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Augite from
Boulder Canyon, Kanes Springs Wash, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boulder Canyon, Kanes Springs Wash, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:278523
Long-form Identifier:1:3:278523:3
GUID (UUID V4):c975e1ce-028c-4cbc-b887-1ad338271256
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Report (issue)
Preliminary Geologic Map of Black Canyon and Surrounding Region, Nevada and Arizona By Tracey J. Felger...Preliminary geologic map of Black Canyon and surrounding region, Nevada and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey................................. 18 Appendix 2. Boulder City pluton zircon data ......................... Preliminary Geologic Map of Black Canyon and Surrounding Region, Nevada and Arizona By Tracey J. Felger...the geologic framework of springs and seeps that discharge in Black Canyon directly south of Lake Mead
Report (volume)
.... Mouth of Grand Canyon........................................... Grand Wash Trough..................... Haulpai Wash...................................................... Virgin Canyon........................................................... Boulder Canyon............ r ............... r .............Page. Las Vegas Wash................................................... Black Canyon......................................................... Pyramid Canyon...............................................
Report (issue)
Tertiary Strike-Slip Faulting North of Lake Mead, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 794 Large-Magnitude...Tertiary Strike-Slip Faulting North of Lake Mead, Nevada By R. ERNEST ANDERSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...the northern extremity of the Black Mountains, Nevada __________________________________________________________...TERTIARY STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING NORTH OF LAKE MEAD, NEVADA By R. ERNEST ANDERSON ABSTRACT In late Miocene... in what is now the Lake Mead area of southern Nevada, an andesitic stratovolcano, the HamblinCleopatra
Report (issue)
Extensional Tectonics Near the Latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada Edited by Brian P. Wernicke Department of Earth...America, Inc. 3300 Penrose Place, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, Colorado 80301 GSA Books Science Editor Richard...extensional tectonics near the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada / edited by Brian P. Wernicke. p. cm.— (Memoir...index. ISBN 0-8137-1176-2 1. Geology, Structural—Nevada—Las Vegas Region. I. Wernicke, Brian P., 1958-...and faulting in the Castle Mountains, southern Nevada and eastern California .......0... 00 ccc Ryan
Report (issue)
Geology Between Lake Mead and Davis Dam Arizona-Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 374-E Reconnaissance...Geology Between Lake Mead and Davis Dam Arizona-Nevada By CHESTER R. LONGWELL SHORTER CONTRIBUTIONS TO...Black Mountains.-______________ Section along Boulder Canyon__-_---_-__Structure near Fortification Hill...north and west of Boulder Basin_____ Structure west of Black Mountains ___________ Boulder Basin to Eldorado...Eldorado Wash _________ Northern Eldorado Mountains block. _ Nelson block._._____________--_--_Eldorado Wash
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)
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
Report (volume)
CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIKECTOK DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY OF NEVADA SOUTH OF THE FORTIETH PARALLEL AND ADJACENT PORTIONS...._...__...._________.___.__.._._..__.___ Grand Canyon group __._--__.__..___-..---. ...-------.-.---...limestone ....................'.....!.................. Nevada limestone.. .^.^........................................................................ Secret Canyon shale:....................................................... Chapter I. Ranges of east-central Nevada. ...........-.............'.....'... Snake Range
Book (volume)
...........................................283 Nevada ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Book (volume)
...........................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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...........................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah lL JWNTOA...Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, ind Utak by Allan...iUniverse.com, Inc. 620 North 48th Street, Suite 201 Lincoln, NE 68504-3467 www.luniverse.com Originally published...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text
Report (volume)
THE MUDDY MOUNTAINS NEVADA WITH A SECTION THROUGH THE VIRGIN RANGE TO THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, ARIZONA BY...division._______________ _.-_...____._._.__ The Grand Wash Cliffs and Virgin Mountains.-.---__.____._ Climate...of the Muddy Mountains..._ Section in ower Grand Wash Cliff.__...-_.-_..-__ Pennsylvanian (?) series_.......-..-. California Wash.________________.___.._.____-______.____. Grand Wash.........._._......_.....Mountains, St. ;_: Thomas Gap, and part of the Grand Wash Cliffs----..---2. A, Muddy Valley at St. Thomas;
Journal (issue)
Class C downhill and slalom championships, Reno, Nevada. Jan. 7—Phoenix Don's club trek to Tucson, Arizona...championship, Sugar Bowl, Mt. Disney, Nevada. Jan. 14 — Bandollero trip to Palm Canyon, in heart of Kofa Game Range...14-15—Berkeley Inter-City Rotary club convention, Reno, Nevada. Jan. 20—Wickenburg Country club's Guest Golf tourney...Arizona. Jan. 20-21—Sierra Club hike via Box Canyon to Hidden Springs, in the heart of the Little San Bernardino...Bernardino Mountains, California. Dry camp in Box Canyon. Jan. 21—Phoenix Don's club trek to Apache Trail
