 | | Journal (issue) | | which is hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico...San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring the mine for minerals...minerals. The San Pedro Mine is perhaps best known for producing beautiful specimens of finely crystalline...Phillip have also developed a surface exposure at the mine to produce some very nice, single, sceptered quartz...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO MARK I . JACOBSON 1350 E . Easter Avenue Littleton, Colorado 80122 Noted for the...O R C O L L E C T I O N is one of the best known gem and mineral collections in the world. Many of the...Pasadena, Charlotte, and Munich. A t the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, crystals in the collection have...when his family moved to Idaho Springs, Colo rado, from Denver. Because Idaho Springs is in the heart...Colorado gold mining region, it is not surprising that Keith wandered around the neighboring gold mine dumps |  | | Report (volume) | | Economic Geology of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado GEOLOGICAL (=)...BULLETIN 1208 * Economic Geology of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and -i ;i ?i Gilpin Counties...___________ Mines and prospects in the Idaho Springs district ________________ Previous studies.____..._________.__ -_______---_-_-____________'___-_--Galena. __________________________ ______________ __________...[Plates are in pocket] PLATE 1. Map of the Idaho Springs district, Colorado, showing location of mines and |  | | Report (issue) | | Tombstone district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in...in Castle Dome district; common in silver veins. ANTIMONY ORES. See Jamesonite and Stibnite. ARGENTITE...ARGENTITE (silver glance). Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral Park, and Stockton...Stockton Hill districts; Pinal County, at Silver King; Santa Cruz County, at Montezuma and Empress of India |  | | Report (issue) | | FILE REPORT 19i6 Nines and Prospects, Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado...Commission Introduction The Idoiho Springs mining district forms an important segment of tae Front Range... From 1859, when placer gold was discovered in Idaho Springs and lode gold in Central City, through 1959...shipped from a 50-square-mile area that includes the Idaho Springs and adjacent districts to the north, west...west, and southwest. The adjacent Central City district, which produced ores valued at more than $100 million |  | | Journal (issue) | | ThitMi . .,, ..,;.:.~ Marcasite frotn Austin Travis County, Texas William L. Rader 8210 Bent Tree Road, #219...powder. Continued on page 4 News -o f Pegmatite Mining in Wes tern Australia Mark Ivan Jacobson Perth...San Ramon, CA 90583, USA Durin g the last decade, pegmatite prospecting and mining in Western Australia...success of Sons of Gwalia, Inc. in making a profit mining . n talum, tin, and lithium from the Greenbushes...hardrock exploration companies are attempting to mine lithium (spodumene) and tantalum (tantalite-microlite) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | firm co-ordinated a major show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and Art (as it was then...long and happy association with the Los Angeles County Museum, eventually to take forms more mineralogical...for Easter of the following year she wrapped up some crystal specimens and hid them like Easter eggs...recalls, could buy you, for instance, a pretty galena. The first mineral show Kay attended was held in...especially impressed by an exhibit which the Santa Monica Gem and Mineral Society had mounted, and she joined the |  | | Report (issue) | | presented hi papers on eastern Nevada, Utah, and Idaho (9,10,12). Figure 1. Map showing the location of...Horizontal to bedding na Stylolite orientation na Galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite Pyrite Major pyrite Major... na Mineral assemblage in stylolite Deformed galena at upper surface of stylolite Barite shows vertical...MINERALIZED VEINS IN CHAMPAGNE CREEK AREA, BUTTE COUNTY, IDAHO BETTY A. SKIPP, Branch of Central Regional Geology...Creek area is a subdistrict of the Lava Creek mining district (fig. 1). Silver was produced from the subdistrict |  | | 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...you belong to, and where you come from. American mining schools and professional organizations have long... centering on some of the nostalgic aspects of mining in Arizona and beautifully illustrated with paintings...“Missing and presumed lost” by the wellknown lost-mine author Kearney Egerton; “El Dorado’s children” by |  | | Journal (issue) | | MAGAZINE Desert Calendar March 21-27—Yaqui Indian Easter ceremonials, Tucson, Arizona. March 22-26—Sierra...Phantom ranch, Grand Canyon, Arizona. March 26—Easter pageant, "The Master Passes By," presented by civic...canyon east of Mecca, California, 8 p. m. March 28—Easter sunrise services, Travertine rock by the Salton...Salton sea, Coachella valley, California. March 28—Easter sunrise services. Death Valley sand dunes near Stove...association in charge. March 28—Fourteenth annual Easter sunrise service with world wide broadcast over |  | | Journal (issue) | | Magnet Mine, Tasmania... 3 f. Haupt, R. Bottrill & S. Sorrell Some mines of the Mt Isa District, Queensland...Queensland Part 1 - The Great Australia Mine ........... 23 B. Day & B. Beyer Other Items: Editorial.....your collection: Cape Grim zeolites, Sir Dominic Mine azur ites or Whim Creek wulfenites, to mention...No I, June 1995 'Ifte Minerals of the. Magnet Mine 'Tasmania John Haupt 3 Highland Boulevard Ringwood...Rivulet Road Allens Rivulet Tasmania 7150 The Magnet mine is a notable Tasmanian locality for a range of mineral |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to 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 of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...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; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Neumann which he claimed were from Bedford United Mine. The x-ray results (powder photographs) showed one...almost identical to specimens from Tintic, Utah, USA As Kingsbury is known not to have collected, or retained...turned his attention to the area in the North Lake District, around the Caldbeck Fells. At that time, the...Upper Brandy Gill, now known as Brandy Gill Lead Mine. Over succeeding years, he forwarded specimens purportedly...Lindgrenite, descloizite etc., from Brandy Gill Lead Mine. Lindgrenite has been searched for by many collectors |  | | Journal (issue) | | would be better if the ASM was not held close to Easter (end of April?). Later in the year (May Day holiday...number of possibilities were identified: geological/mining walks, museums (UK or EU) and member's collections...shown what the museum had from the Earl Ferrers' mine in Dimminsdale in North Leicestershire. I was disappointed...and went out for the next three days during the Easter holidays. We visited classical localities including...Subsequently I met Sir Arthur in the field at Ladywash Mine at Eyam and later had long discussions with him |  | | Journal (issue) | | Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ........................................asked about is the absence of the ubiquitous "Rock-n-Gem" shows from previous lists. It's simply that there...positive news with regard to several of the potential mining ventures in the UK both in terms of increased estimates...that the UK may once again have a metalliferous mining industry in the near future. One page you should...will be well-advanced and Easter w ill be nearly upon us . For many, the Easter break hera lds the start |  | | Journal (issue) | | STAINLESS STEEL CABBING UNIT This machine is made in the USA for Kingsley North. Features an all stainless steel...collections. This beryl (var. albite) from Gilgit District, Pakistan, is in the collection of Marc Weill...site by Robert Beard by James A. Miller Rock & Gem Kids......................................... 36...this reason, advertisements appearing in Rock & Gem should be considered as requests to inquire, rather...4 www.rockngem.com RG_toc_0214.indd 4 Rock & Gem (ISSN 0048-8453, USPS 486-290) is published monthly |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lake and Echo Summit Pass. April 9-17—Sierra club Easter vacation trip to Ajo mountains, Organ Pipe National...National Monument, Arizona. April 9-17—Sierra club Easter vacation outing to Havasu canyon, Arizona. April...April 16-17—Third annual Gem and Mineral display, sponsored by Imperial Valley Gem society and Lapidary Guild...College auditorium, El Centra, California. April 17—Easter Sunrise Services, Oasis of Maru, Twenty-nine Palms...April 17—Second annual Easter Parade. Twenty-nine Palms, California. April 17 — Easter Sunrise Service, Grand |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1: Micro apatite crystal, Foote mine, Cleveland County; Louis Perloff photo. Figure 2: Amethyst...Alexander County; Louis Perloff photo. Figure 3: Micro almandine crystal, Fanny Gouge mine, Spruce Pine;...Figure 4: Emerald (5.5 by 1.8 cm), Rist mine, Alexander County; Jim Fowler specimen and photo. M A R...single book of mica from the Fanny Gouge mine, Yancey County, weighed approximately 2000 kilo grams (Urban...which are particularly common in the Spruce Pine district. At present, North Carolina produces over 70 percent |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Idaho...................................................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...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The veins are reported to carry arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite with quartz, feldspar...is the county seat and is situated in about the center of the county. I do not know if this mine is still...of the dealers ; however I did not ask from what mine these were from." ARIZONA—We recently received...Sea (in southern California —chiefly in Imperial County) one of the World's great geological freaks of...its shores." ARKANSAS—The Morning Star mine, in Marion County, Ark., has furnished many handsome specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | in Huancavelica, Peru. The famous Minas Gerais district of Brazil has been the source of lovely gemmy...has provided siderite crystals, too. The Aggeneys Mine in Cape Province, South Africa, has produced unusual...there. In the United States, the Eagle Mine in Gilman County, CO, is probably the source of the best...hydrothermal deposits with fluorite, barite, and galena. These deposits formed at relatively low temperatures...in more massive deposits, making them easier to mine and process. The Russian province of Kaluzhskaia |  | | Journal (issue) | | three states. Bisbee and the fabled Copper Queen mine were responsible for its primary construction. Volume...to form the Sunset Route. This gave impetus to mining and agriculture and in turn intensified the construction...boxed The CAXTON PRINTERS, Ltd. Box 700 Caldwell, Idaho 83605 $17.95 A story in art and text on how the...to Ouray (pronounced "you-ray"). New sources of mining riches were discovered regularly. Ouray, which...mountain passes and arrived in Ouray in 1888. The big mining discovery was made in 1895. In that year an immensely |  | | Journal (issue) | | mountings can be repaired and set with a lovely gem of synthetic TITANIA. Hundreds of satisfied customers...us how pleased they were with this; new synthetic gem. Here are a few typical remarks from customers' letters...Club tour to Vulture Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Mar. 4—Don's Trek to Lost Dutchman Mine, Superstition Mountains...Springs, California. Mar. 13-14—Kennel Club Dog Show, County Fair Grounds, Tucson, Arizona. Mar. 16-18—Winter...Reservation, Phoenix, Arizona. Mar. 18-25 — Yaqui Indian Easter Ceremonials, Pasqua Village, Tucson Arizona. Mar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | found in the Foote Mine at Kings Mountain. NEW YORK The Westchester Mineral and Gem So defy, Scarsdale...and dravice under the leadership of Bob Curran The Gem and Mineral Society of Syracuse reports that five...The Influence of Weathering on The Chemung Valley Gem a misunderstanding. They have sent no Minerals tices...Political Implication of TetTENNESSEE The Knoxville Gem and Mineral So rahedrites. The Club has formed a...Carolina, and Mr. Murphy led School of the Cayuga Gem and Mineral Club, them to sites for talc, marble |
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