 | | Report (issue) | | QUICKSILVER, PLATINUM, ETC. TIN IN THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS, TEXAS. By G. B. RICHARDSON. Introduction. Since... Weed's report on the El Paso tin deposits « the geology of the Franklin Range, in which the ore occurs...now known in the western Texas tin field. Topography. The Franklin Mountains are the southern extremity...narrow range, known locally by different names, that extends southward from the Rocky Mountains east of...as far as El Paso. The Franklin Mountains are 23 miles in length, 15 of which are in Texas, average 3 |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES g). WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE EL PASO TIN DEPOSITS BY WAJLTER HARVEY WEED WASHINGTON... Map of a portion of the El Paso quadrangle, showing the Franklin Mountains, on the east flank of which...FIG. 1. Cross-section of Franklin Mountains 10 miles north of El Paso, Texas. 2. Section of tin vein exposed...examination. They proved to contain abundant cassiterite and wolframite in a quartz gangue. The}7" were...were said to come from the vicinity of El Paso, Texas, and in view of the infrequency of wellauthenticated |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Northern Franklin Mountains, Texas and New Mexico By R. L. HARBOUR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...BULLETIN 1298 The geology of a complex fault-block range with emphasis on stratigraphy of Paleozoic rocks...______________________________ ----- __ --------El Paso Limestone_________________________________________...(Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician)__________ El Paso Limestone (Lower Ordovician)___________________________...PLATE 1. Geologic map of the northern Franklin Mountains, Texas and Mexico _______________________________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has hadâor currently hasânu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Report (volume) | | .......Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin. Vermont...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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Report (volume) | | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH...248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature consulted would be impracticable...STATES. Emerson, B. K., A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S...Phillips, W. B., The mineral resources of Texas: Univ. Texas Bull. 365, Sci. Ser. 29, 1914. Among other |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | coarse xline galena has been found in the Aleo lead mine in Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., III. INDIANAâSlender...13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...imprints of fern leaves at an abandoned oil shale mine southeast of the city."ânote sent in by A/2C Lawrence...N.H. N E W JERSEY-From Paulison's Sink Cave, Franklin, Sussex Co., N.J., we have a specimen of gray...Church St., Franklin, N.J. ROCKS AND MINERALS N E W M E X I C 0 - " S i n c e attending Texas Western College |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine .......................................................... 339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ....................................quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...significant mineral localities in C o l o r a d o ,by county. In addition, there is a complete listing o f all...type localities, and an alphabetical cross-index by mine name. T INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1976 a group |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Fourteen, Number Three Articles Across the San Juan Mountains ..................................................157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................P. Resende Minerals of the Buckwheat Dolomote, Franklin, New Jersey....................183 by T. A. Peters... Campbell and P. B. Leavens Pyrobelonite from Franklin, New Jersey.................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PAGES 1279â1305 1997 Grenville Magmatism in West Texas: Petrology and Geochemistry of the Red Bluff Granitic...DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, LUBBOCK, TX 79409-1053, USA 2 DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES...SCIENCES, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NY 13244-1070, USA RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995; REVISED TYPESCRIPT...suite (RBGS) underlies part of the Franklin Mountains in west Texas. It was emplaced into a Middle Proterozoic...with an origin in a Grenville age magmatism in Texas is known from widely scattered exposures and subsurface |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quarries. Be a good guest and treat the quarry or mine site as your own place. 8. Watch out for the other...large boxes of excellent give aways, including Franklin fluorescents, Kentucky Fluorites and Prospect...Westchester County â the Westchester Mineral and Gem Society â which meets once a month in the County Center...Plains, N. Y. Membership is open to all Westchester County residents interested in various phases of mineralogy...the Museum, showed several finely crystallized Franklin, N . J., zinc minerals, some of which he had purchased |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cliffâs of Glen Cove to South Park and the Tarryall Mountains. Researchers have subdivided that 570 million...continentul Figure 2. Geologic map of the Colorado Front Range showing the Precambrian metamorphic rocks that host...of Wyoming during this time are called the Snowy Range Supergroup (Graff 1978; Graff. pers. com. to Carpenter...il period of some 200 million years, the Snowy Range sediments are believed to have accumulated to a...environments have been identified in the Snowy Range sediDianne Kile in 1986. Photo by Dan Kile. ments |  | Simmons, William B., Freeman, Gary, Falster, Alexander, Laurs, Brendan, Webber, Karen (2005) New tourmaline production: From Mount Mica, Maine America's First gem pegmatite. Rocks & Minerals, 80 (6) 396-408 doi:10.3200/rmin.80.6.396-408 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Production Downloaded by [The University of Texas at El Paso] at 08:49 30 December 2014 from Mount Mica...Figure 1. Elbaite, 3.1 cm high, Mount Mica, Oxford County, Maine. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2. Elbaite...Scovil photo. Downloaded by [The University of Texas at El Paso] at 08:49 30 December 2014 Figure 3 (below)...Mount Mica is located in the town of Paris (Oxford County), 1.5 kilometers east of the village of Paris (fig...Mary Freeman, purchased Mount Mica in 2003. The mine, which is closed to the public, is now operated |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...