 | | Journal (issue) | | THE EARTH’S TREASURES • MINERALS AND JEWELRY MINNESOTA Agates and Minerals R&G KIDS: APATITE HISTORIC...agates are a large part of the displays at the Minnesota Agate and Geological Interpretive Center in Moose...Lake. This beautifully banded specimen from a Minnesota gravel pit has a lightyellow limonite accent on...What does it take to make them? by Bob Jones Minnesota Minerals and Agates............ 12 A Moose Lake...GEM & MINERAL SHOW - SPRING Holiday Inn - Orange County Airport, 2726 S. Grand Ave., SANTA ANA, CA 92705 |  | | Book (edition) | | Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...PISTOLS Idaho Minerals Idaho Minerals The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Rerun Publishing P .O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Ale ne, Idaho 83814 Copyright © 1989 by L.R. Ream Publishing...R Ream Publishing P.O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ...........................Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England ..................... 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don and Gloria Olson collection;...AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 22...$327/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations...Publishing, 3619 W. Fairway Drive, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 83815. Lanny R. Ream, Editor. Periodicals postage...postage (USPS 751-150) paid at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Postmaster send address changes to: Mineral News P.O...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases |  | | Journal (issue) | | Care! ARIZONA WULFENITE Down Deep in the Rowley Mine GEM GARNETS Popular for Centuries THE BALTIMORE...toxic. This 6 cm spray of needles is from the Herja mine (Baia Mare, Maramures), Romania. (Gerhard Brandstetter...in the Rowley................... 22 This Arizona mine is a specimen treasure trove Winter rockhounding...Notes New owners took possession of the Mary Ellen mine property on July 1, 2014 and no collecting is being...up or prices going up because dealers got into “mining” and specimen recovery which is spendy, so they |  | | 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...Tufts College, Mass. Minnesota........Prof. W. H. Emmons, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Mississippi...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...noted) (top row, from left) Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection...Northwest; that is, the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and the Canadian Provinces of British Columbia...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal |  | | Report (issue) | | Tungsten-bearing Quartz Lode Big Creek District Central Idaho GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 594-C...Tungsten-bearing Quartz Lode Big Creek District Central Idaho By B. F. LEONARD, CYNTHIA W. MEAD, and... F~GURE 1. Drawing and X-ray micrographs of acanthite and copper sulfides on galena. Drawing and X-ray...TUNGSTEN-BEARING QUARTZ LODE, BIG CREEK DISTRICT, CENTRAL IDAHO By B. F. LEONARD, CYNTHIA W. MEAD, and...accumulated annually during the :short Ufe of the mine. The total metal eontent per ton of ore is eompa:rable |  | | Journal (issue) | | Zeolites from Schroeder, Minnesota Mike Hedtke Rt. 1, Box 267 Clearbrook, Minnesota 56634-9649 a . Schroeder...New Mex ico before the War ~nd after at the zinc mine at Balmat. These specimens resulted in an article...Pressler 1998). C laude, who is moving to Boise, Idaho, unloaded some additional specime ns on me while...Edwards Mine:· The Edwards Mine, also a zinc mine, was near the Balmat Mine in St. Lawrence County, New...which side you looked) material. I s uspected acanthite, so had E xc a libur run and SEM-EDS which confirmed |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Idaho............................................................................................... Minnesota.................................................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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 11 October 2014 A Historical Overview of t h e District and the Smuggler Union and Associated Mines and...history have called Leadville the quintessential mining camp of the frontier. If that is true-and it probably...Telluride was the scene of many encounters that the mining frontier had with its own destiny. From its struggle...here, too, the goals of frontier precious-metal mining shifted in midtwentieth century as the quest for...125 years of mining, are still capable of inspiring wonder at the inventiveness of the mining men and road |  | | 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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | Gemmell, J. Bruce, Simmons, Stuart F., Zantop, Half (1988) The Santo Nino silver-lead-zinc vein, Fresnillo District, Zacatecas, Mexico; Part I, Structure, vein stratigraphy, and mineralogy. Economic Geology, 83 (8) 1597-1618 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.8.1597 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Santo Nifio Silver-Lead-Zinc Vein, Fresnillo District, Zacatecas, Mexico: Part I. Structure, Vein Stratigraphy...andGeophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 PillsburyDriveS.E.,Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 AND HALF ZANTOP...chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, tetrahedrite,argentite/acanthite, stephanitc, marcasite, proustitc,antimonpearceite...the Fresnillo district. Locationswherecarefulgeologicandgeochemical