 | | Book | | Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...upon milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A....publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | included smithsonite in the former “blue” list. However, upon reflection it is clear that smithsonite is much...this diversity of color, a suite of four Tsumeb smithsonite specimens displaying various contrasting colors...this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice (figs. IA-D). Smithsonite is a brittle, relatively soft (hardness 4-4.5)...bluish-green, blue, pale to deep pink, and a purplish shade; it is rarely colorless. Smithsonite exhibits a vitreous...greenish- or bluish-white in ultraviolet radiation. Smithsonite is hexagonal-scalenohedral (32/m). Well- Downloaded |  | | Report (volume) | | COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five tunes the combined production and...than 80,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS........................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................ Washington................................................about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state...the land rises abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi. Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne...homogeneity. Throughout the Great Plains, wells drilled deep into this unit provide an inexhaustible supply of...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...huge crystals of sparkling blue Beryl from the Black Hills pegmatites have measured from 18’ to 27’ long |  | | Report (issue) | | Deposits of the Metaline Zinc-Lead District Pend Oreille County Washington By MCCLELLAND G. DINGS and DONALD...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 489 A study of the ore deposits, rock alteration, stratigraphy, and structure in the most...%inc-lead district in the State of Washington UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1965...deposits of the Metaline zinc-lead district, Pend Oreille County, Washington, by McClelland G. Dings and Donald...Donald H. Whitebread. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. v, 109 p. illus., maps, diagrs., tables |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...by a few collectors for about fifty years, this area was popular for little more than a decade, providing...host rock, a pink granite, lies within a Wilderness Area in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. There...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...minerals, although excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...minerals, although excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson |  | | Report (issue) | | Utah UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...___ __ _____ Relation of oxidized zinc deposits to rock types____________________ Types of supergene zinc...___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache...County_________________________________________________ Swan Creek district________________________________________...____________ Alta area-Big Cottonwood district__________________________ Alta area-Little Cottonwood |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description of localities. A R K A N S A...A S H A S A R I C H M I N E R A L and mining heri tage that started in the early 1800s with explorers...noting the minerals of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove...extensive collecting in Magnet Cove. In the 1900s, mining and minerals continue to play important roles in...the state, with obvious peaks in exploration and mining having occurred during World Wars I and I I . |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | KENTUCKY BY E. o. and W. S. TANGKLER SMITH WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING 1905 OFFICE CONTENTS...THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Washington, D. C., June 8, 1904SIR: I have the honor to...studies are brought together in this paper. The district is one of peculiar interest,, having a complicated...prepared with especial reference to the needs of the mining industry, and in such form that its conclusions...practical benefit in developing the industry in this district. Very respectfully, C. W. HATES, Geologist in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...igneous, and metamorphic rocks of many types. This area of the state contains skarns, pegmatites, and metallic |  | | Journal (issue) | | In this issue … Smithsonite Photo: Tom Tucker. Mineral of the month: Smithsonite ................ p...Day! Smithsonite by Sue Marcus When you think of smithsonite, does your mind’s eye, like mine, drift...famous Kelly Mine, like the one featured on the cover? Or do you have a favorite smithsonite in one of its...its other rainbow colors or forms? Smithsonite is an easy mineral to enjoy and to collect—at least by...along with other shades, including brown. Or smithsonite can form attractive individual crystals, rarely |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel...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, regional...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...ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel...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, regional...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...Jay in this of popular the Ellis Ransom, Rock-huntefs Range Guide, tells everything you need to...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...as well as a dis- cussion of the basic kinds of rock: igneous, sedimentary, Once and metamorphic. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades...exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone...article does not give permis- Lincoln district: The Creole mine, located at the south end of the Mineral...Zndia X % GARFIELD SAN JUAN x Orderville WASHINGTON Figure 1. Selected Utah collecting localities |  | | Journal (issue) | | group of sharp crystals is from the Rowley mine (Maricopa County). (Jeff Scovil photo/ Scott & Margie Adams...Part III: Wulfenite, cerussite, smithsonite, legrandite and selenite Rock & Gem Kids 44 Articles and.......................................... 20 34 Rock Science ................................... 32 What...advertisements. For this reason, advertisements appearing in Rock & Gem should be considered as requests to inquire...subject to change without notice. 4 www.rockngem.com Rock & Gem (ISSN 0048-8453, USPS 486-290) is published |  | | Journal (issue) | | Editorial Board written content: Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey British Museum (N.H.) London...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of...plus a sort of collector’s guide to the Pikes Peak area and a historical look at a fascinating occurrence:...future Col orado issues. Cripple Creek, for instance, and the Gilman area, Creede, Breckenridge, the American |  | | Book | | 22092 573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute...Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines.........Crystal Vista collecting area................................ 2 Garland County quartz deposits...........Miller Mountain Quartz Mine............................. Ron Coleman Quartz Mine.........................Saline County quartz deposits............................. 3 Jeffrey Sandstone Quarry, Pulaski County... |  | | Report (issue) | | Selected Mining Districts of Utah by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district...Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L. Street, NW, Washington DC 20507. Printed on recycled paper 1/05 CONTENTS... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 What is a mining district? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 How many mining districts are there in Utah and are they still...mineral resources are mined in Utah’s most productive mining districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Black Rock Mine, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA