 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent |  | | 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.â Ist |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, NâChwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...309 Brochantite, New Hampshire, 416 Brookite, Dodo Mine, Subpolar Urals, Russia, R. B. Cook, 192-95 Buchholz...Huizing, 5-7, 85-86,149-50,213-15,293-95,373-75 Chlorargyrite, Colorado, 310 Chrondrodite, New Jersey, 253 | | | 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) | | massive sulfide (VMS) deposit in the Golden Grove district, Western Australia. A deep weathering profile...the Gossan Hill deposit within the Golden Grove district, followed by the discovery of what was thought...Murchison province (Baxter 1982; Ashley et al. 1988; Clifford 1992). Golden Grove is made up of two underground...series of mafic to felsic volcanic sills and dykes (Clifford 1992). The underground mines at Golden Grove are...body (modified after Gawlinski 2004; Yeats 2007) Clifford (1992) characterized the geology of the broader |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro (fig. 1) was part of a suite of outstanding...Harvard class of 1888 and went on to a career in mining. His large systematic collection contained several...Navia. We believe that Navia, a professor at the mining school in Guanajuato, assembled a small systematic...Guanajuato highlighted the collection. Holdenâs mining interests in Mexico brought him into contact with...crystals from the âCave of the Swordsâ at the Maravilla mine in Naica and later reassembled it in the museumâs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Crocoite Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, Australia T he mineral featured in...Siberian red lead was discovered in a Siberian gold mine and was first mentioned by M. V. Lomonosov (1711â1765)...connoisseur typically cares aboutâthe Beresovsk district and western Tasmania. The type locality for crocoite...Beresovsk (also spelled Beresov or Berezovskoe) mining district, Ekaterinberg (also noted as Sverdlovsk on...Figure 1. Crocoite, 25 Ă 25 Ă 7 cm, from the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. This specimen is arguably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the best specimens are from Michiganâs copper district, but there are also some ex- ceptional worldwide...Figure 4. Stibnite, 46.0 Ă 18.2 Ă 8.3 cm, Ichinokawa mine, island of Shikoku, Japan. Although there is no...mined, providing an important record of these old mining districts. Although the bulk of the specimens would...the universityâs second Figure 9. Chlorargyrite, bromian chlorargyrite, 14.3 Ă 10.5 Ă 4.3 cm, Broken Hill...New South Wales, Australia. Large crystals of chlorargyrite completely cover the surface of this specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA âą Tel: +1 949 494 5155 âą Email: info@kristalle.com... Gressman tom.gressman@minrec.org The Tintic District: Juab and Utah Counties, Utah...................COVER: CLINOCLASE, 3.9 cm, from the Mammoth mine, Tintic District, Utah. Rock Currier collection; Jeff Scovil...sample of a pascoite group mineral at a mine in Grand County, Utah. Died, Alex Earl, 26 Jayson Alexander...over the American West. A trip to the Blue Bell mine near Baker, California, in 2016 was particularly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are mainly converted to halides, principally chlorargyrite, and the native metal. Any accompanying manganoan...galena and low-Fe sphalerite. Visually prominent chlorargyrite is observed intergrown with the aluniteplumbojarosite...to be 8.7 million oz Ag and 29,000 oz Au (Coeur Mining 2013). Libanesa The Libanesa prospect is located...abundant jarosite. Supergene cerussite and chlorargyrite and remanent hypogene galena were also identified...and elsewhere. In the case of the Escondida Cu district, for example, Alpers and Brimhall (1988) reported |  | | Book (edition) | | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - âą Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART |  | | Journal (issue) | | Madera County, C alifornia............................. 127 by T. Szenics The El Dragon mine, Potosi...Lehrberger & G. Schnorrer-Kohler Arizona's Silver mining district .............................................trips to the famous Crestmore quarries in Riverside County, California, 123 will once again be permitted...family in Mainz, Germany, in 1853. He entered the mining academy at Frieberg and, after his graduation,...about 2 miles north of Coarse Gold [sic], Madera County (some say 5 miles northeast of this town). From | | | Book (edition) | | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S:...