 | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green beryl to blue... Color: Usually colorless, pale yellow or pale brown; also gray and black, rarely green, blue, or pink...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: |  | | Report (issue) | | Quicksilver Deposits of the Terlingua District Texas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 312 Geology...Quicksilver Deposits of the Terlingua District Texas By ROBERT G. YATES and GEORGE A. THOMPSON G E 0...quicksilver deposits of the Terlingua district, Texas, by Robert G. Yates and George A. Thompson. Washington... 1. Geology-Texas-Terlingua district. 2. Mercury ores. 3. Mercury mines and mining-Texas-Terlingua district...________________________________ _ Devils River limestone _____________________ _ Grayson formation _________________ |  | | Report (volume) | | deposits of the Mosheim and Johnson anticlines, Greene County, Tennessee, by Arnold L. Brokaw, John C. Dunlap...quarter of the Anaconda quadrangle, Deer Lodge County, Montana, by Alexander A. Wanek and C. S. Venable...deposits of the Steeple Rock mining district, Grant County, New Mexico, by Roy L. Griggs and Holly C. Wagner...of the Mosheim and Johnson ^ Anticlines, Greene County - Tennessee K ^ By ARNOLD L. BROKAW, JOHN C....____________ ^ *» * ^ ** « Conococheague Limestone._--_-_.-__- Al 1 3 3 3 3 3 -__--__-_-__-_.__- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...districts near Nashville, the western Tennessee brown iron deposits, the Mascot–Jefferson City zinc district...district, and the eastern Tennessee manganese and brown iron deposits. The Ducktown copper district represents |  | | Report (volume) | | sections of the Fisher Mountain area, Montgomery County, Ark_-____________________________ In pocket 27...Geologic map and sections of the Chance area, Garland County, Ark.-__----------.-------------------------------...and sections of the Miller Mountain area, Garland County, Ark______-__--___-__-__-__________ In pocket 29...of the West Chance quartz crystal area, Garland County, Ark_______________________ In pocket 36. Detailed...and sections of part of Miller Mountain, Garland County, Ark________-_--_____________ In pocket 37. Map |  | | Report (volume) | | .... Millovltch prospect.............................. Carpenter and Brown prospect......................... Hilton Creek prospect............................. McGee Mountain prospect.......................section of the vicinity of Pine Creek mine, Inyo County, Calif.... In pocket 16. Geologic map of the Pine...Creek pendant on the north side of Pine Creek, Inyo County, Calif...'........................... 90 18....their report on the mineral resources of Inyo County. The general geology of portions of this area |  | | Report (issue) | | has described a very thick terrane in Esmeralda County, in southwestern Nevada, under the name Esmeralda...traces of leaves, black carbonaceous specks, and brown lignitic discolorations. A few delicate fragments...entirely removed or else left only in the shape of a brown stain or thin film of carbonaceous matter. Remains...reported the finding of fresh-water mollusks in a. limestone bed in the middle of the Truckee at the- type.............................................:... Brown shale.......................................... |  | | Book (edition) | | Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...on the market. The mines at Bisbee, in Cochise County, have produced large quantities of gem-quality...mineral stamp issued in 1992. At Morenci, in Greenlee County, gem-quality azurite was also commercially recovered...parallel to the grain. The Blue Ball Mine, in Gila County, has produced thousands of azurite nodules up to |  | | Book | | radical change that occurred is the change of limestone into marble. This third great type of rock is...sapphire. One important rock in this group is limestone because it is often the final resting place of...such as shellfish, corals, crinoids and algae. Limestone weathers relatively quickly and to this we owe...of coniferous trees. It is yellow to yellow¬ ish-brown. Metamorphic rocks were described as those which...in width. The dike intrudes a sloping bed of limestone. As the Yogo mine has been worked at various times |  | | Report (volume) | | Production ________________ .__________________ Johnson County ___ ___ _ Shady Valley district _________________________...mine________ _ _ _ _ _ Neeley mine______ L Sutherland prospect _ Hogback mine______ Davis mine_______ _ M. E... CONTENTS. Mines and prospects Continued. Johnson County Continued. Mountain City district ____ __________________...Nelson King prospect________________________ Shouns prospect _________________:__________ Doe Valley mine_...Wilson Hill mine_________________________ Wagner prospect _________________.________ Dry Run mine______ |  | | Report (issue) | | Robert D. Thomson________________________________ Limestone and dolomite, by George E. Ericksen ·and Dennis...Introduction___________________________ Uses of crushed limestone and dolomite_ Page 188 188 189 189 190 190 190...commodities-Continued Page Construction materials-Continued Limestone and dolomite~Continued Occurrences in Appalachia_...ores___________________ Igneous ores_______________________ Brown ores________________________ Resource potentiaL...Pa_____________________________ 18. Vertical quarry face in limestone, 160 feet high, 4 miles south of Franklin, W. |  | | Report (issue) | | History of the Iron Industry in Utah · .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains....13 King Iron prospect .. . · .13 Wah Wah pass prospects · . . . . 13 Box Elder County . . . . . . ....Mining Company .. . · 14 14 14 16 17 17 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bear River Range deposits...prospects .. Mineral Point mine 17 17 17 19 Daggett County . . . . . . ...... . Antelope Flat deposits . ...prospects Duchesne County . . . . . . . Uinta Mountains deposits . Dry Gulch prospect . . . Farm Creek |  | | Report (issue) | | Tak Haivana Nakya Comobabi Ko Vaya Cat Mountain Brown Mtn. Cocoraque Buttc La Tortuga Buttc San Ignacio...which include quartzite, siltstone, mudstone, limestone, and conglomerate. Apache Group rocks and associated...the Lakeshore deposit; and farther north in Gila County they host asbestos and uranium deposits that have...sequence is characterized by numerous beds of limestone, dolomite, quartzite, sandstone, shale, and conglomerate...geologic map of the Blue Jay Peak quadrangle, Graham County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous |  | | Report (issue) | | Stratigraphic column of Cambrian rocks________________ Prospect Mountain Quartzite_____________________ Basal..._ __ __ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ Susan Duster Limestone Member_________ B-shale member_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _...Stratigraphic column of Cambrian rocks-Continued Lyndon Limestone __________________ --- __ ------Chisholm Shal...district, Lincoln County, Nev. Generalized geologic map of the Pioche area, Lincoln County, Nev. Index map...the Ely Range, Pioche mining district, Lincoln County, Nev. Comparison of columnar sections of the Pioche |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...Humboldt County and the crystalline quartz collecting area on Petersen Mountain in Washoe County, permission...mineral endowment is varied. In gypsum, halite, limestone, lithium, magnesium minerals, manganese, molybdenum |  | | Book | | Key map Chimney ==. eee “Jasperoid” oolite limestone; along vein walls at Mary Belle 1 01012 Ya Ee...Photomicrograph of section of oolitic Ste. Genevieve limestone from footwall of Mary Belle mine... Photomicrograph...details in texture of oolitic Ste. Genevieve limestone replaced by quartz crystals and zinc Dblende:...taken place in Crittenden County. The eastern portion of Livingston County, and the northwestern portion...portion of Caldwell County have important developments, containing several mines and meritorious prospects |  | | Report (issue) | | southwestern part of the State, extending from Warren County on the north to Ohio River on the south, and eastward...northwest-southeast line running from Warren County to Perry County. They cover practically all of sixteen...relation of coal III to all the lower coals in Greene County, they are still better known in northeastern Vigo...down to coal III is therefore taken in Sullivan County and the portion from coal III to the Lower Block...the Merom sandstone are best exposed in Gibson County. 12 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1908 | | | Report (issue) | | 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91 121 Gregory...Hurnbo ldt County and the crystalline quartz collecting area on Petersen Mounta in in Washoe County, permission...diatomite, dolomite, fluorite, gypsum, halite, limestone, lithium, magnesium minerals, manganese, molybdenun1 |  | | Report (issue) | | Mineral Production General Features I. Alpine County. 5 6 6 , Mining Districts The Mogul and Monitor...27 27 27 , , Bibliography Chapter II, Inyo County. Introduction and Acknowledgments Location and...and water supply List of watering places in Inyo County Topography and drainage , Culture Mode 38 39...granite Pegmatite dikes Quartz veins Deposits in limestone and other Paleozoic or Mesozoic sediments Quartz...salt deposits Taele of Mining Districts in Inyo County . 5S 5S 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 5S 59 59 59 59 |  | | Book | | are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...,o Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. __ _) 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...in placers of the Potholes District of Imperial County, near the Colorado River about 10 miles north of...reported from San Ysidro, San Diego County, in 1828 ; from Los Angeles County, San Francisquito Canyon, in 183...183 5; and in the Piru District, Ventura County, in the early 1840s. Then in 1848 the discovery of gold |  | | Report (issue) | | general usage. In some cases more than one mine or prospect are grouped under the same map number. Names in...and generally less valid names for the mine or prospect preceding the parentheses. MAP COORDINATES, LOCATION...deposit by conventional terminology. The terms mine, prospect, claim, and occurrence are used as follows: M--Mine:...shipped. Claims may or may not be active. P--Prospect: a deposit that has been staked and, in most cases...generally are geologically complex, a mine or prospect may contain more than one form of deposit; in | | | Book | | species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary...Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA R5W i...first District of Imperial Yuma, Diego County, County, near the Colorado River about 10 miles north...San Ysidro, San Arizona. 1828; from Los Angeles County, San Francisquito Canyon, in in Then in on the |  | | Report (volume) | | General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...__ Royal Gorge region_________________________ Texas Creek region _________________ _ _ Jefferson Co...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | _______ _ Kyanite schist ________ --~- _________ _ Limestone and graphitic schist _______ _ Roan gneiss __...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina..._____ _ ____ __ ... _________________ _ Orange County-· ___________________________ _ Melville ____ -...________ _________________________ _ Pr~nce William County _____________________ _ Crawford _____________________ |
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