 | | 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 |  | | 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) | | particular service in co- operating with the State ^Mining Bureau in making possible this addition to our...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then quently...the thirty years which elapsed since the State Mining Bureau. appearance of the second list, our knowledge...literature of a general nature on Die geology and mining industry of the State. The various kinds of minerals...Woodcock, formerly of the State Mining Bureau. Walter W. Bradley of the State Mining Bureau, M. Vonsen of Petaluma |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................283 Nevada ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | rewhich was publi.shed as Bulletin 67 of the State Mining Bureau. vision by the same author in 192-3 increased...been employed, so that varietal names (such as chrysotile) are referred to the main entry (as serpentine)...tribes in the northeast corner of San Bernardino County in pre-historic times. The old workings here were...stone hammers, and called his claim the Stone Hammer mine. This find aroused so much interest that the San...character of the area, which is in the Turquoise Mountains, T. 16 N., R. 10 and 11 E., S. B. "Sir. T. C. |  | | Report (issue) | | said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...resulting from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................243 Nevada .................................................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 variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................243 Nevada .................................................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 variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Report (issue) | | MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...literature of a general nature on the geology and mining industry of the State. bibliography of A. may...The excellent Vodges, Bulletin 30 of the State Mining Bureau, be referred to for such literature. The |  | | Book | | Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...talismans or magical objects. At their cultural peak, around 3000 B.c., the Sumerians were making je\veled...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...to have owned emerald mines, and this glistening green gem has often been found in Bronze Age burial jewelry |  | | Book | | 139) Page 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai...made dramatically apparent to us as spectacular mountain ranges, erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and even...Serbia ¢ tixex7 cm LEFT: Fluorite, Taihang Shan Mountains, Hebei, China * (Sexes selem 10 | MINERALS:...considered to be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species | | | Book | | 139) Page 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai...made dramatically apparent to us as spectacular mountain ranges, erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and even...Serbia ¢ 11x8x7cm LEFT: Fluorite, Taihang Shan Mountains, Hebei, China * 19x13x1cm 10 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...considered to be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 cm. Biominerals Crystals formed...periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical Record, Inc., © 2022 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $40 plus...Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini |  | | 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...ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244 Iron-manganese |  | | Report (issue) | | org/details/reportofstatemin15cali CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO ^LETCHER...Statement xxiii Participation of the California State Mining Bureau in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition...Production General Features I. Alpine County. 5 6 6 , Mining Districts The Mogul and Monitor Districts...Hercules Company 14 23 Silver Mountain District Silver King District Mineral Water Grover's Hot Springs...27 27 27 , , Bibliography Chapter II, Inyo County. Introduction and Acknowledgments Location and |  | | Report (issue) | | prepared during the last 20 years by geologists and mining engineers of the U.S. Geological Survey and the...E. Williams ...... . ............. . Dragoon Mountains Roadless Area, Arizona, by Harald Drewes and T...Drewe and P. R. Bigsby .................. . Pine Mountain Wilderness , Arizona, by Frank C. Canney and Frank...and Raymond B. Stroud . . . . . . . . Black Fork Mountain Roadless Area, Arkansas and Oklahoma, by Mary...HoraceK. Thurber . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrews Mountain, Mazourka, and Paiute Roadless Areas, 79 California |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...thought to give colour in some blue minerals and green in some emeralds and other beryls; chromium gives |  | | Book | | yellowish-grey, a third one mottled. There is a greyish-green boulder here with faint, pale, reddish spots. Break...amphibolite, a totally strange, weird name to you. The green needles are hornblende, the red grains are nothing...implements reached its peak in Neolithic times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this...early man to burrow deep into the interior of mountains. An important prehistoric culture, the Hallstatt...culture, derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric |  | | Book (edition) | | (Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H. Paar |  | | Journal (issue) | | A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. Jenkins, Chief Geologist McK. Laizure, District W. Burling...Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas...Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer George John L. Gary, Mineral Technologist F. Bongard, Ore-Buyers'...C. Statistician and Curator O'Brien, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) Eldridge D. Drew, Geological...OF CONTENTS Page DISTRICT REPORTS OF MINING ENGINEERS 7 Sacramento Field District 7 San 7 Francisco |  | | Book | | amounts of chromium give the red of ruby and the green of emerald), and how the shapes of these crystals...diorite and gabbro dark, and peridotite black or dark green. In some plutonic rocks we may find areas in granite...very thick sediments and the gradual formation of mountain chains, itis apparent after erosion of the raised...Rocks associated with the pressures imposed during mountain building are seen to be folded as in schists and...examples of many possible ones. Skarn for the mining of their ores. When sedimentary rocks structure |  | | | | world-renowned gem and mineral collection at Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History since 1980. Joan Kaylor...Makeup » Crystals Earthly Treasures » Mines & Mining * Ocean Minerals » A Multitude of Uses » Gemstones...shape our visible world: Where they collide, mountains form and volcanoes erupt; where they pull apart...crumples, result- ing in the rise of an inland mountain where they grate against each other, range,...located in the southern hemisphere and featured long mountain ranges, an inner sea, and some glaciation. It |  | | 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 (issue) | | Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner... Feature articles Kammererite from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey .............................Record Inc. COVER: KAMMERERITE from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey. The crystals, from the collection...(Columbiana, Alabama). The owner o f the fine Old Yuma mine vanadinite pictured on page 195 is Ray DeMark; Ray...tourmaline purchases and partial purchase of the Ralph Clark thumbnail collection recently made. w r ite f o |
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Green Monster Mine, Shenandoah Peak, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA