 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure |  | | Journal (issue) | | BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like...rank among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record |  | | Book (edition) | | Lucien Beckner of Louisville, Ky., U. M. Sahinen of Butte, Mont., Gilbert O. Raasch of Urbana, 111., Nancy...thrilled to the sight of mounted in gold or or silver, some lovely gem, against lying a background...minerals and gems. It is obvious, though, that malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite...corundum (aluminum oxide), carbonates such as malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite...from them weather the types of agates found in Montana. Metamorphic rocks include those of either of the |  | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................ |  | | Journal (issue) | | to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...Wisconsin. Ten years later, he moved to UW-Fox Valley where he taught geology until his retirement in...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things beautiful...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen is 2.5 cm...Figure 2. Enargite trilling from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Twin is 5 mm across and is on the... lustrous enargite crystals from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. The specimen is 5 cm across. William...sedimentary-hosted lead-zinc deposits of the Tri-State district in the United States. It is known to replace pyrite |  | | Book (volume) | | conditions: the Cumberland Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain...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: |  | | Journal (issue) | | net The Guatomo (“Hat Yai”) mine near Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand .........731 . by M. P. Sacchi The Santa Rosa mine, Inyo County, California ................................SCORODITE crystal, 1.6 cm wide, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. Unique Minerals...FineMineral.com NATIVE SILVER WITH PYRRHOTITE AND CALCITE Kongsberg Silver Mines, Kongsberg, Buskerud...$315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals |  | | Report (volume) | | 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...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...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; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain, Trinity County, Calif."—on label. Island Mountain, in the S / W corner of Trinity County, is in N ...crystal shapes in cavities. Calcite, chalcocite, malachite, azurite, bornite, and a few unknowns occurred...Middletown and Meriden are in northern New Haven County in central Connecticut. ILLINOIS—From George A...area."— on label. Niota is in northern Hancock County of western Illinois. INDIANA—"I found a small new... Remington, Ind. Remington, in southern Jasper County, is in N / W Indiana. MASSACHUSETTS—"I am sending |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................to refer to Geological 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 that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Book | | Montana Hodges Robert Feldman Shaded relief indicates terrain and slope. Second Edition Rockhounding...longitude numbers and grid ticks are GPS compatible. Montana Enhanced detail shows more symbols, labels, and...history Cover photos of Montana agate (front) and ammonite imprint (back) © Montana Hodges Cover design by...imprint of The Globe Pequot Press MONTANA Search for stunning Montana agate along the Yellowstone River...Bar Sapphire Mine. Help paleontologists excavate dinosaurs in Malta. Rockhounding Montana points the way |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold-Silver Veins ........................................ Quartz-Alunite Epithermal Gold-Silver Veins....................... THE LUCKY BOY AND PAMLICO MINING DISTRICTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY by Daniel R. Shawe...Boy mining district ...................................................... Pamlico mining district .....Boy mining district ...................................................... Pamlico mining district .....map of the Lucky Boy mining district 2. Geologic map of the Pamlico mining district ABSTRACT Mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | recovered by Dean Farris from mine dump waste in the Gold Hill district. The actual diameter of the button... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirwin district . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....City) district .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 16 Stinkingwater district . . ...Sunlight district . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 22 Mine and... . . . . . . .. 39 39 40 40 40 41 41 Reported mine and prospect descriptions . . . . .. . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | 74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \¥ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining ................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........· ......... ·................................. ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. ·......... |  | | Report (issue) | | By WALTER HARVEY WEED. INTRODUCTION. Copper mining in the United States has had a marvelously rapid...greatest individual increase that of the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee, Ariz. The following table shows the production...550,000 700, 000 10,000 814,035,719 "Salt Lake Mining Review, Annual Review number, January, 1906. The...Stevens, Horace J., Mining World, Jan. 27, 1905; and information furnished the writer by mine owners and managers...copper mines of the United States yield gold and silver as by-products and many gold mines yield small |  | | Report (issue) | | AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE MONTANA BY WILLIAM HARVEY EMMONS AND FRANK CATHCART CALKINS.............................. . .......... . .52 Silver Hill formation ... _... _. ___ . __ .............. - _- _- _... - ..... - - - - - - _86 Sill in Silver Hill formation. ____ ... ____ ...... __ .... __...___ . _.. . _______ _ 104 Acidic granodwnte of Anaconda Range ______ . _____ . _. _________ . _. _. _..._........ Areas on the southeast slope of the Anaconda Range _. __ .. ___________ ... ___ .... ___ . |  | | 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) | | faceting & lapidary needs! Lapidary Equipment• Silver & Gold Filled Wire & Sheet• Jewelry Making Equipment•...West Federation Show July 18 through 21 Jefferson County Fairgrounds Port Towsend WA Dealer Inquiries Welcome...Steve Voynick 34 A Hotbed of Mining Copper was king in Butte, Montana; by Roger McPherson Field Trip:...rockgemmag@aol.com Cabs, Cabs and More Cabs Gem Center USA Inc. has one of the world's largest selection of...stone, in any shape and in any size. Gem Center USA is also one of the leading distributors of quality |  | | Journal (issue) | | Antimony-bearing Oxidized Minerals from the Jetty Mine, Anaconda, Montana Frank Dudás (foldudas@verizon.net) and...documenting the mineralogy of the Jetty Mine, near Anaconda, Montana (Figure 1), focuses on the oxidized...report on the sulfides and sulfosalts of the Jetty Mine appeared in Mineral News last year (Dec., 2021)...antimony- or arsenic-rich minerals. Two mining areas in western Montana – Black Pine (Jensen and Nikischer...produced antimony-bearing secondary minerals. The Silver Reef Mine north of Garrison produced material that was |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Survey. Al (Adams Cr.) Gold Nome district MF-445, loc. 88 Solomon (4.1, 12.45) 64°42'N...probably an error. (Adventuress Cr.) Gold Kougarok district MF-445, loc. 42 Solomon (3.2, 15.25) 64°52'N...worked out before 1908. (Aggie Cr.) Gold Council district MF-445, loc. 125 Solomon (13.25-13.5, 15.55-15...from creek labeled Aggie Cr. on most maps. Placer mining in 1930's and early 1940's. Dredge operated from...calcareous schist. (Allgold Cr.) Gold Council district MF-445, loc. 49 Solomon (4.0, 15.3) 64°52'N, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | show in addition to the azurite, crystals of malachite, brochantite, and calcite. These make beautiful...and a mesh of minutely thin needles of green malachite; the third was lined with greenish xline brochantite...be recorded." Pala is in northwestern San Diego County of Southern California. COLORADO: Prof. Richard...Castle Co., Del. Writes Mr. Pickett: "Iron Hill and Mine Hill are one and the same with Iron Hill being the...occur at the abandoned Laurel Creek corundum mine in Rabun County, where it is associated with corundum. The |  | | Report (volume) | | depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Copper-bearing deposits________________________ 199 Butte, Montana__________________________ 199 Bingham,...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico...__ 233 Shasta County, California______ _ __ 234 Snowstorm lode, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho__ _ 235 |
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