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| leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S....Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia |
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| New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Resource Map 15 March 1986 Silver and gold occurrences...occurrences in New Mexico by Robert M. North and Virginia T. Mclemore New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources...Resources, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 Abstract Anomalous amounts of silver and/or gold have been identified...identified in 153 mining districts or prospect areas of New Mexico. Production from most of these occurrences...200,000 ounces of silver. Silver and gold in New Mexico occur in 14 distinct types of deposits ranging |
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| resource map 24 Mining Districts and Prospect Areas in New Mexico by Virginia T. McLemore edited by...Shari Kelley New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources A division of New Mexico Institute of...of Mining and Technology Socorro, New Mexico 2017 Mining Districts and Prospect Areas of New Mexico by...McLemore Shari A. Kelley (editor) Copyright © 2017 New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Nelia...Director and State Geologist Mining Districts and Prospect Areas in New Mexico by Virginia T. McLemore edited |
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| AN INFLUENTIAL IRON ORE MINERAL + ARTISANAL MINING A Complex Industry ROCK & GEM • Vol. 49 No. 05...Free Catalogs VOL. 49 NO. 05 • May 2019 10 HEMATITE Globally Influential and Accessible Bob Jones...ARTISANAL MINING It’s Dangerous, Illegal, Undocumented—and Booming Steve Voynick 36 BOTRYOIDAL HEMATITE AND...AND GOETHITE Exploring New Mexico’s U.S. 60 Mine Mark Leatherman 42 PROUSTITE 36 58 THE MINERALS OF...notice. Sculptural piece of “horsetooth” style hematite from the DraaTafilalet Region, Morocco; specimen |
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| 00 Kingsley North Cabber 8” Introducing the all new Kingsley North Cabber 8". The KNC8 body is fully...Voynick A Breathtaking Combination Found in Sonora, Mexico By Bob Jones 51 LOOKING BACK 20 EPIDOTE A Beautiful...BRUNEAU-PATTERN JASPERS Discoveries in Oregon, Idaho and Mexico Field Notes ....................................matrix, West Colusa Mine, Butter Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, courtesy Heritage Auctions;...106 and 107]) Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park Co. Colorado, USA 5.71 x 3.73 x 2.96 inches (14.50 |
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| MINERAL CORNUCOPIA 24 Collectors find variety in New Mexico. By Mark Leatherman 36 ARSENIC FAMILY MINERALS...come from the Milpillas mine, in Sonora, Mexico. Actual mining of this deep deposit started in the 21st...21st century, so its specimens are pretty new. Seven oxidized carbonate zones were discovered there, and...discovery of huge malachite masses during copper mining in Russia’s Ural Mountains, nearly 200 years ago...& MINERAL SHOW Nov. 10, 11, & 12, 2017 Jackson County Fairgrounds Pascagoula,MS admission $3.00 or $5 |
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| JASPER ORBS: Formation of Unique Features Turquoise Mining ROCK & GEM • Vol. 49 No. 06 • U.S. $5.99 Issue...06 0 74470 02033 2 EMERALD VILL AGE Blue Ridge Mining Exploration Special Section Tools of the Trade...Phenomenon (Part I) 18 North Star Turquoise Joe Dehmer New, Natural and Native American 58 Enchanted by Selenite...ROCKNGEM.COM Black smoker geyser in the Juan de Fuca Ridge System, near Vancouver Island, Canada. WIKIMEDIA...underground workings is visible at the center. MINING HISTORY ASSOCIATION, WWW.MININGHISTORYASSOCIATION |
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| caves to be visited! Two of Arizona’s more famous mining towns, Bisbee and Tombstone, offer underground...in the of any one of several mine netherworld of mining. tours offered there. Of course, The tour, which... Kate’s, the Bird Cage Theater, are another 10 mining levels, which are eclipsed by the 33 additional...world. You’ll minutes, where you’ll enjoy seeing mining equipment, minsee specimens at the Arizona Sonora...year, since thousands of female bats fly in from Mexico in spring and use the cavern to breed and as a |
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| Wulfenite from the Red Cloud (photo credit)mine (La Paz County), Arizona, is world famous. (3.9 cm high) Jeff...lovely carnelians. But what causes the color in the new light blue-green “aquaprase” from North Africa? I...are right. Sam tells me he is mining for diamonds in the Golconda district of India now. —Bob Jones Senior...when a large watercourse was encountered during mining. Two local collectors were allowed to collect the...Desert Museum. Rock & Gem The Thompson specimen-mining team recovered this example of composite wulfenite |
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| relieve stress and gets close to Helen Serras-Herman’s new favorite color, Very Peri. Speaking of photos, don’t...Craig Kissick | ext. 1995 | CraigK@HA.com DALLAS | NEW YORK | BEVERLY HILLS | CHICAGO | PALM BEACH LONDON...Workshop or Summer Camp at our facilities. Poland Mining Camps has obtained exclusive access for our customers...DIFFERENT SORT Ankylosaurs were weird and now a new species adds a new degree of weirdness. Welcome to Stegouros...contemporary grazing animals like the American bison. A new find in southern Argentina pre-dates earlier evidence |
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| • NOVEMBER 2021 40 Rockhounding Adventures in Mexico – Part 1 By Bob Jones 14 50 A Guide to the Carnegie...villagesmithyopals.com Scan for more details ION Mining Cooperative Idaho, Oregon, Nevada Working hard...Moss Drive, P.O. Box 740252 Houston Texas, TX 77074 USA Tel : +1 832 641 5014 ; +234 803 715 8372 Fax : +1...Fred Wilde Please write, email or call us for our new arrivals & discounts. Our seasonal business starts...Workshop or Summer Camp at our facilities. Poland Mining Camps has obtained exclusive access for our customers |
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| 2020 CAPTIVATED BY CREEDE Evolution of a Silver-Mining Boomtown METAMORPHIC INDEX MINERALS ROCK & GEM...ROCKNGEM.COM VOL. 50 NO. 06 • JUNE 2020 10 SILVER MINING SURVIVOR Creede Colorado Navigates Economic Transition...20 SOUTHWEST SUMMER Exploring San Juan Mountain Mining History 50 FIELD TRIP FOCUS Making Memories and...From Ancient Mexico By Helen Serras-Herman REGULAR COLUMNS Witness to Morocco’s Modern Mining Rush Field...Hollow mines. Between those two and other flume mining adventures in western North Carolina, my family |
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| covington-engineering.com Covington Engineering Corp. New Opal Special CPSPP&C173oz Shellpatch Opalfield. Lots...Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA MADE IN USA Features include: • All cast aluminum tank...Part HP14 Slab Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA MADE IN USA Features include: • 1/2 HP continuous duty...barrancadiamond.com ® NOVEMBER 22 – 24 Costa Mesa, CA NEW BOOTH R-36 & R-37 © 2019 2019 MK MK Diamond Diamond...Annual Crystal Fair, County Fair Arizona Mineral & Show Fossil Show Hilton Orange County/ Building (Formerly |
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| FACTS ABOUT OPAL CLAIM TO COPPER FAME Butte’s Mining Legacy DYNAMIC DISCOVERY Biggs Junction Reveals...TOURMALINE CRYSTALS 50 SOMETHING NEW IN BIGGS JUNCTION Exploring a New Deposit Discovery in North Central...NEVADA’S CARLIN TREND America’s Greatest Gold-Mining District 64 CAPTIVATING FIND AT CARVER AGATE FIELD...classic older specimen of opal from the prolific USA locality of Butte, Oregon, reveals a carving-grade...SEASON — Silly as it may seem, with the arrival of a new season, I’m often slightly amazed at how quickly |
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| most of the mineral sources in Arizona, a few in Mexico, and was the author of the book Rockhounding Arizona...committees. In each case, I’ve learned much and had new horizons opened to me. Here in Arizona, I served...support education and docent programs connected to the new state park. Exploring the cavern, taking photographs...University. Thanks to a very generous donation, a new mineral exhibit hall and educational facility has...help publicize the new hall and encourage rockhounds to take advantage of this new and very spectacular |
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| the U.S.A. 02 0 74470 02033 2 Made in the USA! by Barranca Diamond DIAMOND 7” TRIM SAW MK-1503...beautiful Bob Jones 62 48 46 FACETING GARNETS FOR THE NEW YEAR Jim Perkins 48 MERCURY-BEARING MINERALS Enticing...BREASTPLATE Lauritz A. Jensen 62 LAVA PLAINS SAPPHIRES New Ideas About Their Identity Fossicking Adventures...H Scan for Video Scan for Video MADE IN USA MADE IN USA Barranca Diamond Products • 1315 Storm Parkway...without notice. Learning Through Change H appy New Year and welcome to 2019! I know for some it’s passé |
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| RandG_official rockngem.com Amethyst Guerrero, Mexico Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda August 12, 13...Science News BY J I M B R AC E -TH O M P S O N A NEW ERA IN Space Exploration Welcome to the Space Launch...perennial funding setbacks, the SLS is billed as the new Apollo Saturn V, or the rocket that took Americans...see Stan up-close-and-personal in 2025 at a brand new natural history museum being constructed by the United...ROCK&GEM | WWW.ROCKNGEM.COM Earth Science News A New Fossil May Revise Cephalopod Genealogy— Or Maybe |
