 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IsotopeStudiesto MassiveSulfideand Vein Depositsof the Carolina Slate Belt STEPHEN A. KISH AND P. GEOFFREY FEISS...Department of Geology,Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Abstract Samplesof ore...Carolinaslatebelt of the Charlotte2ø quadrangle,North Carolina,havebeenanalyzed.In generalthesedeposits are...with the peak metamorphism in the North Carolina portionof the Carolina slatebelt. Introduction a mult...0861-0128/82/07/852-1152.50 352 Pb ISOTOPE STUDIES, CAROLINA SLATE BELT mixingof severalisotopically heterogeneous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DIAMONDS of North Carolina WILLIAM J . FURBISH Geology Department Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708...and romantic lure for man since antiquity. North Carolina is no exception; in fact, the state has a rich...gold in 1799 (United States mint returns for North Carolina appeared in 1793) and a diamond find in 1843...during the early to mid-nineteenth century when North Carolina led the states in gold production, just before...suspect that gold mining occurred early in North Carolina recorded history and probably well before. |  | | Book | | u n ' .ecid of class warfare between unions anti mine owners. Into that raw emaronment stepped tiny, prim...of the discovery of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mine. . BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 'r I / \ < r'jS'...in and one mile down —at the bottom of the Star Mine, operated by Hecla Mining Company near Burke in...Stockbridge, we have had the pleasure of state and county historical societies, libraries, and archives....bat¬ the year. There was an easier route to the north, and no tles between capital and labor for control |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins in the metamorphic rocks of the 10- Piedmont...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Recovery History of the Olinghouse District, Washoe County, Nevada Scott Kleine [2:20 to 2:40] The Gold Tellurides...Raines [2:40 to 3:00] The Round Mountain Gold Mine, Nye County, Nevada R. Scott Werschky LUNCH BREAK the...Ontario, as well as such unlikely places as South Carolina and Papua New Guinea. Although not all of these...mines, including the Eagle’s Nest and the Colorado Quartz mines, were successfully operated exclusively for... with papers representing African, Australian, North American and European gold occurrences. Each will |  | | Journal (issue) | | paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ...............plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...fine specimens. T INTRODUCTION The Little Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three...property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in...state o f Minas Gerais, Brazil, and St. A nne’s mine, Karoi district, Zimbabwe. Fine specimens of dark |  | | Journal (issue) | | VOLUME 33 NUMBER5 • $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Fisher History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...year. *Continued on p. 455 COVER: ELBAITE on quartz, 20 cm, one of the famous “blue cap” tourmalines...tourmalines discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson |  | | Report (issue) | | western Harquahala Mountains Calcite mine stop Lunch* at Calcite mine Northern Granite Wash Mountains stop...stop (western Buckskin Mountains) BCC mine stop Lunch* at BCC mine Clara Peak stop Lincoln Ranch Basin...and southeast directed. The structurally lowest Hercules thrust, which is exposed in the western Harquahala...along the Hercules thrust or related, subsidiary thrusts. Mineralization along the Hercules thrust zone...syn-thrusting (Calcite mine) or is younger and was localized along the thrust zone (Yuma mine). The second day |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the “Blue Cap” elbaites from the Tourmaline Queen mine, have become iconic. Jesse Fisher, who has a master’s...Ventures specimen recovery project at the Rogerley mine, England. A lifelong mineral collector, he has written...Northern England. Figure 1 (top left page). The Fano mine workings and San Jacinto Mountains, January 1997...aquamarine, 7.5 cm tall, Fano mine, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County. Bryant Harris specimen. Figure...Lithia Dike claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County. Al and Betty Ordway specimen, Jeff Scovil photo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MassiveSulfideLensesby Replacementof Folds: The Hercules Pb-Zn Mine, Tasmania DOMINGO G. A. M. AERDEN* Geology...followingparagenetic replacement sequence exists:pyriteI -• quartz-• chlorite-• pyriteII -• (sphalerite-galena-chalcopyrite)...was structary unitsthat formthe easternsideof a north-south- turallycontrolled(Hall et al., 1954, 1965)...theRoseconsists of Cu-Pb-Znmassive sulfidedepositsthatare bery mine (Aerden, 1991, 1992) supports a syntecgenerallyregardedas...controlled by foliation boudinage,andsuggests The Hercules depositoccursin a narrow, finegrainedmetasedimentary |  | | Report (issue) | | vein, 4900 level, Galena mine ……………...………..……8 Figure 5. Golden Chest mine, Murray, overview……. ……………………...Canyon mine, 2017………….……………..….....11 Figure 8. Reclamation at Panel A, North Rasmussen Ridge mine, 2017………………...exploration projects……………………….22 Figure 15. Bunker Hill mine glory hole., 1907………………………………………….23 Figure 16....cover installation over heap leach pad, Beartrack mine, 2017………...26 Figure 18. Map of Yellow Pine drill...Figure 20. Core with oxide copper in porphyry, Empire mine, 2017…………………...29 Figure 21. Core of epithermal |  | | Report (issue) | | Wickenburg Lorge open area, west of stat ion, north of high way 1-=----..!"'-=~•--,+~r\ · ·n-!;:;.'r:-1:'-7-... 1969), the Picacho Mountains (in view to your north) are shown as Precambrian gneisses, whereas PichachoPeak...is as follows. The northern Picacho Mountains (north of I-10) is divisible into two major terranes. These...separated by a major WNW-striking fault. The terrane north of this fault (not in view) consists mostly of a...Ancha Mountains thirty-five miles north of Globe, Arizona. The extreme north end of this terrane contains |  | | Report (issue) | | Deposits of the Coeur d'Alene District Shoshone County, Idaho GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 445...Deposits of the Coeur d'Alene District Shoshone County, Idaho By VERNE C. FRYKLUND, ]R. With a section...