 | | 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...Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant...significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved Manufactured |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Great Basin Minerals Lisa Court, Suite C Reno, Nevada 89503 scottkleine@greatbasinminerals.com 3895 ...author's collection Figure I . Overview of the Olinghouse district, looking northeast: Pete Evatt photo. very...telling. one that includes memorable experiences at Olinghouse that span a tenyear period. Scott Kleirie, tsho...Ci full-tiine ininem1 clealei: Location This district is located about 35 miles east of Reno, near the... Vintage 1909 Olinghouse stock certificate. Figure 4. Map of the Olinghouse district, courtesy Alta |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RENO 1° x 2° QUADRANGLE, NEVADA, with a comprehensive bibliography by Gary R...Figure 1. Location map of mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................Known production from mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................of mineral deposits in mining districts of the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................prospects, and claims in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada.......................................... 19 21 | | | 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...Scovil, Storm Sears, Jeffrey Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless o therwise noted Map of...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology, Mining, and Gold Recovery History of the Olinghouse District, Washoe County, Nevada Scott Kleine...to 3:00] The Round Mountain Gold Mine, Nye County, Nevada R. Scott Werschky LUNCH BREAK the 1970’s...areas such as the mineralized belts of California, Nevada, northern Mexico, Western Australia and Ontario...few did so to a remarkable degree. As the gold mining industry thrived in this new economic environment...commercial gold mines, such as those at Round Mountain, Nevada; Balmertown and Porcupine, Ontario; and Mt. Kare |  | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |  | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |  | | Book (volume) | | plants and vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | accurate detail and with many color and black-and-white illustrations, it describes the chemical composition...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and by A. L. Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken |  | | Journal (issue) | | tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the...METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph...three years, (Canada) $180 / one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...Ellen Dirlam (2016-2018) Irv Brown (2009-2017) Lyda Hill Steven M. Goldfine & Richard J. Rossi (2009-2018)...part-time while working as a geologist for various mining companies including Halferdahl and Associates (1974-1980) |  | | Report (issue) | | . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY .................Monagite. ........ 9 Smoky Quartz, Goethite and Graphite, 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite...Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper Mica and Beryl , ........ , . # . . ...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal and...titled “The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...under the district name. District names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite...Buttes: see The Buttes. Centennial (La Plata) gold district, 27 miles W of Laramie on State 130 to Centennial |  | | Journal (issue) | | (deceased) Peter L. Via Salim Edde Daniel Trinchillo Lyda Hill Scott A. Rudolph Daniel J. Record Gail & Jim Spann....................................... 16 To the Green War ......................................................................................... 28 Mining Methods .........................................geology, mining techniques, mineralogy, and specimen-collecting aspects of the Colombian emerald-mining region...makes quite a story, especially as concerns the mining history, almost five centuries long. Mineral collectors |  | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these.......................... 10 12 History of Gem Mining ..... .......................... . 12 Important...Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ............Avery County ............................................................... 25 Buncombe County ... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | [Read March 7, 1940.] the Mendip Hills, as a district, have from time to time ~j~THOUGH received the...occurrences are, on the whole, remarkably scarce. Mining was formerly carried on on the Hills for many centuries...miners and of various attempts to resuscitate the mining industry, much material must have been available...After Woodward, no account of the minerals of this district would be complete without mentioning Spencer George...among them are a number of good specimens from the district, including some of the bestknown examples of mendipite |  | | Report (volume) | | Abson, Gene; Burton, Conway. Physical tests and range of _properties, [chap.] 5 in Bituminous materials-Asphalts...Calif., 1969, Proc.: New York, Soc. Mining Engineers, Am. lost. Mining, Metall. and Petroleum Engineers...Adams, SamuelS. Geology in potash mining and exploration [abs.]: Mining Eng., v.22,no. 1,p.41, 1970. 04574...Adams, SamuelS. Ore controls, Carlsbad potash district, southeast New Mexico, in Third symposium on salt...04914 Addle, George G. The Metaline district, Pend Oreille County, Washington, [Chap.] 6 in Lead-zinc | | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...GEM STONES IN NORTH CAROLINA 12 History of Gem Mining 12 Important Gem Stones 12 Diamond 12 Corundum...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell...Caswell County 27 Catawba County 28 Chatham County 28 Cherokee County 28 Clay County • • 29 Cleveland |  | | Book | | deposits, and today, Namibia is the 5th largest mining country in sub-Saharan Africa. Several of the mineral...Tsumeb. Sudwestafrika). In the FirstWorld War Today,mining playsan important rolein Namibia wasoccupied bytheBritishtroops...the 20 leaUnion.Aftermorethan 100years,Nami- ding mining countries in the world. biahasbeenanindependent...Commercial transformed Namibiainto an especially mining operations began only in theseinteresting vacation...experienced travel guideor illustratedbook about itsfirst mining boom and in 1907the first Namibia. Thereexists |  | | Book | | L u m p k i n , M c D u ff i e , G i l m e r, White, H a l l , B a r t o w , H a b e r s h a m , R a...m w e r e f a n c y colors s u c h a s yellow, green, and even black, and were a long w a y f r o m the...Spartanburg, Pickens Georgia: H a l l , Clayton, White, Habersham, L u m p k i n , Dawson, Banks, Clayton...Board o f Natural Resources. 2 K e n t u c k y : Green, Tennessee, O h i o Tennessee: Tennessee, C l i...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and |  | | Journal (issue) | | articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...----MINERAL NEWS Mick Woife 7 DIARY EDITOR David I. Green MARKETING MANAGER Peter J. Briscoe CIRCULATION MANAGER...Sponsors: SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIETY PEAK DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines...fine wavellite specimens, displaying brilliant white radiating sprays of acicular crystals co about 8...stepped calcite scalenohedra co 50 mm with platy white co cream barite, as well as the zeolite group minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | areas: 1. southern New York Bedford pegmatite district—we can add here the small xenotime- or beryl-bearing...Adirondack pegmatites at Crown Point, Rose Rock, Spar Bed Hill, Chestertown, and Fort Ann; 4. northwestern Adirondack...pegmatite in New York is at Bedford in Westchester County. Its complex zoning and mineralogy are approached...by the pegmatite at Batchellerville in Saratoga County. The McLear pegmatite in the St. Lawrence Lowlands...Bedford. According to Luquer and Reis (1896), the mining started in 1875 on Kinkel’s farm, at the Kinkel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...occurrence (e.g., the zinc deposits of the Balmat district). The type of occurrence is indicated at the end...listed. L O CA L I T I E S B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry:...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...quartz (amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | comprehensive listing, including detailed spot locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can...The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be obtained from the North Carolina...Carolina 27611 B. J . M C K E N Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite...the side of a wooded hill, 0.2 mile from the road. Alexander County Alexander County is a renowned mineral...Carolina. Hiddenite, a rare and highly sought-after green variety of spodumene, was first discovered and mined |
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