 | | Report (issue) | | for advance publication] Page (A) The Contact mining district, Nev., by Frank C. Schrader (B) The Rosebud...ILLUSTEATIONS PLATE!. The western part of the Contact district, Nev., looking northwest from the foothills...reconnaissance map of the Contact district-___ 3. Claim map of the Contact district_________________... 4. Geologic sketch map of the Nevada-Bellevue mine_______ 5. A, Typical topography of the Tongue River...Union formation, B% sec. 16, T. 5 N., R. 45 E.; B, Contact of the Tongue River and Lebo members of the Fort |  | | Report (volume) | | RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA BY F. C. SCHRADER... 58 __.____ 64 4 CONTENTS. The Jarbidge district Continued. Page. Description of properties._________...the west system of veins______________ 66 Pavlak mine. ________1_______ 67 Location _ _ ___________ 67...group__ ____ 86 86 Vulcan group ________ Mahogany mine Amazon-Rainbow group __ __________ Properties of...92 93 93 93 94 94 White Quartz vein 94 CONTENTS. 5 The Jarbidge district Continued. Description of |  | Matti, Jonathan C., Cox, B.F., Rodriguez, Eduardo A., Obi, Curtis M., Powell, R.E., Hinkle, M.E., Griscom, Andrew, Sabine, Charles, Cwick, Gary J. (1982) Mineral resource potential map of the Bighorn Mountains Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-217), San Bernardino County, California. Open-File Report Vol. 1982 (82-962) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr82962 | Report (issue) | | WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (CDCA-217), SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SUMMARY REPORT p C.200) R tt90 2...California Desert Conservation Area, San Bernardino County, California. SUMMARY Geological, geochemical, and...evidence, together with a review of historical mining and prospecting activities, suggests that most...State Highway 247, and northward from New Dixie Mine Road and Viscera Spring Road. Prebatholithic suite...mainly of biotite schist and schistose biotite-quartz paragneiss, but also includes minor phyllite, laminated |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tucson, Ari- HOPE By TANYA SOUTH Again, oh Soul of mine, look up! Again behold the stars! Once more cling... TRUE OR FALSE A test of your desert knowledge MINING Current news of desert mines LETTERS Comment from...peace-loving reptile—and for all I know the little horned rattler is now boasting to its progeny that it is the most...Indian habitation. Kent Frost demonstrates that a rattler held tip by the tail may do some squirming—but...camp and mine where Seth B. Tanner, Mormon pioneer, tried many years ago to develop a copper mine, with |  | | Journal (issue) | | 25-26—Sierra Club outing to Deep Canyon near Palm Desert. NEVADA April 11-12—Lions Club Rodeo, Battle Mountain....CALENDAR REFLECTION NATURE ADVENTURE FICTION WATER LOST MINE POETRY PUBLIC LANDS EXPERIENCE GHOST TOWN PHOTOGRAPHY...NOTES TRUE OR FALSE WILDFLOWERS COOKING CLOSE-UPS MINING HOBBY LAPIDARY BOOKS COMMENT ADIOS PHOTOGRAPHY...plants, made a trip into southcentral San Diego County. In his day the International Border was ill-defined...Trigos By HAROLD O. WEIGHT Map by Norton Allen MINE should be enough for any man to lose in a lifetime |  | | Report (issue) | | Purple pit fluorspar pipe, Lost Sheep mine, Spar Mountain, Juab County. CONTENTS Page Dell No. 5 Claim...43 Floride Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Floride No. 1 Mine . . . . ...Floride No.5 Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Floride No. 13 Mine . . . . . . ..... . . 45 Floride No. 18 Mine ............ ·.......... 45 Fluorine Queen Mine . . . . . . . . . . . ....Fluorine Queen No. 1 Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Fluorine Queen No. 2 Mine . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | vacation season, Phoenix, Arizona. Oct. 1—Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo, Sonoita, Arizona. Oct. 1-7—Annual...5-6-7 — Nevada State Medical association annual conference, Las Vegas. Oct. 5-8—Graham County Fair, Safford...Cochise County Fair, Douglas, Arizona. Oct. 7-8—Mass field trip sponsored by the Clark County Gem Collectors...Collectors, Las Vegas, Nevada. Camp ground at Boulder Beach on shore of Lake Mead. Oct. 16-19—Southwestern...gathering, Roswell, New Mexico. Oct. 18-23—Pima County Fair, Tucson, Arizona. Oct. 19-21 — Grand Chapter |  | | Journal (issue) | | MURPHY'S, CALIFORNIA 14 Howard Neal THE PRAIRIE RATTLER CLAN 16 K. L. Boynton THE ABCs OF ANZA-BORREGO...enjoyable outings for the future. For you "lost mine buffs," a special feature in this issue is Harold...November 19th carried an article that the Smoky Valley Mining Company is planning to market approximately 100... L. Boynton has greeted 1977 with the Prairie Rattler Clan, and Mary Frances Strong has a fascinating...weathered ruins of 67 ghost towns and abandoned mining camps — some famous, others little known, and one |  | | Report (issue) | | geology of the western part of the Globe-Miami district, Arizona In pocket FIGURES 1-4. Map showing:...porphyritic phase is the younger; it is cut by quartz-sericite-sulfide veins but has not been the locus...stocks and the stocks in the Ray porphyry copper district of Arizona were compared on the basis of the number...that range in composition from granodiorite to quartz monzonite. About half the copper occurs in the...compare Laramide stocks within only the Globe-Miami district (fig. 1) of the Arizona porphyry copper province; |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | FACTS ABOUT OPAL CLAIM TO COPPER FAME Butte’s Mining Legacy DYNAMIC DISCOVERY Biggs Junction Reveals...NEVADA’S CARLIN TREND America’s Greatest Gold-Mining District 64 CAPTIVATING FIND AT CARVER AGATE FIELD...Canada and all other foreign countries. EDITORIAL CONTACT INFORMATION: editor@rockngem.com Printed in U...classic older specimen of opal from the prolific USA locality of Butte, Oregon, reveals a carving-grade...ue s re la te d to o p a ls. • Fe a ture s e xa mining the sc ie nc e , g e o lo g y a nd histo ry o f | | | 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 |  | Banks, Norman G., Cornwall, Henry R., Silberman, M. L., Creasey, S. C., Marvin, Richard F. (1972) Chronology of Intrusion and Ore Deposition at Ray, Arizona; Part I, K-Ar Ages. Economic Geology, 67 (7) 864-878 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.67.7.864 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and near the district. A hornblendeage oœ1,630 m.y. for the Madera Diorite in. the district agreeswith...Precambrian diabaseoutsideoœthe district. Biotites from Precambrianrocks in the district yield anomalouslyyoung...respectively. At least 13 intrusive rock types in the district are younger than œaultsthat cut Pennsylvanianrocksand...Rocksœromeachintrusiveperiod,as well as older rocks, are cut by quartz veinlets that contain coppersulfides,and clastsoœoxide...this model, intrusive period ! (Tortilia Quartz Diorite and Rattler Granodiorite) began about 70.5 m.y. ago |  | | Book | | A FIELD GUIDE Rockhounding Nevada is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals...Globe Pequot Press NEVADA A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites NEVADA 2nd Edition Essential...and minerals WILLIAM A. KAPPELE Rockhounding Nevada RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 1 6/27/11 3:02 PM Help...RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 2 6/27/11 3:02 PM Rockhounding Nevada A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites...ion Data Kappele, William A., 1931Rockhounding Nevada : a guide to the state’s best rockhounding sites |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cloudcroft, New Mexico. July 2-4 — Rodeo, parades, Reno, Nevada. Volume 12 July 2-4—Hillbilly Jubilee, parade...n e r s in M a y , a n d other p i c t u r e s MINING Current n e w s of d e s e r t m i n e s PERSONALITY...by Lake Mead. them for years!" at the Imperial county fair and at On these trips Eva and Hazel started...lected group of sandspikes and try to in Las Vegas, Nevada. In her with knows that after she met the flowers...Nick, who has in their home environment in the Nevada desert she went back to botany their formation |  | | Journal (issue) | | Holtville. Dec. 13—Christmas Parade, Lancaster. NEVADA In southwestern Arizona live the peaceful Papago...BRANHAM . 8 PHOTOGRAPHY Pictures of the Month LOST MINE The Old Dutchman's Lost Ledge of Gold By HAROLD...other poems . . . . NEWS NOTES From the Southwest MINING Current news of desert mines HOBBY Gems and Minerals...Rockhound's Dream; of an old gold mining camp in the northeastern corner of Nevada; and of that camp's woman...spires. RENE SPRAGUE is postmaster at Jarbidge, Nevada, and she and I took a liking to each other the |  | | Journal (issue) | | CALENDAR Nov. 1—Nevada day, the state's 85th anniversary of statehood, Carson City, Nevada. Nov. 1—Eve of...Ogden, Utah. Nov. 18-20-—Nevada state farm bureau convention, Reno, Nevada. Nov. 19-20—International...19-20—International Rodeo convention, Reno, Nevada. Pinon Incense... Bring the delightful fragrance of the Pinon Forest...Incense of the Pinyon Forest By DOROTHY L. PILLSBURY MINING NEWS HUMOR CONTEST CLOSE-UPS LAPIDARY HOBBY COMMENT...20-mule team wagons in the early days of Death Valley mining hauled—Gypsum Gold ore Rock salt Borax 2—The name |  | | Report (issue) | | Bullock Nature displays her most common mineral, quartz, in this beautiful crystal cluster. CONTENTS.