 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...'Ike Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain...Mountain District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite | | | 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) | | Radioactive Deposits of Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLET l]N ^1 0 0 9 - C A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY OF URANIUM RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA By T. G. LOVERING ABSTRACT Thirty-five occurrences...occurrences of radioactive rocks had been reported from Nevada prior to 1952. Twenty-five of these had been investigated...Monster mine, which shipped 5 tons of ore to Marysvale, Utah, during 1951; the Majuba Hill mine; the Stalin's...prospect; and the West Willys claim in the Washington district. No estimate has been made of thorium reserves |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Associated secondary minerals include chrysocolla, malachite, azurite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite, hemimorphite...Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922). An unusual...cuprite, chrysocolla, and planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan...Michigan (Williams 1962). In the arid mining districts of western states, dioptase is somewhat widespread...from the Santa Rita district, Grant County, and the Orogrande district, Otero County, New Mexico. Dioptase |  | | Journal (issue) | | spent a good bit of time with Walter Lombardo (Nevada Mineral and Book Co.). He has really nice books...Minerals) had stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had...Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites. He had just a few specimens of azurite and...and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite fame. Casey told...the Geological Survey of Nevada is preparing a very comprehensive book on Nevada minerals, which has a preliminary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite is likely the best... for a mineral than to be often confused with azurite. Such is the case with the much-rarer linarite...linarite, a striking blue mineral that occurs, like azurite, in the oxidized parts of base-metal ore deposits...all too late, that what was thought to be modest azurite—hardly worth the bother to collect—was actually...over have discovered linarite, often posing as azurite, at many historic sites thought to be no longer |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ....................WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous Prefecture...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription |  | Price, Jonathan G., Henry, Christopher D., Castor, Stephen B., Garside, Larry, Faulds, James E. (1999) Geology of Nevada With excellent rock exposures in the desert, generally good access to collecting localities on public lands, and fine tourist attractions in the towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (6) 357-363 doi:10.1080/00357529909605171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...faults have raised and occasionally tilted the mountains and lowered the basins. Over the years, these...fig. 1) that are derived from erosion of the mountains and that are tens of thousands of feet thick in...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ~ ) : • ,- '1-/Challis r--, - qa'wtooth Mountains r i ~ Elmore'~. -C- -J'-,/,_~, ~ l I ...specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...Jerome I i,J--..s.. ,c., --1. I Blaine '-\ [ Clark,-J t: _Buue-J Ketchum Camas '-; :-.... J. •...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...May 199I-the right to collect in the Sawtooth Mountains of south-central Idaho. Although known by a few | | | Journal (issue) | | by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ....................WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous Prefecture...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription |  | | Report (volume) | | Mt. Stirling Wilderness Study Area, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1730-B...Mt. Stirling Wilderness Study Area, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada By RAUL J. MADRID, ROBERT TURNER, DAVID...MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: SOUTHERN NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL...Mt. Stirling Wilderness Study Area, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1730-B...Mines and mineral resources Nevada Mount Stirling Wilderness. 2. Geology Nevada Mount Stirling Wilderness |  | | Journal (issue) | | SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY" -T —• - Vol. XXXVII No. 1 — i ■&- February, 1990 QUARTERLY THE MINERALOGY...MINERALOGY OF THE MOH/WK MINE _ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA r O' " •: u. o~r William S. Wise ■rrz... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Barbara Cram Riordan, Chairman, Third District Larry Walker...First District Second District Marsha Turoci John Mikels Fourth District Fifth District COUNTY OF SAN...SAN BERNARDINO Harry M. Mays, County Administrative Officer Albert R. Reid, Administrator, General Services |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals....minerals of collector interest, including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite...including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Washington County. It has also been found at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as |  | | 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...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide, and was...article beginning on page 311 for more on the Ray mine. n o te s fr o m t h c j EDITOR ARIZONA This |  | | 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... the Rocky Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary |  | | Book (edition) | | associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal...the rock formations of the east and west coast mountains, and the diamonds of the ciers that crunched...recent perhaps because of the decline in placer mining for gold in made dis- faces helps to distinguish |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...Jackass Spring, on Hunter Mt., Ubehebe quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches...near Little Dodd Spring, Panamint Range, McAllister (4) p. 52. San Bernardino County: 2, Pargasite variety |  | | Book (edition) | | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...Montgomery collection; collected by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. ' INERALOGY OF A ZONA THIRD EDITION John...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | example, Christmas, Arizona, and Battle Mountain, Nevada), more copper is recovered from calc-silicate rocks...which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...feature at 2.17 μm (Salisbury and others, 1983, and Clark and others, 2007). Phyllically altered rocks typically...(Salisbury and others, 1983; Rowan and others, 2006; Clark and others, 2007). In the thermal infrared region...Sunnyside deposits in the Northern Patagonia Mountains of 7 Arizona (Green and others, 1998; Berger |  | | 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 (volume) | | Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney...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 |
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