 | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements |  | | Catalog/List | | Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...Dixon Nearly pure white xlline lamellar mass . MOONSTONE India ----rransparent green cleavages of gem...Calcium iron cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular...magnesium iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline...basic silicate of sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in |  | | Journal (issue) | | of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...when I first took this job, then-publisher John White offered to buy me a steak dinner if I ever managed...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M. |  | | Book | | MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface | | | Book | | 7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF ANDALUSITE MINERALS AT WHITE AND RELATED MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA. PAULF. KEI•R. INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION. TI-IE andalusite mine near White Mountain, California, is at presentthe only andalusite mineof commercial...one-half miles east of Shealysiding,betweenBishop,California,andGoldfield,Nevada. The depositoccurson the...from . the California- ",,,• '"'> F•. •. The andalusite mine is located in Mono County, C•ifornia...Nevada Mountains and on the west side of White Mountain. Nevadaline (Fig. •). The main mine plant is |  | | Catalog/List | | limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite MM Lot 10-1'' lxl" lx2" I. 25 .50 I. 00 2.50 5... Austria 1 SWitzerland Aleine areas Fine large white twin xls on 1:;neisswith chlorite . ALLANITE Calcium |  | | Journal (issue) | | p a c if ic COAST HIGHWAY Gold-Nevado Co. California Hours: Tues-Sar. 10-5 Sunday 12-5 [evenings by...Mineralogy lv|ineralogical RccorcT publisher John S. White Smithsonian Institution (USPS 887-700) editor... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine .......................................................... 339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado .....................................349 by J. A. Murphy Amazonite from the Pikes Peak batholith ............................373 by E. E |  | | Report (volume) | | BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL ...BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL WASHINGTON...2 27 30 Mining districts 2 Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal 2 30 30 Location and accessibility 2 History...Mining districts—Continued. Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal.—Continued. Ore deposits—Continued.2 Valuable...of the shoots Milling High Grade district, Modoc County, Cal Location History of mining Accessibilty Previous |  | | Book | | scattering properties that are needed to make a good white pigment. They are extremely stable against degradation...eliminate yellowish tones and yield a pleasing bluish-white color in daylight. All three species have been known...(A material ;ure 2. Faceted rutile from Zegi Mountain, Pakistan. The stones are very dark, but with...intense blue internal reflections, in contrast to the white-to-yellow internal reflections of the surrounding...might also play a role. It has been estimated that peak shock pressures ranged from 16 to 20 GPa and that |  | | Report (issue) | | ] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines |  | | Journal (issue) | | ber-D ecem ber 1977 ISSUE! TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS Sul/urPerticara, Romagna...U E S t AVETltlB 0)A C L PyromorphiteWheatley mine, Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday 12-5 [evenings by...Beach, CaL 92651 [714]494~7695 Publisher John S. White Division of Mineralogy The Smithsonian Institution...Wilson Mineralogist Circulation Manager Mary Lynn White Associate Editors written content: Richard A. Bideaux...E id a h l M in e ra lo g y o f th e Cham pion Mine, W h ite M o u n ta in s , C a lifo r n ia .... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite...Figure 4. Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill...Churchill County. Dan Behnke specimens and photos. Hot Springs Iron meteorite Lake (Mopung Hills) District Various |  | | 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...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS |  | | Report (volume) | | OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND.GRAND WASH CLIFFS MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZOiNA BY F. C. SCHRADER...Belief _.______________'__________________-____ Mountains ____________________________ Grand Wash Cliff..._______ Cerbat Mountains______________________ White Hills__________________________ Hualpai Mountai...Mountains______________________ Peacock Mountains ______________________ Black Mountains, or Colorado Range____________..._____________ ______.