 | | 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...Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist |  | Doebrich, Jeff L., Albino, G.V., Barker, C.E., Duffield, W.A., Dunn, V.C., Hanna, W.F., McFarlan, J.P., McGuire, D.J., Miller, M.S., Peters, S.G., Plouff, Donald, Raines, G.L., Sawatasky, D.L., Spanski, G.T. (1994) Resource assessment of the Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California. Open-File Report Vol. 1994 (94-712) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr94712 | Report (issue) | | DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA An Interim Project Status...Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0047 2U.S. Geological Survey, Unit...89445 6USGS, National Center, MS 927, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 22092-0001 7Bureau of Land Management...an area covering 13.5 million acres in northwest Nevada and northeast California. This resource assessment...basin groundwater resources (for example, the Humboldt River drainage basin). Primary objectives of this | | | 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) | | Pegmatite Bodies in the i Wausau Pluton MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN A L FALSTER 920 Mcintosh Street Wausau...in pegmatites of the Wau sau Pluton in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Along with larger specimens of the...quartz syenite that contains barkevikite and hedenbergite (Weidman, 1907; Myers et al., 1980). The age...on "The Minerals of the Stettin Pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin" (MarchApril 1986). 192 ROCKS AND...Falster, A . U . 1977. Phenakite from Marathon County, Wiscon sin. Mineralogical Record 8:389-390. |  | | Report (volume) | | Range-Colorado Plateau Transition in Southeastern Nevada, Southwestern Utah, and Northwestern Arizona, 1992...flanked by the Virgin River to the southeast and Meadow Valley Wash to the west, all in Nevada. The northwestern... and east of that, Dry Lake Valley. Clouds cover much of the Bull Valley Mountains and the eastern end...end of the Caliente caldera complex about at the Nevada-Utah border. Geologic Studies in the Basin and...RangeColorado Plateau Transition in Southeastern Nevada, Southwestern Utah, and Northwestern Arizona, 1992 |  | | Catalog/List | | SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with micro botryoidal...£12 7.x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained mass in...------------- PbAgSbS 50 ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA Quite rich orange mass in matrix. Minor willemite...£5 Fe As S 30 ATACAMITE Dooneen Mine,Allihies,County Cork,lrcland Thick rich green mass as coating all |  | | Catalog/List | | - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish line grained mass...Wyoming ,U .S.A 50 ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA white nodule. Unusual location Quite rich orange...PICROLITE) lxl £5 ·------·--- - 502 ANTIGORITE County Bridge Quarry.Lizard ,Cornwall mixture with Chrysotilc...Ix½ £6 Ix! £8 30 ATACAMITE Dooneen Mine,Allihies,County Cork,lreland Thick rich green mass as coating all |  | | Catalog/List | | Feldspar lxl £3 lx2 £5 small 2x2 £9 502 ANTIGORITE County Bridge Quany,Lizard ,Cornwall 172 BEEKITE Tor Bay...Mg C0/3 128 DUNDASITE . Tynagh Mine, Loughrea, County Galway,lreland White micro fibres or crusts with.... ____ _ __ 106 CORONADITE Cowshill, Weardale, County Durham. Pure black cellular mass, some slightly..., Ix! £4 lx2£8 FLUORESCENl 1038 OPAL Virgin Valley, Nevada, USA Semi-opal pale yellow-green translucent..._F_L(!O RESC ENl 744 WILLEMITE Franklin.New Jersey, USA 78 CALCITE M e nd ips Areas in calcitc/franklinite/zincite |  | | Catalog/List | | Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...£3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA...2x2£10 2x3£15 Gamet 50 ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA Quite rich orange mass in matrix.. Minor willemitc...2x3 £5 Fe As S 30 ATACAMITE Dooncen Mine,Allihics,County Cork,Ireland Thick rich green mass as coating all...Amplubole 500 AUSTINITE Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County,Utah, USA white crystallised mass on limonitc , some |  | | Catalog/List | | Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....CROSSITE Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite...sodium potassium alumino-silicate Arizona Final County, Christmas Dark green cleavages in andesite .. |  | | Catalog/List | | _ _ magnification there arc small cr stals _ __ County. _ AI1zona 60 AMAZO:-;ITE 2x3i nch£5 Madagascar...IxI£4 TiO --- - 37 ANC\'LITE Cc Ix1/, £2.50 Ix I£4 County. Rich pinkish fine grai ned mass in calc i te Dark...Adami1��i�_£__C O�_c_1:ag�. :ry�c_ Lo£_ __Count)�-�13�:..USA £2. 50 .