 | | Book | | hides po drae Pr bebeg ar b MINING, THE WHITEHORSE COPPER BELT: EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY (1967 -...TENNEY gig ee Wet aA Ik + if MINING, THE WHITEHORSE COPPER BELT: EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY (1967 -...1980) by D. TENNEY BULLETIN 1 Geology Section, Yukon Region, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs... Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Whitehorse, 1981 QS-Y003-000-EE-Al Cette publication...AFFAIRS, CANADA Whillans. Tim by Little the on Photos Mines). Copper operations milling and mining (Whitehorse |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | Printer, Ottawa, from the Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the following Canadian...available for reference in public libraries across Canada. Price $1.30 Catalogue No. M41-8/8-1 Price subject...Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1964 Page 1 e INTRODUCTION 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 11...specimens Collecting in Canada Mineral and rock sets Abbreviations used in references YUKON NORTHWEST TERRITORIES...APPENDICES Additional reading Amateur clubs in Canada Addresses INDEX TO MINERALS 74277-H CoverJade |  | Bawiec, Walter J., Abrams, Gerda A., Finn, Carol Ann, Pitkin, James A., Ryder, Jean L., Smith, Steven M., Theobald, Paul K., Meulen, Vander, Dean, B., Walker, George W. (1990) Assessment of the mineral resources for the Adel 1 degree by 2 degrees quadrangle, Oregon. Open-File Report Vol. 1990 (89-177) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89177 | Report (issue) | | ................................. Pike Creek and Alvord Creek Formations................... Hart Mountain...from the Adel quadrangle, Oregon. Relationship of copper to factor I scores for 1,230 soil samples from...Frequency distribution of factor I scores for 186 spring and well water samples from the Adel quadrangle...present. Mercury, uranium, lithium, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, arsenic, molybdenum, barium...the Adel quadrangle is from the Opalite mercury district, which is associated with the McDermitt Caldera |  | | Report (issue) | | the writer while 1 Maddren, A. G., Gold placer mining developments In the Innoko-Idltarod region: U....usually merge into each other through a foothill belt. Although not a high mountain mass the plateau province...the water of which is ultimately tributary to the Yukon. The first two of these discharge into Bristol Bay...factors that determine the success or failure of mining ventures is rather meager. It has seemed desirable...for, although these would undoubtedly change if mining should increase, they afford the only sure basis |  | | Journal (issue) | | ......................... 47 Sector zoning in epidote from the Jamieson River area, Victoria T. Kwak...Hendrickx .................... 51 Minerals from the Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia B. Beyer............... 57 Heulandite from the Illawarra District, NSW P. Carr, M. Perkins, B. Chenhall, f. Pemberton........... 83 Cover Photograph: Cuprite from Spring Creek, South Australia. The crystal is 3.5 mm across...previous venues being Budapest, Hun gary; Toronto, Canada and London, England. There will be field trips |  | | 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...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...purposes, or for cabinet display. Although the basic mining and underground geology were known some two to |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...increasing both because of renewed activity in old mining camps and because of Utahns and tourists who seek...selected metallic minerals of each county. CHAPTER I MINING DISTRICTS OF COUNTIES AND THE STATE OF UTAH The...publications may-be inter-changed. In Chapter I mining districts are listed alphabetically both for each |  | | Report (volume) | | Director Bulletin 816 GEOLOGY OF THE EAGLE-CIRCLE DISTRICT, ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. 1 I » ' * *...rock8-___---_-__---__-__________________________ Birch Creek schist-__---_____-_-_-_--_-______--__-_-__-__-_...gold__________________________.________________ Placer-mining operations.._________________________________ ...Page PLATE 1. A, Yukon Valley, looking downstream from international boundary; B, Yukon River at the mouth...mouth of Washington Creek; C, Panoramic view of the narrows of the Yukon River at the mouth of Woodchopper |  | | Report (volume) | | Page J56 56 58 59 59 59 60 60 61 62 62 62 Spring Creek thrust_ ......................................Kennett formation at the type locality in Backbone Creek, east of the French Gulch quadrangle, and on this...the overlying Bragdon formation of the Backbone Creek area, it is possible that the cherty shale is highly...many places, and contain fine-grained white mica, epidote, and other secondary minerals as alteration products... mafic rocks are converted to amphibolite and epidote amphibolite, and more felsic rocks are characterized |  | | Report (issue) | | ------ -- .