 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...well-known and collected localities, such as Majuba Hill. Many other localities with extensive and unusual...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist |  | | Report (issue) | | '<:: ~·-· ,''~;:!~}~~,~~. ;:,~-~ :}:jJI::sfi~ Nevada Mineral-Resource Data: Information Available Through...Geological Survey Mineral Resource Data System Nevada Mineral-Resource Data: Information Available Through...Cataloging in Public~tion Data Sherlock. ~Iaureen G. Nevada mineral-resource data: information available through...Mines and mineral resources--Nevada--Information services. 2. Geology--Nevada--Information services. I....• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Purpose of the Nevada MRDS Data Set • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst |  | | Journal (issue) | | Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt...Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg- |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada A Source of Superb Secondary Copper...(phroth@sunrise.ch) Introduction Since the 1950’s, the Majuba Hill Mine has been recognized by the mineral collecting...minerals from the Majuba Hill Mine. Spherical aggregates of arthurite crystals from Majuba Hill. FOV 3.8 mm...Evanich photo. History The Majuba Hill Mine, located in Pershing County, Nevada, was first located in 1907...1907 by A.J. McCauley of Imlay, Nevada. No work of importance was undertaken until 1914, when the property |  | | Report (issue) | | 598(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Hingston Down Consols mine, England. 4.28 (vvs), 4.81 (vvs), 6.97 (vvs), 10...Total [100.0] [100.0] (1) Hingston Down Consols mine, England; H2 O by loss on ignition; after deduction...deposits, formed by alteration of arsenopyrite or enargite. Association: quartz. Pharmacosiderite, scorodite...Down Consols mine, Calstock, the Gunheath china clay pit, St. Austell, and the Cligga Head mine, Perranzabuloe...Perranzabuloe. From the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany. In the Bendada pegmatite, near |  | | Report (issue) | | MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA... MS 176, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557-0047 CONTENTS Introduction........................................ Northern Nevada Rift ............................................assessment of BLMadministered lands in northwest Nevada and northeast California. The project area is composed...(RAs), totalling 13.5 million acres, in northwest Nevada and northeast California (figs. 1, 2). The SonomaGerlach |  | Peters, S.G., Nash, J.T., John, D.A., Spanski, G.T., King, H.D., Connors, K.A., Moring, B.C., Doebrich, J.L., McGuire, D.J., Albino, G.V., Dunn, V.C., Theodore, T.G., Ludington, S.D. (1996) Metallic mineral resources in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California. Open-File Report Vol. 1996 (96-712) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr96712 | Report (issue) | | Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been...Study Areas and other areas in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area for which resource...of mineral deposits present in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nev. and |  | | 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...crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly equant crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent |  | Price, Jonathan G., Henry, Christopher D., Castor, Stephen B., Garside, Larry, Faulds, James E. (1999) Geology of Nevada With excellent rock exposures in the desert, generally good access to collecting localities on public lands, and fine tourist attractions in the towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (6) 357-363 doi:10.1080/00357529909605171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the...or greater earthquake has occurred somewhere in Nevada about once every thirty years. Most faults are...(analogous to a tilted deck of cards). However, some Nevada faults are strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas |  | | Catalog/List | | co.uk 1. CAROLLITE (4cm x 3cm x 3cm) Mashamba Mine, Zaire, Africa. Two modified bright octahedral crystals...matrix. £60 2. DIOPTASE (6cm x 5cm x 4cm) Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, Africa. Bright green 2mm dioptase crystals...TOURMALINE ON COOKEITE (6cm x 5cm x 3cm) Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Chalky...calcite £15 7. MALACHITE (5cm x 3cm x 3cm) Musonoie Mine, Zaire. Crystalline mass of fibrous dark to pale...5cm. £55 11. AZURITE (3.5cm x 1.5cm x 1cm) Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, Africa. Dark inky blue azurite crystal |  | Doebrich, Jeff L., Albino, G.V., Barker, C.E., Duffield, W.A., Dunn, V.C., Hanna, W.F., McFarlan, J.P., McGuire, D.J., Miller, M.S., Peters, S.G., Plouff, Donald, Raines, G.L., Sawatasky, D.L., Spanski, G.T. (1994) Resource assessment of the Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California. Open-File Report Vol. 1994 (94-712) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr94712 | Report (issue) | | MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0047 2U.S. Geological Survey, Unit...Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, an area covering 13.5 million acres in northwest Nevada and...Rock National Conservation Area), and the impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources...part of their Resource Management Plan for the District/Resource Area or for other planning units such |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and some scorodite from the large Gold Quarry mine in Nevada contains significant phosphorus and vanadium...Sagadahoc County (King and Foord 1994); other occurrences include the Mount Mica and Ryerson Hill quarries...Oxford County. Scorodite occurred in small, pale green masses in oxidized ore at the cobalt mine at Great...Great Hill north of Cobalt, Middlesex County; the Booth bismuth mine at Monroe, Fairfield County; and the...arsenic mine between Seymour and Derby on the west bank of the Naugatuck River, New Haven County, Connecticut |  | | Report (issue) | | of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...ALONG THE 1-80 CORRIDOR, RENO TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA R. Cuffney, R. Atkinson and R. Buffa Revised 1990...north-south ranges of central and northeastern Nevada (Fig. I). These belts, or their extensions, contain...vast majority of precious metal deposits found in Nevada to date. Our trip begins in the Walker Lane mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada ................................ U p d a t e o n t h e M in e r a l o g y OF THE MAJUBA HlLL M lN E, P e r s h in g C o u n t y Martin...of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 Interest and collecting activity at the Majuba Hill mine have...(Jensen, 1985). Information on new discoveries at the mine, as well as on certain aspects that were left vague...to the mine is tenuously unrestricted. INTRODUCTION Several companies have held the Majuba Hill property |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia........................................chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection of Maudine and...Mineralogical Club field trip to Penitentiary quarry, Snake Hill, New Jersey, on September 4, 1893 (photo courtesy...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain Lincoln County, Georgia Robert B. Cook, Jr. Department of Geology |  | | Journal (issue) | | COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper Industry” by...colusite, covellite, digenite, djurleite, and enargite rank among the finest in the world. The best of...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1998). Indium-bearing digenite (0.10 wt% In) and enargite (0.07 wt% In) were also identified (Botelho 1992)...copper, scorodite, malachite, digenite, chalcocite, enargite, bornite, covellite, phenakite [Be2(SiO4)] and...wt% In). The mean contents of In of digenite and enargite are 0.10 and 0.07 wt%, respectively (Botelho 1992)...contents between 0.01 and 0.40 wt% In. At the Goka mine, the mineral contains 0.34 to 0.48 wt% In (Murao...the association of those minerals at the Ikuno mine, Japan. In their opinion, the observed compositional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Leucochalcite from Wilhelmine mine Spessart Germany (type locality) and from Majuba Hill, Nevada give the same tr-ray...University Museum (YM); Hatfield Goudey, Yerrington, Nevada; and Dr. C. Milton, United States GeologicalSurvey...(1920) as well crystalIized material from the Higgins mine, Bisbee, Arizona. Strunz (1939) gives unit cell...following specimens: Conichalcite: Simon Mine, Mineral Co., Nevada (HM, 86387); Tintic, Utah (QM, M8282,...M20f35); Tintic (ROM, M20128); Calavada mine, Yerrington, Nevada (HM, Goudey); Napa Valley, California |  | | Book | | ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | superb (if not always colorful) minerals from the mining camps of the American West. He collected many of...high and miners were arriving daily from every mining camp in the west. Butte was known then as the capital...crystal groups of enargite, pyrite, covellite, digenite, and colusite. The Emma mine, in “down-town” Butte...shift change I hurried up the street, past the Emma mine, to the Old Lincoln Hotel 71 where Ed resided...biggest impression on me were two from the Blackbird mine, Lemhi Co., Idaho. One was a large piece with a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits, by the alteration of arsenopyrite or enargite. Related species are earlshannonite, (Mn,Fe)Fe2(PO4)2(OH)2...D46007 and originated from The Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada, USA. A sample of arthurite was...Research Co. and originated from Hingston Down, Consols Mine. Calstock, Cornwall, England. Whitmoreite was obtained...package GRAMS (Galactic Industries Corporation, NH, USA). Band component analysis was undertaken using the...electron probe analyses of the arthurite samples from USA and UK are shown in Figures 1 and 2. The analysis |  | | Report (volume) | | most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico...Buckhorn claims, Nevada; the Midnite and Daybreak mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White...White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor Mountains 327 328 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF URANIUM...deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According to Nininger (1954, p. 43), as |
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