-\XINI TE Crystallised areas on rich masses...Rich grey masses of this unusual clay ½x½ Coconino County. Arizona . IJEIDELLITE mineral U.S.A £ 1 .50 _...micro crystals. visible with U. V. blue l x2 £6 County. California U.S:0· shon wave, on crossitc. Rotlaufchcn |  | | Book (volume) | | particolor amethsyt (78.70 ct), Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California;...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy |  | | Journal (issue) | | in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among... HI STORY_....,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _......., J COUNTY MAp o, '1~AAa M'Al.t.OFM.11.ES An 1870 map of...Barber's Hili salt dome at Mont Belview, Chambers County, on the Texas Gulf coast, small but sharp tetrahedral...Mountain and near Kingsland in Llano County. A northeastem Gillespie County locality known as Amethyst Hili...row (from left): Smoky quartz, 5.5 cm, from Llano County; Bill Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from |  | | Catalog/List | | Amphibole 2cm £8 3cm £ 15 Near Chelan. E.Washington USA !x i £3 ½" £3 Ix½ £5 Rich fi ne grained black crystalline...wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero Norway l x2 50p...masses in qu artz, under Flux Canyon.Santa Cruz County, ½ x ½ magn ificati on there are small crystals...mixture with Chrysotile. pale grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I £ I I x2...mass as coating all over th, Doonccn Mine,Allihics,County Cork,lreland top surface. Mina Aninas, Atocha. |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral and Fossil Show; 500 Earth Sciences; Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds; 620 N. Apple; Fri. 10-7, Sat....retail show; Eons Expos, LLP; Denver Coliseum; 4600 Humboldt St.; Daily 9-6; free admission; two floors, almost...specimen from the Hansonburg district (Socorro County, New Mexico). brain, nervous system, liver and...triphosphate (ATP) molecules. Be Lovelock (Pershing County), Nevada, was the site of a very small cin- from hell”...Tl)2As5S9, contains three potentially Getchell mine of Nevada. hazardous cationic elements and is developed |  | | Book | | from hot springs, such as at Steamboat Springs, Nevada, where cinnabar, chalcedony, and even gold are...also in the cavities of certain basaltic lavas. USA - copper mines of Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan,...Saxony. CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Jachymov (Joachimstal). USA - crystals ( ! !), branching masses ( ! !) in copper...laid the foundations for the economic wealth of the USA. The Victorian gold rush of 1851-52 trebled the population...contains very fine gold in a strong conglomerate rock. USA - Crystals ( ! ! !), dendritic-wiry masses ( ! !) |  | | | | world-renowned gem and mineral collection at Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History since 1980. Joan Kaylor...ions, changing the feldspar to a clay to Monument Valley and the Grand called kaolinite. But water is not...form huge mountain ranges. California’s Sierra Nevada range is a batholith measuring about four hundred...deserts—the western states, especially Arizona, Utah, and Nevada are popular hunting grounds. California’s Riverside...fossils. Those shown here were uncovered in Franklin County, Indiana, in sedimentary rock formed some 440 million |  | | Catalog/List | | NW Corner of W. Airport Freeway (Hwy. 183) and Valley View Lane FLOOR Sessions 1-2 (Floor, Telephone...NW Corner of W. Airport Freeway (Hwy. 183) and Valley View Lane Monday, December 6 – Tuesday, December...NW Corner of W. Airport Freeway (Hwy. 183) and Valley View Lane Phone: 214-528-3500 877-HERITAGE (437-4824)...localities including: Alaska Canada Australia Nevada Brazil Romania California Venezuela This catalog...Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA The dimensionality and complexity of this stunning |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...316, then W to Carter Ranch and S along Pleasant Valley Cr. in Red Canyon, areabanded agate, Jade, jasper | | | Book (volume) | | parricolor amethsyt (78. 70 et), Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25 .30 et), Ra1nona,...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy...C. & Barbara T. Smith, Four Clover Mine, Castro Valley, CA; Lita R. Smitl1-Gharet, Steel Eagle, Tigard |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | Company of El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits was given by G. Keith Hodson of...Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and by A. L. Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities...account of the agates found in the Mississippi Valley was provided by Irving W. Hurlbut of Muscatine...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded a campaign in 2014 to propose exactly...Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary sponsor of the legislation...cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. 6 Supplement to The...2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink) |
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