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Quartz from
Uncle John Mine, Big Dry Creek area, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Uncle John Mine, Big Dry Creek area, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:240963
Long-form Identifier:1:3:240963:4
GUID (UUID V4):5f5dd77e-03e6-455b-824c-8adb77d83402
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.5km (0.9 miles) Independence claim, Big Dry Creek area, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Deer Trail adit, Big Dry Creek area, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Hardscrabble claim, Big Dry Creek area, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Regal prospect, Lone Pine Hill area, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Gold Bar No. 1 claim, Little Dry Creek area, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Holt tunnel, Holt Gulch Prospects, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) True Blue claim, Big Dry Creek area, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Royal Gorge adits, Spruce Creek area, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Lone Pine Mine, Lone Pine Hill area, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) Lone Star No. 7 prospect, Lone Star Prospects, Holt Gulch Prospects, Wilcox Mining District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
THE GILA PRIMITIVE AREA AND GILA WILDERNESS, CATRON AND GRANT COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO By James c. Ratte,...System, but the act provides that each primitive area be studied for its suitability for incorporation...survey i~ the Gila Primitive Area and Gila Wilderness, New Mexico; as defined, and some bordering...bordering areas that may come under discussion when the area is considered for wilderness status. Gila Wilderness...northeast from Leopold Vista, Catron County, N.Mex. (1) Nabours Mountain, (2) Wilcox Peak, (3) Holt Mountain
Report (volume)
RESOURCES OF THE GILA PRIMITIVE AREA AND GILA WILDERNESS, NEW MEXICO Gila Wilderness looking northeast...Leopold Vista, Catron County, N. Sheridan Gulch, (5) Sheridan Mountain, (6) Big Dry Creek, (7) Black (11)...(11) Little Dry Creek, (12) Haystack Mountain, (13) Shelley Peak, (14) Bursum caldera, which passes through...of the caldera. Mex. (1) Nabours Mountain, (2) Wilcox Peak, (3) Holt Mountain, (4) Mountain, (8) Crown...Resources of the Gila Primitive Area and Gila Wilderness, New Mexico By JAMES C. RATTE, DAVID L. GASKILL
Report (issue)
of Fault-Exploration Trenches in the English Hill Area, Scott City 7.5-minute Quadrangle, Missouri by...of fault-exploration trenches in the English Hill area, Scott City 7.5-minute quadrangle, Missouri by Richard...1995 through September, 1996 in the English Hill area, Scott City 7.5-minute quadrangle, Missouri. This...integral part of geologic investigations in the area by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Missouri...sedimentation, and dense vegetation in the English Hill area, outcrops are sparse and geologic contacts are poorly
Report (edition)
855-5067 Administration John C. Steinmetz, Director and State Geologist John R. Hill, Assoc. Director...Manager Helen Stephenson, Financial Records Associate John Rupp, Asst. Director for Research Center for Geospatial...CGDA Chris Dintaman, Geologist and GIS Specialist John Haddan, Field Laboratory Specialist Virginia Haddan... Geologist (812) 855-2687 Geochemistry Section John B. Comer, Geochemist and Section Head Tracy D. Branam...Section (812) 855-1370 Barbara T. Hill, Section Head John M. Day, Photographic Specialist Donna M. Webb, Secretary
Book
of the century, at a time when prospecting and mining were in their hey-day in Tombstone--the greatest...telling of a rich find of silver ore in the Nicholas Mine located high in Lomas de Plata a couple of miles...mentioning the fabulous ores being produced at the mine. A couple of months later a small item told of the...been active in mining and treasure-hunting circles, I filed the information on this mine away. A few months...to say that it may once again become -an active mine when the price of silver increases to a realistic
Book
1. Early Explorers 9 2. Early Mines 11 3. Iron Mining 15 4. Cranberry Forge 19 5. Gem Mecca 23 6. Gold...& Emerald 33 9. Mica Mining 37 10. Feldspar 55 11. Corundum 61 12. Copper Mining 69 13. Graphite, Chromite...Unakite 91 17. Other Minerals 95 18. Scrap Mica Mining 101 19. Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western...Kingdom 121 22. Mineral Rights 127 23. Pioneer Mining Families 24. Amos Presnell 25. Lonnie Lee Presnell...Miners 35. Bassey Bennett 36. Feldspar Miners 37. Mining Corporations 38. Sacrifice & Changes 39. Old Mines
Report (edition)
RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AUTHOR OF THIS REPORT John R. Hill is the Branch Head of Technical Services...47405. Gold and Diamonds in Indiana An Update By JOHN R. HILL With historical contributions by WILLIS...the early days Brown County Carroll County Cass County . Clark County Clinton County Dearborn and Ohio Counties...Counties Franklin County Gibson County Greene County Harrison County Henry County . Jackson County Jefferson...Jefferson County Jennings County . Knox County . . Montgomery County Morgan County Ohio County Owen County . Pike
