 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent |  | | 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 Š 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.â 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 CopyrightŠ 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | compositions that generally contain anhydrous and reduced mineral assemblages (e.g., quartz + fayalite rhyolites)... Goldfield, Aurora, Bodie, Paradise Peak, and Rawhide deposits. Low-sulfidation Au-Ag deposits in the...contents, low Ag/Au ratios, and notably high selenide mineral contents compared to temporally equivalent low-sulfidation...from large deposits at Round Mountain, Midas, and Rawhide (Fig. 2). As shown by many workers since Ransome...showed that lowsulfidation deposits in northern Nevada could be divided into two subtypes based on their |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exceptionally sharp 4.2-cm acanthite paramorph after argentite from the Rayes mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Francis...1878); the Baker quarry near Billmeyer, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where it occurs as an alteration...Hill occurrence in Davidson County, and the McMakin mine in Cabarrus County (Genth 1891); and mines of...of the Virgilina district, Halifax County, Virginia (Dietrich 1990). The great silver occurrences of the...abundant acanthite. Many mines of the Colorado mineral belt contained important amounts of acanthite, although |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | [Northeastern University] at 11:57 17 November 2014 Husky Mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada T he ruby silvers...certainly some of the most collectible of all mineral species, and the two most familiar ruby silvers...is polybasite, a relatively common silver ore mineral that is rare as fine specimens. Although the most...have been available in recent years from the Husky mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Consequently, in keeping...Canadian theme of this yearâs Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, a Husky mine polybasite has been nominated as this |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | distribution and historical importance as an ore mineral of silver, well-crystallized specimens of pyrargyrite...recovered from an interesting array of important mining districts; it is currently available from Mexico...arsenic in amounts up to several percent. Pynte, acanthite, polybasite, and silver pseudomorphs after pyrargyrite...reported. It occurs as an alteration product of acanthite, dyscrasite, and silver. Pyrargyrite is relatively...occurring as an important if not dominant ore mineral in some deposits. It is certainly more widespread |  | | 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... The wire form is an unusual and relatively rare mineral habit characterized by elongate hairlike growths...6 cm tall, is an impressive specimen from the mineral collection of the Cranbrook Institute of Science...calcite, and other gangue minerals including acanthite, graphite, pyrite, galena, and silver-antimony |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...Tbctypically contains variable amounts son Gem and Mineral Show, an excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly,...have been described from a notable Andean silver mineral localities, and the mineralogy of variety of localities...untarreplaced by various silver halides, ruby silvers, acanthite, and stephanite are known. Similarly, silver has... occurring together) from the Calumet and Hecla mine. Excepment in the oxide zones of a variety of metal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The opaque minerals include pyrite, electrum, acanthite (Ag2S), sphalerite, and galena, which are common...reflects a Se-rich mineral assemblage. In the Hauraki Goldfield and the western Great Basin, USA, Se-rich minerals...not stable at temperatures >73â185°C, such as acanthite (Ag2S), aguilarite (Ag4SSe), naumannite (Ag2Se)...several, predominantly epithermal, AuâAg deposits in USA, Peru, Russia, Indonesia, and New Zealand (Barton...conditions. In addition, we discuss relations among acanthite, aguilarite, and naumannite, including data that |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mine Vol. 35 No. 1 January 2019 News The Mineral Collector's Newsletter $6.00 Albert Edward Foote...Foote, the Chair of Chemistry, was a vigorous mineral collector (Shaffer 1872) many years before he was...Congress representing the Anti-Monopoly Party (Sioux County Herald I 874). Luckily, he was unsuccessful at...NewYork. Silver Ore from the Eagle Mine Red Cliff District, Eagle County, Colorado Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet...1997) in Grand Junction, CO. John was a geologist, mineral collector and very good friend who managed the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral News Vol. 22 No. 5 May 2006 The Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 Dr. Frederick Harvey...remarkably active and sharp, contributing articles to Mineral News and elsewhere as recently as our October 2005...1952, and was later Director of the Santa Barbara County Museum of Natural History. He was a prolific author...from Clay Canyon, Utah. (Continues on page 2) Acanthite FredPoughandSkipSimmonssharinglibationsatthe...laeliason@msn.com From a historic perspective, acanthite is a minor mineral of little importance and it is noted |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | secondary minerals of the common base metals, the mineral collecting world would be a drab place indeed....Specimens of this mineral are available in modest to good quality at many mineral shows, mostly from...cobalt, commonly those containing primary Co-Ni-As mineral assemblages, often with accessory silver. Associated...localities as the old cobalt mine at Great Hill, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut; the Franklin...mines, Sussex County, New Jersey; the old Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County, New York; |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimens at many localities throughout the world; mineral collectors have little trouble locating enough...cultural standpoint. These are localities rich in mining history and regional flavor; the old drifts and...years a great many mineral collectors have decided to try their hand at the mineral business. Most of...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...2 Germany An historical perspective on silver mining in G erm any.................. by W. Lieber and |  | | Catalog/List | | Featuring: The Dr. Dan Collection The Kevin Ward Mineral Collection Wilshire Bivd. THE TOWER AUCTION VENUE... 2009, 10:00 AM PST Lots 1-258 The Kevin Ward Mineral Collection Session Two Tuesday, February 3, 2009... 7) | yr 4. : â By Âť : OF The Kevin Ward Mineral Collection John Kevin Ward was born on October...western states. Colorado and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history....and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection with the help of a local mineral dealer |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Native gold from the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne County, California...............................Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi ........................................Adularia from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland .......................................EDITOR BLANCHARD CLOSES Mineral collectors interested in visiting the Blanchard mine or other mines in the...the Hansonburg mining district near Bingham, New Mexico, should be advised that the Bureau of Land Management |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain mineral species that collectors...clearly the most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. 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