 | | 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 had—or currently has—nu 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 (issue) | | geologic research in Texas and was noted for his work on igneous rocks in west Texas. The geological fraternity...fraternity of the State and the mineral industry of Texas will miss him as a scientist, a citizen, and a friend...Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas completed its 52nd year of research and public service...information agency on mineral facts and problems in Texas. It also compiles and publishes geologic maps with...graduate instruction in geology at The University of Texas. The Mineral Technology Laboratory of the Bureau |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Thermochronology of the Grenville Orogeny in west Texas Stephen W. Grimes a,∗ , Peter Copeland b b a Department...Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA Department of Geosciences, University...Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-5007, USA Received 7 April 2003; accepted 8 December 2003...the metamorphic core of the Grenville Orogen in Texas. Unlike the correlative Llano uplift, 500 km to...extend the duration of Grenville orogenesis in Texas by ca. 115 million years. The 1000–980 Ma time period |  | King, Philip Burke, Henbest, Lloyd G., Yochelson, E.L., Cloud, P.E., Duncan, Helen, Finks, R.M., Sohn, I.G. (1965) Geology of the Sierra Diablo region, Texas, with special determinative studies of Permian fossils. Professional Paper 480. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp480 | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Sierra Diablo Region Texas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 480 Geology of...of the Sierra Diablo Region Texas By PHILIP B. KING With SPECIAL DETERMINATIVE STUDIES OF PERMIAN FOSSILS...rocks____________________________________ I _ Marble Canyon-Mine Canyon intrusive complex . Marble Canyon stock_...CONTENTS Igneous rocks Continued Marble Canyon-Mine Canyon intrusive complex Con. Metamorphic rocks...and Pennsylvanian rocks__________ 96 Section 11. Mine Canyon_______-______ 96 Section 12. Marble Canyon____ |  | | Report (issue) | | and rocks of the tri-state border region— West Texas, southern New Mexico, and northern Chihuahua Kenneth...Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA Abstract—Industrial minerals...approximately two million people in the cities of El Paso, Texas; Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, Chihuahua; and nearby...Frasch sulfur production in adjacent Culberson County, west Texas. Halite, gypsum, and barite have also...produced from magmatic-hydrothermal deposits in west Texas in previous years. Scoria continues to be produced |  | | Report (issue) | | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TALC RESOURCES OF THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES By...the U.S. Government. 1995 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Talc Resources of the conterminous United States Contents............................................8 Talc and talc-bearing rocks ................................optical properties of talc .........................10 Geology and Genesis of Talc Deposits .................................................12 Uses for talc ............................................... |  | | 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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | 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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | 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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book | | commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation, |  | | Book (edition) | | Spring in Co"lorado Magazine. Tabor's Matchless Mine and Lusty Leadville: "Seventh in her series of Bancroft...regardless of your age." Rene Coquoz in The Chaffee County R.epublican. Trail Ridge Country: ''This may rank...City, The Brown Palace in Denver, Tabor's Matchless Mine and Lusty Leadville, Augusta Tabor: Her Side of...·-··-·-··--············---·-·····--·--·11 Lost Pitchblende Mine -·--·-·············-·-·······-···13 Grand Lake Treasure...········--·-···-·-······15 Lost Mine of Big Baldy ··--··--··----···-·······-······17 Lost Mine of Lost Man Gulch |  | | Book | | Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin... opal, etc.), serpentine, and steatite (massive talc), as well as basalt, granite, limestone (and/ or...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel...prodvced by atmospheric oxidation, can be found. Old mine dumps often reveal a varied assortment of brightly |  | | Report (issue) | | Prehnite-pumpellyite facies metamorphism in central Aroostook County, Maine eee re il. C20 ea Tt Dorothy A. Richter... Borns Nickeliferous pyrrhotite deposits, Knox County, southeastern Maine Er it atte era (Seale 8 George...v. 3, no. 9, p. 3-8. Ludlamite from the Palermo Mine, North Groton, New Hampshire: Am. Mineralogist,...biotite, garnet, clinozoisite, pyrophyllite, and talc. Unit 3-3: Marble. Mostly calcite, white, gray,...epidote, plagioclase feldspar, biotite, garnet, talc, and pyrophyllite. The marble is mostly calcite—white |  | | Report (issue) | | vapor-brine mixtures) are exsolved and interact with county rocks. Understanding these processes which 3 ...University, Washington, DC 20052, USA 2 U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, USA The Late Neoproterozoic...Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, USA Knowledge of the intensive parameters that characterize...2008, Building 4500-S, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6110, USA There have been numerous field, experimental and...Appalachians, USA Ayuso, R.A. and 2Arth, J.G. 1 1 U.S. Geological Survey, MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA 2 U |  | | Report (edition) | | much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...visiting those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in...localities. We have followed the convention of using "mine" only for sites that are chiefly underground workings...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on |  | | Book | | Press • P.O. Box 45791 • Little Rock AR 72214 • USA • 501-847-6575 flack/iauncffng Arkansas wvvw. rockhoundingAR...com Front cover, quartz crystal from Ron Coleman mine, back cover, quartz crystal from Mount Ida region...rockhounding, computers and printing, and to the shop and mine owners who took time to visit with us. Dedicated...we drove for hours and miles, travelling from one mine to another, Mike talk ing and me scribbling notes...crystal, dated 800-1200 AD. Found in Little River County, this piece is about two inches long and was part |  | | Journal (issue) | | 458 pages $4.50 Frank Dobie. Fascinating lost mine and buried treasure stories by a master story teller...MIRAGES, Philip A. Bailey. This is a favorite of lost mine books. Pegleg Smith's Gold, ghosts of Vallecito...Oven and 20 other lost mine legends of California, Nevada. Arizona and Texas. Illus., 64 pp., ppr., limited...September 27-29—Quay County Fair, Tucumcari, New Mexico. September 28-30—County Fair, Spanish Fiesta...12 OCTOBER, 1951 . . . . October 6-7—Cochise County Fair, Rodeo and Horse Show, Douglas, Arizona. |  | | Book | | wadewabsltoasssts-oncasess 34 Site 2. Iwan Creek Mine & Rock. Shop—Quartz, Crystals .o2.<...0c5.c0tsunc...Aastestes oeareees 27 Site 5 The Starfire Mine Quartz Crystal Mine—Quartz Crystals.............cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens...Crystal ec Site Crystals .........:csseseeseesees Al Mine—Quartz Crystal and Shop Rock Ridge Fiddler’s Site...scssesceereerseeeseersesensensoscnsseessesessessesesoneees Mine—Quartz Site 12 Willis Crystal 46 ...........scs...dccccceecedesaceavaneeecetdecee-ccels el 104 Site. 5..Sengo, Pond, Mine—Aqaaniarine. 2.2: csvccieiniomestautosteccltea tcc |  | | Book (volume) | | Dick's deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest...interest in mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark....greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...probably a greater variety of minerals in a single mine in Franklin, New Jersey, or Mont Saint-Hilaire, |  | | 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...above Pope Creek coal. Named for Aberdeen, Butler County, Ky., where it stands out in prominent cliffs along |  | | Book | | FOREST ON THE GIVING OUT ILLUSTRATIONS MOLTKE MINE. WINDÄHGIL. THE Day’s RATIONS In Camp PHENICIAN...ROCK GOLD AN OLp FROM ’ MINE A ConicaL WHICH , WITH TOWER, TUMBLEDOWN WALLS, OLD WALLS, SHOWING...those of Massapa, where they show the Abyssinian mine from which the Queen of Sheba extracted the greater...Mafunda a fellows danced with Mafunda people of mine, and to With howlings their war-dance round our...Herr Blöcker. On the way there we discovered old mine workings. Halfway between Inja-Banda and Injaka-Fura |  | | Book (volume) | | Section at the tin mine, Jackson, . . : : A : . . 67 Fig. 7, Map of the Warren mine, . CHARTS Holland’s...Contoocook valley which extends through Hillsborough county was thus occupied by a lake during a large part...terrace of Bellows Falls, and that of the Sullivan county railroad for one mile north, from 325 to 320; between...The peculiar form of this lake, as shown on the county map, led to an examination of its surface geology...AND SWANZEY. The principal valley of Cheshire county has its widest development in Keene and Swanzey |  | | Book | | were undertaken at an early sand dune site al Tumbledown Bay on Banks Peninsula, with the object of recovering...relates to a 4.5 metresquare building. And at Tumbledown Bay on Banks Peninsula, Brian Allingham has excavated...Perhaps the best known of these is in the Waimea County of Stone walls at Wiri , Auckland (below left)...latter are preferable, being much the toughesl. Mine were a pair with double soles called 'torua: calculated...figure of a distorted n1an made of the green talk [talc]'. Monneron, who accompanied De Surville in 1764 |  | | Book | | The original Turin Papyrus of the Egyptian gold mine (circa 1320 B.C.), the oldest geological map extant...script on the Turin Papyrus of the Egyptian gold mine (after Ball, 1942; see chapter 3). GOLD History...and Supergene Transport of Gold, Calhoun Mine, Lumpkin County, Georgia I 581 Econ. Geology 66:178 (1971)...in Nevada were under development. The Homestake mine, at Lead, South Dakota, was found in 1876 and brought...gold in the Canadian Shield near Madoc, Hastings County, Ontario. After the discovery of the native silver |  | | Book | | c:.1pturi11g C\t'r) rhing fron1 creek beds to county line~. this ,ttl.h otTcr-; up-to-d.1te. precise...200 000 79 61 Michigan 1:2 200 000 96-97 80 Texas 1:2 700 000 98-99 62 Minnesota 1:2 200 000 81...Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin...extending from West Virginia to Alberta and from Texas to Wyoming. In combination with extensive iron ores...Plains-Ogalalla Aquifer extending from North Dakota to Texas beneath the U.S. Great Plains, which has supported |
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