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| MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by...Ludington2 , and A.E. McCafferty1 Open-File Report 96-683-A This report is preliminary and has not been... or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government... MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL...west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal |
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| Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Jefferson City Quadrangland Lewis and Clark Counties...Counties, Montana By GEORGE E. BECRAFT, DARRELL M. PINCKNEY, and SAl\II ROSENBLUM GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...1922Geology and mineral deposits of the Jefferson City quadrangl~, ·Jefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties...Montarra, by George E. Becraft, Darrell M. Pinckney, and S·am Rosenblum. vVashington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off...1922Geology and minerai deposits of the Jefferson City quadrangle, J e:fferson and Lewis and Cl ark Counties |
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| Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout and Sand mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys... each one formed during different geologic ages and under varied conditions: the Cumberland Plateau,...Mountains, the Piedmont Plain (about 30% of the state), and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Thus rocks of every geological...rocks in the East, both igneous and metamorphic, strongly mineralized and dotted with once-rich abandoned...from the Piedmont crystalline rocks into softer and less resistant formations of the Coastal Plain. This |
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| many years, the old Augusta Lode, ]/2 mile from Evergreen (south), Jefferson Co., Colo., is being reworked...minerals are fluorite, lead-zinc, malachite, and some silver and gold. ALASKA—A new mineral that was first...found as small xls or tabular masses, whose color and streak is black. It was found in metamorphic limestone...vesuvianite, magnetite and calcite. "Th's mine goes back to the 1870's and 80's—and worked off and on since then...usually was only for short periods of activity that mining was done. ARIZONA—Masses of native copper, some |
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| Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of 210 miles, with its 56,000 sq. mi. sloping...circumference by navigable waters, primarily the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The highest elevations are the...offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more sandstone, silica sand and Fluorspar...Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar |
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| Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of 210 miles, with its 56,000 sq. mi. sloping...circumference by navigable waters, primarily the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The highest elevations are the...offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more sandstone, silica sand and Fluorspar...Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar |
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| Columbite-Beryl pegmatite, Western Australia and sold in Australia and the United States. This pegmatite has...finest crystallized columbite crystals in Australia and certainly rank as outstanding crystals worldwide...article is to provide details about the locality and its mining history. Location The Giles Columbite-Beryl...is located 45 kilometer southeast of Coolgardie and 2.5 kilometers south of Spargoville. Coolgardie is...specimens were mined, is on the former MC 9 at 354,850 E and 6,541,500 N, UTM 50, AGD66 on the 1:100,000 scale |
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| cation. Include date, place, sponsoring club, and name and address of show chairman. Send all notices to:...(Copper County) Retreat. A . E . Seaman Mineralogical Museum. Michigan Tech Univer sity. Mine, historical...historical collecting, and geological tours; auction; lectures; banquet. Information: Stanley Dyl, A . E ...752/5192; FAX(214)752-5205. July 7, 8—Bozeman, Montana. Montana State Gem & Mineral Show sponsored by the..."Fiesta of Gems" sponsored by the Culver City Rock and Mineral Club. Culver City Veterans Memorial Auditorium |
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| organ izers spend o n spec ial e xhibits and auxiliary events, and because of the Bavarian joie-de-vivre...tchcraft and dark forces abou nd . The show provided relati vely little " new" material and its • pro...yellowish and eve n black. The raspberry-colored crystals are up to approxi mate ly 5 cm across and occur...Pezzotta and were shown as pan of the special exhibit. A few faceted sto nes were offered for sale and most...pezzottaile as 4 cm raspberry crystal on the locality and 16 cm matrix from Ambatovita Pegmatite, Mandrasonoro |
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| 10 October, 1997 Recent Mineral Discoveries and Other News From Maine Woodrow B. Thompson Maine Geological...Geological Survey Natural Resources Information and Mapping Center 22 State House Station Augusta, Maine...large and fine crystal specimens that are at least nationally significant; and a couple of new and long-lost...article describes some of the newsworthy discoveries and also reports the earlier find of a Maine gold nugget...information bout them, and to Vandall King for supplying additional ommentary and photos. Big gold nugget |
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| OF THE UNITED STATES COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...OF THE UNITED STATES. Compiled by SAMUEL SANFORD and RALPH W. STONE. INTRODUCTION. By EDWARD W. PARKEH...Resources of the United States" (the volumes for 1882 and 1887) consist of lists of the useful minerals in...$2,000,000,000, and the investigations made by the United States Geological Survey and the State geological...minerals and includes a glossary showing the composition and character of each mineral and the location |
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| species mineral collector, 1996 saw several new and exciting finds. This paper will discuss a couple...of Yanadinite La Aurora Mine Chihuahu, Mexico Fornacite DH Claims Gila County, Arizona DH Claims In...due to a thorough study of the mine- Fig. 1 Descloizite, La Aurora Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, SEM photo...The Blacl~ Mountain §podumene Pegmatite Natrona County, Wyoming • Mark Jacobson 112 N. Lemans St. Lafayette...Lafayette, LA 70503 smaller size have been dug and an access road has been made to the pegmatite, as |
