 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | York, N. Y. 10023 Assistant Treasurer: JACK T. BURRUS, Box 570, Waynesville, N. C. 28786 PRESIDENT'S...Having our southern headquarters in Palm Beach County has made possible close association with the active...Florida Turnpike off Okeechobee Road in Palm Beach County on the property of Mr. P. C. Smith who notified...of the largest col- Science Museum of Palm Beach County lections of fossils in Florida. As Secre- of which...should be ordered as a Club order from Jack T. Burrus, Box 570, WaynesviHe, North Carolina 28786. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gold-arsenic mineralization in southwestern Alaska, USA Received: 15 June 2000 / Accepted: 12 April 2001...chalcopyrite, lacks K alteration and, instead, contains vein and pervasive albite-quartz‹sericite‹carbonate.... University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA E-mail: ftcsr@uaf.edu ±5.5 to ±5.0& (asp, cpy)....pressures and temperatures typical of a porphyry system. Introduction Although most porphyry copper deposits...di€erent from the typical gold-rich porphyry copper system. Other common and distinguishing 608 features |  | Urban, Márian, Thomas, Rainer, Hurai, Vratislav, Koneèný, Patrik, Chovan, Martin (2006) Superdense CO2 inclusions in Cretaceous quartz–stibnite veins hosted in low-grade Variscan basement of the Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Mineralium Deposita, 40 (8) 867-873 doi:10.1007/s00126-005-0042-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | silver and 3,300 tons of antimony. Underground mining of the quartz–stibnite veins in the Gemeric area...mineralization stages have been distinguished in the vein infilling: (1) quartz (±pyrite, tourmaline), (2)...calcite (Beňka and Caňo 1992). An example of the vein infilling (Fig. 2a) shows a brecciaed texture with...monazite, xenotime, titanite, apatite, zircon and rutile occur either in the muscovite nests or as individual...and the Cretaceous K–Ar age of feldspar from the vein infilling and that of the adjacent 869 Asp Qtz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York, N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer—Jack Burrus, Box 750, Waynesville, N. C . 28786 EFMLS Newsletter...purchases T h e Rock and Min eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless H i l l s , were guests of the Bucks...and Mineral Club, Sayre, joined with the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Society, Ithaca, N . Y . , in a...varisite, in white fibrous needles from Cumberland County, a first find of this mineral in Pennsylvania T...Lapidary and Min eral Society of Prince George's County are making a study of rumbling (rocks, that ROCKS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York, N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer—Jack Burrus, Box 750, Waynesville, N. C . 28786 EFMLS Newsletter...President of rhe Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia and newly elected Vice Presi dent...program of cooperation among the Clubs of the District and nearby Maryland and Virginia looking forward...Club. The C l u b collected at the Yates Uranium Mine, Otter Lake, Quebec T h e Cape Cod Gem and Mineral...Savings and Loan. A field trip to the Haile G o l d Mine produced a lot of cupels and crucibles used in as |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, 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 qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | York, N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer: Jack T. Burrus, Box 750, Waynesville, N. C . 28786 General Show...Kingsport, on the min erals to be found in the Foote Mine at Kings Mountain. NEW YORK The Westchester Mineral...hibits of the New York State Museum. The Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, viewed the new Federation...and Mineral Society, Columbia, went to the Foote Mine at Kings Mountain, N. C. A pro gram was devoted...moonstone, unakite and breccia. ALABAMA The Calhoun County Rock and Min eral Club, Jacksonville, reports |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | York, N. Y. 10023 Assistant Treasurer : JACK T. BURRUS, Box 570, Waynesville, N. C. 28786 CHIPS AND BITS...specimens?) The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, makes it hard to select an item... We are proud of your bulletins . The Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, enjoyed a "geology...in the Baker River. Prior the Club went to Newry Mine . Mr. Roger Marble of Holden, Mass., spoke to the...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society 'of Montgomery County, Rockville. LOUISIANA The New Orleans Society |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 8 6 7 3 A s s ' t . T r e a s u r e r — J a c k Burrus Box 7 5 0 W a y n e s v i l l e , N. C . 2 8 7...However, Gordon Austin in a talk before the Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, takes the stand...serpentine matrix the members can expect to find rutile, brucite, artinite, hydromagnesite, and also pseudomorphs...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County operates a "Junkite Table" at the Club Show. The...with the Club about Astrogeology. The Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, has start ed a class |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | York, N. Y. 10023 Assistant Treasurer: JACK T. BURRUS, Box 570, Waynesville, N. C. 28786 The program...gold panning trip to the Franklin Gold Mine, Fauquier County, Virginia was enjoyed by the Gem, Lapidary...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, as well as a Federation slide show on Safety ...their discussion and samples of native copper. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society...a meeti~g ?f the Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia. Dr. Gait used slides to depict the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York, N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer—Jack Burrus, Box 750, Waynfsville, N. C 28786 EFMLS Newsletter...Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless H i l l s , visited the American Cop per Mine at Somerville, N ....Appalachia Rock Club, Middleton Depot, went to the Silver Mine K n o b i n Hares Valley to look for pyrite, zinc...N D MINERALS ALABAMA MARYLAND T h e Calhoun County Rock and Min eral Club, Jacksonville presented...