 | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Railroad Mining District Elko County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN Prepared in...the Nevada Bureau of Mines 1162-B Geology of the Railroad Mining District Elko County, Nevada By KEITH...1162-B Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE..._________________ Geologic setting of the Railroad mining district______________________ Geologic history...System____________________________________________ Nevada Formation._______________________________________ |  | | 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........................................ Location...geology............................................. Mine descriptions......................................44 44 45 46 47* 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 49 50 Rex mine..................:............................. |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | form of the earlier lists was twofold, a separate group of items showing the substances "mined" and "not...it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Sanford. Upon Mr. Sanford's transfer to the Bureau of Mines the work was put into the hands of Frank L. Hess |  | | 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...widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason of some |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU...OF MINES Special Publication 31 in association with the UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS... GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno...Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs by Stephen B. Castor...Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | | | 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...BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Special Publication 31 in association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS ...Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publica tion 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno...Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs by Stephen B. Castor,...si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved Manufactured |  | | 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 |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | '"' 0- • :::0 1/1. ' INOU~ U Of BUREAU OF MINES 1990 \ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...INTERIOR • Manuat Lujan, Jr., Secretary BUREAU OF MINES • T S Ary, Director As the Nation's principal conservation...of nonfuel minerals and a chapter on trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral...which are being discontinued. The U.S. Bureau of Mines continually strives to improve the value of its...by the State Mineral Officers of the Bureau of Mines, located throughout the country. Preparation of |  | | Book | | —_— 1.12 — 8 10 — —_ 12 14 _ — Courtesy of F&S Group Geology and World Deposits TAO 6.30 5.60 5.00 4...boundaries of the mineral industry are clear: the mining and milling of feldspar, for example, belong to...does not. But how does one draw the line between mining and manufacturing where brine from a salt well...districts, or a representative district if there are many. We name the chief mining companies, and give production...supply must come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many |  | | Report (issue) | | localities in the vicinity of Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga., and at one place between 1\ and 3 miles southeast...of the Cartersville district has been worked out by the senior writer. The district is in the southeastern...southeastern half of. Bartow County, and the outcropping rocks are the older crystalline schists, a Bull. U....completely metamorphosed sedimentary rocks of the Ocoee group, including gneisses, schists, slates, and conglomerates...the yellow ocher deposits in the Cartersville district is a direct replacement of the silica in the Weisner |  | | Book (volume) | | rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among the finest collecting grounds...investigate for geodes, chert nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area...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...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza |  | | Book (edition) | | INSTITUTE METALLURGICAL New York 1949 OF MINING ENGINEERS Copynicur, 1949, py THE American ...and the consequent more elaborate mining methods; the need for mining ores of lower grade, resulting...Geological Survey, the U. S. Bureau of Mines, and the Canada Department of Mines and Resources have cooperated...ane 807 52 9a0e a oe eee 844: Sillimanite Group—Andalusite, Kyanite, Sillimanite, Dumortierite,...A. E. J. ENGEL Titanium. By Josep L. Gittson Tripoli, By Ropert W. MercaLr Vermiculite. By Joun B. |  | | Report (issue) | | Paper· 96 THE GEOijOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ELY, NEVADA BY .. ARTHUR C. SPENCER WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT............................. . Situation of the district ......................................................................... . Geology of eastern Nevada ....................... .'..... ·~ .................................... General geology of the district ................................................. , ......................·................. . Nevada lin1estone ................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | alphabetic list of deposit names and lists the mines and properties aggregated to represent that deposit...deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...fissure fillings, i.e., deposits in the Sierra Nevada, California (Clark, 1970); Klamath Mountains, California-Oregon...saddle reefs, i.e., deposits hosted by the Meguma Group, Nova Scotia, Canada; and Ballarat, Victoria, Australia...in these deposits include carbonates (ankerite, calcite, dolomite, and siderite), albite, biotite, and |  | | Book | | Wollastonite; Garnet; Kyanite; Al5 Emery; Pyrophyllite; Tripoli Supplement (1969) Geographical Index General Index...first handbook chiefly concerned with minerals and mines. A century later there appeared Mundus Subterraneus...up-to- date references such as the U.S. Bureau of Mines’ Minerals Yearbook, and regional compendia such...and Bulletin 176 of the California Division of Mines, Mineral Commodities of California. The present...professional geologists who may fail to realize that we “mine” such common materials as sand, gravel, and clay |  | | Book | | Western Edition Fossils in America A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide Petrified...appeared in different form in A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals and The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide,...Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...included amber (most precious of the ancient gems), calcite, fluorspar, jadeite, pyrite, quartz family minerals...precious opal was introduced about 4000 B.C. from mines in Kenya. This amorphous form of quartz, with its |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | February 8—Dons Club Trek to RayHayden Copper Mines, from Phoenix. February 10-22 — Arizona Weavers...assemble at Truckhaven. February 14-23 — Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, Parade on 22nd...Albuquerque. February 21-22 — Rocky Mountain Down Hill Slalom, Taos Ski Valley. UTAH February 12-14 — Jaycee...Desert defines its "beat" as New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, southern Utah, and the desertland of California...NEWS NOTES From the Southwest 30 MINING Current n e w s of desert mines 33 HOBBY G e m s a n d Minerals | | | Book | | Wollastonite; Garnet; Kyanite; Emery; Pyrophyllite; Tripoli Geographical Index General Index 427 433 Editor’s...first handbook chiefly concerned with minerals and mines. A century later there appeared Mundus Subterraneus...up-todate references such as the U.S. Bureau of Mines’ Minerals Yearbook, and regional compendia such...and Bulletin 176 of the California Division of Mines, Mineral Commodities of California. The present...professional geologists who may fail to realize that we “mine” such common materials as sand, gravel, and clay |  | | Book (edition) | | Publtllh1d by THB AMKl-MINING ANO MltTAl.l,Ol~...the ,•11mu•1p1rnt more elaborate mining n11ttmd1: the nMd for mining um of luwer grade, N!1ntltin1 in...from samples found in South Carolina, but corundum mining did not start until 1871. CoMPOSI'l'ION Corundum...identification from tl1e Laurens district, South Carolina. Systematic mining for corundum, as distinguished...the gem varieties, was first started at Corundum Hill, North Carolina. The mineral has been found in many |  | | Book (edition) | | Geological Survey, and Canadian Department of Mines reports. In a few cases, investigations to which...McConnell, Deputy Minister of Mines, Canada; Dr. E. Haanel, Director, Mines Branch, Canada; Professor E...anthracite region 10. Structure section in Tazewell County, east of Richlands, southwest 8. 9. 12. 13. ...coal field Shaft house and tipple, bituminous coal mine, Spring Valley, 111 Northern Interior coal field...structure of western field of Los 104 Angeles district 106 Section of Spindle Top oil field near Beaumont |  | | Book (edition) | | LIC MINERALS Copyright, 1925, 1951, by the McGra>v-Hill Book Company, Inc. Printed in the United States...various nonmctallic minerals in the U.S. Bureau of Mines at Washington, J^.C. During this period he was constantly...composition ainl properties of the minerals, methods of mining and preparation, market values, extent and nature...methoils. For example, the Fraseh [>rocess for llie mining of sulfur had not been tlevelopi'd. .James A. ...gratitude to Miss Vera Crockatt of the U.S. Bureau of Mines for her patient and painstaking work in the preparation |  | | Book | | A Range Guide to MINES and MINERALS " How and Where A ,-A 1 to Find Valuable Ores and Minerals...”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by Jay Ellis Did you know that...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...generally absent. He tells where major existing mines are United States— from gopher size the in the |
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