 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...mountains of western Montana. Figure 1. Wulfenite, with vanadinite, 8 mm across, Blackhawk mine, Radersburg district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | net SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2023 Articles The Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England............only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...business on the side, called Gulf Coast Minerals and Mining, and had a table at many shows in the Southeast...containing a wet and dry cave environment and a mine. He was active in the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society...TRINCHILLO TOURMALINE WITH LEPIDOLITE Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil 16 cm | w w w.FineMineral.com Fine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 23:16 02 June 2016 Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur d’Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho 190 ROCKS & MINERALS...should follow on the heels of its sister mineral, mimetite, the subject of last issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice...decades and are well known to collectors. Unlike mimetite, pyromorphite is historically important from localities...and from a relatively large number of European mining districts. Strikingly perfect, transparent pyromorphite...color alone cannot distinguish pyromorphite from mimetite, its arsenic-rich and typically yellow equivalent |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 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...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Philadelphia. Here, the Wheatley, Brookdale, and Chester County mines operated in gneiss and red shale to extract...of green pyromorphite crystals from the Wheatley mine. Pyromorphite from this locality in this size is...the American market in recent years. The Rosenberg mine at Ems has produced specimens consisting of crystals...similar in form to pyromorphite from Granite County, Montana, described below, and seem par ticularly worthy...check for fluorescence. Black Pine, Granite County, Montana: An unusual form of pyromorphite has entered |  | | Book | | Mineralogical Record P. 0. Box 1656 Carson City, NV 89702, USA N. Bariand 90/91; British Museum (NH) London 110/111...representing 100-200 mineral species: an exception is the mining museum of Kongsberg, Norway, showing only a single...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part...aspects of Africa and its inhabitants, such as mining, agriculture, zoology, special botany, prehistoric...has been housed in the "Schonborner Hof'. This castle-like building in baroque style, with two domed |  | | Book (edition) | | in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...Butte, have’ been found at at Breckinridge, Montana. Franklin, New Well-shaped crystals at Binnatal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 29 December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a...occurrence. Clearly, minerals such as pyromorphite, mimetite, other members of the apatite group, and a very...fine 6.3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen...Day Township, Saratoga County, New York; another at Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island; and one |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to 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 of wide distribution...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; |  | | | | in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...Breckinridge, Colorado. Excellent crystals at Butte, Montana. Green varieties have been found at Franklin, New |  | | Book | | MLP. (Michael P. Minerals of the English Lake District Caldbeck Fells Cumbria. Caldbeck. Mineral deposts...centre ofthe photograph. The results of centuries of mining can be seen in the rubble—strewn bed of Dale Beck...largely of debris washed down fromthe Roughton Gill mine dumps under Iron Crag C O N T E N INTRODUCTION...GEOLOGY MINERAL MINES T 7 13 DEPOSITS AND MiNING COLLECTORS MINERALS APPENDIX 1 S 21 29 65...specimens ever found: pyromorphite, plumbogummite, mimetite, linarite, hemimorphite and other species from |  | | Book | | Pyromorphitc on Plumbogummitc Roughton GJ/1, Coldbeck, Cumberland. The Lindsay Greenbank Collection buildings...these minerals and ores from the mines of Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland made a huge and crucial...an unprecedented rate. The sights and sounds of mining in the Northern counties now linger only in the...Nowadays, surface traces of mining are mos~y LG 41 Calcite Frizington, Cumberland restricted to the barren...of waste rock and gangue discarded during mining - the mine pagel The Lindsay Gree11ba11k Collection |  | | Catalog/List | | ·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent | | | Catalog/List | | ·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent |  | | Book | | of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...and W.H. MILLER, F.R.S., F.G.S. London , 1852. Mining Almanack, compiled and arranged by HENRY ENGLISH...CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32 52 CUMBERLAND DERBYSHIRE DEVONSHIRE 55 56 DORSETSHIRE DURHAM...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD |  | | Book | | Council Glossary of the minerals of the Lake District and adjoining areas B. Young NEWCASTLE UPON...siderite, Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite (MNS 4491) Back cover-'Daisy' gypsum, Birks Head Mine, Long Marton (MNS...(MNS 4487) (top left) Mimetite, variety campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right)...Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale (MNS 4488) (bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS...booksellers A Glossary of the Minerals of the Lake District and Adjoining Areas B. Young Introduction The |  | | Journal (issue) | | P. J. Dunn Famous mineral localities: The Mezica mine, Slovenia, Yugoslavia ............................ISSUES! v.15/#5 Jacupiranga mine (Bra zil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $7 v.15/#6... v,16/#4 Kingsgate mines (Australia), Mauldin Mountain Phosphates (AL) $7 v,16/#5 Tourmaline Issue!...17/#2 v.17/#3 v,17/#4 National Belle mine (CO), Tip Top mine (SD), Stoneham Barite (CO) $8 v.1 7 /#.../# 5 v.1 7 /# 6 v ,15/#4 Sterling mine (NY), Burra mine (Australia), Lotharmeyerite, Jack Boyle $7 |  | | Book | | Verona. Contents PART I: COLLECTIONS Fluorite Mimetite 18 ‘Tourmaline Sulfur 22 Vanadinite Wulfenite...been saved from the destructive processes of ore mining and have been reverently preserved, having passed...are known to be in a mine, the hazards they face even before emerging from the mine are horrendous. More...shattering effect of the heavy explosives used in mining. If specimens do survive the explosions, most go...Institute is also from California, from the Red Ledge Mine. 12 For silver it seems impossible to surpass |  | | Catalog/List | | S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...chalcophanite crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly equant |  | | Catalog/List | | ANNABERGITE variety CABRERITE. Laurium, Attica District, Greece. Choice, lustrous lime green crystals...crystals. 2xlxl". £1.50. 9. ARAGONITE. Rowrah, West Cumberland. Lustrous, transparent, slightly milky elongated...inside. lisl-l-xl-t". £7.00. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A - Choice, lustrous...axis. £13.00. 16. BISMUTHINITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Elongated, needly, crystals...Chlorite. 3tx2xl~". £8.00. BISMUTHINITE. Brosso Mine " Piecmont, Italy. Rich, bright, silvery grey bladed |  | | Journal (issue) | | '-�-i;\'.\ ,. lo; I ,., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _...interest to amateur mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...minerals in Scotland; ... Dr Brown, living in the district, had kept an eye upon everything that came his...Clyde In the parish of Erskine in the Renfrew District ofStrathclyde Region, Scodand. It is about 7km...(Telephone 0872 223227). August 2nd: Visit to Dufron Mine, Dufton, near Appleby. Meet at Dufton Village municipal |  | | Book | | extreme rise in temperature during the formation of mountain ranges. In the presence of inhibiting water, the...68 68 68 70 70 72 74 76 76 78 Pyromorphite . . Mimetite 80 82 Vanadinite .... 84 Crocoite 84 Chervetite... 60 Masuyite............................. 114 Mimetite............................... 80 Meta-Zeunerite...Siberia): 10 cm. 2 - Topaz (Thomas Flange, Utah, USA): 1 cm. 3 - Topaz (Virgen de Lapa, Minas Gerais,...tourmaline. 1 - Tourmaline/Rubellite (Paia, California, USA): 13 cm. 2 - Tourmaline (Madagascar): 20 cm. ■ |  | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...Sydney, AUSTRALIA Ye M. DUSTERUD, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY }& PAUL FRAENKEL, collector...but selection was by quality, not locality. The Mining Location Map on pages 24 and 25 indicates the country...of them; many superb clusters are destroyed in mining; poor handling causes a major portion of all specimens...stood atop the “mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock. | | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...Sydney, AUSTRALIA ^ M. dusterud, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY ^ PAUL fraenkel, collector...but selection was by quality, not locality. The Mining Location Map on pages 24 and 25 indicates the country...of them; many superb clusters are destroyed in mining; poor handling causes a major portion of all specimens...stood atop the "mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock. |
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