 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s...HAROLD L. PRlOR P.O. Box 111 Columbus Junction, Iowa 52738 halprior@ louisacomm.net When we began this...too, could be cited with many other localities. Iowa contains the type locality for one mineral, iowaite...December 2014 Figure 2. Map of Iowa showing the counties. Courtesy Iowa Geological Survey. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8 ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right).... Barite, 12.9 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 6 (right). Fluorite...Fluorite, 1.9 cm on edge, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing photo. Arthur |  | | Book (volume) | | 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:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Report (issue) | | I s { IOWA ft 7 ■■• A * i . ;» \ P* A 7-. ■ «*"V ' r * < •+ ' 1 ’ T, / • k’-/ 5...i S' s I . " * • * «r- ‘ ; ' Geologist, Iowa Geological Survey ' .*4** =»*' I Paul*J. Horick...Jithill * v'v* l* Iowa Geolo^ica^Survey Educational Series 2 V . - -■' ( J Iowa Geological Survey...Educational Series 2 THE MINERALS OF IOWA by Paul J. Horick Geologist Iowa Geological Survey edited by Otto...STATE OF IOWA 1974 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-620075 Available from the Iowa Geological |  | | Book (volume) | | From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with Wyoming...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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:...fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963). Beckham County Malachite localities, SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.36 and SE1/4...at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Joe Lobell photo. Blaine County Southard, quarries of the U.S...and Schleicher 1961). Watonga, Universal Atlas quarry, 6 mi. NE of Watonga, Nescatunga Gypsum of the |  | | Book | | 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...widely scattered in the Black Mesa area. DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles east of Seiling in the...and at Taloga in the South Canadian River. HARPER COUNTY: Secs. 17, 20; T.27N., R.23W.. Jaspagate. Secs |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 |  | | Report (issue) | | John Haddan, Field Laboratory Technician Denver Harper, Environmental Geologist Nancy Hasenmueller, Environmental...surrounding materials at the Bloomington Crushed Stone quarry .................................................indianaite zone and associated materials at Sieboldt Quarry .. .... .......... ..... 13 Photomicrographs showing...at the Bloomington Crushed Stone Company (BCS) quarry near Bloomington, Indiana (fig. I) prompted this...predict the occurrence of indianaite at the Sieboldt Quarry (SQ) near Bedford, Indiana. New data from BCS and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nor even under an argon lamp. "Fluorite. Teller County, Colorado." —on label. CONNECTICUT—"Perhaps you...ago I found a greenish golden beryl at Slocum's quarry in East Hampton (Middlesex Co.), Conn., weighing...in the U. S. have come from this quarry. Also found in this quarry was a y2 inch crystal of gem, pink...found in Dodge County near Empire, Plainfield and Jay Bird Springs, and in Irwin County near Osierfield...GOLDEN BERYL FOUND AT SLOCUM'S Beryl from Slocum's Quarry, East Hampton, Conn. A combined weight of 320 Carats |  | | Journal (issue) | | ZODAC Contents for February, 1940 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ....................................................................... 44 GEODES OF THE KEOKUK AREA OF IOWA. By Frank L. Fleener .....................including the chrysoprase mines in Tulare County. The late H . E. Harper of San Jose, and J. J. Kinrade of San...in Chile Gulch, near Mokelumme Hill, Calaveras County, where in lavacapped ancient-river channels associated...places in the state. Near Howard Springs in Lake County, a pale violet amethyst is found in vugs in basalt |  | | Book | | commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...MINERALS IN THE UNITED STATES Jay Ellis Ransom )' HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS New York, Evanston, and London...critical articles and reviews. For information address Harper 6 Row, Publishers, Incorporated, 49 East 33rd Street...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where |  | | Report (issue) | | _-_ _-____ 3. Map of uranium prospects on North Harper Creek--------- ______ __ 2 5 6 TABLES Page Table...prospects were stripped and trenched, and the North Harper Creek deposit was core drilled. The most abundant...Little Lost Cove prospect), and on and near North Harper Creek at and north of the boundary between the...Uraninite veinlets at the foot of Bard Falls on North Harper Creek, Linville quadrangle. View downdip of foliation...uraninite. The best surface showing is at North Harper Creek just below Bard Falls (fig. 3). The average |  | | Report (volume) | | Edward Barrett, Indianapolis. Iowa.............. Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas............Prof...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Arbacoochee, a tiny town in southern Cleburne County of N / E Alabama, was famous over 100 years ago...miles west of Shoshone, near Bliss, in Gooding County, Idaho. This is on Highway 30. Hope you can identify...coal (bituminous) at Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Ind. IOWA—Pinkish masses of microcline, some with tiny lustrous...ditch in Melrose, Monroe Co., Iowa, by Michael Papcum, RR1, Melrose, Iowa. KANSAS—The following letter...Clinton, Sterling, Lancaster area of Worcester County, Mass. It is probably float material. We haven't |  | | Report (issue) | | small area on the plateau of Arizona, in Coconino County. PRODUCTION. The total production to December...Thurston & Hardy, in the Ash Peak district, Greenlee County; the Manganese Development Co., Wheeler, U. S.... Maricopa County; the Arizona Manganese Co., operating the Howard claims, in Mohave County; the Hardshell...mine, in Santa Cruz County; the Bunker and Burmeister claims, in Yavapai County; the Dobbins claims,... in Yuma County; and the Globe Commercial Copper Co. and Superior & Globe Co., in the Globe district |  | | Report (volume) | | ..'........................................ 126 Iowa...................................................Barrett, Indianapolis. Iowa___ __Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas_____Prof. Erasmus Haworth, Lawrence...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...[University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Also in New Mexico (at Round Mountain, Sierra County) can be found a very unusual incrustation pseudomorph—pink...pseudomorphs have long been found in the various traprock quarry localities of New Jersey. Of particular pseudomorphic...feldspar Anglesite Galena Pyromorphite Galena Pyrolusite Manganite Serpentine Olivene, calcite, pyroxenes... found on the dumps of the Kelly mine, Socorro County, were much more common during the early 1900s and...prize of the remote Needle Peak area, Brewster County, Texas, is a strange substitution pseudomorph of |  | | Book | | and MINERAL AMERI A A Guide to Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston, San...critical articles and reviews. For information address Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New...Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts...conceived this book and determined its need in the Harper & Row program of earth science books designed for...previous works. The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide (Harper & Row, 1962) dealt primarily with how and where |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vulcan Materials quarry in Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and...southwestern portion of the state, primarily in Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Downloaded by [Korea University]...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1...wellcrystallized hematite, goethite, manganite, barite, pyrolusite, and manganocalcite (Dickey 1938; M e r g e 1984)...Wisconsin mineralogy. The index is arranged county by county (fig. 1). Where possible, township and range |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard...Sevier County (Coskren and Lauf 2000). The following index is arranged alphabetically by county. It is |
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