 | | Report (volume) | | further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...000° to 1,250°C, and topaz at <1,000° to 1,480°C (Riddle and Foster, 1949, p. 897). Mullite is the only...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | September 2017 Cover Photographs January-February: Quartz, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil; photo by Harold and Erica...Erica Van Pelt. March-April: Kunzite on quartz/cleavelfndite matrix, Nuristan, Lagham Prov ince, Afghanistan;...Pelt. September-October: Wire silver, Cobalt Lode mine, Ontario; photo by J . Schekkerman. November-December:...421 Argellite, 188 Arkansas, Stand on Your Head #2 mine cookeite, 318; Magnet Cove eggonite, 114 Arsenopyrite...Tourma line, 453 Berkeley Quarry, Cross, South Carolina, J . J . Howe, 240 Bertrandite, 189, 410 Beryl |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fed. Junior Essay Winners 574 Amethyst Mine in North Carolina 458 Anderson, Jim 582 Anstey, Robert L...L., II 242 Arkansas, Phos. selenite xls (Riddle) .... 465 Armistead, Donald A 244 Armstrong, James V 467...L 2 Calcite (sand) xls irom Colo, (Campbell & Mitchell) 18 Campbell, F. H. Ill 18 C a n a d a : Mineral...Colorado, Sand-Caldte xls from Stoneham (Campbell & Mitchell) 18 Colo. College add3 gold collection (Pearl)...597 Lieber, Dr. Werner 117 Maine, Pseudo-cubic quartz xls (Perham) .... 240 Marcin, E. J 27, 575 Markert |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | near Jackson, Clarke Co., Ala., we have two fine quartz specimens that had been collected for us by Ken...ancient prase mine that had been worked by the Indians many centuries ago. This ancient mine is now known...Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of gem quality prase...Arizona deposit." ARKANSAS — R&M is indebted to W. C. Riddle, 2318 Slocum Ave., Memphis 7, Tenn., for an interesting...discovery and has shipped samples to Prof. R. S. Mitchell, Mineralogist at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | speciARKANSAS — Yellow powdery jar- men of gemmy smoky quartz. osite occurs associated with selenite crysCONNECTICUT...senopyrite in Darien (Fairfield Co.), Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The Conn., for over a year. A few weeks...finding their source. It Mitchell, University of Virginia, from is a small quartz vein on the side of a...Mr. W. C. hill. In spite of the frozen ground we Riddle, President of the Mid-South have dug a trench along...down, but we have not yet ing prepared by Prof. Mitchell and Mr. determined its length on the surface. |  | | Book | | MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JAROSITE FROM CROSS COUNTY, ARKANSAS R. S. MITCHELL University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia...in the Eocene (Nanjemoy formation) of Virginia (Mitchell, 1962), jarosite was considered to be a relatively...the Eocene (Claiborne group) near Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The discovery of the mineral in widely...writers (RSM) upon reading a description of gypsum (Riddle, 1961) from the same place. The initial material...material for study was kindly supplied by W. C. Riddle, President of the MidSouth Earth Science Club of Memphis |  | | Journal (issue) | | I INDEX TO ORE.-BIN, Vol. 22, 1960 Abandoned mine workings, Vacationers warned (22:7:70) Active mines...areas (22:8:84) Boron in Alvord Valley, Harney County, Oregon, by F. W. Libbey (22: 10:97-105) Bowen...receive U. S. help,(22:2:22} Crump geyser, Lake County (22:6:62); Vandal ism kills (22:8:83) Condon lecture...12:126) Kroll to receive Glasgow award (22:4:41) Lake County geyser (22:6:62) (22:8:83) Land determinations...tested by Bureau of Mines (22:5:50) (22:9:88) Clark County, Wash., ground water and geology (22:9:95) Copper-cobalt |  | | Journal (issue) | | economy has resulted in the instituting by several county planning commissions of surveys to identify existing...Dept. Geology & Mineral Industries King mine in Crook County following publication of a report by the...Mines completed 1,450 feet of tunnel near the Musick mine under a contract with the Office of Minerals Exploration...Bohemia Mining District of Lane County. The Buffalo mine in Grant County continued development of its low-level...uranium ore were shipped from the Lucky Lass mine in Lake