes / Twyfelfontein 7 AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 ...Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an |  | | Book | | REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as copper, since the early part...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium, arsenic, antimony...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries |  | | Journal (issue) | | the participating collectors. Contents How wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by...Steve Maslansky Bill Yedowitz Denis Menard How Wulfenite Became the Official State Mineral of Arizona Alexander... the Arizona State Legislature voted to make wulfenite the official state mineral of Arizona. Considering...source of the world’s most beautiful and treasured wulfenite, and has not just one but many world-class occurrences...considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical choice for |  | | Journal (issue) | | happening with micromounting or microminerals in your region, get in touch with one of the following: New South........................ 2 Trip Report – Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Northern Territory ..............Micromineral News: Issue 7 Trip Report – Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Northern Territory Dehne McLaughlin...continues to unravel. I have determined that a copper oxide (malachite and cuprite?) rich fault depicted...previously thought it was an area of copper stained rock filled with leached copper from the higher elevated azurite |  | | Book | | was a site on what was known in 1887 as the Yale Farm, about two miles northeast of the town of Litchfield...localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing...clefts are found fairly commonly throughout this region, such that only a handful of notable finds during...medium-submetallic luster (Jahn et al., 2003). NAMIBIA [SOUTH-WEST AFRICA] Erongo Mountains, Damaraland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mines, W i n n Pocket, E l m Spring, and Kerr's Farm) 7 miles N and N W of Archer City along Big and...carnotite, calcite (Eargle and Snider, 1957). Thane prospect, 2 miles S W of Tordilla Hill on crest of sandstone...sandstones; chalcocite (rounded masses and grains), copper, azurite and malachite (coatings) (Zeitner, 1972)...fluorite, schorl (Barnes, 1956). Scott Klett Ranch prospect, W N W of Johnson City along Pedernales River...(crystals), kaolinite, molybdenite, quartz, siderite, wulfenite (crystals) (Price, Henry, and Standen, 1983). |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Park quarry, djurlei'te, I72 Combe Farm quarry, Henbury, wulfenite, 298 Merehead quarry, Shepton Mallet...cryptoperthite, 63 Sierra Leone Freetown, gabbro, digenite, copper, I I I Nigeria Godani Station, Kaduna, microcline...Tombstone, tlapallite, 183 South-West Africa (Namibia) Onganja mine, cuprite, 5o5 Otjosondu, celsian...36I and M37 CENTRAL AUSTRALIA Harry Creek copper prospect and Johannsen's phlogopite mine, Strangways...WESTERN AUSTRALIA Alice Mary copper mine, Kundip, lavendulan, 369 Bali Low copper mine, Capricorn Range, lavendulan |  | | Journal (issue) | | locality Yarrow Creek. The copper analogue of adamite, this secondary copper mineral is found in the oxidized...oxidized zones of copper deposits containing arsenic-bearing phases, especially enargite. BMS NEWSLETTER...tonne in some assays, generally the average is about 100 g per tonne." "We should have a report coming out...wit11 various high grade copper, tin. a bit ofz.inc, and between 90 g and 100 g per tonne of indium. One...starting up. Of that the management now believe around 100 tonnes could be indium. lndium goes towards making |  | | Report (issue) | | information on all known Mesozoic occurrences of copper, gold, iron, lead, silver, zinc, barite,and fluorite...of Cu and/or In. Sandstone-hosted deposits are copper-rich, typically enriched in Ag and sometimes U...sulfiderich portions of magnetite skarn deposits and copper-rich hornfels deposits, and the resource potential...evaluated. In addition, the resource potential of copper, zinc, and lead in black-mudstone-hosted stratabound...information on all known Mesozoic occurrences of copper, gold, iron, lead, silver, zinc, barite, and fluorite |  | | Report (issue) | | crystal is 9 mm. Frontispiece: Azurite, Burra copper mine; 5 mm crystal group on chrysocolla. INTRODUCTION...and