 | | 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...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite, |  | | 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) | | and often gems can be found. valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain...FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS Crystal forms 5...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...the mother rock. In general, the United States mountain them. is divided geologically into the areas...the east and west, and the plains between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through |  | | Catalog/List | | Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J lJaed gold...feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to light green...chalcophanite crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly equant crystals...785 ADAMITE (CUPRIAN),MohawkMine, San Bernardino County, California. Nicely spaced transparent jade green...55:1447 (1970). 911 ALBITE,Clear Creek, San Benito County, California. White semi-transparent crystals on |  | | Book | | f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered |  | | Report (volume) | | streambeds, principally derived from rocks of the Sierra Nevada. Specific localities in California where diamonds...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |  | | Journal (issue) | | stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and...are the National Mining Hall of 4 Farne Museum in Leadville, the Cripple Creek District Museum, and the |  | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA SYDNEY H. BALL WASHINGTON...______ . _________i________________ History of mining development..--_________ r ________ Economic c...Region about Goldh'eld_______________________ Lone Mountain foothills_ __________________:._______ Topography...Flat_____________._____________________ Stonewall Mountain.________________________ Topography and geography...Page. Region about Goldfield Continued. Stonewall Mountain Continued. General geology Continued. Sedimentary |  | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |  | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |  | | Journal (issue) | | The area is about 10 miles south west .of Topaz Mountain and 20 miles SSE of Fish Springs, and 35 miles...hospitality; to the personnel of the McIntyre Ranch, Juab County, for hospitality and assistance in the field ;...several localities in New Jersey, all in Monmouth County and all in reensand. Its most noted occurrence...199 Allentown ( in the southwestern part of the County) where it is found in leekgreen coatings and masses...occurrence is Middletown, in the northern part of the county, and especially on Telegraph Hill, 2½ miles N.W |  | | Report (issue) | | 1987 INTRODUCTION A significant proportion of mining industry's interest in the last few years has been...of deposits such as Battle Mountain Gold Company's Fortitude deposit, Nevada and Experanza Exploration's...Columbia; Salsigne, France; Pamlico, Nevada; Red Cloud, Nevada; Island Copper, British Columbia; Ban...Bi-bearing skarns (Stormant) are known in the Moina Mining District, Tasmania, Australia, which is largely known...Wotruba of Battle Mountain Gold Company; and Edward I. Bloomstein of Santa Fe Mining. GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION |  | | Report (volume) | | sections of Au-skarn deposits in north-central Nevada 8 Map showing distribution of Au-skarn districts...zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet compositions...five Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of pyroxene...three Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 17 Photomicrograph showing massive garnet partly...north-central Nevada 59 · Representative data for minerals in gold skarns from north-central Nevada 60 Chemical |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Calhoun Co. Bauxite ROCKFORD, Coosa Co. Beryl ROUND MOUNTAIN, Cherokee Co. Hematite SPRINGVILLE, St. Clair...QUEEN MINE, Cochise Co. Azurite CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER CREEK, Gila Co., |  | | Journal (issue) | | Stock Show, Kaysville, Utah. May 9-10 — Humboldt County Auction and Fair, Winnemucca, Nev. May 9-10—Western...Trails Ride from Calico, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada. May 10-25—Wildflower Show, Julian, California...Plain City, Utah. May 15-18—Helldorado, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 16-18—Grubstake Days, Yucca Valley, California...May 18—Horse Show, Sonoita, Ariz. May 18 — Beaver County Livestock Show, Milford, Utah. May 23-25 — New...— Uranium Convention, Albuquerque. May 30—Davis County Sheriff's Rodeo and Posse Review, Kaysville, Utah |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (issue) | | Canyon, Menagerie and Pastel Canyons near Cave Mountain on Mojave desert. Overnight camp near Mojave River...displayed in Julian Community Hall. At Julian, mountain community 60 miles northeast of San Diego, California...kangaroo court, dancing, horse races. Las Vegas, Nevada. May 13—Founders day at Chandler, Arizona, featuring...anniversary of discovery of Tonopah, Nevada. Three days of Wild West mining camp celebration. May 24-27—Utah...Pittenger of Tucson, Arizona, in the Catalina Mountain foothills. CALENDAR POETRY May events on the |  | | Report (issue) | | Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposits, Lander County, Nevada GE0 L0 GICAL SU RVEY P R 0 FE S S I 0 N A...Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposits, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE and DAVID W. BLAKE With...PORPHYRY COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Lander County, Nevada -------------------------- in pocket 1. Map showing location of Battle Mountain mining...mining district in north-central Nevada ------------------------------2. Map showing generalized geology |  | | 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...Dosen ONN/ QBI96-40247 Trade Distribution by Mountain Press Publishing Company P.O. Box 2399, Missoula...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete |  | | Journal (issue) | | painted rock, A breeze to pass me by, A mesa and the mountain haze, An eagle in the sky. The hard worn trail...whirlwinds On the desert's plateaus, Are truant boys With bare brown toes; Who kick up their heels And scuff the...and a superstitous Indian team up to go into the mining business most anything can happen. And it did happen...that is one of the strangest stories in western mining lore. for the mine. He knew the Navajos were hostile...1880 as they traveled west with their families. Mining men say that the likelihood of finding silver ore |  | | Journal (issue) | | number packed six of ing public? us off to Beatty, Nevada, where we MR. AND MRS. E. N. JONES found our... him our next stop was the volcanic Red House, Nevada tear field written about in the September, 1950...Bradt's article and pictures on birds of north of Beatty, where the road to prey. ''Do they deserve extinction...SLACK GIST FIELD TRIP Fossil Leaves From an Ancient Nevada Forest 12 By HAROLD O. WEIGHT CONTEST Picture of...29 CLOSE-UPS About those who write for Desert 30 MINING Current news of desert mines 31 NEWS Here and There |  | | Journal (issue) | | Arizona-Southern Utah issue with a Desert Safari to Tonopah, Nevada, thrown in for good measure. This issue should...minerals that can masquerade as jade are: a type of vesuvianite, better known as californite, a massive form...California, the Southwest and Mexico. During his job as mining commissioner for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce...recording all of the known mineral deposits and mining operations. Eor those who feel there are no mineral...It lies in western Imperial County, southeast of the popular Split Mountain Recreation area of the state |  | | Journal (issue) | | CALENDAR Nov. 25-28—Sierra club trip to Split mountain, Vallecito mountains and Colorado desert badlands...POETRY PALEONTOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY PEGLEG TREK MINING NEWS 24 — Spanish Christmas Eve celebrations,...California. Nevada's First Cotton . . • Las Vegas, Nevada Desert: Just a note to correct a statement you...to state that in the early days at Bunkervilie, Nevada, lots of coiton was grown, I know, tor 1 helped...up at the mountain sky nne. the hot pools are back under an almost perpendicular mountain. Right on the |
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