 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of COLORADO ED RAINES Geology Museum Colorado School of Mines 1310 Maple Street Golden, Colorado 80401...Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection, photographer...photographer unknown. B etween 1868 and 1922, Colorado produced almost 260 million pounds of copper. Nearly 100...from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow ocher; 2 nearby...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow ocher; 2 nearby...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite is likely the best known and... for a mineral than to be often confused with azurite. Such is the case with the much-rarer linarite...linarite, a striking blue mineral that occurs, like azurite, in the oxidized parts of base-metal ore deposits...all too late, that what was thought to be modest azurite—hardly worth the bother to collect—was actually...over have discovered linarite, often posing as azurite, at many historic sites thought to be no longer |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest | | | Report (issue) | | 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph by J...percent of the state. Nevada's public lands offer mining, livestock grazing, wild horse viewing, .scenic...Road and Geologic Tours in th<' Las Vegas Area. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...David A. Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill County. Dan Behnke...Hot Springs Iron meteorite Lake (Mopung Hills) District Various mines and prospects: mopungite,* romeite |  | | Book (edition) | | chameleon color, or jasper), etc. gem if you not yellow, nor are might be any one of most any The poppy...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...found United States is usually pale yellow or pinkish yellow. quartz has a in in the Smoky smoky...left of center. Orbicular or "poppy" jasper with yellow, red, and orange patterns. How gems for I...recent model cars are designed for a rutted road or boulder the ground. is A jeep is an they are too close |  | | Report (issue) | | serpierite, woodwardite, wroewolfeite, aurichalcite, azurite, malachite, chalcopyrite. Distribution: Numerous...(Herrengrund), Slovakia. In the USA, in the Yellow Pine mine, Crisman, Boulder Co., Colorado, and at the Majuba Hill...Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing Co., Nevada. In Canada, from the Ives mine, near Eastman, Quebec...Washington, D.C., USA, who investigated the CuO−SO3 −H2 O system. Type Material: Mining Institute, St. |  | | Report (issue) | | detailed to visit a number of widely separated mining districts in Nevada and northeastern California...nine days of September were spent in the Yellow Pine district, Nevada's new and largest zinc camp. This...and people of the district did much to expedite the work. The mining men of the district extended many courtesies...ACCESSIBILITY. The Yellow Pine mining district, sometimes called ,the Good Springs district, is in the southwestern...southwestern part of Clark County, Nev., near the California line. It covers the southern part of the Spring |  | | Report (volume) | | Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT |  | | Book | | 193-256 137-208 129-192 209-264 193-256 [ [ COLORADO-Ill] 177-256 121-184 89-168 1-120 1-88 [ ...177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400 COLORADO-II] 321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400...69-132 65-128 1-64 11 / 1980 20 I 1989 [ COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504...21:98100 Abstracts of the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich)...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN |  | | Journal (issue) | | David Muench, Santa Barbara, California. OURAY, COLORADO 6 Howard Neal GOODIES AT GOODSPRINGS 8 Mary...to form the Sunset Route. This gave impetus to mining and agriculture and in turn intensified the construction...from San Francisco to the Yuma crossing on the Colorado River. Each illustration is accompanied by a text...Aerial Tramway GHOSTS by HOWARD NEAL Ouray, Colorado The Indians called the place "Uncapahgre." In... Ouray's setting is one of the most spectacular In Colorado. The community Is situated in a small river valley |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |  | | Book (volume) | | corner of Kimball Co. where it overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the...especially along the southern slopes and ridges of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Journal (issue) | | talking and showing pictures of "The Minerals of the Colorado Plateau". Joe is an avid collector and is scheduled...great grandchildren. His interest in mineral and mining was something that he liked to share with schools...California Mines Aga Mine. Baker, San Bernardino County In January of 2004 the rare CulPb tellurate parakhinite...SEM. Bagdad-Chase Mine, Ludlow, San Bernardino County In January of 2003 exceptionally fine crystals...Nevada Mines Boss Mine. Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) District, Clark County Nissonite from the Boss Mine is listed |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...nonmetallic ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock...regained its preeminent status in precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage...Minerals about the minerals of the Black Hawk district in New Mexico (MarcWApril 1993). GE ON OM...Potosi district (PO) GI - Gilbert district GO - Goldfield district GP - Gold Point district GS - Goodsprings |  | | Report (issue) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Report (issue) | | CASSITERITE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By WALDEMAR T. SCHALLER. A small handful of cassiterite...crystals was found in the northern part of San Diego County, Cal. (fig. 22), in the spring of 1915, and the...showing position of cassiterite locality in San Diego County, Cal. The rectangle indicates the gem tourmaline...tin ore in place previously known in San Diego County. These are as follows: F. J. H. Merrill 1 has stated...the southern part of the county. Additional reported occurrences are in Pine Valley; on the south end |  | | Book (edition) | | Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...are with mine names and occasional1y mining district names. Mining districts, generally are not now formally...the Coeur d'Alene District is the name presently used for the entire silver district that runs from Kellogg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals. Most...minerals of collector interest, including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite...Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke, Washington County. It has also...at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; as good micromount material at the...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as |
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