 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | __ a-—™ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Y ol. XLI DECEMBER 1947 No. 9 G EOLOGY A N D M IN IN G...Engineer N evada State Bureau of Mines JNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Vol. XL I DECEMBER 1947 No. 9 GEOLOGY...Washoe Counties By D. O verton M ining Engineer Nevada State Bureau of Mines T heodore PR IC E F IF T...Topography, Geology and Mineral Resources.. Douglas County— Location and Topography.. Geology and Ore Deposits................................ Mining Districts— Buckskin (Smith Valley). Gardnerville (Eagle).. Genoa |  | | Journal (issue) | | quartz, SiO2, 3.5cm, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA. Chris Whitney-Smith Collection and Photo...Summer isn’t quit over until end of October in the Valley of the Sun and our recess seems longer than usual...with story about a legrandite TN from the Ojuela Mine, mounted in perky box and sold by the late mineral...mineral dealer Willard Perkin and a fantastic Mexican mining journey that lead to several wellknown mineral...region Aurichalcite, (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6, 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona. Ron Gibbs Photo The Rockhound |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COLLECTING IN UTAH AND NEVADA By ROY SHOEMAKER 1827 W. Drescher Street, San Diego 1 1, California Have...returned from a very nice trip through Utah and Nevada. We left here June 30th, and drove through to St...After a diligent search we found the owner of the mine, but to our disappointment all of the beautiful...the Alum King Mine, (must get permission from the owner in Richfield to enter the mine). The Alum Potash...fibrous type, looks very much like Asbestos and in the mine is a beautiful blue, but on exposure to drier air |  | | Report (chapter) | | 2500 Tanglewilde, Suite 120, Houston, Texas 77063, USA (e-mail: lO4034.454@compuserve.com) Current address:...Park Boulevard, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77079, USA (e-mail." steve_schutter@murphyoilcorp.com) Abstract:...drilling in Absaroka volcanic rocks, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. American Association of Petroleum Geologists...drilling in Absaroka volcanic rocks, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Outcrop, 35, December (n. 12), 3-4...Hydrocarbons in the northern Basin and Range province, Nevada. In: The role of heat in development of energy |  | | Journal (issue) | | Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt...Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg- |  | | Book (edition) | | Trails, Gem Trail Journal, The Rock Collector's Nevada and Idaho, and others. The author is a trained................. MAP 4, LOOKOUT, ADIN, STONECOAL VALLEY COUGER NECK ......................................................................... STONECOAL VALLEY ..................................... WILSON PETRIFIED...INGOT IRON MOUNTAIN DIAMOND MOUNTAIN HAPPY CAMP . PARADISE . SAWMILL PEAK CHEROKEE FEATHER CREEK MAGALIA...PENTZ QUARRY SONOMA COUNTY . HUMBOLDT COUNTY EEL RIVER BEAR CANYON CREEK TRINITY COUNTY 8 9 9 9 9 10 II |  | | Journal (issue) | | CONTENTS Volume 27 Number 10 DEATH VALLEY DAYS. Death Valley, the beautiful, spectacular and sometimes...basin lying below sea level between California and Nevada, is featured in this issue. During the 1800's untold...attempt to cross the burning, summer sands of Death Valley. Today, however, the area is a National Monument...just renew old acquaintances. In nearby Beatty, Nevada the three days of Nov. 6, 7 and 8 will be jammed...events also, including "The World's Championship Wild Burro Race." 6 Dichos By RICARDO CASTILLO 8 The |  | | Journal (issue) | | RUGGED AND ROCKY AREA NEAR HIS HOME IN NELSON, NEVADA. AFTER A MILE HIKE FROM THE HIGHWAY, YOUNG TRENT...CARLESON tells her secrets for preparing wild game. 30 Hunter's Paradise By MEL STENINGER 32 Survival in the...Palm Desert Post, for residents in the Coachella Valley. Shelton also continues to operate the Desert Southwest...3-13—Fresno District Fair, Fresno, Calif. 5_6—Miners' Show and Convention, Burton's Tropico Gold Mine, Rosamond...Calif. Apple Days, Julian, Calif. 5-7—Santa Cruz County Fair, Sonoita, Ariz. 7—Fall Flower Show, Sedona |  | | Book | | DEATH VALLEY & THE AMARGOSA Land of Illusion DEATH VALLEY Ab fies ofince Digitized by the Internet...Richard E. Death Valley & the Amargosa. Bibliography p. Includes index. 1. Death Valley (Calif. and Nev...Amargosa River Valley (Nev. and Calif.) —History. 3. Gold mines and mining—Death Valley (Calif. and Nev...mines and mining—Amargosa River Valley (Nev. and Calif.)—History. I. Title. Il. Title: Death Valley and the...Land of Extremes A Name on the Land Death in the Valley The People MoreE Lost THAN FOUND Los Chaguanosos |  | | Book | | who snowshoed her way to Nome; and many more. A Mine of Her Own tells the definitive story of America's...prospectors. They reveled in the excitement of the mining booms and took pride in surviving in the world...the women who helped shape the modern West. A Mine of Her Own Digitized by the Internet Archive in...https://archive.org/details/mineofherownwome00zanj A Mine of Her Own Won1en Prospectors in the Alnerican West...Publication Data Zanjani, Sally Springmeyer, 1937A mine of her own : women prospectors in the American West |  | | Journal (issue) | | Annual International Mining Days Celebration, El Paso, Texas. October 1-3—Cochise County Fair, Douglas, Arizona...Rodeo, Blythe, California. October 20-23 — Pima County Fair, Tucson, Arizona. October 21-23—Helldorado... October 29-31—Carson City Rodeo, Carson City, Nevada. October 29-November 6—Ryder Cup Golf Matches,...HAROLD O. WEIGHT 4 FICTION Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 8 ARCHEOLOGY Southwestern Man Against Mammoth By...the Desert . . . MINING 34 Current News of Desert Mines URANIUM Progress of the mining b o o m HOBBY |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR OF THE SIERRA NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA : I I / BY WALDEMAR - LINDGREN...73 rrHE .TERTIAR Y GRAVELS OF .THE SIE~ RRA NEVADA OF CALIJTORNIA BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN . 0 (.....Outline of later geologic history of the Sierra Nevada ..... ___ __ _____ __ ________ ~ ___ . _.......... ____ ___ . ___________ : ·. . __ . The Great Valley and its eastern border .... _.. _.. __ . _____......... __ . _. _. _........... ~. '- ....... . Mining debris ............................. _.... ___ |  | | Journal (issue) | | NORTH INDIAN VALLEY 10 Dick Bloomquist MIRACLE WATERS OF CALIFORNIA'S SOUTHERNMOST VALLEY 12 Marian...she has had two very rewarding showings in Death Valley and at the Saddleback Western Art Gallery in Santa... S. President William Howard Taft in Riverside County during the heighth of the drama, and was accurately...off-roader. It lists more than 50 old towns or mining districts, arranged alphabetically and grouped...co-author, Stanley Paher, is a specialist in Nevada history and mining lore in general. The combination has provided |  | | Report (volume) | | 74, Ph miles east of Dutchtown, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Type section cut by northtrending fault with...stream in NEIA sec. 33, T. 16 N., R. 14 E, Wayne County. Named after village of Abington, about 3 miles...m N.). Named for good exposures on west side of valley of Quebrada Achiote in southeastern part of Jayuya...Upper Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian: North-central Nevada. P. E. Hotz and Ronald Willden, 1964, U.S. Geol... Named for Adam Peak in Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County. Occupies belt about 21f2 miles long on western |  | | Journal (issue) | | Feb. 6-7—First annual Carrot Festival of Imperial Valley, Holtville, Calif. Feb. 7-8—Sierra club, All-American...10-15—Livestock Arizona. show, Volume 11 Feb. 11-15—Pima County fair, Tucson, Arizona. Feb. 14-15—Third annual...Vaqueros, Tucson, Arizona. Feb. 21-22—University of Nevada Winter Carnival and Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate...BEAL 8 BOTANY Tucson, Feb. 11-15—Riverside County Fair and Date Festival, Indio, California. FEBRUARY...the Tribesmen PHOTOGRAPHY By HOPE GILBERT 21 MINING December prize photographs 25 NATURE Current |  | | Book | | Rossi Mine Hills, we went out cupping in hills not more After getting permission from the mine caretaker...caretaker, we There went to