 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...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...Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces The state |  | | Report (volume) | | Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho Southwestern Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 988-H Uranium...Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho Southwestern Montana By ALBERT F. TRITES, JR., and EDWIN W. TOOKER ...______ Mine descriptions.._________________________________________ North Fork-Shoup district, Idaho___-__...claim_________________________________________ Blackbird district, Idaho_._______________________________ Calera..._____-_ Forney district, Idaho________________________________________ Singiser mine._______________ |  | | Report (issue) | | ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by R.G. Tysdal 1 , Steve Ludington2 , and...ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-683-A...in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...Meagher, Powell, and Lewis and Clark. * Gold was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining...Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the Forest has produced gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, |  | | Report (issue) | | published information, field investigations, and mining company data. 2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT...resources Mining districts Gibbonsville Mining District Indian Creek Mining District Mineral Hill Mining District...Mackinaw Mining District Blackbird Mining District Wilson Creek Mining District Yellowjacket Mining District...Range Mining District Eureka Mining District Carmen Creek Mining District Eldorado Mining District Pratt...Pratt Creek Mining District McDevitt Mining District Junction Mining District Texas Mining District Spring |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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 |  | | 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; |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...CARTERSVILLE: area barite pitsBarite, Geodes, Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Iron minerals; area mines, as important |  | | Report (volume) | | Quadrangle Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Powell Counties, Montana By EDWARD T. RUPPEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...quadrangle, Jefferson, Leis and Clark, and Powell Counties, Montana. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963...119-121. 1. Geology Montana Basin quadrangle. 2. Mines and mineral resources Montana Basin quadrangle.... I. Title: Basin quadrangle. Montana. (Series) For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government...rocks_________________________________________ Lowland Creek volcanics-----___-_--._.__---------------_-Petrography |  | | Book (edition) | | malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite, an ore of iron, will be heavy in the hand. a...from them weather the types of agates found in Montana. Metamorphic rocks include those of either of the...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...the summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and |  | | Report (issue) | | Reconnaissance Geology of Western Mineral County Montana By ROBERT E. WALLACE and JOHN W. HOSTERMAN ...geologic structure and mineralogy of western Mineral County, Mont., as determined by a 'series of traverses...similar to those of the rich Coeur d'Alene mining district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,...___-_-______________Tamarack Creek fault_______------__________.____________ Silver Creek fault_____.__-___._______________...fault____.___-_-_---______-_-__-_______-___ Placer Creek fault-------_------_---_--____-_-_-______---_The |  | Lund, K., Tysdal, R. G., Evans, K. V., Kunk, M. J., Pillers, R. M. (2011) Structural Controls and Evolution of Gold-, Silver-, and REE-Bearing Copper-Cobalt Ore Deposits, Blackbird District, East-Central Idaho: Epigenetic Origins. Economic Geology, 106 (4) 585-618 doi:10.2113/econgeo.106.4.585 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | REE-Bearing Copper-Cobalt Ore Deposits, Blackbird District, East-Central Idaho: Epigenetic Origins K. LUND...(± Ag ± Ni ± REE) ore deposits of the Blackbird district, east-central Idaho, have previously been classified...section. New studies indicate that, across the district, mineralization was introduced into the country...order and sulfide mineral associations across the district. Both early and late quartz veins contain chalcopyrite...of a regional thrust fault. Specifically, the district lies within an oblique thrust ramp containing |  | | Report (volume) | | RELATED TO WILDERNESS WILDERNESS AREAS SCAPEGOAT, MONTANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-B Mineral Resources...of the Scapegoat Wilderness, Powell and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montana By MELVILLE R. MUDGE, ROBERT...a mineral survey of the Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. Work began in the area prior to its wilderness...---.---------.-.-------------------.-------_... Mining claims------------------.---.....-----.--..-.....................----.----...---. -Upper Copper Creek area _____________.---.---.----------------------Miscellaneous |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | production and reserve grades source, fineness, mining methods, other economic commodities and general...is useful for analyzing the roles genetics and mining method have on placer grades and volumes. Deposits...Individual workings are not included if deposit or district data are presented. A deposit was subjectively...and areas in Alaska, including sluice and drift mining. 5. Some volumes were estimated from deposit...is listed as a mining method for many deposits. Most placer mining methods (drift mining, dredging, etc |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | view of the Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection...and Grace Dyck and wus titled “The Sunrise Iron Mine near Hartville, Wyoming”; it appeared in the MaylJune...titled “The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...under the district name. District names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite |  | | Report (issue) | | recovered by Dean Farris from mine dump waste in the Gold Hill district. The actual diameter of the button... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirwin district . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....City) district .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 16 Stinkingwater district . . ...Sunlight district . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 22 Mine and... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • .. 37 Goose Creek area . . . . _ __ . . . _ .. . _ __ . _ . _ . . |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Report (issue) | | ...................................... Hideout Creek (2-025)................................................................................... Horse Creek Mesa (2-027).............................................................................. Piney Creek (2-029)................................................. Rock Creek (2-032)................................................ Grommund Creek (2-033).............. Leigh Creek (2-037)............................................... Doyle Creek (2-038)...... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1955 GEOLOGY OF THE LIMA REGION, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA AND ADJACENT IDAHO BY ROBERT SCHOLTEN, K. A. KEENMON...southwest corner of Beaverhead County, Montana, and an adjacent portion of Clark County, Idaho, covers most of... Metamorphic rocks include the Pony and Cherry Creek groups and the Dillon granite gneiss, all pre-Beltian...diastrophism metamorphosed the Pony and Cherry Creek rocks and the partly syntectonic Dillon granite...small lead-zinc mine is in operation, but in general possibilities for metal mining are poor. Coal and |  | | Report (volume) | | between these two periods has been a byproduct of the mining of other minerals, such as ilmenite or gold, and...minerals in order to reduce the overall cost of mining. Large deposits of bastnaesite, which have recently...market for rare earths in this country, but domestic mining operations are insecure because of the threat of...the price below the domestic cost of mining. The profitable mining of monazite is dependent on the market...Powderhorn districts of Colorado and the Lemhi Pass district of Idaho. It also occurs along with bastnaesite |  | | Report (volume) | | Placer mining in Alaska in 1903, by Alfred H. Brooks......._....'.. The Porcupine placer mining district...'Wright........ Gold placers of the Fairbanks district, by L. M. Prindle ............ The Kotzebue placer......... Notes on the geology of the Goldfields district, by J. E. Spurr^...... Oklahoma: Reported gold..... Utah: Progress report on the Park City mining district, by J. M. Boutwell. Geological Survey publications..................................... California: Mining and mineral resources in the Redding quadrangle |  | | Report (volume) | | publication] Page (A) Phosphatic rocks in the Deer Creek-Wells Canyon area, Idaho, by Wayne Russell L...(C) Limonite deposits near Scappoose, Columbia County, Oregon, by Preston E. Hotz___________________...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado, by John W. Adams._________________________________...Iron-ore deposits of the Iron Mountain district, Washington County, Idaho, by J. Hoover Mackin_________...__ (G) Geology of the Dover Magnetite district, Morris County, New Jersey, by Paul K. Sims___ _----- |  | | Report (volume) | | SMITH, Director Bulletin 626 THE ATLANTIC GOLI) DISTRICT AND THE NORTH LARAMIE MOUNTAINS PAPERS BY ARTHUR...................... The Atlantic gold district, Fremont County, Wyo........................... Introduction........................ Geology of the Atlantic district......................................... Rocks...Magnetite schists in the northern part of the district.............. 16 Distribution and general character........................ General outlook for lode mining.................................... Planning of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2 (below). Tourmaline (elbaite) from the Dunton mine, Newry, Maine. A selection of some of the crystals...currently being mined at Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. The more familiar and more highly regarded...Hill, Oxford County, Maine, in 1820 among the roots of a fallen tree, leading to active mining for gem tourmaline...major discovery occurred at the Dunton mine, Newry, Oxford County, in 1972, consisting of a series of pockets... but Newry ceased production not long after the big 1972 discovery. Legend has it that in Mesa Grande |
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