 | | Journal (issue) | | FACTS ABOUT OPAL CLAIM TO COPPER FAME Butte’s Mining Legacy DYNAMIC DISCOVERY Biggs Junction Reveals...NEVADA’S CARLIN TREND America’s Greatest Gold-Mining District 64 CAPTIVATING FIND AT CARVER AGATE FIELD...classic older specimen of opal from the prolific USA locality of Butte, Oregon, reveals a carving-grade...ue s re la te d to o p a ls. • Fe a ture s e xa mining the sc ie nc e , g e o lo g y a nd histo ry o f...Drawing-Silent Auction-Fluorescent Display Kid’s Mine-Wheel of Fortuner-Tone of Fun for the Family! Demonstrations: |  | | Book (volume) | | The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...to travel extensively from Maine to Southern California, and from Washington’s Pacific Shores to Key...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | field trip of the Society to the Griggstown copper mine on Sunday, April 16, 1950. Sunday, however, dawned...the way and the feeling of spring in the air. The mine is on the Griggstown Coppermine Farm, about 2 miles...trip to the Southern Illinois fluorite district, in Hardin County, Illinois. This trip was made primarily...the mines. Mr. Gschwind by arrangement with the mining company was permitted to collect quantities to...subject "Manganese Minerals." Mr. Weibell covered very effectively the full range of common manganese minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc, vermiculite, and zinc is impressive...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded |  | | Report (volume) | | Addition Wi Iderness Study Areas, San Bernardino County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1713-D...Addition Wilderness Study Areas, San Bernardino County, California By SHERMAN P. MARSH, GARY L. RAINES...WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: EASTERN CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AREA, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...Mountains Addition Wilderness Study Areas, San Bernardino, California. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1713)...resources California Whipple Mountains Wilderness. 2. Mines and mineral resources California Whipple Mountains |  | | Report (volume) | | Mountains Wilderness Study/ Areas,f San Bernardino County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1712-A...Mountains Wilderness Study Areas, San Bernardino County, California By BRETT F. COX, ANDREW GRISCOM, JAMES...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: CENTRAL CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AREA DEPARTMENT OF THE...Mountains Wilderness Study Areas, Bernardino County, California. and San U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin B-1712-A...resources California Newberry Mountains Wilderness. 2. Mines and mineral resources California Rodman Mountains |  | | Journal (issue) | | gypsum on chert that I collected at the Minerva No. 1 mine dump in 1985. It had bundles of orange crystals...specimens I had collected in 1995 from the Annabel Lee mine ore pile had been cataloged as "celestine." I found...trips into the tluorspar district. One of the stops was the Pigmy (Pygmy) mine, near the village of Mexico...Mexico in Crittenden Co., KY. A description of this mine can be found in Goldstein ( 1997) or on the mindat...be hollandite. but the only manganese minerals described from the district are "wad" which occurs in residual |  | | Book | | Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High Tension (A Biography) Jay Ellis Ransom...HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London 1817 Portions of this book have...in L.\merica Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia...possible by Howard and Hazel Michael, of Y reka, California, who opened their home and rock museum to me...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy |  | | Journal (issue) | | Amazing Yita Ridge and Welo gemstones by Gail O. Clark Gem Hunter ......................................Media, Inc., 3585 Maple St., Ste. 232, Ventura, California 93003-3517, telephone (805) 644-3824. Periodicals...Neptunite San Benito Co., CA Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda© Special Exhibit: California Collectors...the wall from a bear claw. It could be from a mountain cat, Or Indian, who could do that. I wish I brought...indd 6 Rock & Gem 3/27/14 11:38 AM One Fire Mountain Way, DEPT C012 Grants Pass, OR 97526-2373 1-800-355-2137 |  | | Journal (issue) | | All PRICES F.O.B. PASADENA AND SUBJECT TO 3% CALIFORNIA STATE SALES TAX IF YOU LIVE IN CALIF. Visit...Field Trip by Frank F. \Ylhigha111 California Delegates choose S:in Diego for 1953 4 7 8 9 14 16 DEPARTMENTS...Reviews 10 21 22 25 26 Official Magazine CALIFORNIA FEDERATION of MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES and AMERICAN...OFFICERS OF THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION C. A. D1elrlch, President 3855.40rh Sr., Son Diego, Calif. Dorothy...monthly on the 7th of !he month at Ridgecrest, California. Edlto,lol and Business address: P.O. Box 204 |  | | Book (volume) | | THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Row, Publishers, New York Cambridge, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington London, Mexico City, Sao Paulo...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text...pegmatite, shoreline, quarry, gravel pit, prospect, mine, etc.). Let’s take, as an example, under the heading |  | | Journal (issue) | | STAINLESS STEEL CABBING UNIT This machine is made in the USA for Kingsley North. Features an all stainless steel...Scovil photo/ Collector’s Edge Specimen) Colorado’s Mining History on Display......38 Mica: An Accessory...4-square-mile area (minus the 20 acres of the Spectrum mine) for collecting by the public. There is a pit toilet... Normal rules apply: no power equipment and no mining for commercial purposes. The road in was graded...The oldest sunstone mine in Oregon is the Spectrum, owned by Chris Rose. The mine was originally owned |  | | Journal (issue) | | ·······-··········· 372 MARSHAL L PLAN Ams ALGERIAN MINING •·•·························· ............................ 