 | | 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) | | 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...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | precious-metal mineralization in the southwestern Nevada volcanic field, USA S t e p h e n B. C a s t o r a a n d...i s s b "Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Mackay School of Mines, Universityof Nevada, Reno, NV 89557...89557. USA bDepartment of Geological Sciences, Mackay School of Mines, Universityof Nevada, Reno. NV...NV 89557, USA (Received August 27, 1991; accepted after revision January 27, 1992 ) ABSTRACT Castor, S...southwestern Nevada volcanic field, USA. Ore Geol. Rev., 7: 193-223. The southwestern Nevada volcanic field |  | | Journal (issue) | | assistant curator of the new Thomas Warren Museum of Fluorescence at Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ, presented...mail : Wydar8®aol.com Ortoher 2000 eD_enver Mine rnl News Continued from page 1 net size. Francois...rate req uests to Mine ra l News, P .O . Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene , ID 83816 -2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448...supply of Japan law twin quartz from Pampa Bl anca Mine. Peru. These are singles and matri x specimens up...there were large clusters of amethyst from the Anahi Mine, Bolivia. These are not the ametrine crystal s but |  | | 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) | | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART |  | | 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 | | | Book (edition) | | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S:...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...noted) (top row, from left) Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection...Amethyst scepter, 17 cm, from Petersen Mountain, Nevada; Brianna and Brendan Traw collection. Barite, 7...Forsterite, 2 cm, from St. John’s Island, Egypt. Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge photo. Topaz, 4 cm...Sean Finneson (WA) Greg & Nancy Hendricks (OR) Ray Hill (WA) Alex Homenuke (BC) Bob Jackson (WA) Dave Leppert |  | | Book (edition) | | Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express | | | Book (edition) | | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wire Silver Kongsberg, Norway Wire Gold Ground Hog Mine, Gilman, Colorado S ince the dawn of civilization...11.7 cm tall, from the Ground Hog mine, Gillman district, Eagle County, Colorado. Harvard Mineralogical...calcite, and other gangue minerals including acanthite, graphite, pyrite, galena, and silver-antimony...of native silver production, the Freiberg mining district of Saxony, Germany, is far older and equally...years. It was in fact German miners (of the Harz district), because of their already historic experience |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Symposium: Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy Acanthite-argentite, Colorado, 307 Actinolite/tremolite...309 Brochantite, New Hampshire, 416 Brookite, Dodo Mine, Subpolar Urals, Russia, R. B. Cook, 192-95 Buchholz |  | | Journal (issue) | | . ..... 483 W. E. Wilson The Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona ............ .. ........... ......... .... ..... 507 L. Presmyk The Flux Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona .................................. 531 W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .....Wilson & E. Jones Fluorite from the Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona ............. .... ..... 569 M...M. Hay & D. Morris The Bagdad Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ............. .......................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals of the Gilman District and Eagle Mine Eagle County, Colorado WILLIAM J. WARREN JR. Front Range Minerals...com 298 ROCKS & MINERALS T he Gilman district, in Eagle County, Colorado, and its premier mineral specimen...Company’s Eagle mine, are located about 120 kilometers west-southwest of Denver. The Gilman district was originally...the Battle Mountain district and was later referred to as the Red Cliff district. Much of the older (pre-1940s)...the area by one, or both, of these names. The district is famous for its once-prolific production of |  | | 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 |  | | 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 (issue) | | by R. W. Eveleth S tib n ites o f the Stayton district, H o llister, C a lif o r n ia .................emphasis or clarity, and (d) proper names, e.g., mine levels. 8. Credits. Caption data for specimen photos...from the New Nevada mine in Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico and legrandite from the Ojuela mine in Mapimi,...sig nificant mining properties, including, but not limited to, the Sar Francisco mine in Sonora, the...the Veracruz amethyst locality, and the sulfur mine in Baja. He was a long-time wholesale dealer in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical...deemed more appropriate (and more likely to gain mining industry support) to propose designating copper |  | | Book (edition) | | Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be cause of its large oil and gas exploration...rare-earth pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake...1938. The Terlingua mining district is noted for its rare mercury minerals. Mining here was contin uous...from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced most of the rare minerals, ceased...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991) |
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