 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ....................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription | | | Journal (issue) | | by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ....................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription |  | | Report (issue) | | detailed to visit a number of widely separated mining districts in Nevada and northeastern California...days of September were spent in the Yellow Pine district, Nevada's new and largest zinc camp. This report...and people of the district did much to expedite the work. The mining men of the district extended many courtesies...ACCESSIBILITY. The Yellow Pine mining district, sometimes called ,the Good Springs district, is in the southwestern...Clark County, Nev., near the California line. It covers the southern part of the Spring Mountain Range |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst scepter, 17 cm, from Petersen Mountain, Nevada;...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the...in the Montana State Capitol rotunda, by F. Pedretti’s Sons, 1902, 84 inches in diameter. Montana Historical |  | | Journal (issue) | | Burncoose the collection was finally moved to Caerhays Castle in the 1860s where it was put on display in the...was then secreted in various parts of Caerhays Castle to remain virtually unseen and forgotten until...the collection in May 2011. On arriving at the Castle we were greeted by Mr Williams and after a welcome...from Mexico, a silver from the famous Kongsberg mine in Norway, a fiery opal from Queensland and an epidote...lecture on the Williams Collection at Caerhays Castle. He explained how the Williams family had accumulated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | representing an important part of Australia’s mining and mineralogical heritage. In addition, it featured...MINERALS Figure 5. Smithsonite. (7 × 4 cm; D49972), Broken Hill Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South...Figure 6. Anglesite (5 × 3 cm; D49920), Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Figure 7. Pyromorphite...(4.7 × 3 cm; D49966), 17 Level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. specimens from these...with the Australian Museum and the Geological and Mining Museum, both in Sydney. The mineral curators from |  | | Book (volume) | | in elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades...exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone...article does not give permis- Lincoln district: The Creole mine, located at the south end of the Mineral...east side of the range. Pine Grove district: This old mining district is the site of a deeply buried porphyry |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...(only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection Introduction...Steve Mas]ansky Dale Armstrong Bill Besse Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum Paul & Barbara Matt Lauren...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Arizona mineral collector. In May of 1863 Weaver, a mountain man and former U.S. Army guide, was leading a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | secondary minerals as anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, malachite, azurite, and various iron oxides...diameter from the Warren district, large twinned crystals from the Hilltop mine, and very sharp single...Shattuck shafts, have been reported from Cochise County. An unusually large number of snow-white jackstraw...crystal groups were recovered from the Flux mine, Santa Cruz County. Magnificent single and twinned crystals...of the Mammoth-Saint Anthony mine in the Mammoth district, Pinal County, and beautifully crystallized |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tri-State District! The Mineralogical Record MARCH-APRIL 2017 • VOLUME 48 NUMBER 2 • $25 The Tri-State...Tri-State Mining District Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma by Denise Bicknell Wendell E. Wilson 2017 The Mineralogical...FineMineral.com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals...Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany...and Riverpark Inn Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, USA, 10 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hazen The best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec ........ .......................1972, and considered to be the finest known Jeffrey mine grossular specimen. Marco Amabili collection; James...covering Maine, New York, Pennsylvania (Chester County), Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Washington, Colorado (two)...(two), New Mexico (the Bingham Canyon mine), Nevada, Arizona (two), Mexico, Brazil, Northern England...COLUMBIA Beaverdell [Highland Bell] mine, Beaverdell. The Beaverdell mine is one of several small mines in |  | | Book (edition) | | CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MINl^S AND MINERALS...LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite, banded in brownish...white to nearly colorless. Beaver Lake District; azurite. 0. K. Mine; bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...limonite, malachite, molybdite, pyrite. Bradshaw District; aragonite, aurichalcite, cerussite, cuprite,...often phosphorescent, wollastonite. Granite District; almandine garnet, barite, bismuth - inite. |  | | Journal (issue) | | ......... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ..................................Alexander The Morenci and Metcalf mines, . Gila County, Arizona ........................................& W. E. Wilson Mineral collecting at the Magma mine, . . Superior, Arizona ..........................Presmyk & M. Hay Treasures of the Magma mine, Pinal County, Arizona ............................... |  | | Report (issue) | | DUNKLEBERG MINING DISTRICT, GRANITE COUNTY, MONTANA/ By J. T. PARDEE. LOCATION. The Dunkleberg district is in...in northeastern Granite County, Mont., about 50 miles northwest of Butte. (See fig. 16.) The mines and...Philipsburg branch of the Northern Pacific Railway, the mining area is reached by a road that goes southeastward...ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ' A brief reconnaissance of the mining area was made in June, 1916, by the writer, assisted...Neal and Albert Hollander, in charge of the Wasa mine. Acknowledgment is made also to W. T. Schaller, |  | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...Sydney, AUSTRALIA Ye M. DUSTERUD, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY }& PAUL FRAENKEL, collector...merely to catalogue the final selections. Not every judge helped select all minerals; some worked with as...but selection was by quality, not locality. The Mining Location Map on pages 24 and 25 indicates the country...of them; many superb clusters are destroyed in mining; poor handling causes a major portion of all specimens |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Report (issue) | | Vanadinite on siderite, 4.6 cm, from Taouz, Tafilalt district near Erfoud, Morocco. Fabre Minerals specimen...==== Co-rich calcite, 7.8 cm, from the Oumlil mine, Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Fabre Minerals...in the famous Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate cobalt-mining district, and Jordi has six of these specimens, 6.4...Silver on actinolite, 5.4 cm, from the Bouismas mine, Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Fabre Minerals...========== About three years ago the Bouismas mine at Bou Azzer surprised the collecting world by producing |  | | Report (issue) | | quartz and FIGURE 29. Map showing relation of mining prospects to Bear River Range and overthrust. The...Boulder Bonanza-Humming Bird group and the Blackstone mine, west of Paris and St. Charles, Idaho, respectively...rocks. ST. CHARLES, IDAHO. BLACKSTONE MINE. The Blackstone mine is located on St. Charles Creek, sometimes...FIGURE 30. Topographic map of vicinity of Blackstone mine, west of west of the town of St. Charles, Idaho...Forest. (See fig. 30.) It is owned by the Blackstone Mining & Power Co. (Ltd.), a corporation controlled by |  | | Journal (issue) | | BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...on canvas, painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals: |  | | Journal (issue) | | have been exposed by recent or currently active mining operations. The following disContinued on page...Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana Mike...wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana (Sec. 28, T 5 N, R 1 W), some interesting aragonite...article. Type I is an acicular Jo Dandy Mine, Radersburg District, •? Continued on page 4 Fig. 1 Aragonite...curved in center) 1/ 8 inch long, Jo Dandy Mine, Montana, photo by Al Leber. 2 Mincrnl Nc"·s Call |  | | Report (issue) | | ___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache..._______________________________ American Fork district (Alta area)___________________________ Alpine...______ Redmond district __________________________________ _:________ Millard County _______________...Map showing oxidized ziuc deposits of the Tintic district, Juab and Utah Counties. 3. Map showing oxidized...the Star district, Beaver County. 5. Map showing oxidized zinc deposits in the Park City district, Summit |  | | Report (issue) | | ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA. By F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The Sierrita...constitute one of the smaller of the nearly meridional mountain ranges of southern Arizona. They separate the...prospects within what is locally known as the Papago district, although they appear to be included within what...called the Sierritas district. On the east side of the range lies the Pima district, within which are a...narrow fissures. The Pima district was organized in 1877. The Papago district is about 38 miles by road |
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