 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BORATES OF CALIFORNIA M. VONSEN Business man ( f a r m products) in Petaluma, California; amateur mineral...collector. The story of the discovery of borates in California is one of romance and adventure. In fact, one...minerals in the mountains and hills of northern California. No less arduous were the later discoveries,...1857, to the California Borax Company, for whom he was scouting the northern part of California in search...search of borate deposits of commercial importance. Actual discovery was made by Dr. Veatch in January, 1856 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | borates in the California area. ROCKS AND MINERALS September, 1951 BORATES OF CALIFORNIA M. V O N S E...E N Business man (farm products) in Petaluma, California; amateur mineral collector. 1856 is a memorable...to powder, and a sulphur deposit. Such re the California Borax Company, for whom ports spurred Dr. Veatch...supply an urgent need in the fornia in search of borate deposits of commercial importance. Actual discovery...sodium borate, which County) he crossed a steep range of hills seems to have been the only borate occur |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS GtULlAil pplement 2 to INERALS OF CALIFORNIA r 1958 through 1961...1961 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS SEP 1 5 1PM Ui=JKAKY STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1958 Through 1961' By JOSEPH MulbodH ^%^j; \> University of California, Los... Angele0 And ROBERT W. WE^B ^ Supplement 2 California Division of Mines Ferry Building, LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Francisco, 1964 of' .STATE )5#MUND ^^^ OF CALIFORNIA G. BROWN, Governor PIhe resources agency FISJHER/ |  | | Journal (issue) | | •. Personally Speaking 3 T5I California Convention 4 Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha Counters 5 Berkeley...Directory 18 Book Notes 25 Cover Picture: Darwin Falls Canyon BELOW THE FALLS LOOKING WEST, NEAR Darwin (courtesy...FIND WITHIN OUR PAGES. 3 r NEWS BRIEFS '51 CALIFORNIA CONVENTION SLATED FOR OAKLAND Just prior to...authorita SOURCE THAT THE 1951 CONVENTION OF THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION WILL PROBABLY BE HELD AT OAKLAND,...matter has not YET BEEN PASSED. tive The last California convention in the bay area v/as held in BerKELEY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ANOTHER NEW HYDROUS CALCIUM BORATE FROM THE DEATH VALLEY REGION, CALIFORNIA* Rrcueno C. Enn, Jauns F. McAr...hydrous calcium borate, cao'3Bzor.4H2o, that has been found in the Furnace creek borate deposits of the...region, california. platy euhedral crystals of nobleite are produced by the weathering of colemanite and...priceite veins in altered basaltic rocks of the Furnace Creek formation of late Tertiary age. 'fhe new mineral...associated with ulexite, gowerite, meyerhofierite, colemanite, several undescribecl borates, ginorite, sassolite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | suggested that (1) priceite is sometimes derived from colemanite, (2) bakerite may be deposited by hydrothermal...inconsistent. The experimental results of examining California specimens are reported in this paper to help...Bakerite 1 (Collected Jry Corkscrew Canyon, Death W. T. Schaller) Valley area, Inyo County, Calif . (Exact .locality...DeBely Wash, 1000 feet SW. of DeBely Mine, Death Valley area, In1'6 County, Calif. l'loat. Encrusted and veined...Death Valley area, fnyo County, Calif. White veins associated rvith colemanite in basaltic tuff. (Tuff |  | | Journal (issue) | | of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences |  | | Report (issue) | | OF THE NORTHERN BLACK MOUNTAINS, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA By ROBERT C. GREENE with a contribution to...Stratigraphy of the northern Black Mountains and Furnace Creek wash......................... 19 A revised stratigraphy..................40 Sedimentary rocks and tuff of Ryan area......................................................................................42 Furnace Creek Formation.............................................................................46 Furnace Creek Formation, upper units .................... |  | | Book | | 7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794 | | | Book | | MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Priceite w. F. Fosnec: Priceite from Furnace creek, Inyo county, california. Am. Mi'neral., 9, rr-ls (1924)...(1924). Crmurc-qr. Ptopnnrns: A hydrous borate of calcium,SCaO'6BsOs'9H2O' CaO 32"5, B2O3 48.7, HrO 18.S.... brittle. Hd. 3-3.5. narrow associated with colemanite and g;psum (selenite). Later it was found as...green altered basalt hillock near the mouth of corkscrew canyon. At both of the lattet or to o..rrrr"n".,...needles of ulexite, fillings in sharp crystals of colemanite. Still another occurrence of priceite is as amydule |  | Muessig, S.J., Pennell, W.M., Knott, Jeffrey R., Calzia, James P. (2019) Geology of the Monte Blanco borate deposits, Furnace Creek Wash, Death Valley, California. Open-File Report 2019-1111. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20191111 | Report (issue) | | of the Monte Blanco Borate Deposits, Furnace Creek Wash, Death Valley, California Open-File Report 2019–1111...Blanco borate deposit (left skyline) within interbedded sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Furnace Creek...Valley, California. Photograph by W.M. Pennell Geology of the Monte Blanco Borate Deposits, Furnace Creek...Creek Wash, Death Valley, California By S.J. Muessig, W.M. Pennell, J.R. Knott, and J.P. Calzia Open-File...of the Monte Blanco borate deposits, Furnace Creek Wash, Death Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | H. Eanr PrMsBnroN, Mineral ResearchSoci,etyof California, 1638 Hill Street,Santa Monica, Calif . Assrnlcr...a,DeathValley, California.The localityat Borate,California,attributedby the finder,doesnot contain bakerite...Daggett in San Bernardino County, California." This is the locality known as Borate. This identification of...is apparently the Furnace Creek borate area in Death Valley, Invo County, California. William Foshag (1922...(1922, p. 209) visited Borate about 1920 and " . . diligent searchfailed to reveal any (bakerite), and |  | | Report (issue) | | ] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's |  | | Book | | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley Los Angeles London PRESS To Naomi and Ondi University of California Press...Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England Copyright...Copyright © 1986 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication...Gold mines and mining—Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)—History. 4. Gold mines and mining—Amargosa River...Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires |  | | Journal (issue) | | ber-D ecem ber 1977 ISSUE! TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS Sul/urPerticara, Romagna...U E S t AVETltlB 0)A C L PyromorphiteWheatley mine, Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday 12-5 [evenings by...E id a h l M in e ra lo g y o f th e Cham pion Mine, W h ite M o u n ta in s , C a lifo r n ia .......T h e N atural History M useum of Los A ngeles County 487 b y P e te r C K e lle r a n d A n th o n y...end T *912 S. Live Oak Park Road, Fallbrook, California 92028 426 less variety of minerals in private |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geologic history of the region containing the huge borate deposit at Boron, Calif., can be traced to considerable...mentioned, borate-rich waters surged upward and collected to form a lake in the basin. Borate-rich gases...ceased the lake slowly evaporated precipitating borate minerals alternating with layers of clay and mud...There we dismounted and gathered some electric mining lamps along with our collecting gear in preparation...back to the truck for the long drive up out of the mine and pit to the surface. The next day we drove to |  | | Book | | 353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Arthur Montgomery Colemanite Pseudomorphs from the Corkscrew mine, Death Valley, California ................Uwharrie Wildlife M anagem ent A rea, M ontgom ery County, North Carolina. T he major crystal m easures 6...appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW A C Q U ISITIO N S : AZURITE - M ibladen...vein of pyrite at the Burlington mine near Jamestown, Boulder County, Colorado. We found perhaps a dozen...On the other hand, a place like the San Francisco mine in Sonora, M exico, will most certainly appear because |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | shows the bluish response is from South America. COLEMANITE—probably the showiest and certainly the most...a collector has been scarred by this mineral. Colemanite is harder than calcite and can be distinguished...seem to produce crystals of note now. From Corkscrew Canyon, very sharp crystals to an inch in length...magnificent cabinet specimens. The fluorescence of colemanite is notable, usually a strong yellow to cream...ACQUIRES ASPEN MINE PROPERTIES ASPEN. Colo., Feb. 23, 1966—McCulloch Oil Corp. of California has acquired |  | | Catalog/List | | Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE |  | | Journal (volume) | | STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Volume...Mineralogist, Chief of the Division of Mines . California Mineral Commodities Metal and MinejgLRevie...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 9 67 177 STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT. Governor DEPARTMENT OF...1958 CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Price $1.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS...DAVIS No. 1 ; STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN J. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DeWitt |  | | Catalog/List | | maintained. ALL PRICES ARE F.O.B. SIERRA MADRE, CALIFORNIA AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Being strictly...ENS - pos t office box 66 5 - sierra madre - california 91024 -1- BO XE D CO L LE CT I O NS Many...following state maps imprinted on the background: California Arizona Nevada New Mex i co Wyoming Alaska ...pamphl e t is a l so included . Con ta i ns 15 mine rals, 1/ 2" to l" in size f irmly mounted on a s...FICATION CO LLECTION #100 Contains 100 ro ck and mine r a l speci me n s , 1/4 " t o 1/2 " in size, individually |  | | Report (issue) | | 1026 Stratigraphy and Structure Death Valley, California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 494-A ...Valley, California By CHARLES B. HUNT and DON R. MABEY GENERAL GEOLOGY OF DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL...Cambrian System ________________ ---_------_---Wood Canyon Formation ------------------Zabriskie Quartzite_...---_·_----------------Alluvium along Amargosa River and Salt Creek ______________________________ _ Dune sand ____..._______________________ _ 123 Granite at Hanaupah Canyon _______________ _ 126 Chaotic complex along the |
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Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA