 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogy San Rafael Mine Downloaded by [Laurentian University] at 10:24 05 October 2014 Nye County, Nevada...Nevada MARTIN JENSEN 470 W. Riverview Circle Reno, Nevada 89509 mineralpro@hotmail.com TONY NIKISCHER Excalibur...HERRMANN Lithosphere Minerals 2331 Ruddy Way Sparks, Nevada 89441 lithosphereminerals@yahoo.com 96*2:...specimens from his collection he San Rafael mine, in north central Nevada, is a relatively little known...occurrence. The San Rafael mine, at the old camp of Quartz Mountain in the Lodi district, is situated in |  | | 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) | | metazeunerite, chalcophyllite, cyanotrichite, scorodite, pharmacosiderite, brochantite, azurite, malachite...from Kamsdorf and Saalfeld, Thuringia; at the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest; in the Richelsdorf...Mountains, Hesse; and elsewhere. From the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, and Triembach-au-Val, Haut-Rhin...Tynagh mine, near Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. In the USA, in Nevada, at the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope...Antelope district, Pershing Co., in the Nickel mine, Table Mountain district, Churchill Co., from the San |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | February 2015 Cover Photographs January/February: Quartz, several localities; John Lucking, Jeff Scovil...September/October: Silver crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk specimen...Acanthite, Nevada, 514 Actinolite, Quebec, 498 Adamite, Nevada, 514 Agardite–(Y), Nevada, 515 Agate (fire)...Anglesite, Colorado, 413; Nevada, 515 Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook,...456–58 Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, 280 Arkansas, wavellite, 346–50 Arseniosiderite, Nevada, 515 Arsenopyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite, |  | | Report (issue) | | Bullock Nature displays her most common mineral, quartz, in this beautiful crystal cluster. CONTENTS.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Scorodite +H]KRX3UHIHFWXUH *XDQJ[L=KXDQJ$XWRQRPRXV5HJLRQ&KLQD...water and considered harmless. One such arsenate, scorodite, has even been used in an attempt to remediate...available arsenic in the essentially insoluble scorodite thus formed. Consequently, this mineral, which...for this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice mineral. Scorodite is best known in leek-green crusts and masses...3.5–4.0, and its calculated density is 3.276. Scorodite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (2/m 2/m2/m) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 03:41 01 August 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal...from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have taken place in recent...Southampton University. A consultant geochemist in the mining industry, he is also an avid collector of micromounts...eastern, central, and Rocky Mountain states. In the copper mines of Houghton County, Michigan, where primary...from Hinsdale County, Colorado, and from the Blackbird and Nickel Plate mines in Lemhi County, Idaho. In |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Florida] at 23:45 31 December 2014 Realgar Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Hunan Province, China T here has been...rocks and has been identified as a product of coal-mine fires. Commonly associated minerals include orpiment...mines at Paris, Oxford County, Maine, and the Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton County, New Hampshire. It occurred...jordanite in zinc ores mined at Balmat, Edwards County, New York (Jensen 1978). It was a rare mineral...mineral in zinc ores at Sterling Hill, Sussex County (Palache 1941) and was an unusual mineral occurring in |  | Price, Jonathan G., Henry, Christopher D., Castor, Stephen B., Garside, Larry, Faulds, James E. (1999) Geology of Nevada With excellent rock exposures in the desert, generally good access to collecting localities on public lands, and fine tourist attractions in the towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (6) 357-363 doi:10.1080/00357529909605171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...of the state is characterized by a patchwork of mountain ranges, which are commonly about 10 miles wide...faults. As can be seen on figure 1, nearly every mountain range is bounded on at least one side by a fault...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish... Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal |  | | Book (volume) | | land rises abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi. Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne...rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...the Black Hills pegmatites have measured from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals |  | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- LX x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors | | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in México...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in México, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- x / Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors |  | | Report (issue) | | Mineralogist OIAF GEOLOGIC BFL^NCH Ferry Building, San Francisco San Francisco P. JENKINS Chief Geologist ...°\ x *T U L A R E I s_ i»KCBSFltLO •Z R f SAN, BERNARDINO \ SSANTA BARBARA j^^'»-f"''*\L0SAN6tLCS...1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades...exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone...article does not give permis- Lincoln district: The Creole mine, located at the south end of the Mineral...IRON X i xAntimony Big Zndia X % GARFIELD SAN JUAN x Orderville WASHINGTON Figure 1. Selected |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Report (volume) | | and Uranium Deposits of the Temple Mountain District Emery County, Utah By C. C. HAWLEY, D. G. WYANT..._______________________________________ History of mining operations and production._____________________...Formation_________--.__________-____-----__Temple Mountain and Monitor Butte Members.--..-Moss Back Member...structures__-__-_-___-_-_-__.--_-____-_-___------Temple Mountain collapse structure_____________________ Rocks...mudstone____________ Formation of siderite near the Temple Mountain collapse structure_-__-__-_--_--__------___-- |  | | Report (issue) | | W. T. Schaller, Afwillite NMNH 95237 Dutoitspan Mine, Kimber¬ ley, South Africa Dutoitspan Ammonioborite...Geological Survey, 1950) Trinity Anemousite County, California. Contributions to Mineral¬ (discredited...Vonsen, 1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition and...Aluminocopiapite Utah NMNH K. J. Murata, Trinity County, California M. C. Bandy, 1938. Utah. J. M. Axelrod...Aluminocopiapite NMNH 93834 Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) |  | | Catalog/List | | Dufrenoysite and Corkite page 3 General stock Quartz after Gypsum page 13 , Annabergite page 8 Sussexite...grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...possible Molybdenite. About l/2ins size. (Wolfram Camp North Queensland,Australia) £12 063 CAVANSITE Ca...in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...OH fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH |  | | Report (issue) | | ___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache...____________________ __ __ _______________ _ Mercur or Camp Floyd district_ ____ ____ _____ __ __ __ _______..._______________________________ American Fork district (Alta area)___________________________ Alpine...______ Redmond district __________________________________ _:________ Millard County _______________...__ _________ _____ _________ _____ __ _____ _ __ San Francisco district_ _ _______ _______ _____ __ __ |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits. Association: Olivenite, mansfieldite, scorodite, azurite, malachite. Distribution: Material which...Germany, from the Walpurgis vein, Weisser Hirsch mine, Neustädtel-Schneeberg, Saxony; at Sailauf, northeast...northeast of Aschaffenburg, Bavaria; in the Anton mine, Heubachtal, near Schiltach, from Menzenschwand,...Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannel; at Wheal Edward, St. Just. In France, from the Cap Garonne mine, near...near le Pradet, Var; at the Margnac mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne; in the Rabéjac uranium deposit, seven |  | | Catalog/List | | on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on...Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...aggregates in quartz . ALTAITE Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic...metallic tin white cleavable mass in quartz with minor coloradoite, empressite .. ALUMINITE Hydrated basic |
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San Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain camp, Lodi Mining District, Lodi Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA