 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lustrous black magnetite. Madison is in S/E New Haven County of southern Connecticut near Long Island Sound...and silvery muscovite. Bureau is in S/E Bureau County of northern Illinois. Dune sand from Great Bend..." — on label. Great Bend is in southern Barton County of central Kansas. Beach sand from Naskeag Beach...is in southern Hancock County in southern Maine. Ant hill sand from Virgin Valley, Nev. "This is ant hill...hill sand from the carnelian area in Virgin Valley, Humboldt Co., Nevada. We went there June 7 and it |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rehoborh Beach, Del. Petrified wood sand from Virgin Valley, Ne v. From one of Delaware's popular beaches...white sea shells. Rehoboth Beach in eastern Sussex County in S.E. Delaware is on the Atlantic Ocean. "Here..."Here is another sand sample from Virgin Valley, Nevada. This is ant hill sand from halfway up a mountain...mountain. This is several miles down the valley from the carnelian area, that I sent you a sample of before...sand from Naples, Fla. Naples, in N . W . Collier County in southern Florida, is on the Gulf of Mexico. |  | | Book (edition) | | TURQUOISE GARNET ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST ...Hall Co. Horshaw mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | Book | | worn by both sexes. The beads were also made of carnelian (red agate) and lapis lazuli (blue stone), but...The ancient cameos were carved from sardonyx, carnelian, and agate Klauber, famous engraver to the king...name in the Bible, varieties of agate, such as carnelian, and other quartz gems are mentioned in many places...processing the surrounding country’s Along the valley of the Roman came upon and unimpressive group...They crossed the mountain range and penetrated a valley running amethyst, the favorite stones of the day | | | Book | | worn by both sexes. The beads were also made of carnelian (red agate) and lapis lazt1li (blue stone), but...The ancient cameos \Vere carved from sardonyx, carnelian, and agate by J. S. Klauber, fan1ous engraver...name in the Bible, varieties of agate, such as carnelian, and other quartz gems are mentioned in many places...irort1m, the present-clay city of Tre,,es. Along tl1e valley of tl1e ~Ioselle River passecl the Ro111a11 legions...ra11ge ancl l)enetratecl a valley rt1nni11g l)arallel to the Moselle Valley to join r f • • Fie. |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Carolina. In the West, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada, and the coast ranges dominate a vast geological...Rockies, the high plains roll east to Mississippi Valley. Canada and To the north the lavas of the ...where water has brought silt, of the Mississippi Valley. erals as agates in 20 / Rock formations in...spots lest some of these "rockhogs" read of them. Nevada and Utah have both announced a policy of welcoming |  | | Report (volume) | | streambeds, principally derived from rocks of the Sierra Nevada. Specific localities in California where diamonds...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |  | | Book | | eleva¬ tion. There is a talus slope in the Antelope Valley in Southern California where the rock fragments...obvious that the garnets had washed into the river valley from the hills about, and that the flatland or...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...minerals both on the surface and below. c. This flat valley area possibly represents the old stream bed and...in stream beds on the west slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California and a few scattered stones have been |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...in the Midwest statesFairburn agates, jasper, carnelian, chalcedony nodules (many fluorescent), opalized |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett of Baltimore, Maryland;...live. The Appalachians, the Smokies, the Sierra Nevada, the Rockies and Black Hills, the Cascades and...Carolina. In the West, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada, and the Coast ranges dominate a vast geological...the High Plains roll east to meet the Mississippi Valley. To the north lie the granite rocks of Canada and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bob Dowell, Box 509, Edinburg, Texas 78529. Virgin Valley Rainbow Ridge Mines, c/o Hodson's, 66 W. First...1207 Woodbury, Miles City, Montana. JASPER - CARNELIAN Drummond's Route 2, Box 32, Leba non, Oregon...Star Rt., PrineviLle, Oregon 97754. A G A T E (CARNELIAN, B A N D E D AGATE, F O R T I F I C A T I O N... WONDERSTONE Wonderstone Gem Mines, Goldfield, Nevada 89013. —Texas Federation Newsletter via the Rock |  | | Book | | well-developed quartz crystals found in Herkimer County, New York. Again the terms "Medfordite" and ""Oregonite"...Barstow, CaHfomia, and similar areas throughout Nevada and Wyoming, where specimens in profusion were...remained unblemished. At some locaHties in