 | | 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 (issue) | | Pick & Pack 1 CSMS Group Calendar Dec ‘21 Jan ‘22 7 Dec 4 Jan Fossil Group 1st Tues 7:00 PM TBD...John Massie 719-338-4276 23 Dec 27 Jan Crystal Group 4th Thur 7:00 PM Mt. Carmel Center Kevin Witte...Witte 719-638-7919 By appt By appt Faceting Group By appt By appt Berta’s House John Massie 719-338-4276...719-338-4276 By appt By appt Lapidary Group By appt By appt Sharon’s House Sharon Holte 719-217-5683...Dec 10-12: Flatirons Gem & Mineral Show, Boulder County Fairgrounds, Longmont CO. Sponsored by the Flatirons |  | | Book | | collection. Vienna. Lower left: Cobaltocalcite group. from Lerida. Spain. Folch collection. Barcelona...beneath the Felsenkirche (Church in the Rocks).the landmark of this famous gem town. U Irich Burchard...Mineralogical Record P. 0. Box 1656 Carson City, NV 89702, USA N. Bariand 90/91; British Museum (NH) London 110/111...increasingly popular hobby among people from all walks of life, with the result that curators of many hitherto-neglected...representing 100-200 mineral species: an exception is the mining museum of Kongsberg, Norway, showing only a single |  | | Journal (issue) | | KHURSHEED DINSHAW NEVADA PATENT MINE 34 United States’ only active azurite mine. STUART “TATE” WILSON...VOYNICK ROCK SHOPS OF DISTINCTION 60 Part II: Mining supplies and rock shop Field Notes .............Azuritecredit) with Malachite,. (photo Milpillas Mine, Mexico : ARKENSTONE specimen now in the Jeff Kremer...of Tiffany Stone are no longer available from the mine at Delta Utah, even though the beryl content is... Mexican miners working underground at Ojuela mine circa 1908. Note safety equipment of the day. IMAGE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Localities: The Erupción/Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico ....................Front Cover WULFENITE from the Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico; 6.6 cm across. Norm...gathering around a natural amphitheater amid the mine buildings and headframes in order to hear what we...Mexico-II having been devoted to the famous Ojuela mine). Covered here are four more important and prolific...and Arizona Company, then managed the New Cornelia mine at Ajo with great success. While still working for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rhodochrosite occurs in significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt, a large...southwestem comer of Colorado. Most of the metal mining in Colorado has been within this belt since the...Sweet Home mine, the 1 1. Urad mine, Clear Creek County 1. Sweet Home mine, Park County Climax mine, the Eagle...Eagle 12. Moose mine, Gilpin County 2. Sunnyside mine, San Juan County mine in Gilman, and var13. Julia...Julia Fiske mine, Leadville, Lake County 3. Mountain Monarch mine, Ouray County 14. John Reed mine, Lake County |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...............................203 R. Barnes Pikes Peak Granite......................................217...Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of amazonite from the Pikes Peak batholith...Rico, plus a sort of collector’s guide to the Pikes Peak area and a historical look at a fascinating occurrence:...you belong to, and where you come from. American mining schools and professional organizations have long |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................ 4 Leadville, Lake County, Colorado .......................................Minerals of the Sherman Tunnel, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado by Arthur E. Smith Member of the Houston...Microminerals International, who collected them when the mine was operating. Most of the specimens I have are...some minute free-standing dendritic-like black acanthite crystals—usually less than 0.3 mm tall but quite...be formed of flattened, pointed, and acicular acanthite crystals attached to each other and forming a |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ta~co Famous mineral localities: The Trucco mining district, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico .........:Refugio Jlline Famous mineral localities: The Refugio mine, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico .............Front Cover Smithsonite, 4 cm wide, from the Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. William Dameron collection;...Wilson, in the style of 17"' century Spanish still life painters. A photo of the specimen depicted appears...that were collected and stored more carefully. The mine is still being actively worked today, as the city |  | | Journal (issue) | | • Printed in the U.S.A. 12 0 74470 02033 2 Nevada Mineral & Book Company Delivers the Details DINOSAURS...Appeal By Bob Jones 20 ROCK SHOP OF DISTINCTION: NEVADA MINERAL & BOOK COMPANY (Part II) Delivering the...ounce lots $600.00. Darlene and I with our guides, mine foreman and guards at the Welo opal mines in Ethiopia...995 00 complete Free shipping in continent USA Made in USA Grit Sizes 60 to 200,000 1.0" hole with...with 3/4", 5/8" & 1/2" bushings Our made in USA soft wheels will last you 3-4 times longer than imported |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ......................Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England .....................inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don and Gloria Olson...AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 22...$327/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals |  | | Journal (issue) | | D73–31, and D73–36. The XRD patterns verified acanthite and tetrahedrite from the J. E. Baker Billmeyer...Billmeyer quarry in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, near Bainbridge. The geology of this occurrence was documented...discussion of the mineralogy in the chapter on acanthite in The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, 1966–1975 (Smith...observations at the Billmeyer quarry, Lancaster County. Location of magnetite and occurrence no. 3 courtesy...metallic minerals, one of which appeared to be acanthite based on it being extremely sectile (it could |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in |  | | Journal (issue) | | tells the readers how to reconstruct the previous life of a mineral and to predict its future according...Editorial Boris Z. Kantor Igor V. Pekov John S. White (USA) Galina F. Anastasenko Alexander A. Evseev Margarita...Editors (English Style) Peter Modreski (USA), Edward Rosenzweig (USA) Design idea Dmitrii A. Kilpio Layout...Mineralogical Almanac 4871 S. Dudley St., Littleton CO 80123 USA E-mail: minbooks@online.ru Web-site: www.minbook...gold and silver, because platinum was found during mining of gold placers. Platinum was known to the aboriginals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...former species are now group names, and determining the exact species within the group may require an analysis...lives—imagine how different, and how much less exciting, life would have been without it! To celebrate this momentous |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...[Ba(UO2)2V2O8⭈5H2O] from the type locality, the Mounana mine, Franceville, Haute Ogooué, Gabon. See the article...December 3, 1907, Lou spent a large part of his working life practicing law in that city. Later, he spent more...“This is the XYZ mine, and these are pretty pictures of the minerals from that mine.” Lou, however, took |  | | Journal (issue) | | COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...World Museum of Mining is also located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...(only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection Introduction...Steve Mas]ansky Dale Armstrong Bill Besse Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum Paul & Barbara Matt Lauren...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...and former U.S. Army guide, was leading a small group of prospectors into wbat later were named the Weaver |  | | Report (issue) | | zinc, tungsten, and copper. In 1896 world-renowned mining engineer Thomas ''T.A." Rickard called the San...San Juans one of Colorado's four great mining regions along with Leadville, Cripple Creek, and Central City...during the eighteenth century, were the first to mine in the San Juans. One of the earliest recorded expeditions...silver, and other precious stones." By the 1859 Pikes Peak gold rush, legends and tales of the San Juans were...Above: August sunrise on middle Blue Lake, Ouray County Photo Jack Brauer/WideRange Photo LLC, 2010 Facing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...World Museum of Mining is also located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful...only comprehensive mineralogical study of the district. This work is as valuable today as it was 37 years |  | | Journal (issue) | | long in clusters were mined at the Mashamba copper mine, in Zaire. When they were introduced at major shows...ions, two carbonate radicals, and one hydroxide group: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2. A molecule of malachite is composed...ions, one carbonate radical, and one hydroxide group: Cu2CO3(OH)2. The molecular arrangement of malachite...Arizona, comes to mind immediately, as the Southwest mine produced some of the most handsome, multi-inch,...finest—have come from the Milpillas mine, in Sonora, Mexico. Actual mining of this deep deposit started in |  | | Journal (issue) | | -----------------------------------Page 21. UK Mining Round-up -------------------------------------...Show--------------------------Page 29. Reviews: Peak District GeoWalk -----------------------------------...----------------Page 33. Field Guides to Lake District Mineral Sites ---------------------------------Page...-------------------------Page 38. High Longrigg Mine (NB) -------------------------------------------------------Page...a further excavator dig organised at the Benallt Mine following the very successful one at Penberthy Croft |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...November 18, 1928, Brian lived in the area all his life. He left school at an early age and started work...they became a powerful motivator for much of his life. He began buying and selling quality specimens in...purchase the collection were forthcoming from the mining company CRA Ltd., as its contribution to Victoria’s...saw his health decline over the final year of his life. In many ways I regret that our friendship faded |  | | Journal (issue) | | AN INFLUENTIAL IRON ORE MINERAL + ARTISANAL MINING A Complex Industry ROCK & GEM • Vol. 49 No. 05...Magma Dot Wine Country Bill Rozday 26 ARTISANAL MINING It’s Dangerous, Illegal, Undocumented—and Booming...HEMATITE AND GOETHITE Exploring New Mexico’s U.S. 60 Mine Mark Leatherman 42 PROUSTITE 36 58 THE MINERALS...that result in the huge hematite iron deposits we mine today? Everyone knows that iron and oxygen in a...and pyramidal hematite crystals from the Wessels mine, Hotazel. They are lustrous and sharp in well-formed |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted |
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