 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Journal (issue) | | described from slags at Le Celine di Cotoriano Mine (Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy). I have...aesthetic end we saw the best stibnite from Xikuangshan Mine (Lengshuijiang, Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China)...on the This year, giYe the gift of information! Mine al The Mineral Collector's Mineral News, The Mineral...finds from China, helvite from Tongbei (Yunxiao County, Fujiao, China) and gibbsite from "Hunan". The...science - I too sit in an ivory tower. At least mine has a foundation. ----6 Collectors' Cases I always |  | | Journal (issue) | | locality); Japan; Norway; South Africa; Sweden; England; USA: Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri...Mercury Minerals from Texas and Arkansas Art Smith artsmithite@msn.com Since coming to Texas in 1963 I have...microscopic crystals. Most of them come from the Mariposa mine which was the original town site for Terlingua...miles eastward to be near the Chisos mine after the Marfa Mariposa mining company shut down in 1910 (Ragsdale...today but there is even less remaining at the Mariposa mine except an open pit and some underground workings |  | | Book | | 50 mercury production began in the Big Bend of Texas in the late 1800s, and by the end of World War I...suit brought against him by the adjacent Rainbow mine, he could boast that he had “paid them off with...life (and not in¬ frequently the private lives of mine employees) were dominated by Perry in the name of...could from the earth and the men who worked it, his mine brought jobs where there had been no jobs, a link...by Joe B. Frantz* - 1st ed. — College Station : Texas ASM University Press, cl976. xvAi» 327 p*, [8] leaves |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ 302 BATOPILAS MINE FAMOUS FOR SILVER SFECIMENS................................. 302 UNUSUAL CALCITE CRYST ALS OF THE OLD MARIPOSA MINE. By Frank D :111c:1.11 ....•.••••••••.•••••••••••.... .. .......... ..... State Mineral Society of Texas ..................................................quartz veins and clay seams in a large hematite mine. The mine is worked open-cut and many of the miners save...colorless crystals, also occur in the mine. Batopilas Mine Famous For Silver Specimens One of the world's great |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fluorescent minerals is calcite from Terlingua, Texas, which fluoresces bright pink under longwave ultraviolet...Terlingua is some 300 miles southeast of El Paso, Texas, the nearest large U.S. city. From El Paso, the...Operating retort and furnace at a mercury mine, Terlingua, Texas (1927). Photo courtesy Archives of the...western edge of Big Bend National Park in Brewster County. Study Butte, with a gas station, motel, and...to the attention of a man named Klein in Alpine, Texas (Ragsdale, 1976). Klein and Acosta carried out some |  | | Report (volume) | | 248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature consulted would be impracticable...Phillips, W. B., The mineral resources of Texas: Univ. Texas Bull. 365, Sci. Ser. 29, 1914. Among other...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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; |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...................................... 3 Other Texas Minerals Obtained from the Philadelphia Academy...schools who are interested. We would divide Harris County into something like 6 or 8 divisions and then find...address is: Terry Proctor, 630 Uvalde Road, Houston, Texas 770153766. My law office phone is (713) 453-8338...interest with you—and without raising the dues. Other Texas Minerals Obtained from the Philadelphia Academy...in the article about Baringer Hill in Llano County, Texas (Smith 2008), I described and discussed specimens |  | | Report (issue) | | on sulfide and nonsulfide mineralogy, gold and silver grades and deposit tonnage. A discussion of ore... local geographical area, mineralogy, gold and silver grades, tonnage, and references are given in table...deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS... These deposits are primarily worked for gold. Silver is a minor byproduct; about 14 percent of the deposits...deposits described here have reported silver grades. Sulfides commonly make up less than 5 percent of |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 19:59 08 January 2015 Near Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada U ntil what seems like only a few years...optically pure cinnabar exhibiting anomalous antimony, silver, and gold contents have been reported. Cinnabar...an undisclosed location near Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada, in the late 1970s. Crystals from this...Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada. A prospect reported to be near Poverty Peak in the same county has produced...length while yet another Humboldt County occurrence, the Cahill mine, also produced fine crystals up to |  | | Report (issue) | | "There earth here to be taken up wherein there silver". Gold was mined in is is no port of the ...S. Commissioner of Mineral prepared reports of mine production and gold-mining Bureau, and later now...gold-mining operations; the and Geology and the County a number of bulletins on certain phases and...reports and records, and private reports. Some county records were examined. The author was assisted...John Wells. is also given to the large number of mine owners and operators, mining engineers, and miners |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Terlingua mining district is situatedin Brewster County, Texas, in sight of the Rio Grande and about 8o...completeof thesepublicationsis Bulletin No. 4 of the Texas State Mineral Survey, Dr. W. B. Phillips, director...LO D F'$ O DISTRICT -- FA U LT$ I FI6. x6. silver belt, where limestonemesaspredominate. This eastern...the above formations is by Robert T. Hill and the Texas Mineral Survey. TERLINGU•I QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS...superintendentof the Big Bend mine, for the following analysisof the mine water. This analysiswas madeby |  | | Journal (issue) | | September-October 201✓ Mineral Collections in Texas A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September-October...those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been made... but all are worthy of study and appreciation. Texas collections generally tend tobe very broad in scope...collecting in Texas today has already been weil demonstrated by the Mineralogical Record's first Texas supplement...minerals that are preserved in Texas collections. Presented here in the second Texas supplement are another 811 |  | | Report (volume) | | .......Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin. Vermont...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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Report (volume) | | possibilities at the New Almaden quicksilver mine, Santa Clara County, Calif.: U. S. Geol. Survey open-file...1952, Eleven maps of the New Almaden quicksilver mine area: U. S. Geol. Survey open-file rept., no text...L., 1949, The New Almaden quicksilver mine, Santa Clara County, Calif.: U. S. Geol. Survey open-file...Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Ariz.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 451, p. 44-45...deposits of the BonanzaNonpareil district, Douglas County, Oreg.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 955-F, p. 225-251 |  | | Journal (issue) | | minerals were found on one of the umps of the Diamond Mine northeast of Grand Rapids, Minesota. Although not...mined at this location was deposited during Pre- Mine, Minnesota Cambrian times and has been determined...from the United Verde Mine (burning pyrite orebody in 1934) in Jerome, Yavapai County, AZ, thought to be...native copper sheet from the White Pine Mine, Ontonagon County. MI, thought to be calumetite. The mineral...Horseshoe, TX at the Mariposa Mine, Terlingua mercury district, Brewster County, TX. A new mineral for |  | | Report (issue) | | sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and... H2S in sour natural gases in Wyoming and west Texas, recovery of H2S, SO2, and S from smelter and other...sulphur development in the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast salt dome region: Texas Gulf Coast Oil Scouts Assoc...deposits and mining operations along Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. List of sulfuric acid plants in United...salt domes, in Contributions to geology, 1928: Texas Univ. Bull. 2801, 53 pp. 7. Smith, P. S. , 1919 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Copper Mine, Trinity County, California . Mines and Mineral Deposits of Mariposa County, California...centers of the state; exhibits of minerals, rocks, mine models, of its headquarters offices in ; etc...Page Geology of the Island Mountain Copper Mine, Trinity County, California, by Melvin C. Stinson 9 Mines...Mines and Mineral Deposits of Mariposa County, California, by Oliver E. Bowen Jr. and Cliffton H. Gray...Trinity County, California map of underground workings of the Island Mountain mine, Trinity County, California |  | | Journal (issue) | | Nugget," collected in 1865 at the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and donated...unravelled. On Arizona collection. or quartz or even silver. On the subject of the other hand, great interest...think, re * Incidentally, last January’s special Silver Issue is now sold out too, save for a few scuffed...Harper’s article. John Dysart, Manager of the Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site, sent much additional information...provided a review of gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, Peter Bancroft provides a report on a new specimen |  | | Catalog/List | | Worldwide Headquarters 3500 Maple Avenue • Dallas, Texas 75219 Cristiano Bierrenbach Executive Vice President...nugget and crystallized form, as well as Platinum, Silver, and Copper including Turquoise. From massive vibrant...for sure. Also included are some very interesting Silver specimens, including unique wire forms, and numerous...Slocum Gallery Annex, 1518 Slocum Street, Dallas, Texas 75207. You can see an entire electronic version...Gold typically will contain at least traces of Silver or even Copper and Iron. When Gold occurs with |  | | Report (issue) | | the State Mining Bureau to be assayed for gold, silver, lead, copper, tin, etc.; the Bureau does not make...Francisco, California. Daily Grass Valley Union, Nevada County, California. Daily Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada...Standard, Eureka, Humboldt County, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10. 11. 12. County Tribune, California. California...California. Inyo Independent, Inyo County, California. Arizona Gazette, Phoenix, Arizona Territory. Ventura...characterState. products, in all about 300 specimens. Gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, quicksilver, borax, salt, |  | | Report (issue) | | summary of the mineral resources of each and every county in the state. For the first time all the essential...California ranks third among the states, exceeded by Texas because of its large petroleum and natural-gas production...44 Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa...Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County __ Fresno County 3 4.j — Glenn County Humboldt County...Imperial County Inyo County Kern County Kings County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera |  | | Journal (volume) | | classes: 1. Mines and mineral resources of a given county (describing kind, character, distribution and extent...special report upon the gold resources of Siskiyou County. There is Averill, District SACRAMENTO FIELD...ft. vertically in Amador County and 9000 ft. inclined depth in Nevada County, for example) have been given...top gravel on Yuba River near Smartville, Yuba County. Photo by Walter W. Bradley disquieting feature...the principal mines of the Mother Lode in Amador County during the last quarter of 1934. 'Depression miners |  | | Book | | Report upon the Geology and Mineralogy of the silver region of the Territory of Nevada, or “Washoe.”... 5 U. S. Pacific Railroad Reports. - Silver Ores, and Silver Mines. 8vo. New Haven, 1861. Report u...PUMPELLY, RAPHAEL. Mineralogical sketch of the Silver Mines of Ari zona. Proceedings California Academy...steatite at Petaluma. ALABASTER. In Los Angeles County. Specimen in cabinet of the author, received from...from Mr. Tyson, of Arizona. ANDALUSITE. Mariposa County.—In the drift of the Chowchillas River, near |
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