[Ba(UO2)2V2O8â5H2O] from the type locality, the Mounana mine, Franceville, Haute OgoouĂ©, Gabon. See the article...âThis is the XYZ mine, and these are pretty pictures of the minerals from that mine.â Lou, however, took...chemistry, crystal system, identifying features, and mine of originâall without notes. From his huge library...collection to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Julius Weber was well known in the mineral community |  | | Report (issue) | | „ TEXAS ROCKS AND \ r - An Amateurâs Guide ;s ROSELLE M. GIRARD A b OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V N IVERSITY...The University of Texas Austin, Texas Peter T. Flawn, Director Guidebook 6 TEXAS ROCKS AND MINERALS...Rock identification charts Descriptions of some Texas rocks and minerals Anhydrite ................................................................ Cassiterite ..... -...................... .................Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Pace 25 26 39 40 43 43 43 44 45 46 47 |  | | Report (issue) | | .................................. Little Jewess-El Oro veins............................... Sweetwater........... Black Colt mine.......................................... Comstock mine.................................. Lady Franklin mine....................................... Superior mine....................mines..................................... Iron King mine........................................... Brush...States mines......................... Ingersoil mine........................................... 1 1 |  | | Report (volume) | | ___ Lobo to El Paso, Tex.._...__..._.___.______.______._____..-_ North line from El Paso, Tex., to Mescal...Mescal, Ariz ___________________ South line from El Paso, Tex., to Mescal, Ariz____________--__-Mescal to...Lasca, Tex...___._-.___.._._____.____ Torcer to El Paso, Tex._______..._.___._.____..._ Ysleta, Tex., to..._______________________ 9. A, Armadillos in central Texas; B, Fault in Buda limestone northwest of Hondo,...and tuff of Da vis Mountains, west of Alpine, Tex.; B, Paisano Pass, Da vis Mountains, Tex _.__ _______________ |  | | Report (issue) | | Kuskokwim, with a note on copper in the Russian Mountains: Bull. 622, pp. 298-360, pi. 11, 1915. Gold placers...reconnaissance in northern Alaska across the Rocky Mountains, along Koyukuk, John, Anaktuvuk, and Colville...1908. DEUSSEN, ALEXANDER, Notes on some clays from Texas: Bull. 470, pp. 302-352, pis. 6-8, 1911. ECKEL,...Bull. 213, pp. 382-391, 1903. Clays of Garland County, Ark.: Bull. 285, pp. 407-411, 1906. EMMONS, S...Clays and shales of the Clarion quadrangle, Clarion County, Pa.: Bull. 315, pp. 335-343, 1907. MATSON, G. |  | | Journal (volume) | | on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401... i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities of the...minerals can be collected. Due to the fact that the mine has been abandoned for several years, the lower...AUSTRALIA, GERMANY RUSSIA, NORWAY, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO Write for free list. Dealer prices available...WholesaleâTwo Showrooms 1112 Del Rio Street El Paso, Texas 79915 (915) 592-0902 \ 3651 E. Marginal Way |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil .................... 239 by C. G. Doll Across the San Juan Mountains ........................................................ 243 by T. A. Rickard Allactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey...................in care of Ed Raines, 11902 Queensbury, Houston, Texas 77024. 7. Entries judged on the basis of subject |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Southern Gem Mining Co., 5241 Montoya Road, El Paso 32, Texas, has just issued its seventeenth annual wholesale...Kimball, Raymondville, Texas, continues to amaze us with fine samples of South Texas agate, sent to us from...to you. ARROJADITE Nickel Plate mine, Keystone, Pennington County, South Dakota. Sodium iron manganese...olive-green cleavages with minor amounts of cassiterite, zinnwaldite, graftonite. Select specimens of...collection w e have seen in a long time. Price Range $ 5 . 0 0 up t o $ 2 5 . 0 0 each JUST I N FROM |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 09:35 10 October 2014 Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado O wing to its diverse paragenesis...almost opaque crystals in a variety of colors that range from the most frequently encountered shades of brown...dramatically such that the amount of elongation can range from crystals that are essentially tabular (i.e...group of zircon crystals from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil...zircon on quartz specimen from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, John Smolski |  | | Report (volume) | | the only good harbor in the region. . The York Mountains occupy the southeastern part of the triangle and...highest point in this part of the peninsula. These mountains have rugged crest lines, their continuity being...Survey, 1901, pp. 267-271. A new occurrence of cassiterite in Alaska: Science, new s»r., vol. 13, No. 328...search was continued and the first real attempts to mine the tin-bearing gravels were made on Buck Creek...obtained in a new locality and consisted of cassiterite crystals still in the matrix, indicating that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PETROLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MOUNT ROSA AREA, EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO. II. PEGMATITESI...biotite, siderite, and minor topaz, allanite, cassiterite and genthelvite. The Pikes Peak type occurs as... Frc. 1. Geologic map of the Mount Rosa area, El Paso and Teller Counties, Colorado, showing distribution...genthelvitecrystals(Scott, 1957). The crystals of quartz range from a few centimeters to 40 cm long and from one...project into cavities are salmonpink in color and range in sizefrom a centimeter to 30 cm in length and |  | | Report (issue) | | thousand feet above the highest of the White Mountains (Mount Washington, 6,279 feet). They are about...have not yet been proved, this is not out of the range of possibility. TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM IN... when Richard Pierce, of Denver, recognized cassiterite in placer gold from the northern part of the...Simmons, of Rapid, sent specimens from the Etta mine, 2 miles south of Keystone, to San Francisco for...companies are now engaged in an earnest effort to mine tin, one at Hill City and one at Tinton. No wolframite |
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El Paso Mine, Franklin Mountains, El Paso County, Texas, USA