 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Book (volume) | | Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded... the Rocky Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary...fourwheel-drive access to remote localities high in the mountains. In mountainous areas, the collecting season can...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...Beaverhead County, the pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue |  | | 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 (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 | | enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground...oFtne ato aa Gem Ghd nQkTeane Uva a nes ly ia" mine Ui nrobs inesob cere ts ou ioe tok us 'aaieomolitt...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...Organ Mountains Jarilla Mountains Santa Rita Area and the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro...Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley Caballo Mountains Chloride District Hansonburg District |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ....................WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous Prefecture...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | view of the Wolftone mine, Carbonate Hill, Leadville mining district. The mine was located in 1876 and...mined and collected minerals in the San Juan Mountains for the past thirty-five years and is now retired...siderite crystals. The specimen is from the Wolftone mine and was originally part of a historical Leadville...crystals impaled on water-clear hemimorphite crystals from the Ibex mine, Breece Hill, Leadville mining...photo. Figure 3. A 1914 postcard view of the Ibex mine, Breece Hill, Leadville mining district. John Campion |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2019 Articles The Candelaria District Mineral County, Nevada .........................................by P. M. Adams Atacamite from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia .........................COVER: ATACAMITE, 10.5 cm, from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia. Collection of (and photo...$315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...break to collect minerals at the famous Red Cloud mine. Everyone had fun on the trip, and Graham found | | | Journal (issue) | | by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ....................WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous Prefecture...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of...a historical review centering on the San Juan Mountains, a narrative regarding recent collecting at the...“Missing and presumed lost” by the wellknown lost-mine author Kearney Egerton; “El Dorado’s children” by...the western slope of the Mosquito Range, in Lake County, Colorado, about 128 km (80 miles) southwest of |  | | Catalog/List | | COLLECT/ON: RED CLOUD WULFENITE: Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona: The best wulfenite locallty in...WULFEN/TE & ASSOC/A [IONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nlce combinations...combinations which may have wulfenlte, hemimorphite and other minerals. lnleresting facet of this locality is that...00 each ROWLEY WULFENITE & ASSOCIA T/ONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mlns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear...and $25.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice cryslalline speclmens |  | | Journal (issue) | | SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS? 58 SPENDING TIME AT KINGMAN MINE Enthralled by Turquoise and a Rich Family History...995 00 complete Free shipping in continent USA Made in USA Grit Sizes 60 to 200,000 1.0" hole with...with 3/4", 5/8" & 1/2" bushings Our made in USA soft wheels will last you 3-4 times longer than imported...them. Sure enough, one box of slabs did, and it was mine. I managed to find a nice piece of jade that more...for more details JANUARY 2021 9 The Argo Gold Mine and Mill in Idaho Springs is a popular showcase |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | frequent stops to buy or collect specimens, tour a mine, or see a particular geological wonder. Rock Shops...souvenir postcards. Somewhere in Texas. Figure 1 shows the interior of a Texas rock shop. The eclectic mixture...from the photo is another characteristic of many Texas rock shops-the complete lack of labels. However...10:26 19 November 2014 9118 Conch0 Street Houston, Texas 77036 mineraldesign@aol.com chaser were usually...the center of the northwestern Arkansas Ozark Mountains tourist area. Unfortunately, there are few good |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico ARTHUR E. SMITH 9 1 I8 Concho Street Houston, Texas 77036 Allphotos...Allphotos by the author, of Ojuela mine specimens in the author; collection I f you were a mineral collector...in Houston in the 1960s and to 5 mm in the Ojuela mine. Actually, most of the austiearly 1970s. you probably...Local entrepreneurs would make tions at the Ojuela mine. crude, dark green, elongate crystals of austinite... For the micromineral collector it was a real bonanza because after these flats had been highgraded of |  | | Catalog/List | | AROUND THE WORLD** BLADED HEMJMORPHITE; Dauntless Mine, Robinson Distric!, White Pine Co., �evada: J:?irec...