work rummaging through the mine dump, were a few exposed garnet crystals but by...He had blasted in his shallow mine to get material n to dress up his mine dump. He told us to return in...drove into a molybdenum mine. way between the garnet location and the Rossi mine. We met the At that time...time they were working the mine. man in charge and secured a few fine molybdenum Molybdenum looks somewhat |  | | Journal (issue) | | was written on one corner of the lid.” DEATH VALLEY SAGENITI by Purnell Barnett Reminiscences of a...the days of Death Valley Scotty and 20 Mule Team Borax, when men were men and the valley floor was paved...Riecker He charged, ‘I'll never go on one of those wild goose chases igain Then he liscovered”’ U.S.G.S. (Guess...stone was identified as Cormorant Lake in Becker County, Minnesota. At the place on Cormorant Lake where...WILLEMS experiencing somewhat of a revival. The valley of the Nahe River and other valleys in that region |  | | Journal (volume) | | Logan, District Mining Engineer McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining...Statistician and Curator Herbert A. Franke, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) — Sacramento San Francisco...REPORTS OF DISTRICT MINING ENGINEERS 7 Redding Field District 7 Sacramento Field District 7 Gold...Mines of Placer County 7 San Francisco Field District 07 Los Angeles Field District 97 GEOLOGIC BRANCH |  | | Journal (issue) | | O F THE DESERT By J U N E LEMERT PAXTON Yucca Valley, California II may be, God forgot the desert, As...o l i d a y T a b l e By MARGARET CARRICK 19 MINING Current n e w s briefs 24 ART OF LIVING Desert...fortunate in having Grandma Gordy come in from Coal Mine canyon on one of her raids on our larder. Knowing...the f'rst emigrant wagon train crossed the Sierra Nevada mountains into California — a pathfinding expedition...there a Charles T. Stanton conMorgan's new book, Humboldt River, nected with your family?" he asked. thinking |  | | Journal (issue) | | NOWTAKING RESERVATIONS for Winter Trips to Death Valley DESERT EXPEDITIONS, INC. Write for our brochure...others, including the most sought-after mystery mine in North America — ) Lost Adams Diggins. How richly...to be the same. The classic protagonist of a lost mine story is a wanderer who has once seen — or heard...treasure are among the most fascinating of lost mine legends. Historians scoff at the stories, saying...the Tayopa silver mine in the Sierra Madre —the most extensively hunted lost mine in North America—was |  | | Report (volume) | | isolation from the wide floor of the Sacramento Valley. They occupy a circular area 10 miles across, made... basement is exposed at the edge of the Sierra Nevada at elevations of about 100 feet; thence, it falls...along the center of the San Joaquin-Sacramento Valley, passing close to the western side of the Sutter...the fluviatile Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada. Conformably above the foregoing lie Sutter Beds...the rhyolitic tuffs in the Valley Springs Formation of the Sierra Nevada, known to range in age from |  | | Journal (volume) | | Bingham, Utah, Mining Black Sand Page. Abbott, James W A Visit to Ely, Nevada Mining at Bingham, Utah...Greenwater District Ditto Ditto Ditto Abyssinia, Minerals In The Requirements of Modern Mining 70S 52...Charles [64 James W. 82 431 114 Nelll 815 District, British W Columbia, The 783 431 795 736 241...Tube-Mill Lining Forbes Rlckard 511 17 The Boundary District The Mineral Output of. In 1906 Broken Hill, Acid...Proprietary Mine, He Treatment at G. D. Del prat Brown, Walter 8 A Filing System for Mining Engineers llucke |  | | Report (volume) | | Placer mining in Alaska in 1903, by Alfred H. Brooks......._....'.. The Porcupine placer mining district...'Wright........ Gold placers of the Fairbanks district, by L. M. Prindle ............ The Kotzebue placer...Maine and Vermont, by G. 0. Smith ............... Nevada: Preliminary report on the ore deposits of Tonopah......... Notes on the geology of the Goldfields district, by J. E. Spurr^...... Oklahoma: Reported gold..... Utah: Progress report on the Park City mining district, by J. M. Boutwell. Geological Survey publications |
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