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Western side of Stapleton Gulch in the Argenta district. The Stapleton workings are visible in the lower...of the center below the crest of the hill. in Montana Unless otherwise noted, all photographs by the... CHRISTOPHER S. TUCKER PO Box 22575 Billings, Montana 59104 tuckerj@mcn.net W ith the variety of colors...wulfenite; however, they seldom have specimens from Montana in their collections. When one thinks of wulfenite...western Montana. Figure 1. Wulfenite, with vanadinite, 8 mm across, Blackhawk mine, Radersburg district |
| Klepper, Montis Ruhl, Ruppel, E.T., Freeman, V.L., Weeks, R.A. (1971) Geology and mineral deposits, east flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana. Professional Paper 665. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp665 | Report (issue) |
East Flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...East Flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana By M. R. KLEPPER, E. T. RUPPEL, V. L...area________________________________ Radersburg area (Cedar Plains) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Quartzite...__ 49 2. Morrison and Swift Formations near Montana Silver Star mine____________________________ 52...(Kleinschmidt mine), Edna No.2 adit, Silver Saddle adit, and January mine, Winston mining district. 3. Geologic |
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DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................ |
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Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces |
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it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |
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....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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...widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason of some |
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Director Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED...______________________-__-_________--_------___-_ Ophir district.________________________________________________...__________---__--_-___ Austin district._.____..._..._._.____._____.____.___-.___._____ Marysville district.___________...___________________________________________ Gould district._______________________________________________ Stemple...._ Heddleston district.___________________________________________ Wolf Creek district.._..........__ |
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Resources of the Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area, Montana A cooperative study by the U.S. Geological Survey...deposit':?.. Elkhorn-Tizer Basin zone Elkhorn district -»_»_.,H"1 -? r7Q f i-L^ifciL P. d o-i-n DdO-Lll...Ridge prospect Breccia pipe deposits Skyline Mine Blackjack Mine Chicago and Last Hope Mines Group I - Precious-...(Mo-W-Nb-La-Y-Th) Cont inued Hidden Lake Lava Mountain area T? r\ ** r\ -rt JL>vJLL/ll « Continued...geology Important occurrences Mining districts (lodes) Beaver Creek district C O O /-\ t£ +L fU -t-L Y-* |
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EOCK IN THE THEEE FOBKS-YELLOWSTONE PARK EEGION MONTANA BY D. DALE CONDIT, E. H. FINCH AND J. T. PARDEE...147 147 147 148 148 150 151 Review of the Rocky Mountain fields________________ 166 Principal features...boundary Quadrant Mountain and vicinity _ Madison Range__________ _ Monument Mountain-Cabin Creek area...rock__________ __ ___________ Monument Mountain- _ ____ _ Mountain Sheep Point and vicinity-____________...___ Indian Creek_____________________________ Mountain front east of Ennis - ____________ in 169 169 |
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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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |
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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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |
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pegmatite exposures, such as Aquamarine, Beryl, some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: |
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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 -- |
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ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by R.G. Tysdal 1 , Steve Ludington2 , and...ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-683-A...in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...Federal lands within parts of five counties: Broadwater, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell, and Lewis and Clark...was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the |
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Montana Hodges Robert Feldman Shaded relief indicates terrain and slope. Second Edition Rockhounding...longitude numbers and grid ticks are GPS compatible. Montana Enhanced detail shows more symbols, labels, and...history Cover photos of Montana agate (front) and ammonite imprint (back) © Montana Hodges Cover design by...imprint of The Globe Pequot Press MONTANA Search for stunning Montana agate along the Yellowstone River...Bar Sapphire Mine. Help paleontologists excavate dinosaurs in Malta. Rockhounding Montana points the way |
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PISTOLS i !?' A J.-. N ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by ...present authentic infor mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive...United States Geological Survey in 1912. Plan. “Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada”, as...parts:—one on mining districts and the other on mineral resources. The section on mining districts is...but gives more extended descriptions and includes mining as well as geological information. The map which |
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ever since. Besides the La Grange mine, the largest hydraulic mine now in active operation, it contains...mines, particularly in the northern portion of the county. Large bodies of gravel of lower grade yet remain... Murphy, of the Union Hill mine; Mr. Pierre Bouery, of the La Grange mine; Mr. W. D. Ayers, of Poker...Globe mine; but more particularly to Mr. H. L. Lowden, formerly county surveyor of Trinity County, who...prominent, remarkably even crested ridge of South Fork Mountain, having an altitude of nearly 6,000 feet. The |
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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 |
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WASHINGTON May 5, 2007 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver...found in low grade metamorphic rocks produced by mountain building. The crucial characteristic of the environment...assemblage, which typically includes albite, adularia, calcite, chlorite minerals and anatase. This assemblage... Origin of faden structure During episodes of mountain building in which the dominant tectonic forces...They enlarge and become filled with minerals like calcite and quartz (as the fissure opens or later). In |
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INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district |
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Area, Broadwater and jefferson Counties, Montana U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1805 MONTANA Mineral...Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area, Broadwater and Jefferson Counties, Montana By WILLIAM R. GREENWOOD, STEVE...Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area, Broadwater and Jefferson Counties, Montana. (Studies related to wilderness)...no.: I 19.3:1805 1. Mines and mineral resources-Montana-Elkhorn Wilderness. 2. Elkhorn Wilderness (Mont...forest land in the Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area, Montana, that is being considered for wilderness designation |
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........................ 5 5 Distribution of mining districts..................................................................................... Montana.......................................................................... PART II. Catalogue of mining districts, by J. M. Hill..................................................... Classification of mining districts..................................................................................... Montana............................................... |
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Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA ABSTRACT ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission...fluids cool, and generally smaller amounts of calcite or dolomite by other mechanisms. To identify and...Dolomite exhibited a stronger carbonate response than calcite, as predicted based on their thermal spectral characteristics...and 2 exhibit the spectral features of quartz, calcite, and dolomite in this spectral region at original...Figure 2, the emissivity absorption features of calcite and dolomite at ASTER band 14 are related to out-of-plane |
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valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain a United plains of the great..."scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...KYANITE LAZULITE t^^*l IDOCRASE lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS ...from them weather the types of agates found in Montana. Metamorphic rocks include those of either of the...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive |
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RUBY GULCH GOLD MINING ROCKY MOUNTAINS, DISTRICT, LITTLE MONTANA. j. L. DYSON. ABSTRACT. In the Little...pyrite, fluorite, gold and sylvanitc. INTRODUCTION. Ruby Gulchis oneof two importantgold miningcampsin the...mountainuplift, {n the southwesternpart of Phi]lips County, Montana measuresabout ten miles{n its greatestdimension...: Gold depositsof the Little Rocky Mountains, Montana. U. S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 34o: /o9, x9o8. 2 Corry...Some gold deposits of Broadwater, Beaverhead, Phillips, andFergusC•unties,Montana. MontanaBur.MinesandGeol |