 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Comstock District, Nevada DONALD M. HUDSON† 1540 Van Petten Street, Reno, Nevada 89503 Abstract...deposits of the world-renowned Comstock district of western Nevada constitute one of several superimposed...superimposed Miocene hydrothermal systems. In the district, Mesozoic metasedimentary and igneous rocks are overlain...kaolinite alteration exposed at the periphery of the district may be linked to preore alteration near the paleowater...elsewhere in the district. Pliocene to Holocene reactivation of faults has disrupted the district, redistributing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons... '<, • Boise I Dismal SW!fP \.J. Silver City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L........ ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and geologic data have not been recently prospected...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional |  | | 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) | | paralle l to host-rock bedding. Black Cloud mine, Leadville district. Sherman-type ore (bottom) in paleokarst...veined with ferroan dolomite. rv1oose mine, North Alma district. Photographs b)' \Villiarn Sacco, Peabody...Carbonate-hosted sulfide deposits of the central Colorado mine ral belt: Introduction, general discussion, and...Johansing Leadville district: Geology and the origin of ore deposits in the Leadville district, Colorado: Part...and the origin of ore deposits in the Leadville district, Colorado: Part II. Oxygen, hydroge n, carbon |  | | Book (edition) | | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART | | | 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) | | Hazen The best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec ........ .......................1972, and considered to be the finest known Jeffrey mine grossular specimen. Marco Amabili collection; James...covering Maine, New York, Pennsylvania (Chester County), Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Washington, Colorado (two)...(two), New Mexico (the Bingham Canyon mine), Nevada, Arizona (two), Mexico, Brazil, Northern England...797 A ACANTHITE UNITED STATES and CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA Beaverdell [Highland Bell] mine, Beaverdell |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral |  | | Book (edition) | | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position to become mineralogist for Silver King...King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as mineralogist/petrographer for...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and | | | Book (edition) | | Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position to become mineralogist for Silver King...King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as mineralogist/petrographer for...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express |  | | Book | | P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining at the College of California, parent to the University...California, and published in the fourth and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning in 1914 with a volume...platinum - have been found mainly in the Sierra Nevada and the Klarnath Mountains provinces. These mountain...are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...PLATEAU I7 COAST RANGES 7 GREAT VALLEY :2f SIERRA NEVADA ~ BASIN RANGES Ell MOJAVE DESERT II TRANSVERSE |  | | Book | | milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please spare... SULPHIDE LENSES IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS (Mackinaw Mine) Pentlandite, chalcopyritc, pyrite, raaucherite |  | | Book (edition) | | Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a | | | Book | | P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining the at College of California, parent to the...mineralogist of California, and pub- and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning volume prepared...— gold and platinum — have been found mainly in Nevada and the Klamath Mountains provinces. These mountain...species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | 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...Indianapolis. Iowa.............. Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas............Prof. Erasmus Haworth, University...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal |  | | 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 (issue) | | 5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Lapis International, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut USA Collection 'Alan Table of Contents What Is Gold...First Gold Rush: Gold Fever in the Southeastern USA . . . . . . . .P. 16 R. Chris Tacker California and.... . . . . . . . . . P. 90 A Photo Gallery Gold Mining and Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book | | sample in his hands. ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS Silver Ag Silver is a member of the cubic crystal system but...silverwhite, tarnishing quickly to black. The streak is silver-white and the lustre metallic. It is malleable...of hot waters on silver sul¬ phides, or of metallic sulphides or arsenides on silver chloride. It occurs...disseminated in various metallic sulphides. Localities. Silver is found at Kongsberg, Norway, sometimes as fine...states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | Barlow-Catlin, or Washington block, in the city of T acoma, P ierce county. I forthwith prepared for business...inspected, and now report upon every mining district, every mine of promise 01· prospective worth, every...foster the mining in Washington were, if I might use the expression...tlockecl to the banks of the Similkamecu. Olll Okanogan City was the Embarcadero for the new found placer,-,...ripple over. Okanogan, the busy, bustling, noisy mining camp of scarce th1·ee months' existence lapsed |  | | Report (issue) | | made this publication possible. ELEMENTS Gold Silver Copper Lead Mercury Tellurium Sulfur Diamond Graphite...deposits Cochise County-Warren (Bisbee) and Turquoise districts, with ores of copper, silver, and lead. Tombstone...Tombstone district, with lead-silver ores. Pearce district, with silver ores. Dragoon Mountains, Manzoro...Manzoro district. Dos Cabezas Mountains, Dos Cabezas and Teviston districts. Huachuca Mountains. Swisshelm...Swisshelm Mountains. Gila County-Globe-Miami district, with ores of copper and silver. 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