 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...well-known and collected localities, such as Majuba Hill. Many other localities with extensive and unusual...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada A Source of Superb Secondary Copper...(phroth@sunrise.ch) Introduction Since the 1950’s, the Majuba Hill Mine has been recognized by the mineral collecting...minerals from the Majuba Hill Mine. Spherical aggregates of arthurite crystals from Majuba Hill. FOV 3.8 mm...Evanich photo. History The Majuba Hill Mine, located in Pershing County, Nevada, was first located in 1907...1907 by A.J. McCauley of Imlay, Nevada. No work of importance was undertaken until 1914, when the property |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent |  | | Journal (issue) | | Allingbam Court .Haverstock Hill London l\1W3 2AH 12A Allingham Court Haverstock Hill London NW3 2AH CONTENTS...localities when I lived in South Africa was an old tin mine by the name of Stavoren in what used to be called...similarities also springs to mind, and that is Majuba Hill, in Nevada. So as I went through the specimens in...recovered from the Mutue Fides mine, but at the adjacent Stavoren mine, it seems that tin recovery was...are of interest to collectors. Gorland is an old mine with a chequered history because, like Stavoren |  | | Journal (issue) | | Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada ................................ U p d a t e o n t h e M in e r a l o g y OF THE MAJUBA HlLL M lN E, P e r s h in g C o u n t y Martin...of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 Interest and collecting activity at the Majuba Hill mine have...(Jensen, 1985). Information on new discoveries at the mine, as well as on certain aspects that were left vague...to the mine is tenuously unrestricted. INTRODUCTION Several companies have held the Majuba Hill property |  | | Book | | ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...FLUORITE crystal group, 8.1 cm, from the Shangbao mine, H unan, China. Collector's Edge Minerals specimen;...daughter of a mining family, she has maintained an intense interest in minerals and mining throughout her...pursuits in this regard was the collecting of old mining stock certificates, a collection which grew to... and give a historical background for each mine or mining venture. These catalogs, still available while |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner...1980 ARIZONA! Articles The Hamburg mine and vicinity, Yuma County, Arizona by D. M. Shannon Famous mineral...mineral localities: the Red Cloud mine, Yuma County, Arizona............................................ ARIZONA-1 COVER: WULFENITE from the Red Cloud mine (see p. 141). This crystal, 5 cm across and nearly...Multiple Japan-law quartz twins from the Yankee Boy mine (1, 7, 33), by Richard A. Bideaux. Three specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | [evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner...copyright 1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R............................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona .......................................213 by J. A. Crowley The Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona ..............................219 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner... G. Adolffson Curetonite, a new phosphate from Nevada .......................219 by S. A. Williams Memoirs...people: COVER: AURICHALCITE from the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona. Photo (first place winner in Tucson...slides) 4. Shadow boxes (for display of minerals or mining memorabilia) 5. Three-hour photochemical light...Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36830 o other district of similar size in the western hemi sphere has |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado |  | | Book (edition) | | Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...Memoir 122. "Clay Mineralogy," by R. E. Grim (McGraw-Hill, 1968). "Crystal Data: Determinative Tables," Third...sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson,...rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner.................. 93 by A. Falster The Rock Candy mine, British Columbia ................................Schoten COVER: ELBAITE on albite, from the Jonas mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keith Proctor specimen; photo...specimens are still recoverable from the dumps or in the mine work ings. LOCATION, ACCESS AND REGIONAL SETTING...Laranjeiras and, after a short slope, reaches the mine at the eleva tion of 250 m. The Baixio road runs |  | | Book | | copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular, Lake Superior, USA, the largest being I 5 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23...140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law twins up to...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...fine gold wires come from Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. Fine crystals were also found in |  | | Book | | copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular. Lake Superior, USA, the largest being 15 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23 x...(5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law twins up to...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes...in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets of crystallized |  | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce © |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Native gold from the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne County, California...............................Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi ........................................Adularia from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland .......................................visiting the Blanchard mine or other mines in the Hansonburg mining district near Bingham, New Mexico...signed in at Bingham for entry to the Blanchard mine area for surface collecting. Underground collecting | | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted |  | | Book | | conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper , allegedly...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white...found in Chile, and one of 93kg (2051b), found in Hill End (Australia). Gold is found in igneous rocks...deposits. The main mining areas are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity: | | | Book | | conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper, allegedly the...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white...found in Chile, and one of 93kg (2051b), found in Hill End (Australia). Gold is found in igneous rocks...deposits. The main mining areas are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity: |  | | Journal (issue) | | Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ..........................................185 by B. M. England Copper roses from the Rose mine, near San Lorenzo, New Mexico ....................Microminerals Miscellany from France, the Eifel district, and Mont Saint-Hilaire ........................white calcite matrix from the Coscuez mine, Muzo, Colombia. This mine is located 12 km north, on the other...other side of the mountain, from the famous Muzo mine (see the article on the Colombian emerald districts |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles Large barite crystals from the Elandsrand gold mine, South A fr ic a .................................Benitoite, Gold L.A. County Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Museum, Himalaya mine $10 (Brazil), Bosch... Chromates (Iran), Nealite, Sperrylite, Mullica Hill $10 v .12/#3 Pribram (Czecho.), Bald Knob (NC)...Pit (PA-MD), Mcguinnessite v Pereta Mine (Italy), Cetine Mine (Italy) v Mineral Fraud, LeadhillsWanlockhead |
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Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA