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Agate from
Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1040174
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1040174:9
GUID (UUID V4):b8ff2a9e-327a-40e0-aaab-afc5b2ddca49
Localities for Agate in this Region
Coaldale Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Volcanic Hills, Fish Lake Valley Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Gem claim (Goldfield Gem claim), Montezuma Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Volcanic Hills, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn up almost...diagonally through matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in
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 (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 (volume)
E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...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 (issue)
Annotated Bibliography and Preliminary Survey of Nevada Paleobotany by Howard E. Schorn 1 - 2 , Christopher...Quadrangle Appendix B: Bibliography Cross-Referenced by County/Quadrangle Appendix C: Bibliography Cross-Referenced...groups of the Nevada Bureau of Land Management, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Nevada Department of...of Transportation, Nevada Parks and Recreation, the Nevada State Museum, and geologists, paleontologists...Annotated Bibliography and Preliminary Survey of Nevada paleobotany arranged alphabetically by author and/or
Report (issue)
wu OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY— Joseph V: Tingley a RobertC.Horton _ Francis C. Lincoln 3 . ...Publication of this new edition of “Outline of Nevada Mining History” was made — possible with the assistance...eh aa nearly 48 million acres of public land in Nevada. Most of the minerals, _ _ geothermal energy, and...ahij 4 = Wh A a ‘ a a y 4 Pte Es in Nevada comes from publicland. First edition, first printing...Leshendok, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Eric Moody, Nevada Historical Society é Jon Price, National Research
Report (volume)
........................................ 187 Nevada..................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Book
San Bernardino County, Cal. Fie. . Turquois matrix; Royal Blue Turquois mine, m Nye County, near Millers...Fia. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye County, Nev. Fia. . Dark-blue turquois; Azure mine, Burro...Turquois mine, 13 miles north of west of Millers, Esmeralda County, Nev. -7. Split veinlet of turquois showing...company looking for mineral deposits in Arizona and Nevada. Later he formed his own geology and engineering...Co. ‘“‘Geology of the Cerrillos Area, Santa Fe County, 6. New Mexico.’”’ Bulletin 48, State Bureau of
Report (volume)
is most often used in porous stones, such as the agate. The unattractive gray and pale shades may be changed...shades. The common dyeing procedure is to soak the agate in the desired chemical (nitric acid for red shades...and sulfates for blue shades). The Romans dyed agate by soaking it in honey, removing it from the liquid...the same effect is achieved by first soaking the agate in a sugar solution, and then in sulfuric acid to...eventually deposited as alluvial gravels. Opal and agate are formed from aqueous solutions. Diamonds are
Journal (issue)
Overton, Nevada. 5 Desert Camera By FRANK JENSEN. 6 New Ideas for Desert Living By DAN LEE. 8 Nevada. Recreation...Roads Photos and story by NELL MURBARGER. 22 Esmeralda By CHORAL PEPPER. STALACTITES AND STALAGMITES...LEHMAN CAVES NATIONAL MONUMENT, JUST SOUTH OF ELY, NEVADA. 23 Baud Street, Winnemucca Joss House in historic...City. 34 Nevada Centennial Events THE SOUTHWEST IN SEPTEMBER By JACK PEPPER Salute To Nevada. Nell Murbarger...Murbarger captures the spirit of Nevada and sets the theme for this month's special issue in her "Joy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence of Clinoptilolite: Fresno County, California ABSTRACT County, California), from the top meter...residue and of the original shale were fine ground in agate. Smear mounts on glass slides were prepared for... UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE OF CLINOPTILOLITE: FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA mechanism of massive zeolite development...in sandstones of late Miocene age in Santa Cruz County, California. It appeared that the zeolite (identified...The sediment probably was derived from the Sierra Nevada (at that time in gentle relief) and deposited in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...were reported in Mineral Resources of U. S. 1914. "Agate: or a chalcedonic chert of a dense grain, similar...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■...MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING...concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of this character has ap­...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered... In 1909, E. E. Stuart, Inspector of Mines for Nevada, compiled “Nevada’s Mineral Resources” which was
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals. Fashion... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may...cat's- more but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that
Book