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| recent history of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. I had wanted to hold this gathering since the...pulling out. That was the death-knell for fluorite mining in the United States, the e~d of 163 year-long...a joint program, I could organize • the program and Glenn could "give it a home." Continued on page 5...quartz, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. 2 Mineral News The 9th Maine Mineral...another success. Over 300 people registered and the lecture room and hallways of the Inn were certainly crowded |
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| Niven, Chamberlin, Schernikow, Gratacap, and Manchester. And these minerals were not ordinary, in fact...during subway excavations at 36th Street and Broadway, and a chrysoberyl crystal that Joseph Peters of...found in the United States," found at 93rd Street and Riverside Drive. But these minerals were found in...second half of 1997. All minerals were analyzed and confirmed by the Czech Geological Survey mineralogist...mineralogist Dr. Frantisek Veselovsky, Ing. Petr Ondrus and Dr. Ivan Vavrin in Prague, Czech Republic, unless |
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| 13 /,Jo. 12 December, 199~ Weird The Mineral and Wonderful from Quartz Alberta's Collector's Newsletter...village that is better known for its amp museum and as a stop for summer steam locomotive cxursions....was quartz, for which I've retained a soft spot, and I was not disappointed in this new locality. Several...years have produced a wide variety of interesting and unusual quartz crystals. These are found in abundant...shows one complete and two partial hexagonal faces. Continued on page 2 Tungstenite and Associated Minerals |
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| STATES**-^ COMPILED BY FRANK C. SCHRADER, RALPH W. STONE AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON.......................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana........................................................................................ Glossary and index.............................................. Compiled by FRANK C. SCHRADER, EALPH W. STONE, and SAMUEL SANFORD. INTRODUCTION. The volumes of the |
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| Discovery of Pink Tourn1aline at the Cryo-Genie Mine, San Diego County, California Kenneth L. Gochenour 2670 East...found at the C ryo-Genie mine near Warner Springs in northern San Diego County, California. The crystals...the center of the pegmatite. Nine very large tourmaline crystals were found in the bottom of the pocket...these crystals measured 7 to IO inches in length and up to 4 inches in diameter. One o f the spectacular...quartz and feldspar crystals. The matrix specimen will soon find its home the Los Angles County Museum |
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| Wulfenite Fromthe MilfordMine, GoodspringsMining District,ClarkCounty,Nevada JackKepper P.O. Box314 Cave...netcom.com The Milford Mine is located in the Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, about 30 miles south...Vegas, in Clark County, Nevada. Production in the district ( 1856 to 1962) was dominated by zinc and lead...followed by copper, silver, and gold. Cobalt, molybdenum, vanadium, palladium, and platinum were also produced...zones of oxidation. The detailed mineralogy of the district has been published in the U.S. Geological Survey |
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| city view and is a reminder of the mining activity that started in the early 17th century and continues...even tho ugh on a small scale. The Storforshei iron mine in the Dunderlandsdalen is still in operation, working...sold as souvenir in a few places. The Mofje llet Mine, a once considerable but now depleted ase metal...These are probably the finest known for the species, and hard to get nowadays. The talc deposit of Altermark...has been in exploitation since the 17th century and is expected to continue for at least several years |
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| Notable Collecting Areas and ©ircctoru Cn of American Mineral & Gem Collectors and Collections Together... DEDICATION To the Millions of Enthusiastic Mineralogists and Gem Collectors the EWorld Over, I Salute You. Hugh...volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...hobbyists and collectors; (3) To list and offer the residence address of each collector by city and state...a mutual interest in the most fascinating study and hobby that this world has to offer; (4) To offer |
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| portal of the San Diego Tourmaline mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego County, California, during 1986...was named for Dr. Eugene E. Foord by Petr Cernjr and colleagues (tern9 et al. 1988). This monoclinic tin...alluvial pebble from Lutsiro, Sebeya River, Rwanda, and also from Punia, Zaire. Naming of this mineral after...contributions to the study of granitic pegmatites and niobium-tantalum-tin minerals. THE DEATH OF EUGENE...Berkeley, California, 20 November 1946, to Beth and Del Foord. He overcame a severe congenital hearing |
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| Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources...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...inches, 7.5 cm) altered on the surface to malachite and associated with white, scalenohedral calcite crystals...are usually stained with iron oxides. The Jerry and Phillip team have recently come up with some very |
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| 494-5155 . . . FAX (949) 494-0402 Photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angles Open Tues.-Sat. 10-5....Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles, CA Librarian Curtis P...September–October Volume Thirty-three, Number Five Articles Gem and rare-element pegmatites of southern California ....363 by J. Fisher History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . |
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| Origin and scope of this work........................................... 5 5 Distribution of mining districts...geologic structure........................ Form and content.........................;............................................................... Montana.......................................................................... PART II. Catalogue of mining districts, by J. M. Hill..................................................... Classification of mining districts..................................... |
