 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Galena, Tri-State district, Kansas. Smithsonian Institution specimen; Chip...photo. March/April: Quartz, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen and photo. May/June:...May/June: Turgite, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August:...July/August: Quartz, H. deLinde No. 4 mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald...Bentley photo. September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO B A R B A R A and J O H N M U N T Y A N 6978 Wapiti Court Boulder, Colorado 80301...material has been obtained from a number of San Juan County mines and prospects during the last decade, in...almost ceased. COLORADO S A N J U A N C O U N T Y L I E S in southwestern Colorado. Some of the state's...principal town in the county. The American Tunnel, located just north of town along Cement Creek at Gladstone...of the Sunnyside mine complex and has been the major source of specimens in the county. Most museums and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps, both of which are available from the...Langley Air Force Base, off the west side of Harris Creek Road approx imately 0.25 miles by road north of...pit is located 1.1 miles west of Yorktown, York County, about 0.1 mile off the northwest side of State...pit. Harris mica mine.âThis site is located 1.95 miles south of Hewlett, Hanover County, about 1.15 miles...in 1943. An admission fee of $1.00 per person, County, off the southwest side of State any day of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan Whatâs new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side |  | | Journal (issue) | | the State. In line with a project begun by the Colorado Friends of Mineralogy in 1976, the list is intended...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous |  | | Book | | agate , chal cedony, jasper, petrified wood) Qa-Amethyst Qs-Smoky quartz R-Banded rhyolite S-Scheelite...Snowville (variscite), Box Elder County 2. Lucin (variscite) , Box Elder County 3. Promontory (variscite, obsidian)...obsidian), Box Elder County 4. Cedar Mountains , south of Low (onyx), Tooele County 5. Grantsville (onyx)...(onyx) , Tooele County 6. Amatrice mine (variscite) , Tooele County 7. Bingham (azurite , malachite), Salt...Salt Lake County 8. Utahlite mine (variscite), Utah County 9. Lehi (onyx), Utah County 10. Pelican Point |  | | Journal (issue) | | available at the mine (except for Chestnut Ridge). - AMETHYST SITE AMHERST COUNTY The amethyst site is located...located 4.35 miles southeast of Amherst, Amherst County, about 1.0 mile off the south side of State Road...collecting fee is $5.00 per person per day. Clear quartz and purple amethyst crystals and crystal clusters to threeinches...Gem quality amethyst has been found at this site. - BERYL MZNE AMELIA COUNTY The Beryl mine is located...located 3.8 miles east of.Amelia* Amelia County, off the southwest side of State Road 628 approximately 1 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | omitted from locality information. Where lot and district numbers are given, it is necessary to use topographic...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville districtâbetween the State Sanitarium and the...pitâeast of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...propertyâRoute 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps (10^ each), both of which are available...located 4.35 miles southeast of Amherst, Amherst County, about 1.0 mile off the south side of State Road...6. Morefield mine ', -⢠7. Rhodonite proipect 8. Rutherford mine 9. True heart mine 10. Zook'tpit...orthoclase moonstone and kyanite crystals in the creek and on the adjacent hillside. The angular fragments...translucency, usually occur in the gravels in the creek. The moonstone probably weathered from the dark |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the state. In line with a project begun by the Colorado Friends of Mineralogy in 1976, the list is intended...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarryâAlberene amphiboie asbestos |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be cause of its large oil and gas exploration...Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district...minerals. Mining here was contin uous from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? â â â â best occurrence |  | | Book (edition) | | CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS ⢠AOATI ⢠⢠AMETHYST URINE ⢠⢠BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM...arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized in...where they found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in a small pegmatitemass...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0 5 to...di~nensionhave been found at the Abner Pinchbeck mine 0.5 miles east of Amelia (Dietrich, 1970). Small...Petersburg granite in the Dale quarry (Figure 1). Clear glassy areas within the crystals have been faceted |  | | Report (volume) | | stones that react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.ďžSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ďžgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ďžpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: ď area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegatedâŻocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.âŻgemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegatedâŻocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.âŻgemmy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Newport MN Show sponsored by the Imperial Polk County 222-7959. 55055; 612/459-3439. Gem and Mineral...Information: Carroll Dillon, 909 F A I R E '90. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Ex November 3, 4â Blauvelt, New York...(Hwy. 12). nual Show sponsored by the Rockland County Information: P.O. Box 32%, Reno, NV 89505; November...COMPANY We have 120 titles in stock on minerals, mining history, geology, fossils, and gems. Also available...ppd. $30.00 ppd. Minerals of the English Lake Districtâ $30.00 ppd. Caldbeck Fells by Cooper & Stanley |  | | Book (edition) | | ALASKA Stewart's Jewel Jade Claims, located at Dahl Creek. Stewart's Photo Shop, 531 4th Ave., Anchorage,...lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine...agate, desert roses Flower agate, snowflake agate, amethyst, "manÂŹ ganese crystals" Apache tears (translucent...Phone (501) 262-2058. Fee: $2.00. Coleman Crystal Mine, Jessleville. AR 71949. Fee: $2-00. Under 12 yrs*...year. Free camping. **John Moundy, Mt. Ida. AR. Mine on High Peak Mountain. Ocus Stanly, P.0. Box I63 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Michigan Correspondents Dudley Blauwet Louisville, Colorado Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Renato Pagano Milan...COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michiganâconsidered by some to be the worldâs...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...within a skarn complex on privately owned patented mining claims which cover the mountainâs top, upper sides |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rareâŻDiamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs...Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodulesâŻflint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rareâŻDiamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs...Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodulesâŻflint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Canada. 276 KENTUCKY FOSSILS-New find in Bath County. Brachiopods, platystrophias, Ordovician. Five...Specimen in matrix, 2V2", $1.25 postpaid. Anderson County Corals, fine, reddish, 2 " x 3 " , $1. Satisfaction...Minerals & Mining, 21423 Highway 66, R.F.D. 1, Barstow, Calif. IDAHO GARNETSâFamous Emerald Creek garnets...BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst, onyx, etc.) $5.00. P...Street, Melbourne, Australia. MINERALS FAMED BEAR CREEK PLUME-Resembling cock plumes, $3.00 a pound in 100# |
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