 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | g{x Spring Creek Area Last Chance Mining District Plumas County, California Gail E. Dunning 773 Durshire...Sunnyvale, California 94087 Joseph F. Cooper, Jr. 430 Van Ness Avenue Santa Cruz, California 95060 First...between 1905 and 1909, the mines of the Last Chance mining district produced significant quantities of copper..._______________________________ INTRODUCTION California has a long history of being a significant producer...One of the former major producing areas was the Plumas copper belt that includes the Engles, Reward, Superior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the “California Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau |  | | 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...have been sweeping changes and advancements in the last 25 years or so. Many new instrumental techniques...COLLECTIONS Open Mid-May to September (Otherwise By Chance or By Appointment) W endy & Frank Melanson (613) |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ................................ 309 by P. M. Adams Columns Book Reviews ...................................................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo | | | Journal (issue) | | by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ............................... 309 by P. M. Adams Columns Book Reviews .....................................................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo |  | | Book (volume) | | 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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | dominates the city view and is a reminder of the mining activity that started in the early 17th century...even tho ugh on a small scale. The Storforshei iron mine in the Dunderlandsdalen is still in operation, working...sold as souvenir in a few places. The Mofje llet Mine, a once considerable but now depleted ase metal...NaCaCu5(AsO4 ) 4Cl, and the locality is the El Guanaco Mine, 93 km east of Taltal, Antofagasta Province. Chile...is a new mineral for this famous classic silver mining locality as well as for Spain; a remarkable contribution |  | | 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 |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | during highway construction, Hull Township, Gatineau County, Quebec. P. M. Bellev, R. Rowe & M. Picard. 2:45...e " from the Harder Farm, Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. M. Lupulescu. 3:45 H i s t o r y of the Powers...Powers farm streamside veins, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. R. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 4:00 M...assemblage from the Allah Cooper/Valcooper mine, Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn. 4:30...e wavellite from the De Linde quarry, Garland, County, Arkansas. S. L. Hanson, A. U. Falster & Win. B |  | | Journal (issue) | | housed in the Penrose Branch of the Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD), in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (See...Library) Stored in the archival rooms of the Pikes Peak Library, is a collection consisting of letters,...Papers", these documents were donated to the Pikes Peak Library after his death by certain charter members...on page 4) Mineral News ----2 Newry, Oxford County, Maine (Continued from page 1) For example. chemical...rutherfordine, schoepite/meta-schoepite, schoonerite, schorl, scorzalite, siderite, sphalerite, spodumene (and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrences. These localities have been listed by county; and, strictly for convenience, the list has been...None theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful...that do not permit collecting for various reasons, mining operations that have recently shut down but whose...micromounting PENINSULA Wayne County International Salt C o . mine—Detroit Alpena County National G y p s u m...dolomite, marcasite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite Eaton County anhydrite, carnallite (r), celestite, dolomite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Petersburg University specimens **- St.-Petersburg Mining Museum specimens 2 W o r l d of Stones. Ng 1 I...determining features of the mineral individual. I n this last aspect the second trend o f develpment imitates...develop as funnel-shaped and case-like crystals. The last stage consists in the formation of extensively ramified...case the gradual change of crystal habit or, as a last resort, the formation of combination striation....observe sheaf-like, flabellate "aggregates" and at last—spherulites (Fig. 3C). Interference in feeding at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Rockford to collect beryl, black tourmaline (schorl) and smokey quartz. Pick, shovel, hard hat and...Ames Bixeman and Olin Lewis of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society, Lake Wales, presented...visible length of petrified wood." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, are continuing...Gem Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, visited the Medford quarry near Westminster...JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1976 to the Pierrepont area produced schorl, tourmaline (green), mica, pyrite, uralite and |  | | 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...Mother LUCY SOPHIA (ADAMS) RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, California. San Bernardino County Museum Earth Sciences...Sciences Division REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA ROBERT E. REYNOLDS San Bernardino County Museum 2024 Orange Tree Lane...Lane Redlands, California 92374 THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MUSEUM is a re gional museum in inland Southern...Southern California. It maintains collections in the Earth Sciences, Biological Sciences, An thropology,... History, and Fine Arts divisions. The County of San Bernardino is the largest in the contiguous United |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the CusterKeystone area, to the Homestake gold mine in Lead, to golden barite-bearing concretions east...deformation, but the main granite mass, the Harney Peak Granite, and its related pegmatites represent some...Homestake mine has since grown to be the largest gold mine in the western hemisphere. The Homestake mine has...Keystone, in the central Black Hills, is another gold district where there are numerous small mines and prospects...the Holy Terror mine, which was named in allusion to the discoverer's wife. This mine has produced many |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2019 Articles The Golconda District, Minas Gerais, Brazil ..........................AUTUNITE on TOURMALINE, 11.9 cm, from the Golconda I mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Brice Gobin (Mineral Art)...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription...“German Silver: An Historical Perspective on Silver Mining in Germany” (1986) and “Famous Mineral Localities:...as well, and they started picking over the local mine deposits together. They were married in 1970, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... COVER: AQUAMARINE BERYL crystal, 9.5 cm, with schorl and feldspar, from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia...could earn a better living as a mining geologist with the then robust mining company, Union Minére du Haut...important assignment at the Shinkolobwe uranium mine. His supervisor was Johannes Vaes (1902–1978). Gilbert...to make vacation journeys to other great African mining districts including those in Southern Rhodesia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high |  | | Book | | that first index, which has served us all for the last ten years, and which has inspired this new effort...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Little Falls dolostone at exposures in Herkimer County, New Y o r k , and elsewhere. Despite their popularity...complexly zoned, Li-rich pegmatite in Florence County, Wisconsin, has revealed an unusual phosphate assemblage...properties, and paragenesis of anthraxolite in the Mohawk Valley. Amer. Jour, of Sci. 252:489-501. Friedman...or dark-colored tourmalines are usually labeled schorl (Na- and Fe-rich tourmaline). Initial results of...a quartz vein on Stone Hill in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont ( H M M #128449). 2. Stubby black crystals |
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