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | seeing his outfit when he drove through Beatty, Nevada. I was working at the depot there at the time....Company to construct works for handling the ore at the mine. Mr. Mellen is still living. He was 94 in May. He...Artist Discovers the Mojave HENRY MOCKEL 24 LOST MINE: Sullivan's Lost Ledge of Gold HAROLD O. WEIGHT...GHOSTS OF THE GLORY TRAIL by Nell Murbarger. Old mining camps of the West come to life again in these vivid...interesting residents and unusual places in the Sagebrush County of Western America. Filled with human interest |  | | Report (issue) | | drilling in Triassic rocks by a dozen or so oil ·and mining companies, largely, in Guadalupe, Quay, and San...the Coyote 2 ' ! I ! t .. • ' •. district, Mora County, N.Mex. (fig. 1, locality 15), are described...·south of the Coyote district in sec. 15, T. 16 N., · R. 17 E.,· San Miguel County (fig •. 1, locality... List of uranium localities shown on figure 1 County--Locality No.--Name T. R. Approximate 1 14S...Stratigraphic unit Chaves County· 1. 2. Hoffacker test hole Stoltz test hole DeBaca County 3. Cebolo Creek |  | | Journal (issue) | | SUNSET—WASHOE VALLEY By KATHARINE JONES Reno, Nevada How wide and peaceful is the sunset sky Enfolding...For all your work for you shall earn. Henderson, Nevada A boy and his dog on a desert trail, Exploring...They find wherever they wander. They detour the rattler who sounds an alarm Which strikes fear to most...ecstasy. • • • EPITAPH By KATHARINE JONES Reno, Nevada If I could always be a part Of elemental sun and...EXPERIENCE CLOSE-UPS FICTION LETTERS TRUE OR FALSE NEWS MINING URANIUM LAPIDARY HOBBY COMMENT BOOKS By JOHN MARSTON |  | | Journal (issue) | | James Robert Squires MOJ AVE MINING MEMORIES 20 Don Miller A MINING TOWN'S UPS AND DOWNS 24 C. J...HOME FOR ANCIENT ARTIFACTS 28 Joe Kraus MOJAVE RATTLER! 32 K. L. Boynton ORIGINAL J EEP CAVALCADE PUT...messed-up cave, the profile of a desert rat; An old mining town, Jerome's up and down And 400 J eepers to...Surprise; Add a mean, nasty battler, the Mojave Rattler, And pickles that win a prize. WMk SiiS'sk Now...the Chemehuevi Indian Reservation in Lake Havasu county, progresses to Lake Havasu City, to the Indian |  | | Report (issue) | | Basin structure Structure in the San Francisco district Geology Sedimentary rocks Geologic periods represented...relations Morehouse (?) quartzite (Silurian?) of Star district Distribution General character Conditions of deposition...other formations Quartz monzonite Definition Location and extent General character. Quartz monzonite of the...Petrographic features Microscopic features Composition . Quartz monzonite of the Beaver Lake area . Areal extent...Composition Quartz monzonite of the Rocky district Quartz monzonite of the Star district Comparison of |  | | Journal (issue) | | rugged and fantastic scenic areas. See San Juan County in southeastern Utah with its ancient cliff dwellings...rich New York dude onto the desert. A six-foot rattler challenged them. Elated, they opened the Cadillac...ride 50 miles back to town with a live sixfoot rattler lost somewhere in your car? . . . . Makes a good...the Gila. If his sympathies are "with the bird," mine are certainly not. JAMES A. DIFFIN Florence, Ariz...through mud and sand, with 7 passengers. Looking for quartz or supervising a quarry, your most reliable, Rush |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tucson. May 12-13—Industrial Days, Henderson, Nevada. May 14-15 — San Ysidro Procession and Blessing...17-19—23rd Annual Elks Helldorado and Rodeo, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 18-19—Grubstake Days, Yucca Valley, California...Alamogordo, New Mexico. May 27—Homecoming Day, Caliente, Nevada. May 27-June 21—Historic Map Exhibit, Museum of...CLOSE-UPS About those who write for Desert LOST MINE Lost Silver in the Trigos By HAROLD O. WEIGHT POETRY...predictions NEWS From here and there on the desert MINING Current news of desert mines URANIUM Latest developments |
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