 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure |  | | Report (volume) | | Director Bulletin 955-E FLUORSPAR PROSPECTS OP MONTANA BY CLYDE P. ROSS Contributions to economic geology...near Anaconda, Deer Lodge County-_______________ Silver Bow prospect, Silver Bow County__________________________...ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 18. A, General view of East Butte from the south; B, View down Sage Creek from the..._______ 28. Geologic and topographic map of the Silver Bow fluorspar 209 prospect--...---------------...--- In pocket FIGURE 6. Index map of part of Montana, showing the mapped fluorsparbearing areas and |  | | Journal (issue) | | BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals: |  | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................ |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years... 52002 SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region...mineral came from one pocket in the Jardinera No. 1 Mine. That find was roughly one cubic meter in volume |  | | Catalog/List | | and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history. During his second year...the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana. He did extensive research...and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...memories are of collecting quartz in Montana, calcite in Utah, silver, galena, sphalerite, and amethyst |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...row, from left) Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...in the Montana State Capitol rotunda, by F. Pedretti’s Sons, 1902, 84 inches in diameter. Montana Historical |  | | Report (issue) | | and Mineral Resources Maps of the Butte 1o x 2° Quadrangle, Montana AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF...Virginia-National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. • SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm...and Mineral Resources Maps of the Butte 1o x 2° Quadrangle, Montana By JAMES E. ELLIOTT, CHARLES M. TRAUTWEIN...and mineral resources maps of the Butte 1°x2° quadrangle, Montana I by James E. Elliott ... [et al.]...Mines and mineral resources-Montana-Butte Region. 2. Geology-Montana-Butte Region. 3. Conterminous United |  | | Book (volume) | | conditions: the Cumberland Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain...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: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like...rank among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...January–February, 2002 5 Figure 1. Steel headframes of the Original (foreground), Kelley #1 (center-background), Steward |  | | Report (volume) | | Director, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont. BA Atomic Energy Commission, Butte Suboffice...Suboffice, Butte, Mont. D Geological Survey office, Room 468 New Customhouse, Denver, Colo. DA Atomic Energy...(387, 631) Cressman, E. R., Geology of the Dry Valley quadrangle, Idaho: TEI-258 Aug. 25, 1952. IM, SL...of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah: TEI-287, Jan. 11, 1954...Results of exploration at the Old Leyden coal mine, Jefferson County, Colo.: TEM-292, Mar. 30, 1953. D, GJ. |  | | Book (volume) | | good specimens of Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite (fluorescent), , Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | good specimens of Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite (fluorescent), , Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | 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...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Book (volume) | | in elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides |  | | 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 | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | Lucien Beckner of Louisville, Ky., U. M. Sahinen of Butte, Mont., Gilbert O. Raasch of Urbana, 111., Nancy...thrilled to the sight of mounted in gold or or silver, some lovely gem, against lying a background...Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that...PHENACITE SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE...from them weather the types of agates found in Montana. Metamorphic rocks include those of either of the |  | | Report (volume) | | Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal...of Sedimentary Petrology_...__._ Mines Magazine Mining Engineering ........___..._...._____ Advances in...Tallahassee, Fla. GA Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 425 State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. IM... MOB Office of the Director, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont. NEV Office of Director |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things beautiful...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen is 2.5 cm...Figure 2. Enargite trilling from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Twin is 5 mm across and is on the... lustrous enargite crystals from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. The specimen is 5 cm across. William...sedimentary-hosted lead-zinc deposits of the Tri-State district in the United States. It is known to replace pyrite |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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 |  | Finch, John Wellington, Bateman, Alan M., Butler, B. S., Loughlin, G. F., McLaughlin, D. H., Singewald, J. T. Jr. - Eds. (1933) Ore Deposits of the Western States. The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, New York. | Book | | uccessor in interest, the American Institute oC Mining and M etallurgical Engineers has made a grant from...attended his efforts- not the spectacular success of a mining executive, but the more lasting success in the...spontaneous movement arose among geologists and mining engineers to express in some appropriate fashion...Board of Directors of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers elected him to H onorary...that would touch wider circles, was desirable. The Mining Geology Committee of the A.I.M.E. undertook to |  | | Report (issue) | | _________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ Pag« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...Ltd., mine...... --_--______.______ Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ Tern Piute district.........district____ .________..__ Nevada Scheelite mine.. _ ______ Hooper No. 2 mine __ _____ _ _ Yankee Girl mine_______________...Mountains_____________.____ Desert Scheelite mine..... _______ Gunmetal mine _ ___________ _ Manganese-tungsten |  | | Report (volume) | | OP HARDNESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |
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