 | | 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) | | 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 (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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)... minerals, and mineral resources of the state. Mining has been an important part of Tennessee industry |  | | Book (volume) | | mineralized and dotted with once-rich abandoned mines. Dividing the stratigraphically complicated Piedmont...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: |  | | Book (volume) | | rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among the finest collecting grounds...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...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tri-State District! The Mineralogical Record MARCH-APRIL 2017 • VOLUME 48 NUMBER 2 • $25 The Tri-State...Tri-State Mining District Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma by Denise Bicknell Wendell E. Wilson 2017 The Mineralogical...(deceased) Peter L. Via Salim Edde Daniel Trinchillo Lyda Hill Scott A. Rudolph Daniel J. Record Gail & Jim Spann...FineMineral.com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals...Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany |  | | 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...precious opal was introduced about 4000 B.C. from mines in Kenya. This amorphous form of quartz, with its...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................283 Nevada ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description of localities. A R K A N S A...A S H A S A R I C H M I N E R A L and mining heri tage that started in the early 1800s with explorers...noting the minerals of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove...merous mines throughout the state and extensive collecting in Magnet Cove. In the 1900s, mining and minerals...the state, with obvious peaks in exploration and mining having occurred during World Wars I and I I . |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book | | And the work load has been lightened by the large group of other collectors who have been pleasant companions...NaFe(SiOs)2. Monoclinic. Prismatic crystals. Cleaverage—district (110.) Brittle. Luster-vitreus. Color-brown or...Gives a sodium flame. Nearly insoluble. COMANCHE COUNTY: SE%, Sec. 4, T.3N., R.15W. The xtals are i to...side by granite, AGATE (See Quartz) CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the gravel bars of...the Also in sand plant waste dumps. CIMARRON COUNTY: Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10; T.5N., R.2E. Cimarron Meredian |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Report (issue) | | by Betty Skipp, W. J. Sando, and W. E. Hall BB. Nevada, by E. R. Larson and Ralph L. Langenheim, Jr.,...and W. E. HalL-----------------------------BB. Nevada, by E. R. Larson and Ralph L. Langenheim, Jr.,...Des Moines River and in the many small surface mines that roughly parallel its course. Younger Pennsylvanian...from Lee County in the southeast corner of the State northwestward to southeastern Kossuth County in north-central...boundary is placed at the 1base of the North Hill Group by the Iowa Geological Survey. A discussion of |  | | Book | | seems to him to be a more logical method than to group a number together according to their chemical, metallurgical...been given, and the reports of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the Dominion [of Canada] Bureau of Statistics...and 1929. 2 Davis, U. S. Bur. Mines, Bull. 38: 165, 1913 (Origin); Mines Branch, No. 614 (General). 3...3 Haanel, Can. Dept. Mines, 4 COAL result of decomposition the hydrogen and oxygen diminish, while...Jour. Geol., XXIII: White and Thiessen, U. S. Bur. Mines, Bull. 38, 1913. 6 Taff, Science, N. S., XXIII: |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sutherland Minerals of the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ............................................. 407 by A. Pring Broken Hill, New South Wales; a brief review .................Wilson Minerals from the Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales .................................Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory ..............................subscribers who wanted a source for books relating to mining and mineralogy. This July the Book Department celebrated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 101 Station Landing, Suite 300, Medford MA 02155, USA, Email: cs-journals@wiley.com, Phone: 781-388-8598...Petroleum Geologists, 1444 S. Boulder, Tulsa, OK 74119, USA, Email: bulletinsubscription@aapg.org, Phone: 918-584-2555...49-711-3514560 Exploration and Mining Geology Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, National...Wiley & Sons Inc 350 Main Street, Malden MA 02148, USA, Email: cs-journals@wiley.com, Phone: 781-388-8598...101 Station Landing, Suite 300, Medford MA 02155, USA, Email: cs-journals@wiley.com, Phone: 781-388-8598 |  | | Report (issue) | | OF CALIFORNIA Bulletin 156 1950 DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO r^ ^\ n^ p \/...RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. JENKINS. Chiei...RESOURCES Prepared by the Staff of the DIVISION OF MINES Under the Direction OLAF P. of lENKINS CONTRIBUTING...UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF MINES LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL r# Excellency, The Honorable...California, prepared by the staff of the Division of Mines under the dii-eetion of its Chief, Olaf P. Jenkins |  | | Journal (issue) | | their collections. This legrandite from the Ojuela mine (Mapimi, Durango) measures 5.6 cm high. (Jeff Scovil................. 38 A drive through New Mexico’s mining history by Steve Voynick The Mineral Legacy of...go on. Then she began to form her own loose-knit group of rockhounds that would make treks near and far...miles on it. We turned a lot of heads when our group—sometimes with 10 or 15 cars—would all stop along...took these to Russia, and distributed them to our group at dinner after our very successful performance |  | | Book (edition) | | PAGE Extraction of Metals and Minerals 398 Mining, 398; Milling, 1+10; Smelting, 1+11+; Refining...and as such was taught as one phase of mining in the early mining schools. As greater attention was paid...tive industries. The early kinship with mining, and metal mining in particular, with which economic geology...specialized subdivision of economic geology known as mining geology which deals especially with the problems...problems of ore deposits and their relation to metal mining and, to some extent, with metallurgy. This relation |
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