Report (issue)
Blue Joint Wilderness study area, Montana, and Blue Joint Roadless Area, Idaho See Montana 17 Boulder-Pioneer...Boulder-Pioneer Wilderness study area 12 Centennial Mountains Wilderness study area, Montana and Idaho See Montana...Montana 6 Hells Canyon Study Area, Oregon and Idaho See Oregon 10 Idaho Wilderness 11 Italian Peak and...Mount Naomi Roadless Area, Utah and Idaho See Utah 1 Salmo Priest Wilderness study area, Washington and Idaho...River Breaks Primitive Area and vicinity 16 Sawtooth National Recreation Area, eastern part 14 Sawtooth
Report (edition)
an enlargement of the most frequently searched area, shows locations of streams in Brown and Morgan...thought to occur. A second trip was made to Morgan County in October of the same year. From the information...was five to six dollars. Occasionally, a piece of quartz or other igneous rock is found which contains particles...particles of gold, but in each instance this quartz is a pebble or boulder of drift origin. In one or...or vertical veins are known in the State, and no quartz, slate, schist, granite, gneiss, mica or other
Journal (issue)
Shorty's grave. G. A. GALLAGHER • • • Champion Quartz Crystal . . . Long Beach, California Dear Mr. Henderson:...a Sunday on my hands and recalling John Hilton's article on quartz crystals in the Superstition mountains...pleasure of seeing the champion of them all—the finest quartz crystal I have ever seen—in Mrs. Lewis' collection...and wider tires. I would like to suggest that the new "Jeep" or "Jitterbug" the army has adopted is the...practicable I have yet seen or heard of in either new or antique vehicles. It has a very short wheel-base
Report (chapter)
thought to occUr. A second trip was made to Morgan County in October of the same year. From the information...was five to six dollars. Occasionally, a piece of quartz or other igneous rock is found which contains particles...particles of gold, but in each instance this quartz is a pebble or boulder of drift origin. In one or...or vertical veins are known in the State, and no quartz, .;late, schist, granite, gneiss, mica or other...of the drift-covered area. Tn one or two counties which lie in the driftless area, gold has been found
Journal (issue)
the Martyrs, by Geo. W. Thompson, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lordsburg Sunset, by S. Paul Lindau, Los Angeles...Nicholas N. Kozloff, San Bernardino, California. New Mexico Sunset... Loren G. Snook of Pagosa Springs, Colorado...photograph taken between Shiprock and Gallup, New Mexico. Taken with a Rolleiflex camera on Eastman Super...Jan. 1—New Year ski races, Arizona snow bowl, Flagstaff, Arizona. Jan. 1—New Year dances, many New Mexico...of newly elected governors of Indian pueblos, New Mexico. Jan. 8-10—Golden Jubilee convention, American
Journal (volume)
going the rounds of the press to the effect that a mine of vanadate of lead has been found, and that $10... in some and Hopeful FOR Silver. — A day from New York says: . very high speed and intermittent but...north side of the San Joaquin river. Some of the mine owners are employing Chinese at un- derground work...outcrop- Oregon, have secured a ing the lumber tor the new bridge across the The mineral is valuable, but like...000 in dividends during the year, §2,000,000. Mining and Scientific Press distributed among the fortunate
Journal (issue)
NEW FR€€ 56PAG6 1953 MIDYCAR PRICC LIST This catalog is the same as our 1952 Fall Catalog. It is 8V£"xll"...ask for wholesale discount sheets POLY ARBORS AT NEW LOW PRICES illustration at right shows 1—POLY D12...for $1.00 or $4.50 per doz. plus 20% Fed. E. Tax NEW BOOK OFFERS INDIAN SILVERSMITHING by Ben Hunt $4...Apache Reservation Agency. U. S. Highway 70, New Mexico. July 2-5 — 20th Annual exhibition of the pottery...July 3-4—Rabbit Ear Roundup and Rodeo, Clayton. New Mexico. July 3-5—Southwest All-Indian PowWow. Flagstaff
Journal (issue)
OUT-OF-PRINT GEOSCIENCE BOOKS West Australian Mining. Building & Engineering Journal. Special Issue...and text ills. This special issue of a very rare mining publica­ tion describes the history, develop­ ment...numerous maps of min­ ing regions and mine workings and photo plates of mining camps and mines. Serving the...early surveys, paleontology, mining, meteoritics, regional geology, and old & new world explorations. Email...Email, or call us if you wish to be notified when new catalogs are posted. Web Catalog: http://www.geology-books
Book
the name John Wightman, the author moved with his family in 1871 to Cimarron, New Mexico, but broke...Clifford, he rode with outlaw Clay Allison's Colfax County vigilantes, traveled with Charlie Siringo, cowboyed...he was one of the Panhandle cowboys sent into New Mexico to recover cattle stolen by Billy the Kid and...: NORMAN Also by Frederick Nolan The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History (Norman, 1992) Bad Blood:...paper) 1, Clifford, Frank, 1860-1946. 2. Southwest, New—History—1848— Biography. 3. Billy, the Kid—Friends
Journal (issue)
