 | | 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...growing upon milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C...paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ...............plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego...Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in the Little Three main dike, one |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau, 1880-1943 (Bradley 1945). Northern Provinces...found in the area around Glass Mountain near the ModocSiskiyou county line. Also of minor importance...deposits of southeastern Oregon into northern Modoc County. Ultramafic rocks, largely altered to serpentine...7 cm across, Trinity River, Trinity County at the High Plateau mine in Del Norte County, and kammererite...kammererite (clinochlore), as at the Veta Grande mine in Siskiyou County. The ultramafics also host occurrences |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be cause of its large oil and gas exploration...Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district...minerals. Mining here was contin uous from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence |  | | Report (volume) | | true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue in the sapphire; and...principally on color. The term "ruby" was applied to all red stones: spinel, ruby, garnet, and rose tourmaline;...pale shades may be changed chemically to bright red, green, and blue shades. The common dyeing procedure...the agate in the desired chemical (nitric acid for red shades, nitrates and chromium salts for green shades...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................506 Washington ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................411 Washington ...............................................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...sandstone⎯red ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL...nearby exposures, deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................413 Washington ...............................................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...sandstone⎯red ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL...nearby exposures, deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Conway Granite, near Red Stone quarry, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Henry Minot specimen...Teller and Park counties, CO, USA Crystal Park–Bear Creek, El Paso County, CO, USA Pikes Peak Granite NYF... 3 Mount Antero and Mount White, Chaffee County, CO, USA Mount Antero Granite NYF Miarolitic beryl...Mountains, Boise, Custer and Elsmore counties, ID, USA Sawtooth Granite in the Idaho batholith NYF Miarolitic...5 Moat Mountain and related areas, Carroll County, NH, USA Conway Granite in White Mountain intrusive |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...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...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 Maynard Bixby - Part 1 Mining Expert, Mineral Dealer and Sharp Shooter Mark Ivan...a varietal raspberry-red beryl. Both are found in the rhyolite-covered mountain ranges of Utah. He was...was a Salt Lake City mining expert often contracted to evaluate mines, a mineral dealer who sold western...Township, along the Susquehanna River, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Bixby 1914). This farm was just...town of WilkesBarre, a center for anthracite coal mining. The 1870 Census shows both Maynard and Charles |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...parliamentarian and mineral collector: His collections in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland . . . . . . . . . . ....the Mineral World, and its epicenter is a brick-red building on Logan Circle in Philadelphia. The renowned...distinguishing minerals was physical appearance. A red mineral (e.g. ruby) received a different name from...about 3.5 kilometers south of Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas. This discovery, by an illiterate pig |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter Pebble Beach Pegmatites Lake Buchanan, Llano County, Texas Art Smith 9118 Concho Str. Houston, Texas...Canine Road Marble Falls, Texas 78654 .7 l Llano County has long been known for its rare-earth granitic...Geologist for Texas Gulf at their Frasch sulfur mine at New Gulf, Texas, I noticed a small vial with...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 Mineral News E-mail:...Phoenix is managing the mining operation, and CMC distributes the cut stones. The mine is at 7,200 feet elevation |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...tours for collectors are permitted by the friendly mine management, and visitors have even been allowed...Valley. It serves as the center of a very active mining area; a narrow-gauge railway for hauling ore passes...(The name simply means “most distant or remote mining tow n”) HISTORY The area around Dal’negorsk was...the area and purchased the rights to the Verchniy mine. Operations to extract copper, lead and zinc began |  | | Journal (volume) | | Way in which the Calamine occurs at Silvermines, county of Tippe rary. By J. Beete Jukes, M. A., F. R....[Second Notice], .. Sketch of the Geology of the District of Shorapoor, or Soorpoor, in the Dekhan. By Captain..., F. R. S., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin , Observations on the Fossil Red Deer of Ireland, founded...Rev. Samuel Haughton , M. D. F. R. S., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin , . On some Indentations in Bones...neighbourhood of Hong Kong, the Canton River, and the district immediately about Foochow, with a passing glance |  | | 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 Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Department of Mineral Sciences Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560 INTRODUCTION Five years ago, the...Person-other—Other persons such as miners, field assistants, mine managers, etc. Place —Used when a mineral is named |  | | Journal (issue) | | severalof the Arkansas antimonymines in Sevier County,Arkansas (Smithand Staszak, 1996).This districtis...border. For detailed information on the mines and district,I suggest Howard (1979),and for a recent summary...summary I suggest Smith, 1996. At theStewart Mine, where the bulldozer-flattenedwaste piles lie the west...Continued on page 2 Fig. 1. Beudantite, Stewart Mine, Arkansas, drawing by Art Smith. Collecting with...1987). References Howard, J. M, 1979, Antimony district of Southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Comm., lrrfo |  | | Journal (issue) | | stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...page 1 • in Guangdong Province. Gemmy, orange-red to almost opaque lustrous black crystals to 5/g inch |  | | Book | | P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining at the College of California, parent to the University...California, and published in the fourth and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning in 1914 with a volume...Nevada and the Klarnath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions , together with the Basin Ranges and Mojave...are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...,o Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. __ _) 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA | | | Book | | P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining the at College of California, parent to the...mineralogist of California, and pub- and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning volume prepared...Nevada and the Klamath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions, together with the Basin Ranges and Mojave...species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary |  | | Journal (issue) | | $315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...River—red dots—were largely undiscovered at this time, whereas the nearby Sar-e-Sang District—red arrow—had...by the very high, very young (and still rising) mountain ranges, with several thousand meters of elevation...river valleys. Gravel roads approach some of the mining areas fairly closely, but many of the narrow, steep...612 In some places (e.g. the mines at Paprok), mining is limited to the very short season when there |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kunzite at the Historic Katerina Mine Pala District, San Diego County, California Jesse Fisher 380 Pennsylvania...Introduction - The Katerina Mine (also known as the Katrina or the Catherina Mine) is located on a Li-Be-Phosphate...or Hiriart Mountain, the eastern-most of four hills which make up the Pala pegmatite district in north-central...Diego County, California. First discovered during the "Gem Rush''that occurred in San Diego County during...the first decade of the 20th centu, the Katerina Mine was one of the original sources of kunte, a previously |  | | Book | | AGRICULTURE; AND PROFESSOR OF MINERAL– oGY, GEology, AND MINING, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE OF the COLLEGE OF...of the Mechanics' Fair Exhibition, California. Mining and Scientific Press, Octo ber, 1864; vol. 10,...the United States Exploring Expedition. 4to. Washington. Manual of Mineralogy. — System of Mineralogy...Geographical Memoir upon Upper California, etc. Washington, 1848. HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER. Nouvelle Espagne...en Californie. 8vo. pamphlet. Geneva, 1855. MINING MAGAZINE. and 2. 12 vols. 8vo. New York. Second |
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