 | | Report (issue) | | STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Nils Boe, Governor MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS by WILLARD LINCOLN ROBERTS...Associate in Mineralogy Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and GEORGE RAPP...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology With the Editorial...Mineralogy South Dakota School of Mines and Technology BULLETIN NUMBER 18 of the South Dakota School of...of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota PUBLICATIONS STAFF F. L. Partlo J. T. Thomas President |  | | Book | | withdrawn because of reclamation projects in old mining areas, because new construction covers up old sites...Surveys, the State Divisions of Tourism, to museums, mining companies, fee basis operators, listed guides...and does not become the state border until it is south of St. Paul. Minnesota is a Lake Superior State...scattered in their fields. Stop and look at road cuts, excavations, new construction, and sandy or gravelly...from clubs, dealers, guides, Chambers of Commerce, mining companies, fee areas, and Tourist Departments. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of Troy, (Pike Co.), Ala...found at the Holland mine in Washington Camp Mining District near Nogales, Santa Cruz Co., Ariz ARKANSAS—"Last...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...minerals are hard to find mainly because of extensive mining and the rambling "rockhounds." Almost all of the |  | | Book (edition) | | COVER -- Pairburn agates from South Dakota. Photo courtesy South Dakota School of Mines Museum. > 1...includes 1 SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA...2 KANSAS Foreword 4 How To Use This Book SOUTH DAKOTA 6 New Finds ................ Fairburn Type...RED RIVER VALLEY .... 32 NORTH DAKOTA .. 30 WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA Badlands and Buttes........... Gems...Fossils 58 WISCONSIN 59 LAKE SUPERIOR-GOGEBIC DISTRICT 59 Gems and Specimens . 59 Gems .69 69 69 69 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | road cut along old IN-37, near Harrodsburg, Monroe County, Indiana. Note the semispherical opening, lower...not have a chalcedony exterior (see dictionary of mining, mineral and related terms: www.xmlwords.info mine...commercial geode mine at St. Francisville, Clark County, Missouri. This specimen appeared on the dust jacket...quartz geode, from a locality near Revere, Clark County, Missouri. Cincinnati Museum Center specimen (No...from Sheffler’s geode mine, near Alexandria, Clark County, Missouri. Fred and Sue Keitel specimen, Terry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be cause of its large oil and gas exploration...Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district...district is noted for its rare mercury minerals. Mining here was contin uous from 1900 to the middle 1940s;...on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i • I...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mississippian age. The rump, Chinle, Entrada, Morrison, Dakota, Benton, Pennsylvanian McCoy formation is re-defined...the still higher ground bordering the area on the south and east by the Colorado River Valley. The remainder...flows south from the northern part of the area and enters the Colorado River nearly a mile south of McCoy...exposed only in sory minerals consist of apatite, magnetite, the northern half of the area (PI. 1) where titanite...fine-grained camptonite dikes apatite, zircon, magnetite, and titanite. The from 6 to 12 inches wide cut |  | | Report (issue) | | PLANT OF THE S'I'ANDARD PYRITES COMPANY, CHEROKEE COUNTY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE... . Carroll County belt ............................................ . Draketown district .......................... · · · · · · · · · · · · Pauliling County belt .................................. · · · ·...2i-28 28-29 TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Ducktown district ........................................................•.....................• 31-224 Carroll County .............................................. |  | | Report (issue) | | chalcopyrite magnetite prochlorite pyrite rutile barite marcasite brucite celestite galena STATE ...outcrops and have been carried, generally to the south and east of their original sources. The distance...furnish the wealth of mineral specimens met with in mining and quarrying operations. however, true that... otherwise escape notice. Kocks exposed in railroad cuts and tunnels may also be said to constitute an...for collecting purposes. The use of rudimentary mining tools and methods Prospects. under considerable |  | | Book | | Kentucky 6 CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________...o o r e , M o n t g o m e r y, Randolph, Macon South C a r o l i n a : Chesterfield, L a n c a s t e...Mecklenburg, Rutherford, F r a n k l i n , Cleveland South Carolina: Spartanburg, Pickens Georgia: H a l l...p e F e a r, Neuse, a n d t r i b u t a r i e s South Carolina: Cooper, Congaree, Santee, Broad, Wateree...Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and mined an amethyst deposit in South Carolina |  | | Report (issue) | | prospect; and the West Willys claim in the Washington district. No estimate has been made of thorium reserves...localities, because nine properties in the Washington district are shown as one locality.) Of these, 13 contained...include: (1) the Majuba Hill deposit in Pershing County, which has large reserves of low-grade torbernite-bearing...the Green Monster mine in the Goodsprings district, Clark County, which shipped 5 tons of ore containing... RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA 65 property in Pershing County, where a small amount of pitchblende is present; |  | | Report (issue) | | which have been formed to exploit them. WASHINGTON COUNTY. AMERICAN MOLYBDENUM COMPANY'S PROPERTY. Location...feet deep was made. The deposit is situated on the south slope of a gentle hill 500 or 600 feet high, overlooking...older than the other two and runs nearly north and south with an almost vertical dip. Many of the joints...length, making a stretch of over 300 feet north and south in which the granite has been proved to carry the...are of almost microscopic size. CALAIS MOLYBDENUM MINING COMPANY'S PROPERTY. The property of the American |  | | Report (volume) | | BUIJLETIN 528 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS 1 OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and animal life....................----.-----.....Mining......................................................................... 74 Mineralogy of Lemhi County ores....................................... 74...... Future of mining in Lemhi County.......................................... Mining districts of Lemhi...Lemhi County.......................................... Scheme of treatment........................... |  | | Report (issue) | | COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing interference...Geophysical studies Hydrology Economic geology Mining directory Environmental studies Engineering studies................................................. Galena ............................................................................................. Magnetite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | ___________________________________ _ History of mining in the region __________________ _ Production-...______________________ _ ·Mining districts and mines ______________________ _ Rimini district ____________________________...Mineral deposits-Continued Mining districts and mines-Continued Rimini district-Continued Mines in the southern..._ Other mines _______________________ _ Clancy district ____________________________ _ King Solomon mine...<- __________________ _ Wickes (or Colorado) district ___ ~------------Al ta mine _____________________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chabazite, and, occasionally, sulfides such as pyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Remarkable specimens with analcime...datolite are recorded from the railroad tunnels through Bergen Hill, Bergen County, and similar specimens have...have been collected in railroad cuts and tunnels in the Jersey City and Weehawken areas and quarries at...at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected from many localities...localities in Passaic County, such as quarries at Paterson and West Paterson (including the famous Upper and Lower |  | | Report (issue) | | ........................................... 28 Galena .................................................glacial materials of Indiana, native copper, diamond, galena, native gold, and native silver, are described...quarries, a few coal strip mines, and road and railroad cuts were examined, but no search for outcrops was...collection of geodes from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission...Colonel Croghan noted (1831, p. 267) : “On the south side of the Ouabache runs a high bank, in which |  | | Journal (issue) | | 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof...Raven Hills Court, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919 USA; tel: (303) 598-1233 66 The Mineralogical Record...and Japan. ACCESS The majority of the amethyst mining activity is confined to a 40 x 1% km area, approximately...Thunder Bay. From Highway 11-17, logging roads and mining roads provide access to the heavily forested areas...from east-west at the Thunder Bay mine, to north-south at the Diamond Willow mine. Lead and zincbearing |  | | Report (issue) | | Numerous samples were contributed by geologists of mining companies, and these are acknowledged in the text...the field and in the laboratory. Gilbert Hanson, Lawrence Mangen, and Marshall Swain assisted with the sample... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Lawrence Smith Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Introductory Statement ............ . 86 Vermilion District .................. . General Statement .........Structure and Thickness .... . Ages for the Vermilion District Soudan Area ................ . Knife Lake Area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | This area, commonly known as the Metropolitan District, comprises portions of three states, occupying...transportation miles of streets, tunnels and railroad cuts have been constructed, in many instances through...usually associates mining activities with the open country and the wilds of distant mining camps. The fact...thereof. "In looking over the past history of the district we find that in this area over 300 iron mines...their ore (magnetite) ever becomes scarce in other regions the many abandoned mines in the district may once |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Berne Quadrangle Black Hills South Dakota GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 297-F ... Geology of the Berne Quadrangle Black Hills South Dakota By JACK A. REDDEN PEGMATITES AND OTHER PRECAMBRIAN...GEOLOGY OF THE BERNE QUADRANGLE, BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA By JACK A. REDDEN ABSTRACT The Berne quadrangle...black tourmaline, brown tourmaline, ilmenite, magnetite, wolframite, talc, and gold. Most of the veins...Gravel secondary roads are common, and lumbering and mining trails cross areas between the secondary roads |  | Zim, Herbert S., Shaffer, Paul R., Latimer, Jonathan P., Nolting, Karen Stray, Post, Jeffrey, Pohwat, Paul W. (2001) Rocks, Gems and Minerals - A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores and Rocks. St. Martin's Press, New York. | Book (edition) | | best source of specimens. Look in road and railroad cuts, in quarries, rock pits, dump piles around mines...angles to one another, as in a cube— examples: galena, garnet, pyrite, and halite. Tetragonal System... Cubi Basal le ie cleavage: cleavage: mien galena ea CLEAVAGE is the way some minerals split along...(a form of magnetite) is a natural magnet. An alnico magnet will attract bits of magnetite and pyrrhotite...sublimate in the cool part of the tube. — LEAD ORE (galena) turns a light color and forms a white sublimate |  | | Book | | Shaub -y Treasures from the earth PUBLIC LIBRARY COUNTY, FORT WAYNE AND ALLEN IND. Treasures from...New fork, N.Y. 10036. Published in 1975 by Crow*T South, 419 Inc., lishers, New Park Avon York, N...mJneraL Opf <>f formation of I ' -! in ran South tn in Afrfc An imr*ru from Muzo Colombii Un1u...sulfur, the next, quartz, followed by diamond, galena actly usefulness of minerals In art certain...certain faces. amples are octahedral parting in magnetite, rhombohedral parting in corundum, and basal |  | | Report (issue) | | etc.). They, further, deal with the methods of mining and preparing clays, and with the statistics, connected...found mostly in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Fifteen to twenty...located, chiefly by observation in the field; in cuts along highways and railroads; on stream banks; and...IH:TWEEN SANOY CLAYS, IN A CUT ALONG THE GEORG IA RAILROAD, NEAR AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. PLATE V l'RO.\'J'ECT...RE -CLAY BEDS, AT STEVENS' PO'rfERY, BALDII'IN COUNTY, GEORG IA. PROSPECTING AND TESTD'lG 73· with |
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