--.-.------ -- .------ - --.--------'-- Belt series. __ .......................................CHAPTER IlL-ALGONKIAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKs-Continued. Belt series-Continued . .'N ewland formation and Greyson...__ 86 Basic intrusives in the Cretaceous on Gold Creek .. __ ._ .. ___ .. __ . __ . _____ ._. __ ......... _.. ....... --_ .. - --_87 Diorite of Foster Creek and Olson Gulch __ .. __ . _. . _. ____ .... _______.... - - - - - - - . - - _90 Diorite of Racetrack Creek ____ .. ____ . ___ .. __ .. _. ________ .. _. _ |  | | Report (volume) | | Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal...of Sedimentary Petrology_...__._ Mines Magazine Mining Engineering ........___..._...._____ Advances in...Tallahassee, Fla. GA Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 425 State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. IM...and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, N. Mex. NOC North Carolina |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology and Base-Metal Deposits of West Shasta Copper-Zinc District Shasta County, California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Geology and Base-Metal Deposits of West Shasta Copper-Zinc District Shasta County, California By A. R. KINKEL...__-_-_-_-___-__-____-__________ History of the mining district___________________ Production. ______... Exploration possibilities of the West Shasta district _ _ Description of deposits______________-____--__-_-__-_...Angle Station gossan___________________ Crystal Copper prospect_____________._---__-__Early Bird rnin |  | | Report (issue) | | CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE ENCAMPMENT DISTRICT W"YOMI;NG BY ARTHUR C. SPENCER..._....................... __ .. Distribution of copper minerals and ores.-,-- __ ............... __ ..... _. __ ................ __ . Sources of copper _. _... _.......... ____ . __ ....... __ ... __ .......'CHAPTER II. Classification and general description of copper deposits ...... __ ............... _. Types of..................... . CHAPTJ<~B III. Genesis of copper deposits _____________ .. ____ .. __ ... _.... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be cause of its large oil and gas exploration...1938. The Terlingua mining district is noted for its rare mercury minerals. Mining here was contin uous...sands; gypsum* (crystals) (Sloat, 1978). Barton's Creek, Smithville downstream from the bridge; gypsum*...and E of bridge on former highway 71, shales in creek bank; gypsum* (clear crystals) (Simpson, 1973)....(includes Isbell and Ball mines, W i n n Pocket, E l m Spring, and Kerr's Farm) 7 miles N and N W of Archer |  | | Report (volume) | | for the names of States and for the provinces of Canada are given in Part I.] Anon anonymous papers, placed...State Mining Bureau Can G S Canada, Geological Survey Can :M Br Canada, Mines Branch Can Pari Canada, Parliament...(F P), 94; Phalen. 08c: Pratt, Olh; US G S, 83; Canada: McLeish, 10, 14 Absaroka folio, Wyo. (no. 52):·Hague...56a American geological science, indebtedness to Canada: Dawson (J W), 87 Antiquity of man: Penck, 09a...to geology: Rice (W N), 07 Cretaceous system in Canada: Whiteaves, 94 Crystalline rocks of the Northwest: |  | | Report (volume) | | the definitions, of the named geologic units of Canada, Mexi7, th Wffit Indies, ' Central America, and...Silurian: Nova Scotia. H. M. Ami, 1900 (Roy. Soc. Canada Proc. and Trans., 2d ser., vol. 6, sec. 4, p. 203)...Mississippian : Nova Scotia. M. Y. Williams, 1911 (Canada Geol. Surv. Summ. Rept. 1910, p. 244). McArthur...shale. Macasty black shales. A. F. Foerste, 1924 (Canada Geol. Surv. Mem. 138, p. 2), mentioned (but did...Utica (Upper Ord.) age. W. H. Twenhofel, 1928 (Canada Geol. Surv. Mem. 154, p. 22), described (under |  | | Report (issue) | | Dean Farris from mine dump waste in the Gold Hill district. The actual diameter of the button in the lower... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirwin district . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....City) district .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 16 Stinkingwater district . . ... .. .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunlight district . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • .. 37 Goose Creek area . . . . _ __ . . . _ .. . _ __ . _ . _ . . |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletin, vol. 44. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 61-72; Transactions,... 147-264. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, no. 64. San Francisco, Cal. California...Stations: Bulletin, nos. 1-3. Berkeley, Cal. . . Canada, Geological Survey: Summary Report for 1911; Memoirs... 21, »c-. -'-, 24, 27, 28, 35. Ottawa, Out. Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch: Summary Report...Transactions, vol. 9, pts. 2, 3. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Quarterly Bulletin, nos. 18-20; Journal |  | | Report (issue) | | ..................................... Overland Creek Gneiss..................................................................................... Stud Creek Metavolcaniclastics...............................Lake Metamorphic Suite of the Sierra Madre... Jack Creek Quartzite.........................................Member...................... Upper part of the Jack Creek Quartzite.............. 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 7................................................. Spring Lake Granodiorite............................. |  | | Report (volume) | | vols. 38, 39. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bi-Monthly Bulletin, nos. 7-18; Transactions...series, vols. 21-24. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 8th and 9th Annual...Bulletin, vol. 1. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Report of Board of Trustees for 1902, 1904... nos. 14-19, vol. 5, nos. 1-11. Berkeley, Cal. Canada, Geological Survey: Summary Report, 1905 and 1906;...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1906-1907. Canada, Royal Society: Proceedings and Transactions, 2d |  | | Report (volume) | | sedimentary and igneous rocks____ __ ___ _________________ Belt series (Algonkian) near Yellowjacket_ ___________________...--- -- --- ---- -- Dolomite marble near Short Creek ___ - ---- - ___ ___ __________ _ Black schist near..._______ -- _____ ---- - _____ __ -- ---hear zon with copper-lead-siderite ore (Mesozoic)_______________ Mineral..._________ ______ ____ __ __ ___ __________ Hot spring _____ _________ __ -- __ ----------- - - ---------...--------------------------- - ---------------Yellowjacket district _______________ -- __ --_-----_ _____ _____ _____ |  | | Report (issue) | | Some sites are commercially operated during the spring, summer, and fall months for a collecting fee...GEM STONES IN NORTH CAROLINA 12 History of Gem Mining 12 Important Gem Stones 12 Diamond 12 Corundum...Lithium aluminum silicate -doComplex silicate -do- Copper aluminum -do-do-do-do-do- -do-do- Red, blue...RUTILE L1BETHENITE URA OCIRCITE 5 10KY QUARTZ EPIDOTE 10 Methods of Changing Color in Gem Stones There... by immersing the stone in boiling water, the canada balsam commonly used in laminating will dissolve | | | Report (issue) | | Some sites are commercially operated during the spring, summer, and fall months for a collecting fee........................... 10 12 History of Gem Mining ..... .......................... . 12 Important...silicate -doComplex silicate -do- Tlirquoise Copper aluminum Zircon Zirconium silicate -do-do-do-... by immersing the stone in boiling water, the Canada balsam commonly used in laminating will dissolve... 12 GEM STONES IN NORTH CAROLINA—^ History of Gem Mining North Carolina is well-known and highly regarded |  | Bliss, James D., Brosge, W.P., Dillon, J.T., Dutro, J.T., Cathrall, J.B., Cady, J.W. (1988) Mineral resource assessment of the Wiseman 1 degree by 3 degrees quadrangle, Alaska. Open-File Report Vol. 1988 (88-533) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr88533 | Report (issue) | | hosted lead-zinc deposits and/or sedimentary-hosted copper. Where there are carbonate rocks, Southeast Missouri...porphyroaphanitic rocks intrude calcarous rocks, copper and other skarns may also develop (Cox and Singer... SEDX-V, SEDX-VI, M-l, M-2 Sedimentary hosted copper SEDC-I, SEDC-II Carbonate hosted lead (zinc)...CHB-I, CHB-II, CHB-III, CHB-IV, M-l, M-2 Skarns (copper; lead-zinc; tin) M-2 (also see text.) Simple...linear belt 16 to 24 km wide along the south edge of the Brooks Range. This so-called "schist belt" extends |  | | Report (volume) | | Western Sierra C:ourlty, New Mexico, Suggested by Mining Distri.cts, Ceologyt and c ·eochemicaf, Anomalies...Western Sierra County, New Mexico, Suggested by Mining Districts, Geology, and Geochemical Anomalies By...western Sierra County, New Mexico, suggested by mining districts, geology, and geochemical anomalies....summary of the western mineral belt Mineralization in the western belt 5 Phillipsburg and Grafton districts...Chloride district 7 Location 7 Production 7 Geologic setting 7 Geochemical information 9 Monument Creek-Willow |
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