 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • •...and often gems can be found. valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain...gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper |  | | Report (issue) | | innluable society impos- service. The members of the San Francisco Society who cut stencils, ran the mimeograph............................................... 12 Camp Pendleton Rockhounds................................................................... 15 Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc............................................................ 31-32 El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Society.................................... 35-36 Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County, Inc .................................... |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | | | Mineral Resources of San Joaquin County, DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY UNIVERSITY... DIVISION Director OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. JENKINS. Chief Vol. 51 JANUARY...OLAF Headquarters Third Floor, Ferry Building, San Francisco Branch 11 Offices State Building, 217...Mines maintains at its headquarters offices in San Francisco a technical library containing several...thousand books and scientific journals on geology, mining-, mineralogy, chemistry, metal- and related subjects; |  | | Journal (volume) | | Mineral Resources of San Joaquin County, DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY UNIVERSITY... DIVISION Director OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. JENKINS. Chief Vol. 51 JANUARY...OLAF Headquarters Third Floor, Ferry Building, San Francisco Branch 11 Offices State Building, 217...Mines maintains at its headquarters offices in San Francisco a technical library containing several...thousand books and scientific journals on geology, mining-, mineralogy, chemistry, metal- and related subjects; |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ages June 13—Corn Dance, San Antonio Day, Taos pueblo. Taos, New Mexico. MINING June 7-9 — State wide...20-30 Club, Prescott, Arizona. June 7-9—Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineral societies convention, Phoenix...June 24—Annual ceremonials including Corn Dances, San Juan Day, Taos pueblo, Taos; and Acoma pueblo, New...in the heart of the Indio Mud Hills, the "most prosaically named hills in the desert" according to Harry...residents of the area prefer to call them Phantom Hills—because we think they arc worthy of a prettier name |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Interest Bob Jones 60 UNPARALLELED TIMBERWOLF QUARTZ 46 Unique Termination Prompts Intrigue REGULAR.....28 Rock & Gem Kids ...............44 Poland Mining Camps Club Corner ........................46 ...created an interest in the history of old mines and mining areas, 6 ROCKNGEM.COM our staff especially Michigan’s...cutting rare and valuable materials (i.e. agate, quartz, petrified wood, jasper, jade, etc) when waste...BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • All cast aluminum tank, table |  | | Journal (issue) | | By MIRIAM R. ANDERSON San Bernardino, California The glowing golden hearted cactus bloom Whispers to...GUERRERO WISE DESERT RAT By AMY VIAU The far-flung hills that bind my lonely days Within an everlasting solitude...within. By TANYA SOUTH There still are all the hills, the vales, The boundless sky and sea, And Truth... Pinheiro. An:elope Valley Branch, Los Angeles County Library, Lancaster, CaliforMay 1-3—Fourteenth Annual...Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California. May 3-4—San Diego Chapter, Sierra Club, rock-climbing trip to |  | | 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 (issue) | | Enchanted by Quartz and Amethyst Mark Leatherman 50 Evolution of a Gem Shop The Sanchez Family of San Juan Gems...Metals Steve Voynick 36 Bisbee’s Rich History Of Mining (Part II) Bob Rush 28 REGULAR COLUMNS Field..................53 60 Gems and Minerals of Post Mine Closures The Maine (Part I) Popularity of Bisbee...transparent blue single crystal with a bit of green tourmaline on one side. It is one of the best topaz crystals...Jocinto Neto specimen.” - Rock H. Currier Topaz Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil Overall Measurements: |  | | Journal (issue) | | KEMKNAPP • • • More Scenery Wanted • . . Beverly Hills, California Editor, Desert Magazine: The scenic...presentation — Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico...Flagstaff, Arizona. WILDLIFE 4-6 Rodeo, Reno, Nevada. prize money. ANTIQUE 4-6 National convention...Mexico. Mrs. Harriet Davidson Nye, chairman. CACTI Trail Riders take trip to San Jacinto peak, above Palm...information write A. E. Bottel, secretary, San Jacinto Mountain State park association, Idyllwild, Calif |  | | Journal (issue) | | DESERT CALENDAR May 1 — Fiesta and Spring Corn Dance, San Felipe, New Mexico. May 1-6—Fiesta de Mayo with parade...May 10-13 — Elks' Heldorado and Rodeo, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 12—Final guest lecture of season by Edmund...D MUENCH GHOST TOWN Foruotten Ghost of Gold Mountain By NELL MURBARGER FIELD TRIP 13 Current n e...Rodeo, Carlsbad. New Mexico. . . . MINING May 26-28—Fiesta of San Felipe de Neri, Old Town Plaza, Albuquerque...swooped downward, in the 200 years' war with the great camp, 2200 feet below us. The tiny decorated by thousands |  | | Journal (issue) | | production. Date Festival to Stage "Arabian Nights" E COUNTY and the Coachella Valley desert area w roll out...attend the 1952 Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival at the county fairgrounds at Indio. California...lumber products. The exhibition of minerals and mining, under the supervision of Omar Kcrschncr of Indio...Wickenburg. Arizona. February 10—Tad Nichols' film on "San luan-Colorado Adventure." Desert Museum, Palm Springs...Arizona. February 16-17—Overnight field trip to San Felipe on Gulf of California. Desert Museum, Palm |  | | 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) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...all red stones: spinel, ruby, garnet, and rose tourmaline; the term "sapphire," to lapis lazuli and other...beauty of irregularly colored stones, such as tourmaline. UNIT OF WEIGHT The carat, meaning one-fifth |  | | 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 |  | | 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) |  | | Report (volume) | | Notes on the gold lodes of the Carrville district, Trinity County, Cal., by D. F. MacDpnald...............account of the ore deposits of the Loon Creek district, Idaho, byJ. B.Umpleby................................................. Notes on the Antelope district, Nev., by F. C. Schrader................... Notes...Notes on the northern La Sal Mountains, Grand County, Utah, by J. M. Hill. Survey publications on gold............... COPPER: The Turquoise copper-mining district, Ariz., by F. L. Ransome........... Survey |  | | Journal (issue) | | DESERT SKY By TED GOODWIN By GASTON BURRIDGE San Jacinto, California We are the folk that are wild...All that I ever sought My soul to fill Will yet be mine! And more! Countless—beyond! I face an opening door...MAGAZINE DESERT CALENDAR August 30-September 1—Iron County Fair, Cedar City, Utah. August 31-September 3—Labor...ascent from Outpost camp. September 1-3—Lion Club Stampede and '49er show, Fallon, Nevada. September 1-3—Desert...September 1-3—Twenty-third Annual Nevada Rodeo, Winnemucca, Nevada. Various entertainment beside usual |  | | Journal (issue) | | • Printed in the U.S.A. 12 0 74470 02033 2 Nevada Mineral & Book Company Delivers the Details DINOSAURS...Appeal By Bob Jones 20 ROCK SHOP OF DISTINCTION: NEVADA MINERAL & BOOK COMPANY (Part II) Delivering the...ounce lots $600.00. Darlene and I with our guides, mine foreman and guards at the Welo opal mines in Ethiopia...material. Bottom: An example of a “deep pit” smoky quartz and blue banded agate geode with a starburst. Note...995 00 complete Free shipping in continent USA Made in USA Grit Sizes 60 to 200,000 1.0" hole with |
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San Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain camp, Lodi Mining District, Lodi Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA