 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t...originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed was originally...was renamed Musina after the 1994 political dispensation in South Africa. The registered mine name remains...remains Messina.) Since the early 1950s, the Messina mine has produced spectacular specimens of ajoite-included...original type-locality specimens from the New Cornelia mine, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States have |  | | Journal (issue) | | 0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .....................................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy |  | | Journal (issue) | | M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Bornite Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan S ...pyrite, tetrahedrite, galena, rammelsbergite, and hematite. It has been found as intergrowths with chalcopyrite...micromounters, Weed (1912) noted that in the Parrot mine the bornite ore has small cavities, 1/16 to ¼ inch...enargite than a true pseudomorph. The Bristol copper mine, located near the town of Bristol in Hartford County...bornite, 7 cm across, from the Pennance Consold mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England. Specimens of this quality |  | | Journal (issue) | | net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa .........................know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...staff of the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington on October 1, 1957, as Assistant Scientific... and he was in constant demand as a speaker at local clubs and societies. Three of his most popular talks--delivered |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |  | | Catalog/List | | RAINBOW OF AFRICA GEM & MINERAL COLLECTION Front Cover: Gems from the Rainbow of Africa Collection... Heritage Signature® Auction #5236 The Rainbow of Africa Collection Gems & Minerals October 15, 2015 | New...Signature® Internet Session 2 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 (HERITAGELive...RAINBOW OF AFRICA COLLECTION You have in front of you our presentation of the Rainbow of Africa Collection:...The mineral riches of Africa are not the only things making up the Rainbow of Africa Collection. For the |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...Chapman photo. • 1.4 cm, Chapman’s Gully, South Australia. South Australian Museum collection; Jeff Scovil...Jeff Scovil photo. • 4.2 cm, Mongalata goldfield, South Australia. Geoscience Australia collection; Jeff |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Guanajuato (Mexico) and has become the richest silver mine in the world, in more recently Bou Azzer and Imiter...ceased vein. The San Juan production by the de Rayas mine in time of World War II. Guanajuato also In 1946...very city In Morocco, the of Oberschlema Bou Azzer mine, itself, which finally already very had to be relocated...and east of Schlema, 2014 Tucson show. The Imiter mine began its modern producing many quality specimens...outcrop them”. next to the La Estrella The most famous mine, in Pardos, locality for this type Guadalajara (Spain) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Note sandstone inclusion in vein. FIGURE 3. GARGAS MINE, NEAR COKINTO, MINAS GERAIS Wall rock is decomposed...PEDRO MINE, CRISTALINA, GOIAZ Wall rock is sandstone. Photo by E. II. Payne. Fir.uHi-: 5. Juiz MINE, FAZHNDA...COMB QUARTZ In sandstone at edge of pipe. ALF.GKK MINE, BAIIIA Outcrop Map of Onca-Pacu Crystal...where p^^KJgtj accurately located . Open cuta and mine facet. M,n* dumps. Contour interval IS m»t»r« A»»um»d...concrete baee of gasoline pump on edge of dump at Onc,a mine . FIGURE 8.—Outcrop map of the On^a-Pacti area |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...sent it to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary...Molly Busby, Sam Busby, Wyatt Busby, Jennifer Campbell, Maggie Lyons, David Tibbits, John Tibbits, and...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn... Mark Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson...discovery of morganite at the famous Corrego do Urucum mine in 1973. Will Johnson collection (I had to trade |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scholarships Need mineral "props" to give a talk to a local school class, scout group or organization? As a...Southeast New Hampshire Private Wells USGS, NH/VT District A recently released study led by the U.S. Geological...better identify the extent of arsenic problems at a local level and provide useful information to citizens...meetings. 4 Recently Published Reports USGS, NH/VT District The following reports were recently published...U.S. Geological Survey, New Hampshire-Vermont District and are available in paper and(or) on-line at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Pretoria, University Road, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa latter two stages, it is interesting to speculate...mining Early evidence of pre-historic ‘mining’ with local beneficiation has been described from archaeological...com). D = Damtshaa Mine, G = Ghag- hoo Mine, J = Jwaneng Mine, K = Karowe (AK06) Mine, Kx = KX36 prospect... L = Letlhakane Mine, M = Martin’s Drift (Lerala) kimberlites, O = Orapa (AK01) Mine, T = Tsabong M1...of two of the kimberlites of the Damtshaa diamond mine (Fig. 1), small silcrete artefacts from the earliest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 960-1004 Precambrian Iron-Formations of Southern Africa N.J. BEUKES Abstract From existing information...1966) and Ierru#inous SOUTHERN Africa is definedas that part of Africa sedimentary rockslessthan 15 percentiron...percentiron. In this southof approximately16ø south-latitude and in- paper,the 15 percentboundaryis not...contentbecauseof a generallack of chemicalanalyses. South West Africa, and Mozambique. This rela(2) Iron-formationis...commonlithologic detailedstudyon iron-formation in southern Africa variety of iron-formationand consistsof chert mesoare |  | | Journal (issue) | | passion was ignited by a stop at Wall Drug Store in South Dakota in 1969, where perfect crystals could be...Prospect,” first in Cleveland Heights and then in South Euclid, Ohio. Paul was a founding member and officer... | w w w. FineMineral.com Tourmaline Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil. 19.5 cm Fine Minerals International proudly...greenmountainminerals.com BA R I T E 12 X 8” Parkside Mine, Frizington Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK Photo...