Oregon, Nevada, and California, in small areas, many tons of agates...While small, these agates (for the greater part, carnelian) and jaspers found in the glacial drift of the...tools, the work could be accomplished so well. Carnelian and agate beads seem to have been the most popular |  | | Journal (issue) | | first trip to Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine at Virgin Valley, Nevada T his is another story from the Miner...Miner that takes place with me going to the Virgin Valley Rainbow Ridge Mine. I will tell you two different...tales of gold being found in the area of Virgin Valley, Nevada. Some of the most beautiful fire opal is... we finally arrived in Denio, Nevada which is on the border of Nevada and Oregon. Dinio is a very small...page 1 closest town of any size is Winnemucca, Nevada which is about 120 miles from Dinio. When we arrived |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (edition) | | facilities but water avail**Chan Jade Mine. Happy Camp, Valley of the Moon Gem Club, Box 5^3» Sonoma, CAFee $2-00... Mack Mine. Mrs. L. Hall, Star Route, Box 190, Valley Center, CA 92082Phone (714) 749-0635- Closed July...tions 3 weeks in advance. Valley Springs Ranch. John & Betty Snyder, Box 177, Valley Springs. CA 95252. Phone...Sapphires Sapphires Dryhead agates NEVADA Rainbow Ridge Mine, Denio, Nevada. From May 26 to Sept., write Mr...Opal Mine, J. Wilson, Denio, NV 89404. Phone Virgin Valley # 1. Write for map and brochure. $5*00/person; |  | | Book | | A FIELD GUIDE Rockhounding Nevada is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals...Globe Pequot Press NEVADA A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites NEVADA 2nd Edition Essential...and minerals WILLIAM A. KAPPELE Rockhounding Nevada RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 1 6/27/11 3:02 PM Help...RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 2 6/27/11 3:02 PM Rockhounding Nevada A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites...ion Data Kappele, William A., 1931Rockhounding Nevada : a guide to the state’s best rockhounding sites |  | | Journal (issue) | | On•i,:on, ior Oct0hcr. 1 O• I 3. State of Orebon, County of :\Iuhnomnh, ss. Before me. 11 Xotnry in :m tl...with all types of scenery - mountains. waterfalls. virgin forests with many seclud ed lakes. bears, thousands...roughly fifty miles long and ten miles wid e. l t is virgin country unspoiled by any of modern man · s so-called...been carried out with the wel l-known opal of Virgin Valley. '.\e vada. in order to dcvi:c ome mean-.,...chalcedony ( containing iron oxide) may be changed to carnelian or sar clonyx by heat treatment. "C11 fort1111ately |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...all around the old bonanza town of Virginia City, Nevada, stand huge dumps where traces of tic rocks. ...rose quartz and ametfiyst quartz from Brazil: carnelian from India Bottom row agate and aventunne from |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (issue) | | an apple core at Split Mountain canyon, Borrego valley. Taken with a 31/4x41/4 Speed Graphic on Panatomic...California This portrait of Indian George of Death Valley won second prize in the monthly contest. (See Desert...Dad Fairbanks, known to everyone who knows Death Valley and the Mojave. His experiences with early day...ones he has discovered in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. • Color of the desert...this month's story about the Pahute Indians of Nevada, is one of the best known white women among the |  | | Book | | in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite..."Newmont" Native Gold Empire-Star Mines, Grass Valley, California 18.8 cm (7½ in.) across .~ ... ... ~ 29 Native Gold Sheet on Quartz El Dorado County; California 30 5 cm (2 In.) high Native Gold...across Native Copper in Calcite Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan 12 cm (4% in.) across 37 38 Native...(1 ,n.) across Fluorite Denton M ine, Hardin County, Illinois 8.3 cm (3 ¼ in.) high 67 Fluorite |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...316, then W to Carter Ranch and S along Pleasant Valley Cr. in Red Canyon, areabanded agate, Jade, jasper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Village, L.I. N.Y. HOUis 4-4494 3-2-58 Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society (N. Y.) Over forty members...held at the Finkelstein Memorial Library, Spring Valley, N.Y., on January 3 1 , 1958. T h e program was...Committee 5 Foster Avenue Glens Falls, New York Fulton County Mineral Club Jan. 6, 1 9 5 8 The guest speaker...Geological Section, Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences Humboldt Park, Buffalo 11, N.Y. Downloaded by [JAMES COOK...Franklin-Sterling Hill mining district of Sussex County, N e w Jersey. Since it can b e expected that a |
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Unnamed Carnelian deposit, Virgin Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA