 | | Report (volume) | | General Geology of the Jackson Mountains Humboldt County, Nevada By RONALD WILLDEN CONTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL...BULLETIN 1141-D Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...Jackson Mountains and nearby areas in Humboldt County, Nev. Suggested correlation of the Tertiary rocks...the Jackson Mountains and other areas in Humboldt County. Nev. Page Index map.________________________..._____ D3 Generalized geology of northwestern Nevada.______________ Happy Creek volcanic series in the |  | | Report (issue) | | organization is carrying on for the direct advancement of mining interests throughout the country than can readily...... 28 Piedmont.. ........ Md.-W. Va... 29 Nevada City special. Ycllowstono Nationul Park. 30 Cal........ 932 Hague, A.; Weed, National Park; no mining W. H.; . Iddings, permitted. J.P. Lindgren, W....Dak . 864 103 stone, road metal, chrome iron, hematite, manganese, pumice, infusorial earth. Richardson... No. 38. Economic geology of the Bingharn mining district, Utah, by J. M. Boutwell, Arthur Keith, and |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA SYDNEY H. BALL WASHINGTON...______ . _________i________________ History of mining development..--_________ r ________ Economic c...___ _ _ Old Camp ___..__..____..___-____________ Tokop _____ ______!-..__..- _ _ . Oriental Wash ..,._...PLATE I. Geologic map of an area in southwestern Nevada and. eastern California ________.._______:________________...Index map showing location of area in southwestern Nevada and eastern California_________________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Jackson Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, by C. R. Willden. 120 p,,'34 figs., 4 table...Geology of the Jackson Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada by Charles Ronald Willden, U. S. Ge..;logftal...Platt 1. Geologic map of the Jackson Nountains, Nevada Generalized structure sections . Fie-we 1. Lade:...iwuntains and other physiograpale Zaatres in IL.mboldt County . . • 5 2. General otology of northwestern :k...Jackson :6,iountaiws and nther areas in l'Unbcldt County. i9, Specimen of daeits porph.mf intrislve. in |  | | Report (issue) | | 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N. Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends...________________———— Utah __________________________ Marysvale district (Piute and Sevier Counties) Southern Wah Wah Mountains...____________ Nevada ___________________————— Lincoln County _______________——— Clark County __________————————— |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl...and additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Book (edition) | | malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite, an ore of iron, will be heavy in the hand. a...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal...recent perhaps because of the decline in placer mining for gold in made dis- faces helps to distinguish |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Report (issue) | | THE LITTLE HUNTOON VALLEY QUADRANGLE, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA By J. H. Stewart, F. J. Kleinhampl, R. C....Open-File Report 84-503 Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology This map is preliminary...coarsegrained volcanic sand matrix TUFF OF EASTSIDE MINE Very pale orange to pale yellowish brown; 15 percent...obtained from samples collected in adjacent Rattlesnake Flat and Huntoon Valley quadrangles (Evernden...as 2 percent of rock and include magnetite and hematite. Other minerals, from trace amounts as much as |  | | Report (volume) | | streambeds, principally derived from rocks of the Sierra Nevada. Specific localities in California where diamonds...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Ord Mine Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver District Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...GEOLOGY GEOLOGY OF THE ORD MINE, MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, ARIZONA By JOHN N. FAICK ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT The Ord mine property comprises 20 patented claims situated on the eastern slope of the Mazatzal...of several mines and prospects in a quicksilver district that crosses the middle part of the Mazatzal Mountains...Mountains and occupies part of Gila County on the east and Maricopa County on the west. The Ord claims were |  | | Book (edition) | | YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to |  | | Report (issue) | | located in central Utah, at Sulphurdale, a small mining camp about 20 miles north of Beaver, Utah, the...permanent and is deserted during the winter or whenever mining operations cease. The deposits are situated about...doubtless much greater than it would be if the mining were done on a scale sufficiently large to warrant...C. Gold and pyrite deposits of the .Dahlonega district, Georgia. In Bulletin No. 213, pp. 57-03. 1903...1886. RICHARDSON, G. B. Native sulphur in El Paso County, Tex. In Bulletin No. 260, pp. 589-592. 1905. ROTHWELL |  | | Report (volume) | | ___________________________________________________ Mine openings.___--_-___-_-___-_---_____________-__--____...Washington mine_____--_--__------___--___________ Durham mine.__________-___________i___________^_ Barton, Kaiser...-__________.__.____..___ Hematite.-_----_:--------------------.----------_---.-_-___._. Mine openings_____-_----_-----_-...____-__-----___--___-______-___--_____._--______-____ Mine openings.___-__-__---__-_--------__-_____J_________Occurrence...mme-_-------_-----__-_-_--____--_-___-____ Orchard mine.__-_-_____--___-__- --_-_______-__-_--.__ Other |  | | Report (volume) | | Georgia have been the major sources of barite since mining began there in 1872, 1902, and 1914 respectively...Deposits in Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico have been developed extensively...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL RESOURCES production, mining and treatment of ore, as well as some descriptions...states. State references describe deposits and mining and milling techniques practiced within a particular...occurrences may be in the vicinity. In the Cartersville district, Georgia, the deposits are listed as residual |  | | Report (issue) | | Elements at the Gold Acres Open-Pit Mine, Lander County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...Eletnents at the Gold Acres Open-Pit Mine, Lander County, Nevada By CHESTER T. WRUCKE and THEODORE J....elements at the Gold Acres open-pit mine, Lander County, Nevada. (Geological Survey Professional Paper...No.: I 19.16:860 1. Gold-ores-Nevada-Lander Co. 2. Geochemistry-Nevada-Lander Co. I. Armbrustmacher,...mine________________________________ 5 Location of the mine relative to mineralized areas on the east side of |  | | Journal (issue) | | discovered i n Virginia i n 1806 a t the Whitehall mine i n Spotsylvania m y . Several lode mines near the...the f a l l s of the Jams River in Amherst County as well as several placer mines were opened in other...around 1825 (Sweet, 1971). In the early 1800's gold mining i n V i r ginia consisted of extraction from shallow...The f i r s t gold mine campany incorporated i n Virginia was the V i r qinia Mining Campany of New York...York which operated a t the Grasty mine t r a c t i n Orange County from 1831-1834. This area has been |  | | Report (issue) | | Granite Mountains fault system ___________ _ Rattlesnake Hills volcanic field and associated 109 stru...__ _ 123 Gas Hills district __________________________ _ 123 Crooks Gap district ________________________...Mountains fault system along south margin of the Rattlesnake Hills________ 51. Oblique aerial photograph,...__ 58. Photograph showing Cheyenne Mining Co. uranium strip mine in upper part of Wagon Bed Formation____...phonolite were extruded from about 35 vents in the Rattlesnake Hills. Before Oligocene time these vents became |  | | Report (issue) | | 1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since...published as Bulletin 91 of the California State Mining Bureau. Many additional species were included,...commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Minerals by Kevin Downey 31 The Cobalt Silver Mining Area by David K. Joyce and Kimberly Tait.........Eye Candy Clockwise from top left: Silver, ZCA #3 mine, Balmat, NY; Fluor-dravite, road cut near Gouvemeur...Ellenville Lead mine, Ellenville, NY; Quartz, Bower Powers farm, Pierrepont, NY; Hematite, Quartz, Chub...historic Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - A. J. Albini & H. Moritz. 2:30...warwickite, and dissakisite-(Ce) from New York State, USA - M. V. Luoulescu. R. Rowe, D. G. Bailey, & M. Hawkins |  | | Report (volume) | | FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME NOTES ON THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT G. H. GARREY AND W. H. EMMONS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT..................................... Gold field district............................................................................................... Mining development..................................................................................... Mine maps......;........................................ 20 22 22 22 25 25 28 34 37 38 39 Bullfrog district.............. ............................... |
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