 | | 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...well-known and collected localities, such as Majuba Hill. Many other localities with extensive and unusual...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | m'vadla Gold, Silver, and Copper Deposits and Their 11Iclllrrerals DAVID VON BARGEN N112 W18695 Mequon...been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861) and...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic... Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver Downloaded by...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first |  | 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...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the...or greater earthquake has occurred somewhere in Nevada about once every thirty years. Most faults are...(analogous to a tilted deck of cards). However, some Nevada faults are strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas |  | | 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...Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant...significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved Manufactured | | | 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...Scovil, Storm Sears, Jeffrey Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless o therwise noted Map of...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ 725 by S. Yu Gold and silver ingots! Bars of history .........................659 What's New in Minerals: Cerussite, Amethyst Hill, Arizona by T. P. Moore ..........................$384/three years, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Bancroft(deceased) Peter L. Via(deceased) Salim Edde Lyda Hill Daniel J. Record Rob Lavinsky Wilbert A. Danner(bequeathed)...Bruce(2019-2020) Marc and Janis Countiss (2019-2020) Gary White Fine Mineral Services, LLC(2019-2021) Anthony Gleckler(2020) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt... San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan material...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it to be the silver analogue of bindheimite...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg- |  | | Book | | minerals. From precious native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite...the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Silica-rich minerals are deposited by the hot water...r yellow from the mineral lin1onite. Kao lin - white clay INTR ODU CTI ON 7 Above: Insects from tens...goldcoloured mineral pyrite is the basis of an ancient treasure, lapis lazuli. Copper and gold were first used...1500s, the German Inspired by Button's ideas, more mining engineer Georgius Agricola and more geologists |  | | Book | | though, it required a real knowledge of German mining engineer Georgius breaks in the rock sequence...the raw materials of the landscape. Every valley, hill and mountain peak is made entirely of rocks and...chemicals, which creates a unique habitat for these white crabs, as well as other marine life. 13 Many were... The Basin and Range Province of the south-west USA (right) formed in this way. and also when what are...granite batholith that underlies much of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Half Dome, seen above, is the most |  | | Book (edition) | | with all The color of most opaque minerals is white or gray in possible intermediate gradations. Luster...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado |  | | Book (volume) | | ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...1 MAR 06 200 MAR 2 ¥ 2001 | NEVADA STATE LIBRARY CARSON CITY, NEVADA Digitized by the Internet Archive...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION |  | | Book (edition) | | (Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H. Paar |  | | Book (edition) | | FORMS MINERALS *or trigonal copper trisocta- silver hedron trisocta- gold platinum galena hedron...only the silicon ions are shown black, gray and white circles represent ions with : different structural...rubbing the mineral against a piece of unglazed white porcelain. Some minerals have specific optical properties...range; scheelite is always fluorescent in the blue-white range except when it contains molybdenum, in which...Berkelium Bromine Symbol Am Bk Br C Ca Cd Ce Cf Silver Beryllium Carbon Calcium Cadmium Cerium CI |  | | Book | | crystallographers, geologists, petrologists, geochemists, mining engineers, mineral assayers, curators, collectors...Louis Cordier (1777-1861), French geologist and mining engineer; student of Haiiy; helped enlarge the...identified as scientists, or related to mineral mining, collecting, or exploration, there are some cases...Canada, rynersonite, Rynerson family of San Diego County, California, sicklerite, Sickler family of Pala...Madagascar. cebollite, Cebolla Creek, Gunnison County, Colorado, doloresite, Dolores River in Colorado |  | | Book (edition) | | mostly of large specimens, as well as 104 black-and-white photographs 45 new crystal drawings of rare species...