(Cassedanne and Cassedanne, 1971). According to local information, Figueiredo worked on the site for about |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OCCURRENCE OF MAGNATITE CRYSTALS FROM THE BALMAT DISTRICT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S . C. Chamberlain...2500-foot level of the Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 mine near Balmat, New York. This occurrence was brought...solid sphalerite ore. The association includes red hematite, gray to white halite, colorless anhydrite, at...PALABORA MINE, PHALAultramicrotome, and imaged again. Images from both BORWA, SOUTH AFRICA. W. A . Henderson...either from partial rounding rocks at the Palabora mine. Chondrodite is Volume 68, March/Aprill993 123 |  | | Report (issue) | | Occurrences east of Sudbury Falcon Mine Wanup quarry Elizabeth Mine Wahnapitei occurrences MacDonald occurrence...quarry Vermilion River placer deposits Moose Mountain Mine Nickel-copper mines west of Sudbury High Falls Road...occurrence McMillan Mine Wallace Mine Sheguiandah quarry Shakespeare Mine Massey Mine Hermina Mine Elliot Lake...Bi-Ore Mine Pater Mine Pronto Mine Jasper conglomerate occurrences, Highway 546 Glagoma Mine Cheney Mine...Mine Gould Mine Havilah Mine Rock Lake Mine Bruce Mines copper mines Stobie Mine Jasper conglomerate |  | | Journal (issue) | | discovery of oil in other parts of the Edmonton district. No less than four wells have already been brought...any case, the influx of an oil population to the district means more business . more work—more government...favored city. A brief review shows that in the district it serves it has more concrete possibilities for...months, comes Leduc. The field is some 18 miles south of Edmonton and 10 miles west of the town of Leduc...per day. Co-operation was given by the Leduc Municipality which was of real value to the company in carrying |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chamberlin, R. M., 1974, Geology of the Council Rock district, Socorro Country, New Mexico: M.S. thesis, Nexv...Geology and ore deposits of the Magdalena mining district, New Mexico: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 200...resources of New Mexico: New Mexico Bur. Jerome,S. E., Campbell,D. D., Wright, J. S., and Vitz, H. E., 1965, Geology...thehighlydeformed, granulitegrade metamorphic rocks of the Limpopo Mobile The Messinacopperdepositshavebeenthe subject...deposits, villa mineat the easternextremityof the district,all of the samples.Basedlargelyon investigations |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: The Sapo mine, Ferruginha district, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil...Menezes Famous mineral localities: The Lac d’Amiante mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Québec . . . . ...Fluorite from Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...gather up rocks and stones from the desert or from local quarries and then slice and mineral specimens,...Arizona, the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, and local mining companies (including especially Phelps Dodge |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | southwest of the Rhodesian cration and north of the Limpopo mobile belt. Stratigraphic, structural and lead...equivalent to the Shashi metasediments in the Limpopo belt. There is strong evidence that the Matsitama...a shallow-water facies that occurs only in the Limpopo area. There is no structural evidence that the...There is a major ductile shear zone of F 4 age, south of which F 4 folds are tight, while to the north...belt to the east and in the northern part of the Limpopo mobile belt. Lead isotope evidence suggests that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UnusualHydrothermal CopperDepositat Messina, South Africa J. B. E. JACOBSEN' ANDT. S. •{CCARTHY Abstract...ne passingthrough the Artonvilla mine. The orebodiesin the district include breccia pipes, fissure deposits...the latter being best developedin the Artonvilla mine, where four separatelodesare developed. The EmeryLodeis... a further four major producingmines (Harper, Campbell,Artonvilla,and Spence)havebeendeveloped and a...sequenceof complexly foldedmetasediments of the Limpopo Group. Table 1 showsa broad outline of the regional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sishen and Sishen South (Welgevonden) iron ore deposits, Northern Cape Province, South Africa M. D. Carney...Cape Province of South Africa is host to the largest known resources of high-grade hematite ore on the Southern...Beeshoek. Hematite occurrences on the Sishen South exploration project (some 65 km south of Sishen mine) are...intensive investigation. At both the Sishen and Sishen South deposits, mineralisation is found within lithologies...comprises a basal, carbonate platform sequence (the Campbell Rand Subgroup) overlain by thick units of banded |  | | Journal (issue) | | bank. foreign payments remittance may be made in local currency, without surcharge, to the following people:...Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof...Introduction Bisbee is located in the Warren mining district of Cochise Coun ty, Arizona. Situated in the...any other district in Arizona. Gold and silver production was not significant in the district until the...group at the first spring they half interest in the mine for the same amount to Messieurs found. The next |
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