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| usually was only for short periods of activity that mining was done. ARIZONA—Masses of native copper, some...Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS—A large, beautiful grayish agate, sawed and face polished, and coming from the world-famous...was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone...Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham County, beautiful nodules of deep...related to granitic rocks, has been found in Troup County near La Grange. All of the stones are a rich blue-green |
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| SHERWOOD 106A East 25th, P. 0. Box 436 Oak Grove, Missouri 64075-0436 Downloaded by [Brown University Library]...Louis, Missouri 63129-2704 Figure 1. Counties in Missouri. N o comprehensive list of Missouri mineral...found in Missouri; two of these, fletcherite and starkeyite, were first described from Missouri mines....location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular |
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| Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 r...Deposits . Mexican Agate.............................. Glossary of Mexican Agate Terms 13 SECTION 1...El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari District ...... Moctezuma...Moctezuma District ... Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District...SECTION 2 — Highway 45 Sabinal District ............... Los Lamentos District.... Placer de Guadalupe Puerto |
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| about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen of small radiating chrysocolla...of Culloden, and one mile S. of the Monroe-Lamar County line. The cordierite occurs in knots and irregularshaped |
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| The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in México...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in México, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- x / Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors |
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| The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- LX x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors |
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| be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals...banded growths in thodochrosite (page 112) and agate (page 167), document these changes. Such features...some of the world’s finest crystals of amethyst, agate and a large family of silicate minerals known collectively...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS |
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| 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest |
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| PROSPECTING ON THE DORRIS CLAIMS 26 ARIZONA FIRE AGATE 34 CHLORIDE SAWTOOTH QUARTZ 40 ROCK & GEM KIDS...Wulfenite from the Red Cloud (photo credit)mine (La Paz County), Arizona, is world famous. (3.9 cm high) Jeff...Spirstra? If so, I believe his mine was on the Missouri River, near York, and not the York River. —Wayne...are right. Sam tells me he is mining for diamonds in the Golconda district of India now. —Bob Jones Senior...Worldwide Treasures! *Resale Certificate Required Barite on Calcite Montreal Mine, WI Watercolor by Fred |
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| 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph by J...percent of the state. Nevada's public lands offer mining, livestock grazing, wild horse viewing, .scenic...Road and Geologic Tours in th<' Las Vegas Area. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91 |
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| with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...designated, there are two official state gemstones: agate and sapphire. An extensive body of gem and mineral...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...where crystals of barite, calcite, and gypsum are found along with petrified wood and agate. The middle third |
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| MARCH–APRIL 2019 Articles The Candelaria District Mineral County, Nevada .................................$315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...crystals at the 29 mine in Missouri, topaz at the Maynard claims in Utah, and barite in the Book Cliffs of...worldwide! Diana & Ian Bruce Gold | Eagle’s Nest Mine, USA 11.0 x 8.5 x 2.0cm Paul M. Adams 126 South Helberta...adams@aero.org Bonanza silver ore made the Candelaria District one of Nevada’s largest silver producers in the |
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| Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: area barite pitsBarite, Geodes...minerals; area mines, as important producersBarite, Manganese, ocher. Manganese deposits have a wide |
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| Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations, tungstenite...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...wood shows a small area of white and grey banded agate. All chalcedony appears to nuoresce under ultraviolet...V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases...the day that open-pit mining would reveal its expected buried treasures. Mining by Union Carbide for vanadium |
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| Holly Smith collection, page 244. (right colurnn) Barite-James and Charelle Webb collection, page 279; Azurite-Bob...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas...in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among... HI STORY_....,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _......., J COUNTY MAp o, '1~AAa M'Al.t.OFM.11.ES An 1870 map of |
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| MISSOURI HANDBOOK NUMBER ONE THE COMMON ROCKS AND MINERALS OF MISSOURI W. D. KELLER UNIVERSITY OF...OF MISSOURI PRESS MISSOURI HANDBOOK NUMBER ONE THE COMMON ROCKS AND MINERALS OF MISSOURI WrDsKELEER... OF MISSOURI PRESS * COLUMBIA ABOUT THIS BOOK The Common Rocks and Minerals of Missouri was first...first published in 1945 as part of the Missouri Handbook series, a project of the College of Arts and...1948 and 1961. Subsequently, the University of Missouri Press became the publisher of the series. Although |
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| Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...repeat things I said at M ike’s funeral service in Washington. I am indebted to Walter Fleischer for providing...Carnegie Institution’s Geophysical Laboratory in Washington. He commuted between work and the fam ily’s home...became secure enough for his wife to join him in Washington. In 1939 he received a permanent position with... I met Mike Fleischer in 1961 when I visited Washington for the first time. He was the chief “tour guide” |
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| lead-zinc district, several hundred miles to the north; drusy quartz and barite from the Potosi area of...of southeastern Missouri; quartz crystals from the Ouachita Mountains of west-centralArkansas; and, more...minerals as smithsonite, sphalerite, and dolomite from mining areas further east in the Arkansas Ozarks. The...shop. Needless to say, the world’s largest crystal-mining excavation is even bigger and more imposing now...is synonymous with Tri-State district minerals. (The Tri-State district includes Baxter Springs and Galena |
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| CRYSTALS SUCH AS SPHALERITE CRYSTALS, GALENA CRYSTALS, BARITE CRYSTALS, CALCITE CRYSTALS, QUARTZ CRYSTALS ETC...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6...1965—5th Annual Swapping Bee and Picnic of the Fulton County Mineral Club will be held at John Boyd Thacher...International Rock Swap sponsored by the Jefferson County Rock & Mineral Club on the ranch of Leslie Rose |
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| Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |
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| Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |
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| Tuscaloose Co., Ala., many beautiful specimens of agate and chalcedony are found as loose pebbles along...be recorded." Pala is in northwestern San Diego County of Southern California. COLORADO: Prof. Richard...the abandoned Laurel Creek corundum mine in Rabun County, where it is associated with corundum. The mineral...item: "The Ima Tungsten Mine of Patterson, Lemhi County, Idaho, producer of a large supply of tungsten...(about one inch) agate with a small vug in which are sharp drusy quartz xls. This agate was found in gravel |
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| wu OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY— Joseph V: Tingley a RobertC.Horton _ Francis C. Lincoln 3 . ...Publication of this new edition of “Outline of Nevada Mining History” was made — possible with the assistance...07 Uet a vA. | B13L40 —S OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY Joseph V. Tingley Robert C. Horton Francis...THE MINING HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, by Francis Church Lincoln, 1924 Reese River district 14...14 White Pine district 14 Trinity district 16 Candelaria district 16 First bullion production 16 First |
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| Harvard class of 1888 and went on to a career in mining. His large systematic collection contained several...Navia. We believe that Navia, a professor at the mining school in Guanajuato, assembled a small systematic...Guanajuato highlighted the collection. Holden’s mining interests in Mexico brought him into contact with...installed in Washington. Berman also visited and collected more than 50 specimens at the following mining districts:...gold and gold ore minerals assembled by the French mining engineer George de la Bouglise. The Burrage collection |
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| ................ 576 THE BUCKSHOT BARITE MJNE OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. By Albert L. Kid1l'ell .............Impregnation of ~ materials, .A:rtificial coloring of agate, Soft carving with steel tools, Carving and engraving...usually not easily distinguishable ly in Tooele County, Utah, at approxi - from the more plentiful Pleistocene...springs have at times furnished water for various mining enterprises, and are now used as water supply for...and is operating the San fuan tunnel. The Rosario Mining Company has an option on the mines however, and |
