 | | Report (issue) | | ........... 27 Geologic history 29 Gold placer mining operations ......................................Boston & Idaho Gold Dredging Company .............................................. . . 3 1 Boise Basin Placer....................................... 32 Moline Mining Co........................................................................................ 37 Vanadinite and pq~omorphite................................................ 38 . . . . . . . . . 8 IDAHO BLXEAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Economic Geology-Continued |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | r------' .--. !i i , i ' i Boundary '---~ IDAHO Bonner_j l--;~u:d{ene\, I , L~ Coeur'cI'Alene...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I...Power i..r v. ) 't,.,. 1. r': ~ Caribou Idaho 83816-2043 , • c-vz..J. '. 2",_J'-1 '\ o, ...INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that may have produced well-crystallized...localities for minerals that were first discovered in Idaho. Unfortunately for the field collector, most of |  | | Report (issue) | | 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not presently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends...Cuprovanadinite, (Pb,Cu)s(V0.)3Cl.. .......... Variety of vanadinite. Curienite, Pb(U02)2(V04)2 •SH20. Dechenite,...As)0 4hCl ....................... Variety of vanadinite. Eosite, vanadate and molybdate of Pb. Eusynchite |  | | Book (edition) | | Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...PISTOLS Idaho Minerals Idaho Minerals The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Rerun Publishing P .O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Ale ne, Idaho 83814 Copyright © 1989 by L.R. Ream Publishing...R Ream Publishing P.O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Idaho...................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | species list. Azurite, malachite, wul- fenite, vanadinite, and copper would certainly come before any mention...fluorite octahedra with quartz druse, 5.8 cm, Homestake mine, Oatman. Dick Morris specimen. In Arizona, fluorite...notable Arizona fluorite localities are noted by county in the table (Anthony et al. 1995). Arizona mines...mines containing noteworthy fluorite specimens. County Cochise Graham Greenlee La Paz Maricopa Mohave...Locality Empire mine La Fluorita Dulcita prospect Lone Star mine Toughnut mine Tenstrike mine Santa Teresa |  | | Report (issue) | | mineralized areas C4 Methods of investigations C4 Mining history C4 Oil and gas CS Appraisal of sites examined...Study area (AZ-05~01 SA) lies in the Rawhide and Buckskin Mountains, west-central Arizona, about 20 mi east...requested by the U.S. Bureau of land Management. Mining and prospecting activity has o·ccurred in or adjacent...Metals have been recovered from deposits along the Buckskin-Rawhide detachment fault and subsidiary high-...cut mylonitic gneiss and schist (Owens mineral district). There are no identified resources in the study |  | | Report (issue) | | and Planet Peak Wilderness Study Areas,, La Paz County, Arizona U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 704-B...and Planet Peak Wilderness Study Areas, La Paz County, Arizona By ROBERT G. EPPINGER, JOCELYN A. PETERSON...and Planet Peak wilderness study areas, La Paz County, Arizona / by Robert G. Eppinger ... [et al.]....Peak (AZ-050-013) Wilderness Study Areas, La Paz County, Arizona. CONTENTS Summary Bl Abstract Bl Character...investigation B6 Mining districts and history B6 Appraisal of sites examined B7 Mammon mine area B7 Gray |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary, igneous |  | | Catalog/List | | per set! SUPER #3; The Vanadinite Collection: One each of the four vanadinite localities in the catalog...AROUND THE WORLD** BLADED HEMJMORPHITE; Dauntless Mine, Robinson Distric!, White Pine Co., �evada: J:?irec...depending upon size and quality. OLIVENITE; Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada: Originally described from...size and quality. RICHELSDORFITE; Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada: Lets talk about rarity...each its hard 10 complain! MOTTRAMITE: TotaJ Wreck Mine, Empire Mts., Pima Co., Arizona: An uncommon form |  | | Report (issue) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Journal (issue) | | Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones;...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...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such |  | | Report (issue) | | figures in Bulletin 140. Lode deposits Cochise County-Warren (Bisbee) and Turquoise districts, with ores...silver, and lead. Tombstone district, with lead-silver ores. Pearce district, with silver ores. Dragoon...Dragoon Mountains, Manzoro district. Dos Cabezas Mountains, Dos Cabezas and Teviston districts. Huachuca Mountains...Mountains. Swisshelm Mountains. Gila County-Globe-Miami district, with ores of copper and silver. Dripping...Mountains, Barnes district, with ores of copper, lead, and silver. Payson district. Graham County-Galiuro Mountains |  | | Journal (issue) | | BLACK MAVERICK, S/au OBITUARY OF B. J. BABBITT Is Boise SITTING ON A VOLCANO, Rhodenbaug/ WHERE Dip THE...by Victor This story differs from the usual lost-mine tales, for it was twice lost. It records the discovery...in rather recent years of a lost old Spanish gold mine by a young Yaqui Indian, that was lost again owing...shack. So this, he concluded, must have been an old mining shaft sunk on a gold vein that was unknown to anyone...anyone but himself. If only he knew how to mine the gold ore, he would be the rich(Continued on Page |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................139 Idaho...................................................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) | | ...........................................139 Idaho...................................................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) | | and Butler, G. M.-Arizona lode gold mines and mining: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 137, 1934...Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 148, 1941. Apache County 2: 17 Gregory, H. E.-Geology Prof. Paper 93, 1917...the Navajo country. U.S. Geol. Survey Cochise County 3:04 Ransome, F. L.-The geology and ore deposits...Tombstone district, Arizona: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 143, 1938. Gila County 4:03 Ransome...Ransome, F. L.-Geology of the Globe copper district, Arizona: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 12, 1903. 4:19 |  | | 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 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens. All for $7.50 postpaid. Morton Minerals & Mining, 21423 Highway 66, R.F.D. 1, Borstow, Calif. BARGAIN-GOOD...LOUIS, 14, MO. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for (5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...piece guaranteed for fortifications. Postpaid in USA. The Breitweisers, 510-B N. Division, Powell, Wyo...franklinite from the famous Franklin, N.J., zinc mine. Pieces 2 " to 3 l / 2 " , total w t . approx. 5...HEADQUARTERS 10 size, $10 PP. Also, millerite, vanadinite, end* MINERALS MATERIALS crystals. approval | | | 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 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART |  | | 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...noted for computer 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 | | | 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...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...Copper-Related Deposits The Bisbee District Tl1e Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger 17 17 21 3. Uranium and |  | | Journal (issue) | | by D. Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R...by W. Hunt Famous mineral localities: the Hilltop mine ..........................................121 by...by D. K. Miller and W. E. Wilson The Silver Bill mine, Gleeson, Arizona ................................years ago. Evidence of their work in the form of mining artifacts occasionally turns up, and in one instance...of an Indian miner was found preserved in a salt mine, where he had been killed in a cave-in (see Thompson |  | | 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 |
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