______________________________________ _ Belts in north area _____________________________ _ Belts in south...Scheelite __________________________________ _ Quartz ___________________________________ _ Adularia...mineral belt ________________________ _ Carlisle-Hercules mineral belt _______________ _ Tamarack-Marsh |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Newfoundland] at 12:22 30 January 2015 MURRAY MINE, ELK0 COUNTY, NEVADA A ntimony is an interesting metal...specimen from this source, the Murray gold mine in Elk0 County, Nevada, has been nominated as this issue’s...calcite, ankerite, barite, opaline or calcedonic quartz, and the alteration products mentioned above. Stibnite...1951); Loudville, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Fritz Island, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922);...1922); the Rutherford mine, Amelia County, Virginia; Granville County, North Carolina (Genth 1891); and in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurring together) from the Calumet and Hecla mine. Excepment in the oxide zones of a variety of metal...Copper Falls mine, associations and include those containing other silver minerals, Keweenaw County. barite...barite, fluorite, and quartz and those characterized by nickel The search for silver and gold during the latter...major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is draped in a silIsle mine, and the...the Sullivan mine ver-lined history is Colorado, with a pro(King and Foord 1994). Silver duction of more |  | | Journal (issue) | | ou sur rendez-vous Elbaite - 7,1 cm de largeur Mine Hima/aya,Mesa Grande,Californie,U.S.A. Coll. : 8...Scovil • Barite surfluorite Crista/: 4 x 3 x 0,4 cm Mine de /'Ave/lan, Var Coll. : G. Mari Photo : l.-D....geodede quartz(geode15 x 15 cm) de CherlovaiaGora, Russie et kunzite(cristal 10 x 6 cm) dans quartz avec...380 PennsylvaniaAvenue- San Francisco- CA 94107- USA (Traduitde l'anglaispar J. GALVIER) Les pegmatitesgemmifereseta...representela seule source regionalede topaze. Le filon Hercules,et d'autresformations du meme type dans le district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | structural control of gold mineralization. Large quartz veins, spatially associated with gold mineralization...presence, during mineralization of large, pre-existing quartz veins that acted as structural discontinuities...Meguma Terrane in Nova Scotia (Mawer, 1987), the North American Cordillera (Bonham, 1989) and the central...produced regional folds that contain the classic quartz saddle reefs (e.g., fig. 4-12 in Park and MacDiarmid...deformation is the second event described hereto 3. Quartz vein types Fig. 4. Horizontal section from Bendigo |  | | Report (issue) | | from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen Anne mine in Zimbabwe has produced...phosphate type pegmatites, beryl is associated with quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, biotite, ferrocolumbite...Alpine and hydrothermal veins, it is found with quartz and feldspar. In topaz rhyolites where red beryl...beryl is found, topaz, high-temperature quartz, and bixbyite are common associates of beryl. Alteration |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....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; |  | | Report (volume) | | BULLETIN 432 SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN MAINE AND THE MILAN MINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS WASHINGTON................................................. North Haven greenstone............................................................ 30 Mines of Hancock County.............................................. 30... 30 Douglas mine..................................................... 31 Twin Lead mine................32 Blue Hill mine..................................................... 33 Stewart mine.............. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is from Leiper’s quarry at Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Peters 1984). When the spessartine...apatite, albite, muscovite, potassic feldspar, and quartz in the former, and bixbyite, topaz, sanidine, and...Middletown, Middlesex County, and massive spessartine and relatively small crystals in quartz matrix occur at...occur with rhodonite in ore of the Betts manganese mine at Plainfield, Massachusetts. Exceptional garnet...localities in Figure 2. A classic Avondale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, spessartine specimen with a major |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: the Les Farges mine ................................ 261 by A. Brousse... Ferroaxinite from New Melones Lake, Calaveras County, California, a remarkable new locality...........602-299-5274 COVER: GROSSULAR from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec. The crystal measures 1 cm. Specimen...about this locality see the article on the Jeffrey mine in vol. 10 (1979), no. 2, p. 69-80. n o te s fr...newly mined tourmaline specimens from the Himalaya mine. Eidahl had been an employee of Pala In ternational |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...beryl localities including the emeralds of North Carolina; aquamarines from northeastern pegmatites,...so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen...associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm |  | | Report (issue) | | ro cks in the west front of the Augusta Range, north of Wo nder. Looking northeast. ~· • • Fig....and 500 feet high ( photo 4-512, Gale). Looking north from Sand Spri ng s • • ~ ~ N \.0 0 .-I 0...20° w. 5 1629 Victor Range west of Wonder; Hercules Valley in foreground and part of Stillwater Range...60° w. 6 1630 Victor Range west of Wonder; Hercules Valley . in foreground; part of Stillwater Range...Peak in ext~eme right. Looking W. 80°W. 7 1631 Hercules Valley; Victor Range, including Porphyry Peak |
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