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...of Canada. Clay Mineralogy, by R. E. Grim (McGraw-Hill, 1968). Crystal Chemical Classification of Minerals...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite; | | | Book (edition) | | mostly of large specimens, as well as 104 black-and-white photographs • 45 new crystal drawings of rare species...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite; |  | | Book | | librarian. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California—for permission to reproduce...Jr., physical scientist. Nevada Department of Minerals, Carson City, Nevada—for permis¬ sion to quote...geodes and tourmaline clusters, hr gold nuggets and silver ores, for Stone Age jlint arrowheads and opalized... from one of the world’s earliest- a sterling silver ring. Photo by Mike Havstad. mined copper deposits...Courtesy of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. THE ORIGINS OF ROCKS AND MINERALS 11 The four | | | Book | | librarian. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California-for permission to reproduce...Jr., physical scientist. Nevada Department of Minerals, Carson City, Nevada-for permission to quote passages...geodes and tourmaline clusters, for gold nuggets and silver ores, for Stone Age flint arrowheads and opalized...dinosaur bone agate cabochon, set in a sterling silver ring. Photo by Mike Havstad. ©GIA. 6 MINERAL COLLECTOR'S...Courtesy of Natural History Museum. of Los Angeles County. THE ORIGINS OF ROCKS AND MINERALS 11 The four |  | | Book (edition) | | Birds— R.T. Peterson 21. Birds' Nests Borror e) White e0 Chalif (east of Mississippi River) Harrison...Fishes— Eschmeyer, Herald, &) Hammann Beetles— White 30. Moths— Covell 22. Pacific States Wildflowers...another. To a collector, it matters little how a mining company might arrange this. Ideally, the mine could...obligation to this and future generations. The mining engineers of the next decades could easily be people...the fifties assisted with some tedious black and white photographic chores. In this edition, we are primarily |  | | Book (edition) | | Memoir 122. "Clay Mineralogy," by R. E. Grim (McGraw-Hill, 1968). "Crystal Data: Determinative Tables," Third...the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson,...Dives rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise...Enterprise n1ine, Dolores County; and at the Double Header lode , Su1nmit County . rt is also found in Canada |  | | Book | | pp. 197-205 8-5 RANKAMA, K., and TH. G. SAHAMA: Silver, Gold / 128 Geochemistry. The University of Chicago...Solutions: Veindikes / 205 The Ore Magmas. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1923, pp. 1-3 9-lB SPURR,J.E.:TheOriginofFissureVeins...:TheOriginofFissureVeins / 207 The Ore Magmas. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1923, pp. 707-709 9-2 FARM IN, R.: Host-Rock...Igneous Rocks / 235 Gold Deposits o/the World, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1937, pp. 12-37 10-2 MOORE, E. S.: Genetic...Geol. Survey Prof Paper 157, 1929, pp. 45-48 10-5 WHITE, D. E.: Active Geothermal Systems and Hydrothermal |  | | Book | | variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer Production...latter Indo-European bhel (to shine, flash, shining white, fire, and various bright colors) through Germanic...Modern applications arg-u-ro, to shine, silver Gk. argyros, silver pyrargyrite, litharge aug-a, to shine...of anions and anionic groups upon introduced by Hill (1748), and was followed by the which modern chemical... (1801): Traité de Minéralogie. Paris, France. HILL, J. (1748): History of Fossils. London, U.K. LEVINSON |  | | Book | | Enterprises, PO Box 213, Livermore, California, 94551, USA. Because of space limitations, only a subset of the...Hidden Valley Road, Kingsport, Tennessee, 37663, USA. The authors appreciate the advice and kind assistance...City, Nevada, USA; Peter Embrey, London, England; Jessie Hardman, Long Beach, California, USA; and Barbara...Barbara Nichols, Livermore, California, USA. All of these colleagues made helpful comments and substantive...type localities. We also acknowledge John Sampson White at the Smithsonian and Carl Francis at Harvard for |  | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | Book (volume) | | secondary in origin and occur in the oxidized zone of silver deposits. semi-metallic properties. of substitutional...Colorless; G. 2.168; 2.165 (calc), M.P. 804°.^ also white, yellow, red, blue, purple. The blue and purple...enclosed clay or iron oxide. Streak colorless to white; relatively coarsely powdered blue or purple halite...Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted...distorted crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin |
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