| | 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...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist | | | Report (volume) | Director ' Bulletin 648 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT.................................................. Gold veins.............................................Clark County.......................................................'.. Gold Butte mining district.................... Lincoln mine........................................ Bennett mine.........................granite and gneiss............................. Gold Butte Mining Co................................. New Era | | | 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) | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................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 | | | 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...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 | | | Report (issue) | ARROW, CLIFFORD, AND ELLENDALE DISTRICTS, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. By HENRY G. FERGUSON. INTRODUCTION. In connection...work in central Nevada an opportunity arose for brief visits to the three small mining camps here described...contribution to information concerning the ore deposits of Nevada. Golden Arrow and Clifford are situated at the...Range in Nye County, Nev., and are reached by automobile from Tonopah. The Clifford district is on the main...Arrow is 12 miles southwest of Clifford. Neither district has yet produced much ore. At the time of visit | | | Report (volume) | DIRECTOR GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA SYDNEY H. BALL WASHINGTON...______ . _________i________________ History of mining development..--_________ r ________ Economic c..._________________ Tertiary deposits________________________^___ Gold deposits in silicified mouzonite porphyry and related...___ Economic geology.__________________________ Gold and silver.________________________ Iron ores._...89 Pogonip limestone.:_____________ _ __ 89 Eureka quartzite__________:__________ Weber conglomer | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | precious-metal mineralization in the southwestern Nevada volcanic field, USA S t e p h e n B. C a s t o r a a n d...i s s b "Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Mackay School of Mines, Universityof Nevada, Reno, NV 89557...89557. USA bDepartment of Geological Sciences, Mackay School of Mines, Universityof Nevada, Reno. NV...NV 89557, USA (Received August 27, 1991; accepted after revision January 27, 1992 ) ABSTRACT Castor, S...southwestern Nevada volcanic field, USA. Ore Geol. Rev., 7: 193-223. The southwestern Nevada volcanic field | | | Report (issue) | of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...ALONG THE 1-80 CORRIDOR, RENO TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA R. Cuffney, R. Atkinson and R. Buffa Revised 1990...north-south ranges of central and northeastern Nevada (Fig. I). These belts, or their extensions, contain...vast majority of precious metal deposits found in Nevada to date. Our trip begins in the Walker Lane mineral | | | Report (issue) | THE TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC MAGMATIC ARC OF WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA by Jeff L. Doebrich 1 ,...Open-File Report 96-9 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology This report is preliminary...School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 'Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, MS...MS 178, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 'U.S. Geological Survey, Retired, 8920 West 2nd................................. Polymetallic and Gold Veins, Undivided .............................. | | | Book (volume) | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Exploration for Gold Through Transported Alluvial Cover in Nevada: Examples from the Cortez Mine JOHN MUNTEAN1...TAUFEN 2,* 1 Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada, 89557-0178...completed over covered Carlin-type gold deposits in the Cortez mine area with the expressed aim of identifying...discover Au ore under transported alluvial cover in Nevada. Orientation tests were designed to assess the...and “footprints” associated with deposits at the district scale. Detailed surveys were completed over the | | | Report (Issue volume) | these card catalogues would be as useful to the mining industry as they have proved to be to the Division...and expense involved are justified and that the mining industry will find that having this material readily...accumulating steadily since 1853, when the first mine (a coal property) was developed. Actually it antedates...about 1860 that State-wide prospecting, at first for gold, was well underway. The early published references...During the 90 years or more that prospecting and mining have been active, a vast amount of information | | | Report (issue) | Principal Gold-Producing Districts of the United States By A. H. KOSCHMANN and M. H. BERGENDAHL GEOLOGICAL...description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama ---------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee | | | Book (edition) | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART | | | Report (volume) | ""' . 'r v.·,,.,. . ... Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...------------------------ 1 History of placer mining in Nevada_____________________________________... Holy Cross district..-----------------------------------------------2. Jessup district.. ____________...------------------------_-------_ 3. Sand Springs district----------------------------------------------...Eldorado Canyon district..-----------------------------------------5. Gold Butte district-------------- | | | Book (edition) | Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express | | | Book (edition) | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S:...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART | | Doebrich, Jeff L., Albino, G.V., Barker, C.E., Duffield, W.A., Dunn, V.C., Hanna, W.F., McFarlan, J.P., McGuire, D.J., Miller, M.S., Peters, S.G., Plouff, Donald, Raines, G.L., Sawatasky, D.L., Spanski, G.T. (1994) Resource assessment of the Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California. Open-File Report Vol. 1994 (94-712) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr94712 | Report (issue) | MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0047 2U.S. Geological Survey, Unit...Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, an area covering 13.5 million acres in northwest Nevada and...Rock National Conservation Area), and the impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources...part of their Resource Management Plan for the District/Resource Area or for other planning units such | | | Report (issue) | " ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. FIFTH Hanks, State Mineralogist...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor... REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report by the...statistical information in reference to mines and mining as shall be deemed important." In obedience to...Mineralogist, has been prepared. The prosperity of the Mining Bureau, and the growth and progress of the State | | | Book | Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...Check of Common Minerals Common Fluorescent Minerals Gold Panning Values Colors and Symbols on a Geologic...bodies. At a time when Neolithic man was picking up gold and copper nuggets to be hammered into ornaments...amethyst, and rock crystal-all mounted in heavy gold settings that were further decorated with blue enamel...fastened together with ball-and-loop devices of gold wire; during her life they must have clinked as | | | Book (edition) | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and | | | Book (volume) | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA | | | Book (volume) | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA | | | 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 |
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