Report (volume)
CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND.GRAND WASH CLIFFS MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZOiNA BY F. C. SCHRADER WASHINGTON...__ Mountains ____________________________ Grand Wash Cliffs_________________________ Cerbat Range.__..._____________ ______.____ ___ 45 Production of Mohave County._____________ 47 General character of deposits...deposits _________________^____ Mines near Cerbat Wash drainage on the north_________ Golden Gem mine_...Mexican mine_________________^_______ Mines in Lane Springs Basin__________________ Alpha mine____________________________
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bagdad Area Yavapai County Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 278... Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bagdad Area Yavapai County Arizona By C. A. ANDERSON, E. A. SCHOLZ, and J...formation intruded into Gila(?) conglomerate, Boulder Canyon.________________________________ facing 28... GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA By C. A. ANDERSON, E. A. SCHOLZ, and...mesas and mountains cut by the deep canyons of Boulder and Copper Creeks. The oldest rock's in the area
Journal (volume)
ARTICLES 238 Discovery of Piedmontite in the Sierra Nevada Suspension of Assessment 237 Work Tracing Buried-River...classes: 1. Mines and mineral resources of a given County (describing kind, and extent of development). ...Mineralogist's Report XXVII. 1 Redding, county seat of Shasta County, is located at the extreme northern...Valley, at the point where the river emerges from a canyon. Drainage from this central part of the area is...into the Pacific Ocean. Weaverville, county seat of Trinity County, is at the west edge of the area, on
Report (issue)
Valley_-__--__-_-_-__. Elk Ridge-_-__--_------.___-.. Alien Canyon country ___________ Grand Gulch Plateau___________...Creek Valley__-___-__..-._. Dark Canyon Plateau.__________ White Canyon.________________ Red Rock Plateau__--_______...divisions of the Jurassic _____-___-__-__ 15 Glen Canyon group (Jurassic?) _-_-___---_____ 15 15 Wingate...Recapture shale member___-_--_.-_____-_ 27 Westwater Canyon sandstone member _ _. 27 Brushy Basin shale member______________...________ Rhyolite from dike in North Canyon._________ Hornstone in North Canyon.________________ Dacite dike
Journal (volume)
Post- Jurassic Igneous Rocks of Southwestern Nevada. ney H. Ball The 36 Harry Fielding Reid Variations..... 64 on the Geology of the Coso Range, Inyo County, Cal. John A. Reid A Natural Bridge due to Stream...Students: trial Deposits. .... ...... ...... Knox County, Maine Ore of Igneous Origin. Edson The Cotylosauria...III Geology of the Haystack Stock, Cowles, Park County, Montana. William H. Emmons . . . . I. ...W. Cope. Williston 395 ......... Origin of Augite Andesite and of Related Ultra-Basic Rocks. Reginald
Report (volume)
professional code: Mayr, E., 2. Davis, M. J., 1. Boulder batholith, Montana: Knopf, Various species: Link...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr
Journal (volume)
classes 1. Mines and mineral resources of a given county or area (describing kind, character, distribution...SUMMARY 10 Imperial County, Cargo Muchacho and Picacho District Inyo County, Argus Range and Skidoo... 10 Kern County, Mojave, Tropico, Kernville and Randsburg Districts Los Angeles County 10 11 Mono...Mono County, Bodie, Blind Springs Hill, Masonic, and Silverado Districts Mono Leake, May Lundy 11 ... Riverside County, Chuckawalla, Eagle Mountains, Pinto Basin and Pinacate Districts 11 San Bernardino
Report (volume)
descriptions of some of the valleys of Nevada, by Mr. Haskell, of Reno, Nevada, pp. 271-273. Experiments in cultivation...ethnographic observations on Indians inhabiting Nevada, California, and Arizona, pp. 459-478, pis. Ixxvii-lxxix...pis. A, B, i-xxxii, and map. Section II. Thermal springs, pp. 63-454, pis. C, D, i, ia, ii-iv, v-vd, vi-vid...a, xlii-xlv, figs. 1-32, 11 maps. The thermal springs of Yellowstone National Park, by A. C. Peale, M...Iowa, pp. 725-730. Art. XXXI. On the mineralogy of Nevada, by W. J. Hoffman, M. D., pp. 731-745. No. 4. December
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
190o8 GEOLOGY OF THE HAYSTACK STOCK, COWLES, PARK COUNTY, MONTANA WILLIAM H. EMMONS INTRODUCTION The Haystack... situated at the head of Boulder River, near Cowles PostOffice, Park County, Montana, in the southeastern...small junipers and stunted cedars. Drainage.-The Boulder River is the most important stream of the area;...River at Bigtimber. Several tributaries join the Boulder River from the west, among which are Elk Creek...which the drainage is through Basin Creek into the Boulder River. Effect of character oj rocks upon topography
Journal (issue)
and thirty enthusiastic rockhounds registered at Boulder Beach for what was probably the largest non-convention...was the mass field trip sponsored by the Clark County Gem Collectors of Las Vegas, Nev. , Oct. 7 and...of the Park Service and the Clark County group, was located at Boulder Beach on the shores of Lake Mead...miles from the camp on the Arizona side of Boulder Canyon. (See details elsewhere for directions to local­...to clear back­ ground. Paul Drury of the Cl9.rk County group had a riker mount with 20 or so cut specimens
Report (volume)
Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian...map. Occurs in vicinity of Abbyville, Mecklenburg County. Abercrombie Formationl Middle Cambrian: Western...named for Abercrombie Peak, on ridge south of Dry Canyon, in Gold Hill district. Aberdeen Sandstone (in
 
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