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince Georges County, Md., Hyattsville, found a lot of very excellent |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous system of repeated alterations of sandstone, shale, bituminous...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous system of repeated alterations of sandstone, shale, bituminous...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ßuid inclusion is a closed system of constant volume and compostion (BURRUS 1981)Ò. 111 The existence...values (Tm) around -56.6¡C suggest a nearly pure CO2 system. A skewed distribution of melting points towards...the intersection of the ßuid inclusion isochore (BURRUS, 1981:ãline that represent the range of P-T conditions...if the pressure regime regulating the considered system is established. The inclusions can be trapped under...mantle xenoliths are: kaersutite, clinopyroxene, rutile, ilmenite, and apatite) occur; the inclusion will |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | s s i s t a n t T r e a s u r e r — J a c k T . Burrus, Box 7 5 0 , W o y n e s v i l l e . N. C. 28786...(Rockville Quarry). The Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia has announced a two field trips per...dis tance one is to Cornwall, Penna., where the mine engineer will conduct a twohour tour, after which... went to the Beauregard Mine, Alstead. N . H . . for some "hard rock" mining, although many specimens...a slab saw to the Club. PENNSYLVANIA The Bucks County Gemcutters Guild, Solebury, encourages members |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | York, N. Y . 10023 Axsistant Treasurer: Jack T . Burrus, Box 750, Woynesville, N. C . 28786 General Show...Somerville, are congratu lated on the drawing of a rutile crystal on the cover of their bulletin, the GeoNews...Show. A field trip was made to the Tweedy Garnet Mine. PENNSYLVANIA The Central Pennsylvania Rock and...Em pire Geology Club, Smyrna The St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club, Potsdam, held its annual...working with silver with the members of the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club. For a field trip the Club |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York, N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer—Jack Burrus, Box 750, Waynesville, N. C . 28786 EFMLS Newsletter...i r m NEW "Foundation" JERSEY T h e Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society, Paramus, has...D M I N E R A L S Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless H i l l s , held a Copper Night, where...containing copper, or even copper jewelry. T h e Bucks County Library officially thanked the Club for the many...minerals. SOUTH CAROLINA Welcome to the Pendleton District Rock Club and its bulletin, Gem Scoops. Members |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 10023 Assistant T r e a s u r e r — J a c k T . Burrus, B o x 7 5 0 , W a y n e s v i l l e , N. C . 2...activities, month by month. NEW JERSEY The Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society, Paramus, either...dary Society heard Vincent Vozza of the Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleon tology Society speak on...jew elry! The Club cooperates with the Mif flin County Educational Speakers Asso ciation and provides...fossils The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, viewed the Eastern Federation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | York, N. Y. 10023 Assistant Trensurer ; JACK T. BURRUS, Box 570, Waynesville, N. C. 28786 COMPETITIVE...guest speaker of the ... late comers follow signs to mine ... look for amethyst and quartz crystal clus- Deleu/are...Gem and Mineral Society went to the Ligon Mine in Amelia County to collect quartz that will star, tourmaline...hunting for on the field trip are: pyrite, brookite, rutile, quartz, agerite, calcite, magnatite, wollastonite...from Adairsville north to the Bartow and Gordon County line and on a side road would be the club's treasure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | St., Miami, Fla. Lynchburg, Va. The Chautauqua County Gem and Mineral Society, of Dunkirk, New York The...Society, of Richmond Hill, Long Island, N. Y. Moore County Rockhounds Club, Inc., of Pinehurst, N. C. Northland...Federation Show and the exploration of a New Mexico mine. The Guild expected to move to its new home at the...corundum, sphene, diopside, chondrodite, talc, rutile, among other minerals. The Newark Lapidary Society...and three machines were set up. A film on diamond mining in Africa was shown in June. While it holds no |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York, N. Y. 10O23 Assistant Treasurer—Jack T. Burrus, Box 750, Waynesville, N. C . 28786 Show Chairman—Robert...Columbia, hunted for sillimanite near Clemson, and for rutile near Stoney Point The Aiken Gem and Mineral Society...their formations, with emphasis on the isometric system, under the tutelage of Marshall Smith, opened the...Gemological Institute of America, told of the Muzo Emerald Mine and showed slides of Columbia, S.A. to the Miami...Mineral and Science Club, Tampa, went to Pasco County, Fla., for agatized coral. The Club presented Mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | Date Festival to be February 14-23 The Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival takes place February...skiing to desert mountain hiking offered in the county. The show will include trailer, boating and conservation...Days, Wickenburg, Arizona. Feb. 14-23 — Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, Indio, California...your desert knowledge 12 By RANDALL HENDERSON MINING HISTORY DEVELOPMENT FICTION FIELD TRIP CONTEST...28 NEWS About those who write for Desert 28 MINING From here a n d there on the desert 29 LAPIDARY |  | | Book (volume) | | exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed Cretaceous...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...Harney Peak. The northern section is characterized by vein deposits, while the Southern Hills Dist. Includes...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides |
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