 | | Book (volume) | | locations in Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South...QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota,...Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota...Numbers Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible |  | | 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...The middle third of the state is known as the Montana alkali province where the sediments have MICHAEL...Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal |  | | Book (edition) | | are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are even classified...topaz crystal And is such a chameleon color, or jasper), etc. gem if you not yellow, nor are might...from them weather the types of agates found in Montana. Metamorphic rocks include those of either of the...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn...portion just left of center. Orbicular or "poppy" jasper with yellow, red, and orange patterns. How |  | | Book | | Montana Hodges Robert Feldman Shaded relief indicates terrain and slope. Second Edition Rockhounding...longitude numbers and grid ticks are GPS compatible. Montana Enhanced detail shows more symbols, labels, and...history Cover photos of Montana agate (front) and ammonite imprint (back) © Montana Hodges Cover design by...Globe Pequot Press MONTANA Search for stunning Montana agate along the Yellowstone River. Hunt for sapphires...paleontologists excavate dinosaurs in Malta. Rockhounding Montana points the way to the best rockhounding in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............. 315 AGATES OF THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER VALLEY, MONTANA. By T ho111as A. Reiner ...........Dolomite crystals on Serpentine from Delta, Harford County, Maryland, which was entirely negative under all...MINERALS Ma, ions AGATES OF THE YELLOWSTON E RIVER VALLEY, MONTANA nny- By THOMAS A. REINER nch, s of ...subtnder d by The moss agates of the Yellowstone Valley in Montana are famous of their beauty and are probably...second thought. H owever, the source of the Yellowstone agates is not so easily explained and it is the |  | | Book | | cracks and fissures appear. As they wash down to the river beds and sea, the minerals that are the heaviest...action of a million years is readily apparent. The river deposited the minerals IN THE BEGINNING 9 Chart...example of a dike is the Yogo Gulch in central Montana. This dike extends for several miles. It varies...perfectly obvious that the garnets had washed into the river valley from the hills about, and that the flatland...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Structural Geology, Northeast Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming and Montana Abstract: Cenozoic eruptive...Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic rocks in the Yellowstone Park region. Eruption of lower Cenozoic andesitic...Cenozoic rhyolites and associated rocks in northern Yellowstone Park which are believed to be Pliocene and younger...conglomerate 1182 Late canyon basalt 1183 Yellowstone tuff 1183 Post-Yellowstone tuff gravels and basalts . . 1184...correlation chart, Yellowstone National Park region 1176 2. Exhumation of fossil valleys, Yellowstone National |  | | Report (issue) | | COAL FIELD, DAWSON, OUSTER, AND ROSEBUD COUNTIES, MONTANA. By G. SHERBURNE ROGERS. INTRODUCTION. LOCATION...(See PL XIII.) It is bounded on the east by Yellowstone River and on the west by the tenth guide meridian...district extends from Yellowstone River to the top of the Missouri-Yellowstone divide. The coal outcrops...general eastwest direction, extending back from the river in the westward portion of the district owing to...region which covers much of the eastern part of Montana and the western part of North Dakota. FIELD WORK |  | | Book | | on the gem materials forming the quartz group. jasper, The information contained experience of the author...that their gems will the agate varieties, are jasper, petrified rarity wood, ehrysoprase, tigereye...inclusions. Another example of a Chinese carved agate jasper, snuff bottle. It is a brecciated or conglomeration...at a high price, deriving its name from the river Achates in Sicily where it was believed to have...is cheap. It was first found in Sicily near the river also called Achates. Later it was found in many |  | | Report (issue) | | r of high-level gravel and relations to the Yellowstone terraces ____________________ ..;____________________...-----------------------High gravel near the Yellowstone _______________________·_______________________________... _:_________________ Flaxville Plain in Blaine County _______ ------------------ __________________________...--------------------------~ Terraces of Judith River Basin ____________ ------ ____________________________________...________________ ... --------~o. 1 bench in Yellowstone Valley----------------__ ------------ __ ------------ |  | | Book | | of localities in Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Illustrated with maps and photos... or they may he intergrown like the mixture of jasper and chalcedony which we call jasp-agate. Again...iron oxide, that it would tend to grade into a jasper. Or an agate may he hydrated to such an extent...color: some of the Montana (Yellow past, the field run of Montana (Yellowstone stone River) agate carrying...carrying only black in River) agate was valued at only about ten clusions may be quite valuable. cents per |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER CREEK, Gila Co., near Jasper GEALE MOUNTAINS, Maricopa Co. Barite FLAGSTAFF...KELVIN, Pinal Co., 2 mi S. of E. side of Verde River. Turquoise KEYSTONE MINES, Gila Co. Chrysoprase | | | Book | | abot1t otl1er Cttiartz varieties st1ch as the opal, jasper, ancl petrified wood; a11d to give l1in1 the most...carved aga te snuff bottle. It is a brecciated jasper, or conglomeratio11 of cemented pebbles in chalcedony...sold at a l1igl1 price, deriving its name from the river Achates in Sicily where it vvas believed to have...cheap. It was first fot1nd in Sicily near tl1e river also called Achates. Later it ,vas found in many...other unusual storms, and it also subdues violent river floods. To determine which stones are proper for |  | | Report (issue) | | ....................... XXX Longest rivers and river systems ..........................................Great Lakes, down the Mississippi River, and up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains. Geographic...names derived from Dutch are found along the Hudson River; names derived from German, in Pennsylvania and...Devils Hopyard, Shiloh, Caintuck Hollow, Kobuk River, and Independence. Americans have named a place...locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed |  | | Journal (issue) | | the er, with Edwin Van Amrioge as publifir~t .~ t River-;ide (January 1936) , then city director. State...En:oute to Rapid City. South Dal-.ot 1. the Cheyenne River will be crc~.,1 J ind ,1u_ i:, it < wi ll pay the...one cave. go to t he Jewel. In the vicinity o f Custer there are many stones to be picked up. Beryl, T...o f Rapid City, ably buy in the street-;. From Custer the you wil l pass. w1th1n a short distance: of...mo:1umen '. s T he author recommends that from Custer, to several pa•;t pre-;ident'5 are being car:- |  | | Book (volume) | | California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the jades of Alaska, British Columbia,...Kansas, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming, Montana and Illinois. Detailed information on the State...Inc., formerly of Helena, Montana, supplied data on the production of Montana alluvial sapphires. Oregon...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 |  | | Book | | Opal and Agate Display of Quartz Minerals Jasper Jasper 130 —Variety Orbicular —Carved Paper Knife...Knife —Variety Orbicular (Egyptian) Jasper 126 133 140 146 Rimrocks of Oregon 158 Cavity Lined with...bodies. In 1863 he joined the stampede to Horse Montana, where he quickly washed out $1,500 he went into...this capital Why Know Quartz? Returning to Montana, he built the Old Dexter stamp first of its kind...well-developed quartz crystals found in Herkimer County, New York. Again the terms "Medfordite" and ""Oregonite" |  | | Report (volume) | | See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee |  | | Journal (issue) | | jewelry soldering technique by Cress Kearny 8 16 MONTANA REVISITED Sapphires and moss agate are among the...COVER ... I -- Pictured on our cover are a magni- County, California; Baja California and ficent faceted...of the San Benito River in San had a set of benitoite jewelry designed Benito County, California. For...San pendant with a 6.53-carat benitoite, Benito County - Mina Numero Uno, second in size to the United...a Thousand Gems Show, to be held at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, California, July 26, 27, |  | | Report (volume) | | ..... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport; |  | | Book (edition) | | happens. Storms rearrange coastlines and rework river channels. Earthquakes, volcanoes, windstorms, and...hard to imagine. Try to picture the Mississippi River under flooding conditions that happen once every...scale. Now imagine the resulting gravel bars as the river recedes from flood stage and think about the possibility...7½ 8 9 10 Quartz; agate, chert, chalcedony, and jasper; streak plate Garnet Topaz Corundum Diamond Be...possibilities, particularly when you pick up agate, jasper, flint, chert, chalcedony, and obsidian samples |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chicago, Illinois, Marcus Daly Pruett of Butte, Montana, Walter Wright of the Prospectors Shop and Herbert...eye. Minerals of this sort, such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example...Tenacity is a quality closely allied chalcedony and jasper, because of their makeup, are tougher than their...but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that these materials |  | | Book (volume) | | brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho;...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2.52 ct), yellow (4...large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning and is expected to produce large quantities |  | | | | MUSEUM Ag ates Treasures of the Earth Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs...Properties of agates Sources of agates Europe Britain USA Canada Mexico South America Africa Asia Australia...Pliny (AD77). Agate, is a term derived from the River Achates (now Drillo) in southwest Sicily, but the...heliotrope, bloodstone, flint, chert, novaculite, and jasper. Simple descriptions of these will be found on...northern midcontinent and Great Lakes region of the USA and the Great Lakes region in southern Ontario, Canada |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...gem minerals. A sharp sliver of agate, such as Montana moss agate, is also useful to test minerals near...the eye. Minerals of this sort, such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystalline. For example...closely allied to fracture pattern; chalcedony and jasper, because of their cryptocrystalline makeup, are...opaque does not pass light. Agate is translucent; jasper is opaque. if it Color one of the principal |
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