 | | 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 (volume) | | RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING GAMPS IN ELKO, UNDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS............................. Mountain ranges and mining districts.......................................................................... Midas or Gold Circle district.......................................geology............................................. Mine descriptions......................................44 44 45 46 47* 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 49 50 Rex mine..................:............................. | | | 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 (issue) | | the Golconda Thrust Fault, Humboldt County, North-Central Nevada by Dawn J. Madden-McGuire1 Open-File................. 3 4 Winnemucca to Golconda to Midas turnoff ........................... Osgood Mountain...Mountains .......... Osgood Mountain Quartzite at barite mine ........................... Preble Formation on.................. Golconda tungsten and manganese mine ............................ Preble Formation on...showing mountain ranges in southern Humboldt County, Nevada. .................................. 2. Roads |  | | Report (volume) | | BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...of the ore deposits 2 27 30 Mining districts 2 Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal 2 30 30 Location and accessibility...filling 3 42 CONTENTS. Mining districts—Continued. Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal.—Continued. Ore deposits—Continued...shoots Milling High Grade district, Modoc County, Cal Location History of mining Accessibilty Previous descriptions |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book | | f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered |  | | Book (volume) | | and vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...Valentine in Cherry Co., extending along the Niobrara River eastward into Brown Co. The Sandhills Museum in...area around the confluence of the Loup River with the Platte River in Platte Co. is well known for its agates...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | 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...impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources (for example, the Humboldt River drainage...part of their Resource Management Plan for the District/Resource Area or for other planning units such |  | | 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) | | CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MINl^S AND MINERALS...LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite, banded in brownish...white to nearly colorless. Beaver Lake District; azurite. 0. K. Mine; bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...limonite, malachite, molybdite, pyrite. Bradshaw District; aragonite, aurichalcite, cerussite, cuprite,...often phosphorescent, wollastonite. Granite District; almandine garnet, barite, bismuth - inite. |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...cuts, breaks, river banks, stream beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma...Fm. On Elm Cr. Near its jct. with the Missouri River (about 15 mi. S of Chamberlain) gray Barite rosette...rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides, ridges...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | 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...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal |  | | Report (volume) | | sections of Au-skarn deposits in north-central Nevada 8 Map showing distribution of Au-skarn districts...zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...five Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of pyroxene...three Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 17 Photomicrograph showing massive garnet partly...north-central Nevada 59 · Representative data for minerals in gold skarns from north-central Nevada 60 Chemical |  | | 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 (volume) | | Rocks, Snowstorm Mountains and Vicinity, Northern Nevada By Alan R. Wallace and E.H. McKee................Terrill Mountains Area, Holy Cross District, Churchill County, Nevada By Stephen G. Peters, Richard F....Eocene and middle Miocene volcanism in northern Nevada blanketed larger areas than has been previously...mapping by Peters and others (chapter D) in western Nevada has established a geologic and structural context...epithermal mineralization in the Holy Cross mining district. This work permits an evaluation of the mineral |  | | Catalog/List | | to 3 mmon rock. (WestforkMineReynodsCo. liissouri USA)a) with 2 or 3 crystals E 3 7 POLY Y.ITE i I" S...Carbide Hine, WilsonSprings G rland Co nty, rk nsas USA) lx E4 lx2 E7.50 497 TELLURITE /2 god yellow crust...brownmetallic (Herbb E2 Hine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lem E6 • , * 0 • 1 • 068 BOTALLACKITE...Attractive blue masses in and on pink BÅRYTES.(BlairLogie Mine, n~ar Stirling, Scotland) lxl El. 50 202 COPPER...Cu minerals on matrix. (30'level Gold Hill Mine Utah USA) lem E4 309 PLANCHEITE Cu/8 Si/8 0/22 pure dark |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...have been found at the Holland mine in Washington Camp Mining District near Nogales, Santa Cruz Co., Ariz...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 | | Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...scrabbling for agates amor1g the gravel bars of the river Achates (now called Drillo), which flows through |  | | Journal (issue) | | haps a little silver may have been procured from river and glacial drift, and masses of meteoric iron were...implements; but these would not require a knowledge of mining. The desirability of iron for implements, would...metal than meteorites would supply, then would the mining of iron ores commence. Before iron came into common...common use, however, “ stream tin " from the river drift had been worked for metallic tin to harden their...and the smelting of copper ores soon followed. To mine for these ores prop erly, required a knowledge of |  | | Report (issue) | | groups of claims are held in the iron-bearing district. Three of these the Mogul, Monarch, and Galena...group, comprising four claims, is west of Sinuk River below American Creek, and the Cub Bear group, also...the divide between Washington Creek and Cripple River. Heavily iron-stained blossom occurs at half a dozen...the route followed being along the beach to Penny River, up this stream to Willow Creek, arid thence northward...northward across the heads of Arctic Creek, Cripple River, and Washington Creek. There is no definite trail |  | | Report (issue) | | ___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache..._______________________________ American Fork district (Alta area)___________________________ Alpine...______ Redmond district __________________________________ _:________ Millard County _______________...Map showing oxidized ziuc deposits of the Tintic district, Juab and Utah Counties. 3. Map showing oxidized...the Star district, Beaver County. 5. Map showing oxidized zinc deposits in the Park City district, Summit |
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