THE Fresnillo district, located 750... The recent oxidized stockwork. The Fresnillo district lies in the developmentof the Santo northwestern |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Localities: The Erupción/Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico ....................Front Cover WULFENITE from the Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico; 6.6 cm across. Norm...gathering around a natural amphitheater amid the mine buildings and headframes in order to hear what we...Mexico-II having been devoted to the famous Ojuela mine). Covered here are four more important and prolific...and Arizona Company, then managed the New Cornelia mine at Ajo with great success. While still working for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Survey, National Center-MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA (Received October 10, 1990; accepted after revision...Survey, National Center--MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA. tinent rift system (MRS) of North America is one...sulfide and native copper deposits of the White Pine mine area, and Cu-Ni sulfide deposits in the Duluth Complex... Locationof the rift south of LakeSuperiorin Minnesota,Michigan,Wisconsin,Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas...gabbroic complexes, such as the Duluth Complex in Minnesota (Fig. 2), numerous tholeiitic dikes and sills |  | | Journal (issue) | | until 03/31/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA RG_greyBlue_cover_0315.indd 2 03 2 FIELD TRIP...Mary Ellen mine in St. Louis County, Minnesota, but was found in a gravel pit in Carlton County, 60 miles...............................54 The Windy Ridge Mine ................................12 still a wellspring............48 Iron stromatolites from northern minnesota by Mark Leatherman 12 FIelD TrIP Field Notes...see more covers like this in the future. —Mary French Cedar Springs, MI 10 S • MINERALS HOT SPOTS |  | | Book | | approximately 5 cm taii and is from the Eagle's Nest mine, Piacer County, California. Ross Beaty Collection. Photograph............. . ORE FORMING MINERALS . .....2 Acanthite/Argentite . Arsenopyrite ...... , ••• , . . ....References: Chace F.M. (1956) Abbreviations in field and mine geclogical mapping. Economic Geclogy, v. 51, p....Atlas of Ore Minerals. Translated from the original French version: Atlas des mineraux rnetalliques: Picot...Atlas E :.~ I: .. ORE FORMING MINERALS ~ Acanthite ~ (aca) Environment: Epithermal, vein ~ Monoclinic |  | | Journal (issue) | | part of a “Lava Cap” agate from Deming, New Mexico (USA) c – globular aggregate of iron oxide within the... Fig. 8 Sedimentary Dryhead agate from Montana (USA); the close up shows a violet fluorite cube, which...Northern Mexico. Burgess Publishing Division, Edina, Minnesota. Godovikov, A. A., Ripinen, O. I., Motorin, S...sedimentary rocks from the Dryhead area, Montana/USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 73, 673-690. Götze, J.,...Ourir, like Sidi Rahal, lies in the Marrakech district, north of the High Atlas. Several of the locality |  | | Journal (issue) | | have been exposed by recent or currently active mining operations. The following disContinued on page...Gold Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana Mike...Clearbrook, Minnesota 56634 While looking for the small wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana...article. Type I is an acicular Jo Dandy Mine, Radersburg District, •? Continued on page 4 Fig. 1 Aragonite...(Type 2 curved in center) 1/ 8 inch long, Jo Dandy Mine, Montana, photo by Al Leber. 2 Mincrnl Nc"·s |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history ........with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...worldwide, from books and mineral magazines in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian since 1960. The press...very rare loose crystal. Ossining, Westchester County, New York. wckport, New York. Ex. Coll. : New...DENVER MART EXPO HALL ROOMJ53 BARITE 20.3 CM XIEFANG MINE , GANZHOU PREFECTURE , JIANGXI PROVINCE , CHINA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | REPUBLICS species. The specimen was from Boulder County. A short note suggested coloradoite. An x-ray powder...America Memoir #109, Telluride Ores of Boulder County, Colorado, p 80, where they state, "Coloradoite... Texas. "Creede: The Homestake Mining Company's Bull Dog Silver Mine is still producing highgrade silver...Other specimens from this mine such as choice white bladed barite groups, acanthite as coatings and tiny crystals...fairly easy to obtain. There is no collecting at the mine. Minerals Engineering Company which has been operating |  | | Journal (issue) | | 4 cm -high specimen is from the DeMaria mine in Placer County, California. (Jeff Scovil Photo/Brett Keller... collecting run-of-the-mine specimens by Steve Voynick Montana Placer Mining .........................Range”, by G.B. Morey (Geology of Minnesota: A Centennial Volume, Minnesota Geological Survey: 204-217, 1972)...indd 6 region, it is in fact abundant in the Minnesota Iron Ranges and glacial drift derived from them...an article, written by Bill Vossler, called “Minnesota Minerals and Agates”. On page 15, there is a picture |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical...deemed more appropriate (and more likely to gain mining industry support) to propose designating copper |  | | Book | | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...mineral pigments. 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