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 âMine Fireâ Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral |  | | Book (edition) | | Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...plates of this useful encyclopedia are invaluable. CLIFFORD vii f RONDEL âą ' INTRODUCTION A book,..."Systen1atic Mineralogy of Uranium and Thorium," by Clifford Frondel, USGS Bulletin 1064. "System of Mineralogy...with classifying and choosing the photographs. Clifford Frondel- Dana Prof. of Mineralogy of Harvard University...sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | talented artist. One of his watercolors of the Levant mine in Pendeen, Cornwallâa prized gift in 2001âhangs...2009, it emerged as usual in the San Bernardino County Museum, for the Forty-fourth Pacific Micromount...included his adventures in locating the Green Monster mine and identifying the copper vanadate minerals occurring...Housely spoke on Glimpses of History of the Blue Bell Mine, in which he began by describing the first claims...with a short talk on Micro Minerals of the Himalaya Mine. This group, of course, gets down to serious collecting |  | | Book (edition) | | Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia ........................sprays on shattuckite, 7.1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff...the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In this issue we present a review of...Huamin Empire Plaza 726 Yan An Shi Road Changning District, Shanghai City China 200050 Email: chen@irocks...Herodsfoot Mine Work Readers who enjoyed Roy Starkey's superb article on the famous Herodsfoot mine in Cornwall | | | Book (edition) | | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | by R. W. Eveleth S tib n ites o f the Stayton district, H o llister, C a lif o r n ia .................emphasis or clarity, and (d) proper names, e.g., mine levels. 8. Credits. Caption data for specimen photos...from the New Nevada mine in Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico and legrandite from the Ojuela mine in Mapimi,...sig nificant mining properties, including, but not limited to, the Sar Francisco mine in Sonora, the...the Veracruz amethyst locality, and the sulfur mine in Baja. He was a long-time wholesale dealer in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner... G. Adolffson Curetonite, a new phosphate from Nevada .......................219 by S. A. Williams Memoirs...people: COVER: AURICHALCITE from the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona. Photo (first place winner in Tucson...slides) 4. Shadow boxes (for display of minerals or mining memorabilia) 5. Three-hour photochemical light...Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36830 o other district of similar size in the western hemi sphere has |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner...1980 ARIZONA! Articles The Hamburg mine and vicinity, Yuma County, Arizona by D. M. Shannon Famous mineral...mineral localities: the Red Cloud mine, Yuma County, Arizona............................................ ARIZONA-1 COVER: WULFENITE from the Red Cloud mine (see p. 141). This crystal, 5 cm across and nearly...Multiple Japan-law quartz twins from the Yankee Boy mine (1, 7, 33), by Richard A. Bideaux. Three specimens |  | | Book | | crystallographers, geologists, petrologists, geochemists, mining engineers, mineral assayers, curators, collectors...chemist and mineralogist; student of Torbern Bergman; mine owner and mineral analyst; trained J. J. Berzelius...Louis Cordier (1777-1861), French geologist and mining engineer; student of Haiiy; helped enlarge the...Names: A Discussion cliffordite, frondelite, Clifford Frondel, 1956. djerfisherite, D. Jerome Fisher...identified as scientists, or related to mineral mining, collecting, or exploration, there are some cases |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | temperature. The type locality is the San Carlos mine, Guanajuato. Ponciano Aguilar was born in Guanajuato... named for the locality and not the person. The mine was presumably named for Moctezuma 11, the ninth...1.8 x 1.3 cm, El Amparo portion of the Penafiel mine, Guanajuato. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcolm Hjerstedt...Hjerstedt photo. superintendent of the San Carlos mine, Guanajuato, where he found the first specimens...about 2. The type locality is the famous Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora. Carl Burckhardt was born in |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...Francisco, CA 94105. Checks should be made payable to Clifford Krueger; contributions are taxdeductible, and...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and |
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