 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 50 years since Miller's report, the economics of mining zinc and lead have changed substantially; some...zinc and lead. Pennsylvania's single operating zinc mine at Friedensville keeps the commonwealth on the list...vices of mining engineer Milton Leet for locating and sampling zinc-lead shows in the Grace Mine; Eastern... Anne' (Kline's quarry), Edward Carper (Soister mine), Betty and John Clauser (Edison quarry), Thomas...Supply Co. quarry), and Joseph Varady (Jug Hollow mine). Additional sulfide samples for the descriptions |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals. Libethenite crystals found at Clegg mine, Lee County, North Carolina. Bill Wall, 803 Cumville Drive...metavoltine, franzinite, canavesite, klebelsbergite, hemimorphite (blue), dawsonite, hematite, vesuvianite, fassaite...Farkas, 1904 S. Fifth Street, Allentown, Penn sylvania 18103. Will trade: large quantity and variety |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metavoltine, franzinite, canavesite, klebelsbergite, hemimorphite (blue), dawsonite, hematite, vesuvianite, fassaite...crystals. Libethenite crystals found at Clegg mine, Lee County, North Carolina. Bill Wall, 803 Cumville Drive...Farkas, 1904 S. Fifth Street, Allentown, Penn sylvania 18103. M A R C H / A P R I L 1981 73 |  | | Report (issue) | | Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania by F. Harold Evans with... Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsyl vania. Copyright © 1980 by...second and third drafts and Glen Taylor, Montgomery County Re corder of Deeds, for his kind help in searching...Sciences of Philadelphia, Montgomery County and Chester County Historical Societies, and the Franklin...“Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsyl vania, ” by F. Harold Evans |  | | Catalog/List | | popular and priced at $7.95 each! ARAGONITE - NEVADA: Pioche, Nevada: Excellent botryoidal, stalactitic and...00 each. AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue...like growths on matrix associated with calcite, hemimorphite and other minerals: 1 to 2 inch specimens: #8...$2.00 each AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating...acicular and lathlike bright blue crystals on hemimorphite, smithsonite and calcite. From one of the worlds |  | | Report (edition) | | of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...localities, the Grace mine in Berks County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement...Cement Company quarry in York County, are now This fourth printing is essentially closed to collectors...Adams County 23 Allegheny County 31 . Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Clinton County Cumberland County Dauphin County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County |  | | Report (edition) | | (formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3.8 x 2.4 cm with the largest...1999, working with geologists there studying the mining areas of "chrysanthemum stones' (a form of celestine)...Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio, August 2006. John Medici photo. minerals...ineralogical and Lap idary Society of Michigan Stark County Gem & M ineral Club Summit Petroleum, Inc. $1-$100..... ... .. . .... .. .. Findlay Arch n1inera l district.................................. Geologic setting |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, 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 qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | present day locations lie at the Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho; Eureka, N e vada; Bingham Canyon,...good crystals and the best come from the Pop lin district of the Tri-State lead and zinc area and from Germany...with other minerals have been found at the Sullivan Mine, Kimberly, British Columbia, Canada. The next mineral...Colorado; and Campbell Shaft, Bisbee, and Cochise County, Arizona, are all localities known to contain fine...fine lead ore 583 have been noted in Dona A n a County, N e w Mexico. O n charcoal cerussite fuses easily |  | | Book (edition) | | in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...Also near Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from |  | | | | in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and...Also near Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California....Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Simmons Fluorapatite from the King Lithia mine, Custer County, South Dakota .. 361 by M. L. Wilson, J....Roman, C/z£vei/i deposits of jf v l t h e Ems district in West Germany have yielded over 50 mineral species...The ore-carrying system which comprises the Ems district is known as the Ems-Braubach belt. It consists...Hesse, West Germany. Veins at the Schone Aussicht mine near Dernbach could be considered a part of the |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | ......... 49. Other fire clay processed at the mine: quantity ..... .. ............ .... .. .......... 31 18 53. Plastic fire clay processed at the mine: value................................................. 19 54. Flint fire clay processed at the mine: value 32 18. Other clay mined: average value...ton.... 19 55. Other fire clay processed at the mine: value 32 19. Shale mined: average value per ton.... . 21 59. Plastic fire clay processed at the mine: average value per ton......................... |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cassedanne A vivianite occurrence in Contra Costa County,California ... 337 by C. B. DeWitt Essay: minerals...Moore Phosphate minerals from the Leveaniemi iron mine, Svappavaara, Sweden .............................Hollabaugh Laueite from Hagendorf-Siid andthe Palermo mine ................. 363 by L. C. Pitman New data...localities: The Phoenixville lead-silver mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania ...................................belonged to his deceased grandfather, who had been a mining engineer. Curators receive such calls fre quently |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of...you belong to, and where you come from. American mining schools and professional organizations have long... centering on some of the nostalgic aspects of mining in Arizona and beautifully illustrated with paintings...“Missing and presumed lost” by the wellknown lost-mine author Kearney Egerton; “El Dorado’s children” by |  | | Journal (issue) | | by R.S.W. Braithwaite Graphite from the Lead Hill mine, Ticonderoga, New Y o r k ........................uncommon lithium-mica from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California .....................................fascinating collections at extremely low cost. Mining memorabilia can be fun, and many types of items...pensive. Collecting books related to minerals and mining is an ac tive field, with items available from...assured that, with localities like the Ray mine and the Old Yuma mine still to go, we are not yet close to |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralization of the Four Peaks Amethyst Deposit, Maricopa County, Arizona......................... 72 by Jack Lowell...specimen-producing locali ties, quarries, mines, and mining districts of the past and present will continue...and com 52 Ankerite is a certainty in Penn sylvania. It is too common a mineral. If the Wheatly variety...way there. Ankerite is probably common in Penn sylvania elsewhere. Uvarovite is so distinctive a garnet...described years ago by Charles Wheatly of Wheatly mine fame, who was man ager at both the Perkiomen and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Images BE CAREFUL! 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Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...visit the gun and knife show at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona. Here are some items culled |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Farkas, 1904 S. Fifth Street, Allentown, Penn sylvania 18103. Will trade: large quantity and variety...quality Mexican minerals (wulfenite, rosasite, hemimorphite, plattnerite, etc.). Desire quali ty miniature |
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