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| 15 Bob Jones 60 COLUMBIA BASIN AGATES Something New, Something Rare SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS? Call (855)...H Scan for Video Scan for Video MADE IN USA MADE IN USA Barranca Diamond Products • 1315 Storm Parkway...& EMERALD Route Wulfenite on Mimetite Durango, Mexico Watercolor by Fred Wilda© Minerals ◆ Fossils ◆...longer than Imported Wheels Size 4 x 1¼ 6 x 1½ 8x2 New ReSurface Wheel Service 43.95 18.00 49.95 20.00 74... Best Prices Grit 6" 8" 60 12.95 16.95 Made in USA. 80, 100 11.95 15.95 Nickel Bond including & Wheels |
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| Galaxy & Nova Wheels This machine is made in the USA by Kingsley North. Features: • Stainless Steel construction...MINE 38 Exploring Utah’s Big Cottonwood Mining District 26 PALEONTOLOGY IN THE PARKS Our National...parcels and single stones from the latest shipment. New Opal Special EWOBM-1 Medium sized rough Welo opal...BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • All cast aluminum tank, table...# 168787 HP14 Slab Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • 1/2 HP continuous duty motor |
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| SHOW GUIDE Let your existing clients and potential new clients know exactly where you’ll be and what you’ll...of Deep-Sea Mining Although buffered from human ears by leagues of water, deep-sea mining is a noisy enterprise...hear it, why should we care? Interest in deep-sea mining increases as we seek rare metals and elements....ramping up deep-sea mining. They’ve developed models showing noise from deep-sea mining will be far from...history. A team led by D. T. Rodbell (Union College, New York) is peering into hundreds of thousands of years |
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| NORTHERN EUROPE’S AMBER RUSH Soaring Prices Amidst a Mining Boom By Steve Voynick 56 BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO BUYING.......16 Bench Tips ..........................18 New Sites of Sapphire Appreciation “Down Under” Club...Community Outlook ............74 A Sneak Peek at A New Column and Series SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS? Rock &...walk along the Tomorrow River Trail, in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. ANTOINETTE RAHN our staff EDITORIAL...visiting a public dig site? • Have you discovered new materials, techniques, or equipment you’ve used in |
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| Gold Rush (circa 1849-52), attest to the extent of mining activity and richness of the North Fork of the...Lindgren’s study titled The Tertiary Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California, originally printed in 1911...“California” from the State menu, and “Placer” from the County list. Press Enter and click on the Stevens Trail...pack mules traveling between the then-bustling mining town of Iowa Hill and the connection to the Transcontinental...uphill hiking on the way out after a long day of mining. January 2018 The Stevens Trail sign is visible |
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| TREASURES An Exhilarating New Arizona Find REGULAR COLUMNS 56 MINERAL COUNTY WANDERINGS Field Notes...period of uncertainty as best you can, can develop new long-term safety protocols as smoothly as possible...project). • New topic-themed reference series with both print and digital components. • New occasional...President JAMES L. MILLER Founder ! d e v o M e v ’ We NEW LOCATION Y Covington Same Great Product 520 E....(weather permitting) Rock Shop Hours: 7:30 am-4:30 pm Mining hours: 8:00 am-4:00 pm 775-941-0374 Come enjoy |
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| recognized. Rock & Gem Arizona’s 79 mine (Pima County) is a source of exquisite wulfenites, such as these...the latter half of the 1800s. When we occurs in Mexico, Morocco, Africa and Turkey, as well as Arizona...deposits it as wulfenite, a byproduct of metal mining and a common secondary mineral. I have had the...notable mines such as the Red Cloud mine, in La Paz County. The Red Cloud is among the most famous of all...Bleiberg, Austria, where it was recognized as a new species in 1845 and named after noted Jesuit mineralogist |
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| By Tim Miller 34 THE TALE OF A TOURIST MINE A new life for Colorado’s Last Chance. 34 By Steve Voynick...it is that the clear chalcedony is essentially a new canvas for “painting”. —Lou David Allen Abilene,...understand that the benitoite mine is a patented mining claim and is private property. Accessing the mine...for more information. —Wayne Schrimp Capistrano Mining Co. San Benito Jonesite I enjoyed the benitoite...tourmaline shards, I started with two 20 gauge hematite-coated copper wires, each between 3 feet and 5 |