localities are grouped under the particular region. A set of regional maps, which act as a guide to... CENTRAL NORTH fie Eyre \N roa WESTERN oe REGION WESTE! aN 5 STUART > Gy WALES. ea Lake...Shelf____ Western Region Yorke Peninsula 4 __—__—'5 Kangaroo (2 ISLAND . SHIN UiA [Ee 100 esoOoCeeseaea...Wooltana Volcanics 1.5 km south of the Green Hill copper mine; in Wooltana Volcanics near Arkaroola Bore |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | R. spectrum, 277 and MI7 ALABASTER(C.), A new wulfenite locality near Bristol, 298 Albite, Greenland,...the St. Just aureole, Cornwall, 427 Alice Mary copper mine, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 Alkali feldspar...Brazil, anal., opt., sp. gr., X-ray, I79 Bali Low copper mine, Capricorn Range, W. Australia, lavendulan...Pt-Fe alloys for, 271 Coombe Farm quarry, Henbury, Somerset, wulfenite, 298 Coon Creek, Polk Co., Arkansas...Arkansas, kidwellite, 137 Copper, ferroan, Sierra Leone, anal., I I I Copt Point, Folkestone, Kent, glauconite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Over in 1929 is show n in its en tirety on page 100. S ee th e a rtic le by D ick Jones on th e Old Y...has been opened. It is heavy with metal, but with copper only. (Nevertheless) it is a mine of great richness...mistook “copper glance” (chalcocite) for “silver glance” (acanthite), and abandoned their prospect when assays...Ajo mines and shipped the first load of Arizona copper ore in 1855. THE PERALTA MINES For this last story...beauti ful. Though closed in 1982, the mine yielded copper, silver, gold and a wide variety of crystallized |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................................404 COVER: WULFENITE group, 6 cm, from the Stefanie mine at Bleiberg...decided to depict a specimen of Red Cloud mine wulfenite (drawn rather loosely from Bob Lane’s superb,...2000 years; and it is the type locality fo r wulfenite, hydrozincite and ilsemannite. B INTRODUCTION...imong the classic mineral localities of Europe. Wulfenite is, of ourse, the most famous Bleiberg species...Vulfenite], contains 21 hand-colored engravings of wulfenite pecimens and is surely the most extravagantly |  | | Report (issue) | | Some geologic aspects of the SierritaEsperanza copper-molybdenum deposit, Pima County, Arizona, in Jenney...Hauck, H. R., eds., Proceedings of the porphyry copper symposium: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v...1943, Report on the Loma Prieta mine (copper and molybdenum), Copper Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona: U.S...Open-File Report, 6 p. 1948, Structural control of copper mineralization, Bagdad, Arizona: American Institute...Alteration and metallization in the Bagdad porphyry copper deposit, Arizona: Economic Geology, v. 45, p. 609-628 |  | | Report (issue) | | PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER, INC. / Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania...PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER, INC. - Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsyl...compiled. FOREWORD Seventeenth century European copper technology was brought to the new world with the...southeastern Pennsylvania served as a supplier of copper, and some of the mines and dumps are still in evidence...evidence today. “Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsyl vania, |  | | Book (edition) | | ARIZONA MINERAL DEPOSITS Porphyry Copper Deposits 57 Porphyry-Copper-Related and Other Hydrothermal Deposits...Chrysocolla Copper Copper after cuprite Cuprite Cuprite var. chalcotrichite Dioptase and wulfenite Fluorite...Vanadinite Vanadinite after wulfenite Volborthite Wulfenite Wulfenite Wulfenite and cerussite Illustrations...used as Navajo ceremonial articles 21 Porphyry copper deposits of Arizona 62 Primary minerals at Bisbee...discussed the following topics: porphyry copper deposits; porphyry-copper-related deposits, including those |  | | Journal (issue) | | Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper Industry” by C. P. Connolly in McClure’s Magazine...Box 15724 Arlington, Virginia 22215 For more than 100 years Butte’s dozens of mines have been a source...species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite...bleak and desolate. Fumes from smelter operations 100 years ago destroyed much of the local natural vegetation...mining and, particularly, on the mining of one metal—copper. But