San Bernardino County, Cal. Turquois matrix; Royal Blue Turquoie mine, in Nye County, near Millers, Nev...Nev. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye County, Nev. Dark-blue turquoisj AzUJ'8 mine, Burm Mountains... 13 miles north of we!Jt of Yillen,, EsmentJda County, Nev. • Flo. 7. Split veinlet of turquois showing...company looking for mineral deposits in Arizona and Nevada. Later he formed his own geology and engineering...Walter Co. "Geology of the Cerri/los Area, Santa Fe County, New Mexico." Bulletin 48, State Bureau of Mines
Book (edition)
.............................................. Agate ................................................................................................ Nevada .... ~ ........................................................................................ Nevada .................................................AlUZONA. Specimens of chalcedony or agate and jasper from Mohave County were very kindly furnishe·d by .Mr...mountains in the southeastern po.rt of :Mohave County, about 10 or 12 miles from Owens post office on
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (issue)
makes an excellent camping and picnicking place. Agate, chalcedony and crystal geodes can be collected...at a campsite near it we saw broken pottery and agate chippings. But prospectors had to concentrate on...Lucile and Anna Poste discover pottery sherds and agate chippings at an old campsite near the pass, evidence...sandwash far out on the desert in southern Imperial County, California, and chances are no human being would...that way, none in any way interfering with the Nevada, says the lack of additional plenty of material
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^...live. The Appalachians, the Smokies, the Sierra Nevada, the Rockies and Black Hills, the Cascades and...stones will remain." On my own table is a section of agate, cut and polished, its concentric rings of rose...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of color, as in opals. Fashion plays
Journal (issue)
on the desert 3 FIELD TRIP We Explored an Old Nevada Lake Bed By HAROLD WEIGHT 4 Troopers' Lost Gold...stumps if specimens are desired. We Explored an Old Nevada Lake Bed By HAROLD WEIGHT Photographs by the Author...the strange petrified stumps of Fish Lake Valley, Nevada, in 1928, I was determined that some day I would...the Sump Hole of Fish Lake Valley in Southwestern Nevada, petrified tree stumps perch on fantastically eroded...friend, and it was long after dark when I traveled Nevada Highway 3A through the open pass and started down
Book (volume)
Oregon. Information was also supplied by Dowse’s Agate Shop, Salt Lake City, Utah, by William J. Bingham...Wisconsin, and by A. L. Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities of the Alpine Region...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...Montana moss agates . Oregon moss agate (color) . New Mexico plume agate (color) . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
TOURISM: An Interview With Nevada Governor Sawyer 8 CREDO: My Nevada! NELL MURBARGER 15 RECREATION:...RECREATION: The Mountains of Nevada WILLIAM J. HART 18-19 COLOR PHOTO: The Ruby Mountains, by Lenard Smith 20...Irwin Fehr 25 RECREATION: Nevada Water Sports PEGGY TREGO 26-27 COLOR MAP: Nevada Camping Guide NORTON ALLEN...Cristo Gold HAROLD O. WEIGHT 34 NATURE: Wildlife of Nevada EDMUND JAEGER Dept. 2C, Palo Alto, Calif. DEPARTMENTS:...were made available through the courtesy of the Nevada State Department of Highways. The Highway Department
Report (volume)
Belted Range Tuff of Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada, by K. A. Sar>gent, D. C: Noble, and E. B. Ekren...and Wahmonie Formations of southeastern Nye County, Nevada, by F. G. Poole, W. J. Carr, and D. P. Elston...Paintbrush Tuff and Timber Mountain Tuff of Nye County, Nevada, by Paul P. Orkild. _ __- _ _ _ _.____:-- _--______...Eleana Formation (Devbman'arid Mississippian) in the Nevada Test Site, by F. G. Poole, Paul P. Orkild, Mackenzie...______ Mashel Formation of southwestern Pierce County, Washington, by Kenneth L. Walters __ ____________
Journal (issue)
museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens...and FLECK, G. (1980) The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineralogical Record, 11 (4), 231–232...and HAWES, W. (1978) Quartz and pyrite from King County, Washington. Mineralogical Record, 9 (6), 352–353...from the Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Collected December 21, 2008 with...Mica mine (Swanson mine), East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Collected December, 1978. I had seen
Journal (issue)
pro Congress from California, Arizona, and con. Nevada and Utah will take up this subSome of the plan's...across the Leonard creek, Nevada, bajada placer deposit in north Humboldt county, where water is available...lava-buried Neocene Age river channels of the Sierra Nevada which for decades have been mined by drifting and...California State Division of Mines at San Francisco; the Nevada State Bureau of Mines at Reno, or the Arizona Bureau...published in the Mining World for July, 1947 ("Nevada Desert Placer Mining") bear directly on this: "You
 
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