 | | 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 | | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...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...Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral occurrence |  | | Report (issue) | | ............................................ 18 Wood Canyon Formation (Neoproterozoic–lower Cambrian)...banded outcrop of the upper Wood Canyon Formation in the Kelso Mountains (NPS/JUSTIN TWEET). ..........outcrop of the Zabriskie Quartzite in the Kelso Mountains (NPS/SOFIA ANDESKIE). .......................... An outcrop of the Latham Shale in the Kelso Mountains (NPS/EMILY JOHNSON). ...........................outcrop of the Chambless Limestone in the Kelso Mountains. ..................................... 27 Figure |  | | Book (edition) | | 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 | | | Book (edition) | | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...Montgomery collection; collected by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S: |  | | Book (volume) | | particolor amethsyt (78.70 ct), Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California;...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout |  | | Book (volume) | | with digging vast quantities of coal, leveling mountains of iron ore, and tapping subterranean lakes of...enjoying top rank. The enormous variety and wealth of locality information concerning quartz gemstones are recognized...which provides a quick method of referring to any locality in the book. JS: Arlington, Virginia. June,...extensive files. Photographs and information on the Petrified Forest National Monument were supplied by Fred...Geological Survey of Canada, while specific Canadian locality information was supplied by Dr. Victor Ben Meen |  | | Book (edition) | | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and |  | | Book (edition) | | interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...impossible and indeed unnecessary to give every locality in which they have been found. In some instances...cryptocrystalline varieties of quartz, such as agate and petrified wood, extend over thousands VI Preface .. Vil...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information | | | Book (edition) | | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and | | | Book (volume) | | parricolor amethsyt (78. 70 et), Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25 .30 et), Ra1nona,...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout... most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning...c1ystals, many of facet-grade, found in the Wah Wah Mountains of Utah are to be mined by conventional open-pit |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...Edition. The additional data include nearly 350 locality listings and 14 mineral species and varieties...“check lists” of Vir ginia minerals. The main, locality description section is preceded by: (1) the updated...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...occurrences with in the state. The format of the locality description section, unlike that of previous bulletins |  | | Report (issue) | | United States and Canada BY CATHERINE J. GABER 92 Mining the Most Beautiful Opal in the World BY PAUL CLIFFORD...lives on. The contention that the Virgin Valley (Nevada, USA) opal deposits were discovered by Chinese explorers...opal (and jade) artifacts and evidence of opal mining in an East African cave dating to 4000 B .c. Fact:...and the United States (page 81). Commercial opal mining operations are also being carried on in Canada...viscosity of the opal gel. Specimen California State Mining and Mineral Museum; photo JeffScovil Classic |  | | Report (issue) | | said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...resulting from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread...Leona rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been |  | | Report (issue) | | rewhich was publi.shed as Bulletin 67 of the State Mining Bureau. vision by the same author in 192-3 increased...tribes in the northeast corner of San Bernardino County in pre-historic times. The old workings here were...character of the area, which is in the Turquoise Mountains, T. 16 N., R. 10 and 11 E., S. B. "Sir. T. C....desert region between Death Valley and Goff's Mining District, nearer the former, and that good samples were...the museum of the Bureau. * * * "The turquoise district, as described by Mr. Eisen and others of the party |  | | Report (issue) | | figures in Bulletin 140. Lode deposits Cochise County-Warren (Bisbee) and Turquoise districts, with ores...Tombstone district, with lead-silver ores. Pearce district, with silver ores. Dragoon Mountains, Manzoro...Manzoro district. Dos Cabezas Mountains, Dos Cabezas and Teviston districts. Huachuca Mountains. Swisshelm...Swisshelm Mountains. Gila County-Globe-Miami district, with ores of copper and silver. Dripping Spring Mountains...Mountains, Barnes district, with ores of copper, lead, and silver. Payson district. Graham County-Galiuro Mountains |  | | Report (issue) | | mineralogical occurrences; of the uncommon species, every locality known to the writer is included. The future value... and Butler, G. M.-Arizona lode gold mines and mining: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 137, 1934...Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 148, 1941. Apache County 2: 17 Gregory, H. E.-Geology Prof. Paper 93, 1917...the Navajo country. U.S. Geol. Survey Cochise County 3:04 Ransome, F. L.-The geology and ore deposits...Tombstone district, Arizona: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 143, 1938. Gila County 4:03 Ransome |  | | Book | | appear after page numbers. () Reported from this locality; no further information b Book review c Crystal...Historical information m A map of the locality or a map on which the locality appears n Brief descriptive note... etc.) s Specimen locality attribution only; no information about the locality itself In the case...ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN |  | | Report (volume) | | location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...documented summary of the beginning of Colorado mining history. Part of his summary is given here in the...had been recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed...however, because it contains lists of the mines and mining districts that were active at the time in Clear...only reports the early history and status of the mining industry, but includes a list of all the species |  | | Journal (issue) | | our guide, who has over twenty-)ears experience mining these fantastic gemstones, you could pay for your...the time of your life. T W L T t,Umining town, that Pe.Ith • ha,en' t changed in a hundred...using a pan-like object, called a batea, for placer mining . It was large, when compared to the pans of today...gold seekers simply whittled a pan from a block of wood, and smoothed its inner surface by rubbing with...mother-ofpearl and other shells, ivory, amber, bone, wood, glass and plastic. Among the more expensive gem |  | | Book (edition) | | to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay |  | | Journal (issue) | | at Thornberry Mountain near Coarsegold, Madera County, C alifornia............................. 127 by...Lehrberger & G. Schnorrer-Kohler Arizona's Silver mining district .............................................crystal drawings of any species from a particular locality. Consequently it was necessary to go through all...representing a specific locality. This was so impractical that it became clear a locality cross-index was needed...were then entered on computer, were sorted by locality and then edited. The transcription was a surprisingly |  | | Journal (issue) | | tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the...METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph...three years, (Canada) $180 / one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...part-time while working as a geologist for various mining companies including Halferdahl and Associates (1974-1980)...for the Mineralogical Record: on the Port Radium District in the Northwest Territories (1989) and on the |  | | Book (edition) | | include the mineral's formula, its crystal system, locality, and physical property data, as well as source...vivianite, Bolivia; ( center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...Reflected-light data were added for opaque minerals, and new locality information is given for previously existing species...source for mineral formulas, crystal systems, and locality data. It will also provide the research mineralogist |
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