the D-TEX "Winner" and, was soon launched, on my new career. Hunting mostly around, parks and, school...the 8 to 9 weeks is noiv 916, so now I want your new Delux. If the "Winner" could find this, I should...REVIEWS "DESERT EDITOR" REVIEW RAMBLING ON ROCKS NEW PRODUCTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS NOTES FROM THE FIELD...Larrea St., Palm Desert, California 92260. Telephone Area Code 714 3-16-8144. Listed in Standard Rale and... SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States, Canada and Mexico; 1 year, $5.00; 2 years. $9.5O; 3 years $13.00
Journal (issue)
1963 CONTENTS EL FENOMENO MINE - Paul W. Johnson 4 ARE THERE TEKTITES IN NEW YORK? - Samuel J. Ciurca...Ciurca, Jr. 11 GALENA - QUEEN OF THE TRI-STATE DISTRICT - Mary 8erkholz Strong How TO IDENTIFY MINERALS...Tests with a Polariscope THRU THE MICROSCOPE - John Mihelcic 20 26 ONE BY ONE - Eula Short 31 THE...INCLUDED FREE IT'S THE BROAD SPECTRUM MODEL BS-B NEW LODESTAR SECOND TO NONE MORE PORTABL E POWER AT...202, 45 volt Batteries Set of Two $6.50 $28.95 New, rugged, compact, oil welded battery adopter hos
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oleieiotebriciviel irisiz Gib sa eee heh baad rey area eeShop aeepterse rit pele telet steeds ib drdee... University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Myrick: Volume I was originally published by HowellNorth...to reflect the new pub- Jacket design by Ann Lowe lisher, and the addition of a new preface by the...matter, which has been modified to reflect the new publisher, and to the Roster of Locomotives at the...of gold at Bullfrog, 1904 — Montgomery-Shoshone mine — Founding of Rhyolite —Senator Clark’s early survey
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SANDRINGHAM ROAD PIEOMONT,CA 94611 Yoo Nevada County Chronicles 1845851 ‘ r x of = “...G0: FK, AMERICA \& . Se we ac Surfers Fort 3) New Helvetia) Benicia ; ‘7 San = my x rake ~ Ratael...eee ie 3 NCors RECN naa eNion | Goo Mevadd County Chronicles Grold Diggers and Camp Followers es...(THE NEVADA COUNTY CHRONICLES; I) BIBLIOGRAPHY: P. 392. INCLUDES INDEX. I. NEVADA COUNTY (CALIF.)—HISTORY...)—HISTORY. 2. NEVADA COUNTY (CALIF.)—GOLD DISCOVERIES 3. NISENAN INDIANS—HISTORY. 4. FRONTIER AND PIONEER
Report (issue)
wind into unusual landforms. On older maps of the area, badlands are indicated by the French name "Mauvaises...Gannett, Chief Geographer, under the direction of John Wesley Powell, second Director of the Survey. Gannett......................................Sterling J. Wilcox, member Anne M. Griesemer, deputy Donald D. Loff...the National Gazetteer is identified by geographic area and year and will be revised periodically; the year...between revisions by noting appropriate changes and new name entries published in the reports of the BGN
Book
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS ALBUQUERQUE © 2007 by the University of New Mexico Press All rights...establishments)—Arizona—Tombstone—History. 5. Silver mines and mining—Arizona—Tombstone—History. 6. Amusements—Arizo...Display is Aachen and Bickley Script For my dad, John Philip Teeter May he be looking down from heaven...the Arizona Historical Society. COVER Toughnut mining map, 1880s, courtesy of the Arizona Historical...the author’s collection. 12 Tombstone Mill and Mining Co. map, courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society
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l · •- > r ,., t, • Twenty years ago, when John McPhee be- gan his journeys back and forth across...Eldridge Moores as guide. In Crossing the Craton , a new and Rnal essay and the last link in thP rrn<;<;-f'•n11ntru.../~PR 2 6 .2002 GAYLORD PRINtEO IN U.$ .A. _ by John McPhee Irons in the Fire The Ransom of Russian... The John McPhee Reader The Second John McPhee Reader Annals of the Former World • • JOHN McPHEE...Straus and Giroux New York • 19 Farrar, Straus and Giroux Union Square West, New York 10003 Copyright
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
John Rakovan Department of Geology Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 rakovajf@muohio.edu l a t s y...doing his part to reverse this trend through the New Crystal Hunters project. This series of two-hour...Mae Lynne Swoboda with the kids. The Pala Queen mine, owned by Edward Swoboda and the inspiration for...looks through a smoky quartz he just pulled out of the Pala Chief mine. Dr. John Rakovan, an executive...mineral specimen deposits. In the first episode of the New Crystal Hunters we join Brooks, Max, and Lauren on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
o o Z £3 PUBLIC LIBRARY FORT WAYNE AND ALLEN COUNTY, IND. "*^g a • iii • ,,W, U,N T Y . PUBLIC...land, IS X 3L.XT 3B 3F1. Amusements of the MINING FRONTIER in Early 1850 to Nevada 1864 by Margaret...Figgers and Snaix 1864 21 The Marsh 22 Washoe's New Theatre: Music Hall Menken and Mazeppa 23 Juveniles...Twain ) .... 160 160 161 Aurora, Esmeralda District 162 Lotta Crabtree 211 "Bound for the Land...especially true. Originally called Ophir, this mining metropolis of the Comstock, boasting at one time
 
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