 | | 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 (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 |  | | Book | | f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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...thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...especially to the W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza... hillside surfacesagatized and opalized wood, agate, jasper; in draws and washes and gravel beds of...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford |  | | Journal (issue) | | each. MOSS AGATE, Montana, choice clear white VARIICITE. America's f inest green gem. agate with black...ings, others clear green SOc, 75c, $1 each. MOSS AGATE, Sweetwater, Wyoming, cut RUSSIAN LAPIS. The world's...almost all blue 75c each. TUIRITELLA AGATE, Wyoming, wh ite agate SARDOHYX, Brazil. Red and white, beautiTurritella...Red-brown banded POPPY JASPD, Red eyes on a contrasting agate JSc and 50c each. background, known as Ort,lcular...each. Blooming Cereus Obsidian JSc, 50c each. MOSS AGATE, Oregon, red or green, showy YELLOW TEMPSKYA FEIN |  | | Catalog/List | | mass. small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales lxl £5 lx2 £8 Parclho, Pariba,Brazil)...Parnmirim Region, Agua Quen1a,Bal1ia, Brazil Benallt Mine, Llcyn Wales A)£3 B) £5 3mm £4 5mm £6 lxl £6...micros gemmy yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE...Pit, Elko,Nevada. U.S.A Divino des Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½ x½...Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture.Japan Venice Dome, Lousiana, U |  | | Book | | ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...gorgeous crystalline Gold from the famous 16 to 1 Mine in California, weighing 63.81 troy ounces; and a...Golds from Alaska, Arizona, Australia, California, Nevada and several other places. The Fine Minerals category...examples like a Sweet Home Rhodochrosite, a Kelly Mine Smithsonite, and a Tsumeb Dioptase. This selection...Gemstone: Pink Tourmaline - 7.85 Cts. California, USA Pink Tourmaline is one of the most popular and recognizable |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^...live. 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Come See Us At The Followins |  | | Journal (issue) | | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2) The Moravian Territorial...km2), but with a rich and world- famous history of mining and associated mineralogy. In the city of Brno...Chlorargyrite, on and impregnating Sandstone, Silver Reef District, Washington Co., UT, 6 x 5 x 3 cm. Author’s specimen...Sandstone. Figure 3: Geologic map of the Mining District showing the outcrops of the Springdale Sandstone |  | | Journal (issue) | | JESSIE FISHER Los Angeles, California While some may mine the hills for gold Or dig for gems the rocks may... 27 NEWS Here a n d There on the Desert 29 MINING C u r r e n t n e w s briefs 32 HOBBY G e m...was told by one of the prospectors later that a mining man with claims in the surrounding hills had planned...occasionally federal order, and that Riverside county a flint dart point. Gus had several metates supervisors...the oasis. There was food and water here for the county park. He learned about these reservations after |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals. Fashion... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may...cat's- more but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that |  | | Catalog/List | | Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...(5) graduated Tourmaline crystals from the Paprok Mine of Afghanistan • A giant Rwandan Amethyst gemstone...museum-quality mineral association from the Tsumeb Mine featuring Azurite and Smithsonite • An enormous...variety of Quartz has been referred to as “Grape Agate” since it hit the market, and that term is deinitely...Chalcedony, variety of Quartz, is known as “Grape Agate” for obvious reasons, and this exceptional example |  | | Journal (issue) | | Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines...mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than anywhere...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas |  | | Journal (issue) | | is fit to be tied."It's that #%&!!/!$*/#$ kid of mine. Always tinkering. I'll tan his hide! I'll...I'll...ByMARYBEAL Basalt—the Rock from Hades LETTERS NEWS MINING HOBBY CRAFTS COMMENT PHOTOGRAPHY Comment from... • In 1940 DESERT started a long series of lost mine stories, written by John D. Mitchell. New readers...available. Now DESERT is preparing another set of lost mine stories which have so many actual clues to their...on another salvage collecting expedition to a district where prehistoric tribes of Indians had hunted |  | | Report (issue) | | bc.ca/gov/content/industry/mineral-exploration-mining/british-columbia-geological-survey/publications...Mines). QE187.46 622.1’09711 C76-083084-3 (Rev.) Victoria British Columbia Canada January 2020 ii Geological...volume, the Provincial Overview of Exploration and Mining in British Columbia, and the Coal Industry Overview...al., is in the most active mineral exploration district in the province, colloquially known as the Golden...UBC’s Bradshaw Research Initiative for Minerals and Mining (BRIMM)-Natural Resources Canada’s Clean Growth |  | | Journal (issue) | | that remains of what was once a flourishing little mining town which still appears on many Arizona maps as...called the Silverbell road. Silverbell was a copper mining camp. The hills around it were honeycombed with...shack to liv%,*in and a chance to live — a gold mining town — a golden opportunity perhaps. Your editor...of wood there is nothing to indicate a thriving mining town once was located there. KENT YARNELL The...privately owned since early in the century. This mining operation might seem a little less objectionable |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada .............................................Harris Monazite and caldoancylite from the Foote mine, North Carolina by J. S. White & J. E. Nelen 203...(1 inch) on antlerite crystals from the Southwest mine, Bisbee, Arizona. For more information on this recent...fluorite from England; and perhaps even a nice agate slab or fossil. All authors will be required to |  | | Journal (issue) | | CASES UNLIMITED DI\ . or T,\\\ ,\ TRA D[R 3238 E. DISTRICT ST. TUCSON, AZ 85714 (602) 573-1218 -~~-.. r--------------...Jeanne are: A 16" necklace which features carved agate , carved calcite onyx. jasper and sterling silver...Rockhounds work with the Roswell Independent School District in providing an educational program as part of...be from Australia , Honduras, Mexico, Idaho and Nevada, including famous Hodson opal from the Virgin Valley...insi~ht into the methods of mining opal m Spencer, Idaho, Virgin Valley, Nevada and Coober Pedy, Australia |  | | Journal (issue) | | section, climb of Coso and Maturango peaks, Inyo county. April 5-6—State Mineral Society of Texas, mineral...show, Sonoita, Arizona. April 7—Second annual Yuma county agricultural fair, Yuma, Arizona. April 7-May 7—"Message...ART LOST MINE TRUE O R FALSE BOTANY POETRY EXPLORATION HUMOR NATURE HISTORY GEM STONES MINING LETTERS...the cool high North Rim. Kanab is the county seat of Kane county, and its history is inextricably entwined... Scattered among the sherds were more chips of agate and wood. But there was no evidence of permanent |
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