389 MAKE YOURSELF A MORTAR. By S. L. Clark ..................................................outdoor photography, drove me from Los Angeles County via las Vegas to the locality in southwestern Utah...unimportant. I. R. Vawdry, a well-known figure of the district around St. George, came across a seam of this...risk of being overpowered by the scenery of that district. N ear, far, and at middle distance, he is conf |  | | Journal (issue) | | unusual family in its desert retreat on Ghost mountain. But after reading the "trail sign" near Yaquitepec...your October number, I've lost interest in Ghost mountain. There's too much regimentation up there. With...pretty. The people through New Mexico, Arizona and California seemed to be a little more friendly than anybody...wishes, I am E. F. PORTER. • • © Claremont, California My dear Mr. Henderson: I am sending enclosed...MAGAZINE DESERT NOV. 29-30—Fiesta Days in Brawley California. 29-30 Barry trated down Heard Goldwater to |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER 2020 38 PENNSYLVANIA’S PEQUEA SILVER MINE 10 Agate Origins and Formation Natural Treasures...Se Unveilin rth’s Crust Ea Below IN UNTA AN MO SAN JUSUMMER and nds, rs Diamo Gold, of Characte A Cast...oxidized ions of metallic elements like iron and manganese. You might think the microcrystallized quartz...when the land gave way in a mountainous jade mining district of northern Myanmar. It is already being called...called the worst disaster in the jade mining industry, and the death toll is expected to rise. Many victims |  | Collins, Donley S., Cobban, Robert R., Foord, Eugene E., Murphy, Jack A. (1989) Bibliography for update and revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado -- a 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel, Part A - Paper copy --Bibliography data file disks. Open-File Report Vol. 1989 (89-206) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89206a | Report (issue) | | geology of the east inlet area, southwestern Rocky Mountain Park, Colorado: Golden, Colorado School of Mines...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Element...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-D...1974, Murataite, a new complex oxide from El Paso County, Colorado: American Mineralogist, v. 59, nos. 1-2...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, Jefferson County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 320 |  | | Journal (issue) | | (213) 255-1488 4959 YORK BLVD. ,~ LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 9~2 Ope■ Mo■• tltr■ Fri. t •·•• to 5:15 P••·...PARKWAY □ PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109 CARLSBAD STORE: 2961 STATE STREET, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA • GEMS & MINERALS...COX ART/ ADVERTISING DIRECTOR- MEL ANDERSON CALIFORNIA FEDERATION ASSOCIATE EDITOR Of -RENATA WILLIAMS...Sherr Choate, Second Vice-President 1643 Mat.on Dr., San Joae, ca. 95124 Mrs. Peggy Norton, Secretary 11945...ca. IUI07 WIiiiam Tirk, TrMIUNr 3144 Araoon Dr., San Dteeo. cant. 12115 Correapc,n,deta end ,.queata for |  | | Journal (issue) | | ,.,,.. ~ 4959 York Boulevard Los Angeles. California 90042 Telephone (213) 255- 1488 The Indian...(MFMGS) 26120 Rouge Court Southfield, Ml 48075 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Publisher...Matson Or.. San Jose. CA 95124 William E. Tirk, Second Vice-President 3944 Aragon Or.• San Diego. CA 92115...Correspondence and requests for information to the California Federation should be addressed to: Mrs. Juanita...President 414 Gl!!narm. San Antonio. Texas 78204 Mlcrocry•tal Collectlng In Keweenaw County, Michigan by Jean |  | | Book | | Minerals and Matter 18 Fractal Geometry and the Mining Industry, a Review B. H Kaye 19 The Fractal Distribution...Chen & W Chen 283 23 The Formation of Manganese Dendrites as the Mineral Record of Flow Structures...Theoretical Physics University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA *Permanent address: Department...Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA Abstract. The frequency-magnitude statistics of...distribution of exposed joints and fractures near Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and found good agreement with a fractal |  | | Journal (issue) | | Furbish Duke University Adolf Pabst University of California, Berkeley A. A. Giardini University of Georgia...K. Goodwin Claude L. Schapers Granada Hills, California College of William and Mary Villard ~. Griffm...Pennsylvania George L. Holloway Northridge, California Curt G. Segeler Brooklyn, Nelv York Terry E...Prairie Creek j ust 10uth of Murfree• boro, Pike County, Arkansas. The near-oval shaped area is an enclosed...diatreme (volcanic pipe) near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas (The Crater of Diamonds State Park). |  | | Report (issue) | | PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN THE BATESVILLE DISTRICT, ARKANSAS. By HUGH D. MISER. LOCATION...LOCATION. The Batesville manganese district is .in the .southern part of the Ozark region, a short distance...Batesville manganese-ore district. the Gulf Coastal Plain, mostly in Independence County but partly...CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1920, PART I. the Ball mine, 2 miles east of Hickory Valley, westward to Guion...is 2 miles south of the southern border of the manganese-bearing area. PRESENT INVESTIGATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |  | | 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:...mines, as important producersBarite, Manganese, ocher. Manganese deposits have a wide geographic distribution |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |
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