____ ___ 45 Production of Mohave County._____________ 47 General character of deposits |  | | Book | | the pitchblende. not been for several^years the mine is not worked at present and has distribution in...crystallized at Bergen's ; Ranch, Jefferson County; on Boulder Peak. Agate,— See Quartz. — At Quartzville...Almandite. See Garnet. Boulder County. City Gold — Allophanite. —Franklin Mine, in Gilson Gulch Fowler Branch...following result. The specimen was from the Red Clbud Mine: (1) Qnnrtz Gold Silver Copper Lead Zinc Iron... connection with coloradoite in the KeyBoulder County. AMBER.— (One specimen found near the head of Cherry |  | | | | mineral. 5 Test this by rubbing the mineral on a white, hard ceramic plate, or, if necessary, by grinding...gypsum; (3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7) quartz; (8) topaz; (9) corundum; (10) diamond...Brilliant white when fresh, but tarnishes easily to black or grey Streak: Shining silver white Lustre:...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...rarely with orange tint Streak: Gold yellow, slight white or Lustre: Metallic orange tint Hardness: 2.5-3 |  | | Book | | gold-yellow, sometimes inclining to silmasses. ver-white. Very ductile and malleable. Hardness 2*5 to 3....gravel of streams and in veins. The veins of Gilpin County are especially noteworthy for the amount of gold...leaf gold were taken from the Printer Boy mine, Lake County, in tellurium in many in 1870. In combination...combination with of the mines in Boulder County. SILVER. occurs crystallized in cubes, octahedrons...usually filiform, arberescent, in Color silver-white, but subject plates or coatings and sometimes massive |  | | Book | | Makarora Reported from Maori Point, West Coast Dun Mountain also George Sound (Hector. Haast, and Davis) ...6), : all the intermediate to basic Old Champion Mine, Te Aroha (Park 1912). Mount Jumbletop and...Trans. 41). Anthophyllite Anthracite Dun : Mountain, Nelson (Davis, Rep. G.S. 1871). See under Coal...North : ; Westland (Bonney and Bull. 6) Dun Mountain (Davis and Cox) Parapara (Bonney 1908, G.S. 1913)...from caves (Hector) Banks Peninsula (Haast) Dun Mountain district, as gangue of copper-ore (Bull. 12); |  | | Report (issue) | | rocks _________________________________ _ Elk Mountain Porphyry ____________________ _ Porphyritic quartz...Lincoln PorphyrY--------------------------Chalk Mountain Rhyolite ___________________ _ Quaternary deposits...ores-----------------------------Mine descriptions----------------------------------Wilfley-Kimberly mine __ --------________________...Consolidated mine, Eldorado and Wilson mines, Felicia Grace mine, and Champion (New York) mine----------...generalized plan of ore bodies in middle part, White Quail Limestone Member _______________ _ 10. Diagrammatic |  | | Report (issue) | | Description of localities ____________ Nevada and California, by E. N. Cameron and L. A. Warner__ _________________..._________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ Pag« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...County__-__--__----__-.___-_-__ Barite deposits, Battle Mountain area.. California-Nevada Barite Co. 63 64 64 64 64 65...65 65 65 65 Barium Products Corp., Ltd., mine...... --_--______.______ Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some, such...littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...mistaken for biotite and phlogopite. The streak is white (Anthony et al. 1995). Muscovite is the second most...2012). In the sixteenth century, the Arabs used a white sparkling mineral (assumed to be muscovite) that...in tin-tungsten deposits (such as the Panasquiera mine) and is a constituent of granite, aplite, gneiss |  | | Report (issue) | | (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur... the 1845 discovery of the Cliff Mine ( first in the world to mine native copper as its sole product)................................................. WHITE PINE DEPOSITS ................... ~··· .. ... ....exceptionally fine, twinned analcite crystals from Houghton County ························-··-······-··-········...····· 41 2. Ankerite on siderite from Alpena County ···-··············-··················· 46 3. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded... the Rocky Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary...fourwheel-drive access to remote localities high in the mountains. In mountainous areas, the collecting season can...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...Beaverhead County, the pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue |
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