County by· Don Lindsey and associates. The ore came |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 81 Washburne, Arthur J. Collier, Graham John Mitchell, and others, has contributed, if not voluminously...Walla Walla Plateau is that section which lies north of the Blue Mountains." This includes most of the...sides; on the west by the Pacific Ocean; on the north by the master-stream, the Columbia; on the east...is perhaps the most famous of all the lakes of North America, namely Crater Lake at the summit of the...granodiorite occurring along the headwaters of the north fork of John Day River is thought to be the oldest |  | | Report (issue) | | geographic coordinates and, where applicable, by county and section, township, and range. Both published...nickel-plus-copper in the deposit. The Gap mine (Pennsylvania) and the San Julian mine (California),are examples of...deposits varies widely. Some, like the Bluebird mine (Arizona), are small deposits containing 16 mostly...mostly only cobalt minerals. At the Standard mine (Oregon), the , cobalt minerals are associated with...association with manganese oxides. Lateritic deposits at Riddle, Oregon, and at Cle Elum, Washington, are examples |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and into North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Parkway was taken as this was...a very scenic route. Our first stop was at Mt. Mitchell, highest point east of the Mississippi River being...the Mississippi River. Our collecting began here. Quartz crystals were found along Route 70 about 22 miles...stratified rock. Novaculite was found about one mile north on City Route 70 heading toward Hot Springs. While...being inspected in Little Rock several specimens of quartz crystals were collected at a location across the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Chairman, Portland Harold Banta Baker Earl S. Mollard Riddle Field Offices 2033 First Street, Boker N. S. Wagner...from nickel, was quiet. The state's only uronium mine and one of the two mercury producers shut down....by-product tests on its Eden Ridge coal in Coos County. Pacific has been exploring the feasibility of...occurs in"several nearly hori zontal seams, in a mine-mouth steam plant for base-load p...were announced. Production of ferronickel at the Riddle smelter exceeded that of any previous year. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A.: Andalusite in California and Kyanite in North Carolina. Ecoa. GEo•.., vol. 28, no. 7, PP- 692-695... •932. Stuckey, J. L.: Cyanite Deposits of North Carolina. Ecos. G•o•.., vol. 27, pp. 66•-674, •932....Dumortierite in Humboldt Queen Canyon, Pershing County, Nevada. Nevada Univ., Bull., vol. 22, no. 2 (Mackay...been concen- trated alongtwo parallelzonesin a quartz-sericiteschistin which occurirregular lensesof...severalhundredfeet of largelybarrenschistwhich is essentially a quartz-sericite mixture (Fig. x). A large part of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | gold was discovered on Jackson Creek in Jackson County, that the gold rush into southwestern Oregon began...told by Dan L. Green, first sheriff of Josephine County, who made the trip with Captain O. T. Root and...of the canyon, but vegetation is sparse on the north side (south slope) with the exception of lush, large-leaved...are located on this flat. According to Josephine County records, M. D. Weaver patented the property as...gradually became more impregnated with whiteseams of quartz, feldspar, sericite, and saussurite(?). In the |  | | Report (issue) | | sillimanite before using it in refractory bodies. 1 F. H. Riddle and W. R. Foster, "The Sillimanite Group," chap...occurs in coarse-grained, kyanite-garnetmuscovite-quartz-feldspar gneisses interbanded with hornblende amphibolites...Ontario, kyanite occurs as metacrysts in a sericite-quartz-sillimanite schist interbanded with staurolite...medium-grained gneiss with red garnet, muscovite, quartz, and feldspar. Sillimanite and biotite are sometimes...of almost pure massive kyanite interbanded with quartz veinlets and granite pegmatite within the kyanite-garnet |  | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Report (volume) | | Nickel Deposits of North America By H. R. CORNWALL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1223 Geology, resources...-----------------------------------Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora...----------------------------------------Saline CountY--------------------------------------------Cal...---------------------------------------Boulder CountY------------------------------------------Conne...-----------------------------------------JGnox CountY--------------------------------------------Min |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PAULF. KEI•R. INTRODUCTION. TI-IE andalusite mine near White Mountain, California, is at presentthe...,,• '"'> F•. •. The andalusite mine is located in Mono County, C•ifornia, east of the Sierra Nevada...of White Mountain. Nevadaline (Fig. •). The main mine plant is locatedabout 9000 feetabovesea-level.All...C. D.: A note on a depositof andalusitein Mono County, California; its occurrenceand technical importance...7500 feetto almost•o,ooofeetabovesealevel.•' The mine workingsare locatedalongthe face of a cliff on the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | black coating on chert. The writer also found small quartz crystals with the graphite in one clay bank. The...velvety-black specimen is basanite, a variety of quartz. A common name for basanite is touchstone. ARIZONA—From...mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...northwest of Memphis, Tenn. We are indebted to W. C. Riddle, 2318 Slocum Ave., Memphis Tenn., for notes on...and short wave (brighter under short wave). M r- Riddle has an interesting article on tne locality which |  | | Journal (issue) | | minerals produced in each county and the percent of the total contributed by each county Not all segments of...1956 due to modified ore-drying equipment at the Riddle nickel smelting plant. Other increases were mercury...000 $42,480,000 JI Productlon·as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including...Gold Lode Mines Bald Mt. Mine Kenneth Grabner Sumpter, Oregon Baker County Sec. 3 T.aS.,R.36E. Dry...Josephine County Sec. 14 T.36S.,R.5W. Reno Mine Quentin Stone Grants Pass, Oregan Josephine County Galice |  | | Book (edition) | | minerals making up igneous rocks are the silicates: quartz, feldspars, micas, augite, hornblende, and olivine...olivine. In sedimentary rocks, clay minerals. quartz, feldspars, calcite, and micas are abundant....(4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7) quartz; (8) topaz; (9) corundum; (10) diamond. This means...of 1, while a mineral with a scratch level of quartz has a hardness of 7. This scale does not represent...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good |  | | | | minerals making up igneous rocks are the silicates: quartz, feldspars, micas, augite, horn¬ blende, and olivine...olivine. In sedimentary rocks, clay minerals,_ quartz, feldspars, calcite, and micas are abundant. However...(4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7) quartz; (8) topaz; (9) corundum; (10) diamond. This means...hardness of 1, while a mineral with a scratch level of quartz has a hardness of 7. This scale does not represent...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good |  | | Report (volume) | | Tungsten resources of the Blue Wing district, Lemhl County, Idaho, by Eugene Callaghan and D; M. Lemmon (published........ (C) Tin deposit at Majuba Hill, Pershing County, Nevada, by W. C. Smith and V. P. Gianella (published...(D) Nickel-gold deposit near Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington, by S. W. Hobbs and W. T. Pecora (published...Tin and tungsten deposits at Silver Hill, Spokane County, Washington, by L. R. Page (published in August................. (I) Nickel deposit near Riddle, Douglas County, Oregon, by W. T. .Pecora and S. W. Hobbs |  | | Journal (issue) | | Curry County Sec. 36 T. 40 S., R. 11 W. Bowers Mill Dana W. Bowers Medford, Ore. Josephine County Sec...Ore. G rant County John Day Foster Mill Ernest Foster Grants Pass, Ore. Joseph i ne County Sec. 28 T...Josephine County NW "F" Street Grants Pass John Day Mining Co. John Day, Ore. Grant County Sec. 26 T...Chrome Corporation Riddle, Ore. Douglas County Canyonvi lie Lyman and Grant County Findlay Mill John... Curry County Sec. 24 T. 38 S., R. lOW. Newman Mill Art Newman John Day, Ore. Grant County John Day |
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