 | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | of the Southern Inyo Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1705-B...of the Southern Inyo Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California By JAMES E. CONRAD, JAMES E. KILBURN...of the Southern Inyo Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1705-B...Southern Inyo Wilderness Study Area (CA010-056), Inyo County, California. CONTENTS Summary Bl Abstract 1...to the Southern Inyo Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California PLATE In pocket 1. Mineral resource |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 98504-7007 Minerals of the Vanadinite Mine, Mohave County, Arizona THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES a new northern...Section 17, T.29N., R.17W., Lost Basin mining district, Mohave County, Arizona. The adit is approximately...93 and tum right on Pearce Ferry-Meadview Road (County Route 25). Continue past the Hualapai Wash Road... History Gold-bearing veins in the Lost Basin district were discovered in 1886 and developed by Mike...extensive sampling program by G. E. Pitts in 1932, mining operations commenced. By 1936, gold output from |  | Theodore, Ted G., Blair, Will N., Nash, J. Thomas, McKee, E.H., Antweiler, J.C., Campbell, W.L. (1987) Geology and gold mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin mining districts, Mohave County, Arizona, with a section on K-Ar chronology of mineralization and igneous activity, and a section on implications of the compositions of lode and placer gold. Professional Paper 1361. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1361 | Report (issue) | | Mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin Mining Districts, Mohave County, Arizona U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...MINERALIZATION OF THE GOLD BASIN-LOST BASIN MINING DISTRICTS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA Placer gold nugget about...Lost Basin mining district. Geology and Gold Mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin Mining Districts...Districts, Mohave County, Arizona By TED G. THEODORE, WILL N. BLAIR, and J. THOMAS NASH With a section on...mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin mining districts, Mohave County, Arizona. (U.S. Geological Survey Professional |  | | Report (issue) | | SierritaEsperanza copper-molybdenum deposit, Pima County, Arizona, in Jenney, J. P., and Hauck, H. R., eds... 1939, Geology of the Lead Mountain area, Pima County, Arizona [M.S. thesis]: Tucson, University of Arizona..., 1920, The southern section of the Amole mining district: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 106, p. 19-25...(copper and molybdenum), Copper Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report...mineralization, Bagdad, Arizona: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical,and Petroleum Engineers Transactions |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....................... 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico ...................................DeMouthe Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico .............................Hammond Famous mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ...........................Foord Fluorite from the Pine Canyon deposit, Grant County, New Mexico .....................................Hanson Ilmenite expitaxial on bixbyite from Sierra County, New Mexico .................................. |  | | Report (issue) | | ..................................... Rudkins prospect - 00006............................................................................. Pinafore prospect - 00008............................................ Pentland prospect - 00021.......................................... Upshot prospect - 00022............................................. Carbine prospect - 00023...................................................................... Bell Ranch gold prospect - 00025................................... Binghampton |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ellenville (Ulster County), Wurtsboro (Sullivan County), and Guymard (Orange County) with minor workings...(Orange County) and Spring Glen (Ulster County). The area also contains some small unnamed prospect pits...intersected ore veins near Shaft 2A in Warwarsing (Ulster County) (Bird 1944), and some specimens were recovered...mountain ridge running from near Kingston, Ulster County, New York, to the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania...ore deposits along its length. We know that lead mining in the Ellenville area commenced prior to 1730 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Amado, Arizona, was one of the most productive wulfenite localities in the state. Following the discovery...pocket in 1955 at least 25 others were found as mining progressed. The contents of these, which ranged...at least 350 powder boxes full of good-quality wulfenite specimens were removed from the mine, in addition...in 1958: “The first large scale occurrence of wulfenite that I observed was dike-like in shape and extended...along the south side of the main ore zone. The wulfenite in this pocket was golden orange in color and |  | | Report (volume) | | Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California MAY GOVL , DOCLI"A DIP (Eflj I FcTiori...Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California By KEITH A. HOWARD, JANE E. NIELSON...Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1713—B...California Desert Conservation Area, San Bernardino County, California. CONTENTS Summary B1 Abstract 1...Geologic setting 6 Appraisal of identified resources 6 Mining history 6 Identified resources and mineralized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Recent Collecting Activity in SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO B A R B A R A and J O H N M U N T Y A N 6978...material has been obtained from a number of San Juan County mines and prospects during the last decade, in...vicinity of Silverton, the principal town in the county. The American Tunnel, located just north of town...and has been the major source of specimens in the county. Most museums and many pri vate collections have...also a number of lesser-known mines in San Juan County from which fine mineral speci mens have been obtained |  | | 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...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | Mineral Deposits of the Mountain Pass District San Bernardino County California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Mineral Deposits of the Mountain Pass District San Bernardino County California By J. C. OLSON, D. R. SHAWE...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 261 A geologic study of the district and its rare-earth-bear ing carbonate rocks. One...HEWETT The region near Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, Calif., has been the scene of at least three cycles...when a horde of prospectors swarmed over southern Nevada and southeastern California, following the decline |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district |  | | Journal (issue) | | .. 483 W. E. Wilson The Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona ............ .. ........... ................. 507 L. Presmyk The Flux Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona ............................. ..........531 W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .. .. ....Wilson & E. Jones Fluorite from the Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona ............. .... ..... 569 M...M. Hay & D. Morris The Bagdad Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ............. .......................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal and...titled “The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...under the district name. District names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite...Buttes: see The Buttes. Centennial (La Plata) gold district, 27 miles W of Laramie on State 130 to Centennial |  | | Book (edition) | | fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...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... Apache County 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437,438 Gila County 439 Graham County 440 Greenlee | | | Book (edition) | | OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...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:...Apache County — 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437, 438 Gila County 439 Graham County Greenlee |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...localities: The Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia . . . . . . . . ....phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 by...localities: THE BISHOP COPPER PROSPECT near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia Henry Barwood Route...only one locality in the world: the Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station, Virginia. At least 26 other |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...in y u lite from the W illard m in e, P ershing County, N e v a d a ....................................fund-raising technique being used by the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. It’s called the “Adopta-mineral”...Education instructor in the Long Beach Unified School District, at Long Beach City College, and in the Long Beach...collection has been given principally to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Gem and Mineral Section |  | | Journal (issue) | | (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...heard the term “vug hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full...history as well as minerals, the World Museum of Mining is also located in Butte, at the site of the old...only comprehensive mineralogical study of the district. This work is as valuable today as it was 37 years...Office, in the Steward mine, 1897. World Museum of Mining photo. Snowfall is moderate compared to that in |  | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- LX x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors | | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in México...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in México, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- x / Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors |
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