�tnx, VERY sho\�, quite possibly the finest hemimorphite collected in the U.S. in years. Specimens range...depending upon size and quality. OLIVENITE; Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada: Originally described from...depending upon size and quality. RICHELSDORFITE; Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada: Lets talk...each its hard 10 complain! MOTTRAMITE: TotaJ Wreck Mine, Empire Mts., Pima Co., Arizona: An uncommon form |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...COLOR PLATES (following page 242) Gold, Mexican Mine Gold, Majuba Placer Pyromorphite after Galena with...with Conichalcite Gold, Round Mountain Mine Quartz, Lovelock area Acanthite Grossular, Nightingale |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Queen Consolidated Mining Company, Bisbee, Cochise County, ca. 1910, showing the square-set timbering method...Figure 2 (above). Morenci mine, Greenlee County, a typical open-pit copper mine. Courtesy of Phelps Dodge...31 Aurichalcite 79 mine 10 Azurite Bisbee 1 Morenci mine 5 Barite Magma mine 24 Calcite Bisbee ...Anthony mine (Tiger) 4 Cerussite Bisbee, Cole Shaft mine 1 Flux mine 16 Grand Reef mine 3 Mammoth–St...Mammoth–St. Anthony mine (Tiger) 4 Chalcoalumite Bisbee 1 Chrysocolla Globe-Miami district 17 (Inspiration |  | | Book | | (see front map). The topography varies from high mountains to broad plateaus and highlands that give way...portion of the country. Because of the rugged mountains and deep canyons throughout México, transportation...produced specimens from such places as the La Fé Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the...Madre Oriental is a continuation of the Rocky Mountains with some elevations over 3,350 meters (10,991...canyons over 1,599 meters (5,246 feet) deep. Many mountains are over 3,050 meters (10,000 feet) high. Mineralogically |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ottawa] at 06:51 23 November 2014 MINE LEADVILLE MINING DISTRICT, LAKE COUNTY, COLORADO T he Leadville mining...Street in Leadville. The Wolftone mine is on the left showing extensive mine dumps and the headframe. The...oxidized zinc ore that was mined in the Wolftone mine about 1918–20 but was never shipped to the smelter...War I Great Depression. History of the Wolftone Mine Carbonate Hill is located about 0.5 mile east of...development of the Wolftajmahal@gilanet.com tone mine was by five ver- ROCKS & MINERALS 402-409 WolftoneMine_SO08 | | | Book | | (see front map). The topography varies from high mountains to broad plateaus and highlands that give way...portion of the country. Because of the rugged mountains and deep canyons throughout Mexico, transportation...produced specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the...can)ons over 1,599 n1eters (5,246 feet) deep. Many mountains are over 3,050 meters I 10,000 feet) high. Mineralogically...structurally complex region composed of old, eroded mountains Figure 5. The mineral province of Sierra de Los |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE UBEHEBE PEAK QUADRANGLE INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SPECIAL REPORT 42 UNIVERSITY OF...MINES 1-A. Sierra Blanca limestone in Santa Barbara County, California, by George W. Walker. 1950. 5 pp.,...25$. 3. Commercial "black granite" of San Diego County, California, by Richard A. Hoppin and L. A. Norman...of the San Dieguito pyrophyllite area, San Diego County, California, by Richard H. Jahns and John F. Lance...21 figs. Price 50$. 5. Geology of the Jurupa Mountains, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany...and Riverpark Inn Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, USA, 10 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...Monaco budil@monaco.mc www.budil-minerals.com TEXAS FINE MINERAL SHOW AT THE WOODLANDS APRIL 28 -30...Denise Bicknell 16711 East Whimbrel Circle Conroe, Texas 77385 denisebicknell25@gmail.com Wendell E. Wilson...Springs in Cherokee County, Kansas; and Commerce, Cardin, Douthit and Picher in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. 181 |  | | Journal (issue) | | albite"andquartz. (Continues on page 2) Copper from the Itauz Mine Near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan Bill Shelton 19 Highland...by various dealers at the show looked similar to mine. In 2003, a load of exquisite and occasionally large...ferrocolumbite fragments from a Forrestania Rubellite mine near Mt. Holland, circa 1986. In late pegrnatite...2 Don's prospecting in the area and in B • Beryl Mine, Spargoville. Kagara 1938 with the assistance of...3---- Itauz Mine Copper Crystals (Continued from page 1) Tucson 2004 was an absolute bonanza - matrix specimens |
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