 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HayesandEinaudi,1986). Clark and Scottand Kidson,1977). The mine area lies approxde la Fuente(1978) recognizeda northwest-trending...Chihuahuatroughalongdebed sequences in Trans-Pecos Texas(Price, 1982, collementsin underlying Jurassicevaporites...thicknessof at least 1,200 m. The basalCretaceous in the mine area are consistent with this east-northeast La...COMMUNICATIONS NEW MEXICO i "•,•I Paso TEXAS •5•Hazel Plata Verde N et al., 1986). The igneousrocksformed...westcoastof Mexico.The mainphase qfigneousactivityin Texas,between38 and32 m.y., involved widely scattered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Report (volume) | | of the Fontana and Hazel Creek mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia, and the...the Stone Hill mine, Alabama UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 UNITED STATES...------------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary...bodY------------------------------------------------Hazel Creek mine_____________________________________________...Counties, Alabama___________________________ Stone Hill mine ___________________________________________ - - |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTHUR E. SMITH, JR. 9118 Concho Street Houston, Texas 77036 ROBERT 0. FAY Oklahoma Geological Survey Norman...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...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: |  | | 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..........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin. Vermont...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | settlement was initially spurred by the lead-zinc mining in its southwest comer, a heritage preserved by...several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials...Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...marcasite. A major mining district, the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district, was in these rocks...barite, and copper minerals were found. Mining in this district ceased in the late 1970s. A branch of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors. and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...MINES Stephen Moreton • David Green 34 ABBEYTOWN MINE AND QUARRY Stephen Moreton • John Lawson • Robert...tantalising pieces of evidence that the mines in that district produced fine crystalline specimens. Fieldwork...Fieldwork was unable to provide corroboration as the mine levels are now inaccessible and little of note remains...the Swiss Ann) he took his PhD in Zurich. He met Hazel, his wife-to-be. whil t she , a visiting their joint |  | | Book | | NaFe(SiOs)2. Monoclinic. Prismatic crystals. Cleaverage—district (110.) Brittle. Luster-vitreus. Color-brown or...Gives a sodium flame. Nearly insoluble. COMANCHE COUNTY: SE%, Sec. 4, T.3N., R.15W. The xtals are i to...side by granite, AGATE (See Quartz) CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the gravel bars of...the Also in sand plant waste dumps. CIMARRON COUNTY: Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10; T.5N., R.2E. Cimarron Meredian...widely scattered in the Black Mesa area. DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles east of Seiling in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | when a new pocket was broken into in the Mammoth Mine, Tiger, (Pinal Company), Arizona." ARKANSAS — Another...xled cyrtolite was found last year in the Pine District, Jefferson Co., Colo., so we were informed by...locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell... June 26-29, 1952. CONNECTICUT — The old copper mine near Bristol, Hartford Co., Conn., used to produce...Chamberlin St., Orlando, Florida. "On June 17, 1952, Hazel Green and I found some casts of shells that pleased |  | Martin, Andrew J., McDonald, Iain, MacLeod, Christopher J., Prichard, Hazel M., McFall, Katie (2018) Extreme enrichment of selenium in the Apliki Cyprus-type VMS deposit, Troodos, Cyprus. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (3) 697-724 doi:10.1180/mgm.2018.81 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Martin1*, Iain McDonald1, Christopher J. MacLeod1, ∆Hazel M. Prichard1 and Katie McFall1 1 School of Earth...inclusions of galena and abundant Cu secondaries, covellite, digenite and chalcocite (Adamides, 2010, 2011)...throughout Troodos with Te and Se data highlighting mine sites, especially the Limni, Kalavasos, Skouriotissa...mines have significant spoil heaps associated with mining activities. Disturbance of sulphide waste leads...crosscut pillows in the footwall. Chalcanthite, covellite and azurite are abundant in the southern pit wall |  | | Report (volume) | | map of the Richards mine, Mineral Point. 17. Geologic map of the Grayville mine, Mineral Point. 18. Geologic...No. 3 mine, Iowa County. Page FIGURE 25. Index map of Wisconsin-Illinois-Iowa zinc-lead district showing...PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT GEOLOGY OF THE DODGEVILLE AND MINERAL POINT QUADRANGLES...sandstone and an important aquifer in the mining district. The Platteville formation is 53 to 65 feet...GEOLOGY OF UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT member is subdivided into blue beds of dark bluish-gray |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos...pseudomorphs after pyrite, pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine—near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals. A rthur L. Flagg was a practicing Arizona mining engineer, an accomplished author, and an Arizona...calcite and wulfenite, 11.6 cm across, 79 mine, Hayden, Gila County. Figure 3 (center left). “Bird’s nest”...nest” calcite, 11.6 cm across, Bisbee, Cochise County. Figure 4 (bottom left). Malachite after azurite with...with cerussite, 8.7 cm across, Tiger, Pinal County. Figure 5 (top right). Copper with calcite, 8.8 cm...cm high, Campbell shaft, Bisbee, Cochise County. Flagg attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode |  | | Report (issue) | | Harold Evans with Forward and Appendix by Dr. Allen Van Heyl Special Publication No. 2 FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY...Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania by F. Harold Evans with...with Forward and Appendix by Dr. Allen Van Heyl Special Publication No. 2 FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY, PENNSYLVANIA... Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsyl vania. Copyright © 1980 by...second and third drafts and Glen Taylor, Montgomery County Re corder of Deeds, for his kind help in searching |  | | Journal (issue) | | AND CHEMISTRY OF GOLD IN THE VlRGlLlNA DISTRICT, HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA Michael A. Linden', James R...Solberg* INTRODUCTION The Virgilina district of Halifax County in south central Virginia is a minor...well-documented gold region of the central Appalachians. The district (Figure I), which extends from Virginia into North...1917 the mines in the Virginia portion of the district produced approximately 750,000 pounds of refined...recovered primarily from the Red Bank mine and the Luce-Howard mine although numerous trenches, pits, and |  | | Book (edition) | | Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...sometimes in the field-Randy Becker, Norm Radford, Chris van Laer, Dr. Russell Boggs, Dr. Mike Menzies, and others...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. |  | | 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...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please... SULPHIDE LENSES IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS (Mackinaw Mine) Pentlandite, chalcopyritc, pyrite, raaucherite |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District By ALLEN V. HEYL, Jr., ALLEN F. AGNEW, ERWIN J...Cultural development and facilities related to mining Field work and acknowledgments Scope of the report...report Previous geologic work in the district Geology Stratigraphy Precambrian rocks Cambrian system Upper...features Regional relations Structures of the mining district Folds First-order folds Second-order folds...development of the district structures Development of the structural features within the district Origin of the |  | | Report (issue) | | 27 32 Illustrations Figure 1. Location map of mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada...Table 1. Table 2. Table 3. Known production from mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada.............. Occurrences of mineral deposits in mining districts of the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada...for 4 years. This report is a review of the known mining districts within the Reno quadrangle, as well as...starting point for those interested in previous mining and research efforts within the Reno quadrangle |
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