 | | Book | | Montana Hodges Robert Feldman Shaded relief indicates terrain and slope. Second Edition Rockhounding...longitude numbers and grid ticks are GPS compatible. Montana Enhanced detail shows more symbols, labels, and...standard for outdoor recreation guidebooks. Written by top outdoors experts and enthusiasts, each guide invites...history Cover photos of Montana agate (front) and ammonite imprint (back) © Montana Hodges Cover design by...imprint of The Globe Pequot Press MONTANA Search for stunning Montana agate along the Yellowstone River |  | | Report (issue) | | _ Beryl_______________________________ Helvite group._________________________ Other minerals-._____..._________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ Pag« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...County__-__--__----__-.___-_-__ Barite deposits, Battle Mountain area.. California-Nevada Barite Co. 63 64 64...Ltd., mine...... --_--______.______ Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ Tern Piute district...... |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletin, vol. 47. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 97-108; Transactions...nos. 1-6. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 68-70. San Francisco, Cal...Summary report for 1914. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 33-44; Transactions...Transactions, vol. 17. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 36. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian...Bulletin, nos. 23-25. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Care! ARIZONA WULFENITE Down Deep in the Rowley Mine GEM GARNETS Popular for Centuries THE BALTIMORE...from the Herja mine (Baia Mare, Maramures), Romania. (Gerhard Brandstetter photo) Garnet: Gem of the Ages.......................... 44 A colorful silicate group by Bob Jones 10 Deadly Minerals .................in the Rowley................... 22 This Arizona mine is a specimen treasure trove Winter rockhounding...Notes New owners took possession of the Mary Ellen mine property on July 1, 2014 and no collecting is being |  | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................ |  | | Book (volume) | | California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the jades of Alaska, British Columbia,... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...customarily handled in the jewelry trade but not enjoying top rank. The enormous variety and wealth of locality...Kansas, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming, Montana and Illinois. Detailed information on the State...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...rocks contain large crystals, often of the feldspar group and are known as porphyries. The individual crystals...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...are the home of a number of interesting minerals. Garnet, staurolite and andalusite are typical minerals...minerals change. A number of silicate minerals such as garnet and epidote and some sulphides giving metallic |  | | Book | | Mammoth * Arizona Gemstone-Turquoise Mineral-Garnet Fossil-Eubrontes 26 27 * Delaware Mineral]-Sillimanite...Fossil-Belemnite Soil-Greenwich Loam Series 29 30 31 * District of Columbia Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified...Joaquin Series iii 4] * Idaho Gemstone-Star Garnet Fossil-Hagerman Horse 43 44 * Illinois Mineral-Fluorite...quadrifaria Soil-Chesuncook Series * Montana Gemstones-Sapphire & Montana Agate Fossil-Maiasaura peeblesorum...Gem-Turquoise Fossil- Coelophysis * New York Gem-Garnet Fossil-Eurypterus remipes 102 103 104 * South |  | | Journal (issue) | | Japan/ Munich, Germany Laguna Beach, California, USA tel: +1 949 494 5155 / info@kristalle.com The ...Center, Ottawa County, Ohio ...............651 by C. J. Stefano & J. K. Brizendine The Garnet Ledge almandine...from the White Rock quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio. Daniel Trinchillo (Fine Minerals International)...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...you to become a Fellow and join this important group. Wear the medallion with pride! Contact Tom Gressman |  | | Book | | Miguel Hortiguela, LPPO Illustrations: Crowle Art Group Printed in China The publisher gratefully acknowledges...made dramatically apparent to us as spectacular mountain ranges, erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and even...ofjust a few minerals; quartz and the feldspar group are the most abundant processes — called biominerals...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals |  | | Book | | —_— 1.12 — 8 10 — —_ 12 14 _ — Courtesy of F&S Group Geology and World Deposits TAO 6.30 5.60 5.00 4...and related materials Feldspar 106 Fluorspar Garnet Graphite 110 Slate Sodium sulfate 122 = 130...boundaries of the mineral industry are clear: the mining and milling of feldspar, for example, belong to...does not. But how does one draw the line between mining and manufacturing where brine from a salt well...districts, or a representative district if there are many. We name the chief mining companies, and give production |  | | Book (volume) | | in elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm |  | | 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...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information...Opal. II 68 IMPORT ANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene, Tourmaline, Sodalite, Olivine (Peridot) |  | | Book (volume) | | amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm (1 in.) across. TOP GROUP. Green fluorite (121...brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho;... Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 'Ne~ Microminerals from the Brown Monster Mine Inyo County, California Paul M. Adams 126 S. He/berta...Ave. #2 Redondo Beach, CA 90277 The Brown Monster mine is located at an elevation of 4,500 feet on the... about 13 miles northeast of Lone Pine in Inyo County, California. Tt can be reached by taking the unpaved...to the base of the mountains where several old mining ore bins are located. There arc several small mines...Gulch as the Brown Monster Mine, and those on the south side as the Reward Mine. Continued on page 6 Fig |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...some species have been relegated to group names (e.g., monazite group); others have had element designations...the zeolite minerals, where chabazite is now a group name with five species who differ only in the major...International Mineralogical Association (IMA), changed to a group name, or renamed by changes in nomenclature as mineral...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names |  | | Journal (issue) | | Best THE MUNICH SHOW FIELD TRIPS: Orogrande Garnet (New Mexico) Prairie Agates PROJECT: (South...until 4/28/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA 2 04 THAILAND’S ‘GEMSTONE TRIANGLE’ 2 www.rockngem.................................. 12 New Mexico Garnet .................................................... 36 A very special educational event Gollar Mine Barite and Sulfides ......................... 60...Green 6 www.rockngem.com Rock & Gem 7 Fire Mountain Gems.idml 7 3/2/15 6:29 PM L apidary of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | be isostructural with plumbogummite (crandallite group). Six teen lines of the Brazilian material could...shows the rhombohedral cleavage typical of calcite group members. A small crystal of each was tested in acid...REPUBLICS species. The specimen was from Boulder County. A short note suggested coloradoite. An x-ray powder...America Memoir #109, Telluride Ores of Boulder County, Colorado, p 80, where they state, "Coloradoite...pyrope is a commonly mis-identified member of the garnet group, one of the anhedral, 3 mm grains was x-rayed |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Future of Leadville, Colorado A metal-mining district turns to tourism; by Steve Voynick REGULAR...TA ROSA , CALI FORNIA: Show; Gem Faire ; Sonoma County Fairgrounds , 1350 Bennell Valley Rd.: Fri . 12-7...IZO NA: 45th annual show · Gila County G em & Mineral Society; Gila County Fai r'. grounds, U.S. 60, 3 miles...& Mineral Society; Ame rican Le gion Hall , Bay County Fair Grounds, 15th SI. and Sherman Ave. ; Sat....com. 15-24-INDIO, CALIFORNIA: Show, "Riverside County Fair and National Da te Festi val"; Sa n Gorgonio |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2 BIG SK Y COUNTRY Revisiting Montana’s Rich Mining History CAPTIVATED BY BIRTHSTONES Considering...Holding Jaw Square so It Cannot Bind Power Feed Table Top Model Stock No. Saw Blade #2 Vise Motor Oil...Voynick 20 Aragonite 42 Exploring Montana’s Mining Past Out and About in the Pioneer Mountains Region...Cover 187.7-carat diamond recovered from the Diavik Mine in Canada; a fossil ammonite recovered from Fox...Free minerals for kids Speakers Smithsonite, Kelly Mine, NM Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda© Speakers |  | Van Gosen, Bradley S., Hammarstrom, Jane M., Kellogg, Karl S., Berg, Richard B. (1998) Map showing areas with potential for garnet resources in bedrock and placer in the Blacktail Mountains and the Gravelly, Greenhorn, Ruby, and Snowcrest ranges of southwestern Montana. Open-File Report Vol. 1998 (98-224) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr98224a | Report (issue) | | without color have minimal or no potential for garnet in bedrock or placer. These areas consist of Archean...part of Beaverhead County, Montana, and the western part of Madison County, Montana. The study area (see...Pass south to the Montana-Idaho border; and (4) The southern boundary is the Montana-Idaho border (the...potential for garnet placer resources Qa Aqf Qf Qf Qa STUDY AREA Ruby Garnet mine Qf Aqf Aqf Asg...units within the study area that commonly contain garnet concentrations [These rock sequences are probably |  | | Book (edition) | | Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a |  | | Report (issue) | | Professor Edwin H . Oshier, Head of the Department of Mining Engineering, made the photographs included in this...7 Bibliography . . . . . 229 Appendix: 252 Mine Index iii NOTATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS CHEMICAL...[Bulletin 18 SILICATES - Tektosilicates Feldspar Group (Orthoclase) (Microcline) (Anorthoclase) (Albite)...(Clinochlore) Stilpnomelane Chloritoid Pyroxene Group (Enstatite) (Hypersthene) (Diopside) (Hedenbergite)...Cordierite - Sorosilicates Hemimorphite Amphibole Group (Cummingtonite) (Grunerite) (Tremolite) (Actinolite) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group represent some of the...deposits. In fact, in some types of economic deposits, garnet constitutes an important gangue mineral, and such...America’s largest hard-rock garnet mines within its borders, a famous New York garnet specimen has been chosen...this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice piece. Moreover, garnet was designated as New York’s official state gemstone...Almandine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet group, each member of which is defined by its pure |  | | Report (issue) | | Garnet Great Balls of Fire ISBN 978-0-9790998-4-7 Publisher Lithographie, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut...Connecticut, USA © 2008 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 263 • East Hampton, CT 06424 • USA Phone 1.860.267 .1512...cm tall andradite on hematite is from the Wessels Mine near Hotazel in northern Cape Province, South Africa...Grossular on diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul Stahl specimen...meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Garnet Great Balls of Fire Contributors Lothar Ackermann |
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