things did not begin that way. Butte effectively | | | Book (edition) | | 2 7f 1 - , a,zy MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains...Manufactured in the United States of America DOs 9S ae9 07 100) |Oe SOUS ts mee Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication...ARIZONA MINERAL DEPOSITS Porphyry Copper Deposits 57 Porphyry-Copper-Related and Other Hydrothermal Deposits...Chrysocolla Copper Copper after cuprite Cuprite Cuprite var. chalcotrichite Dioptase and wulfenite Fluorite...Vanadinite Vanadinite after wulfenite Volborthite Wulfenite Wulfenite Wulfenite and cerussite Illustrations |  | | Report (issue) | | Mineral Resource Report 80 GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF COPPER-URANIUM OCCURRENCES IN THE PICTURE ROCKS AND SONESTOWN... PREFACE This report documents a large number of copper and uranium occur rences within one area of the...assisted in the relocating of the McCauley 22 prospect and the locating of the Bench Mark 359 and Mid...assistance in identifying plant specimens from the Old Copper open pit geobotanical anomaly. Reviews of this...of the Picture Rocks-Sonestown area History of copper and uranium prospecting in the Picture RocksSonestown |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA Director: B.G. Ho...Ho al BULLETIN 1 Type mineralogy of Namibia by Vaughan C. Daltry Editor: Clare Kennedy Galloway Obtainable...the Geological Survey P.O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia Price Local (+GST) Abroad (Post Free) R20.00 R25... ______ ........ Abstract The type mineralogy of Namibia is reviewed. One hundred and thirty-nine (139)...Twenty-three (23) unnamed phases are also listed. Namibia ranks second to Zaire as the most productive African |  | | Book (edition) | | ~ 0 500 z ~ _J <( 400 I- 0 I- 300 200 100 00 0) Arizona State Symbols 0 00 CD 0 ....,...in 1974. Turquoise is widespread throughout the copper-mining areas in Arizona and has been used in jewelry...jewelry for centuries. Large-scale open-pit copper mining brought an increase in the amount of available...park and preparing it for decorative use. In 2015, copper was proclaimed the state metal. Legislation was...was drafted after a fourth-grade class at Copper Creek Elementary School had the idea and reached out to |  | | Catalog/List | | Mineral Specimens Publishing Bort Connon 1041 N.E. 100 Street Seattle, WA. 98125 206-522-9233 MINERALSPECIMENPRICELIST...PSEUDOMORPHS after WULFENITE ... Pima Co., AZ. Sparkling black mottramite after .2 to .6 inch wulfenite xls. TN...#424 ... SPHALERITE ... Vanishing Derelict Copper Prospect, King Co., WA. Deep red xls on buff colored...specirnens@ 18.00 ea.(431 is lxl) #432 ... EPIDOTE... Copper Mtn Mine, AK. Lustrous dark green xls with quartz |  | | Report (issue) | | frontis. Price 75$. 37. 38. Rosamond uranium prospect, Kern County, California, by George W. Walker...jade and associated rocks of the Cape San Martin region. Monterey County, California, by Richard A. Crippen...13 13 Rocks Structure Ore deposits Copper Ann area Copper Eell mine Ubehebe Peak area Hidden Valley...topographic area 26. Composite and geologic maps of the Copper Bell mine 51 Gold Lost Burro mine History and...district, which was first known for the scattered copper deposits and later for the deposits of silver, |  | | Book (edition) | | Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably...University of Arizona, read the section on porphyry copper deposits and made constructive comments. Susan...MINERAL DEPOSITS 9 1. The Porphyry Copper Deposits 11 2. Porphyry Copper-Related Deposits The Bisbee District...in calcite 19 Photographs Wulfenite Cerussite on aurichalcite Wulfenite on mottramite Aurichalcite...Aurichalcite and hemimorphite Wulfenite on stalactite Quartz twinned after the Japanese law Banded malachite and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia...2003 famous mineral localities: THE BISHOP COPPER PROSPECT near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia...only one locality in the world: the Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station, Virginia. At least 26 other...turquoise, but the specimens recovered from the Bishop prospect are still generally considered the best and most...INTRODUCTION Although the existence of the Bishop prospect is common knowledge among mineral collectors, |
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