 | | Book | | PUBLISHED BY Western Mineral Exchange Seattle, Washington 1941 t Copyright 1941 WESTERN MINERAL EXCHANGE...volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE |  | | Report (volume) | | AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS........................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................ Washington................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green...sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that have been successfully synthesized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | several counties. In addition, the TriState zinchead mining area, active for more than one hundred years, extends...as the Picher district, which is in the Oklahoma portion of the TriState. This district has probably produced...excellent. An example is the Arkansas Ouachita quartz crystal belt that extends into southeastern Oklahoma...October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E: |  | | 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,...mimetite, pyromorphite, quartz, scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects:...rutile, titanite Figure 4. Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen,...Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...Heldref Publications, 4000 Albemarle Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016. "The Complete Guide to Micromounts"...-'.olding the pedestal in bent-tip forceps, the mount is placed in final centered position in the box |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since...published as Bulletin 91 of the California State Mining Bureau. Many additional species were included,...commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic | | | Report (issue) | | 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph...percent of the state. Nevada's public lands offer mining, livestock grazing, wild horse viewing, .scenic...Road and Geologic Tours in th<' Las Vegas Area. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91 |  | | Report (issue) | | particular service in co- operating with the State ^Mining Bureau in making possible this addition to our...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then quently...the thirty years which elapsed since the State Mining Bureau. appearance of the second list, our knowledge...literature of a general nature on Die geology and mining industry of the State. The various kinds of minerals...Woodcock, formerly of the State Mining Bureau. Walter W. Bradley of the State Mining Bureau, M. Vonsen of Petaluma |  | | Book | | Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Appendixes 615...Size Categories Dana's Classification of Minerals Quartz Family Gemstones The Various Names and Forms of...ancient gems), calcite, fluorspar, jadeite, pyrite, quartz family minerals ( agate, carnelian, chalcedony...C. from mines in Kenya. This amorphous form of quartz, with its brilliant flickering of rainbow colors...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | AZURITES 16 Part I: Electric blues from the Milpillas mine. By Bob Jones 16 PREHISTORIC TEXAS Lubbock landmarks...others, at an auction. I was told it was taken from a mine in Alaska called Aurora Borealis in the ’60s. I...Gold Rush (circa 1849-52), attest to the extent of mining activity and richness of the North Fork of the...“California” from the State menu, and “Placer” from the County list. Press Enter and click on the Stevens Trail...pack mules traveling between the then-bustling mining town of Iowa Hill and the connection to the Transcontinental |  | | Report (volume) | | SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND...AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER N. WINCHELL WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 CONTENTS.................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~...................................... |  | | Book | | AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Robinson, 2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of |  | | Book | | 33 38 39 Winnemucca 52 55 40 41 42 Battle Mountain 80 43 15 17 16 14 44 13 54 20 57 19 12.......................... 50 Mason Pass Road A: Azurite..................................................Eagle Picher Mine Area A: Opalized Wood, Agate, Opalite............... 60 Eagle Picher Mine Area B: Opalite...Picher Mine Area C: Opalite.................................................. 64 Eagle Picher Mine Area........................... 71 Cordero (McDermitt) Mine: Opalite, Sulfur, Cinnabar..................... |  | | Book (edition) | | to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wendell E. Wilson Associate Editors Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C...85740 602-297-6709 Articles The Iron Cap mine, Graham County, A rizona..................................Ouray County, Colorado ............... 89 by B. & J. Muntyan Anatase on quartz from Ouray County, Colorado... Finds made in Arizona (the Iron Cap mine) and in Ouray County, Colorado, are described in three articles...being salvaged by mineral dealers in the days of Washington Roebling, Clarence Bement and George F. Kunz |  | | Report (issue) | | MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...literature of a general nature on the geology and mining industry of the State. bibliography of A. may...The excellent Vodges, Bulletin 30 of the State Mining Bureau, be referred to for such literature. The |  | | Report (volume) | | species UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1961 'UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...and used agate, chalcedony, and other forms of quartz for weapons and tools; they used clay for pottery...for decorations, and they cherished crystals of quartz or other minerals as amulets. After the Indians...documented summary of the beginning of Colorado mining history. Part of his summary is given here in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...nonmetallic ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock...regained its preeminent status in precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage...Black Hawk district in New Mexico (MarcWApril 1993). GE ON OM i I - Getchell mine, Potosi district...Gilbert district GO - Goldfield district GP - Gold Point district GS - Goodsprings district HA - Hamilton |  | | Book (edition) | | Guide Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils America’s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak Region American...Colorado National Monument Mesa County Dinosaur National Monument Moffat County Great Sand Dunes National...Montezuma County NATIONAL PARKS IN COLORADO Mesa Verde National Park Montezuma County Rocky Mountain National...Utah Border to Steamboat Springs, U. S. 40 Moffat County Dinosaur National Monument Hahns Peak Segment B...Commodore Silver Mine Del Norte Segment D — Gunnison to Salida, U. S. 50 Opportunity Mine Bucky Mine Segment E |  | | Book (edition) | | and county. and the many maps included book contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain paths...Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise... New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington. Copyright © 1969 by Russell P. MacFall 1963...with respect to one another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with...another at 60 degrees and intersected by a fourth Quartz and vertical axis at right angles to the other |  | | Report (issue) | | Mines, Western Field Operations Center, Spokane, Washington National Institute for Safety and Health, Spokane...Spokane Research Center, Spokane, Washington 1998 PREFACE A January 1987 Interagency Agreement between...published information, field investigations, and mining company data. 2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT...resources Mining districts Gibbonsville Mining District Indian Creek Mining District Mineral Hill Mining District...Mackinaw Mining District Blackbird Mining District Wilson Creek Mining District Yellowjacket Mining District |
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