 | | Report (issue) | | CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...JANUARY 1981 MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most.... . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | azurite, Utah boasts an array of mineral species. AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT Mineral Collecting in Utah Downloaded...Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84106-3313 JAMES R. WILSON Weber State University Ogdeo, Utah 84408-2507 PAULA...PAULA N. WILSON University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-1183 sion to visit or collect material; indeed...to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades |  | | Journal (issue) | | GEM & MINERAL SHOW - SPRING Holiday Inn - Orange County Airport, 2726 S. Grand Ave., SANTA ANA, CA 92705...Bolva Group, Inc. Cam’s Crystal Gallery Capistrano Mining Co. Cinderhill Client Server International Inc...Jewel Tunnel Imports Jim Parrish Minerals King Mike Mining Inc. Kristalle Lasco Diamond Products Love of Stones...PM Reader Letters IELD NOTES EDITORIAL the mine where we could oversee the valley and stream when...there?) Rock & Gem has been a favorite magazine of mine for years, so it’s a wonderful thing to have it |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1952, and was later Director of the Santa Barbara County Museum of Natural History. He was a prolific author...wardite crystals from Clay Canyon, Utah. (Continues on page 2) Acanthite FredPoughandSkipSimmonssharin...laeliason@msn.com From a historic perspective, acanthite is a minor mineral of little importance and it...proper to label all specimens of silver sulfide as acanthite today; some are properly termed paramorphic or..."wires" overgrown with very small crystals of acanthite. Here, one finds the edges are rounded; the overall |  | | 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 | | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby ‘County, Alabama. Dan Behnke photo. MayIJune: Stibnite...Medal (gold) and gold-and-quartz specimen, Paymaster mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Royal Ontario Museum...beryl, Violet claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah. Private collection, Jeffrey Scovil photo...329; New Mexico, 109; Utah, 377, 409; West Virginia, 165 Barium-pharmacosiderite, Utah, 41 1 Benton, R.,...180-82 Beryl, Virginia, 237 Beudantite, Utah, 411 Bindheimite, Utah, 41 1 Bismuthinite, New Mexico, 109 Bismutite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 07:53 01 January 2015 Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain...clearly the most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information...Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified locality in Chester County, Pennsylvania;...Pennsylvania; the Cofer deposit in the Mineral district of Louisa County, Virginia, where it occurs with tetrahedrite;...occurrences of Sevier County and with tetrahedrite and galena in Montgomery County, Arkansas. Fine bournonite |  | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...HUGH LEIPER (deceased), Editor, Lapidary Journal, San Diego, California, U.S. A. Je ORLOV LEONIDOVICH,...FRANCE ¥& JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector, San Diego, California, U.S. A. ¥e H. A. STALDER, Curator...California, U.S A. yx EDWARD BANCROFT, collector, San Diego, California, U.s. A. WERNER BURGER, collector...Sydney, AUSTRALIA Ye M. DUSTERUD, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY }& PAUL FRAENKEL, collector |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal | | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...HUGH leiper (deceased), Editor. Lapidary Journal, San Diego, California, u. s. a. ^ orlov Leonidovich,... FRANCE ^ JOHN sinkankas, author and collector, San Diego, California, u. s. a. ^ h. a. stalder, Curator...California, U.SA. ^ edward BANCROFT, collector, San Diego, California, u. S. A. ^ werner burger, collector...Sydney, AUSTRALIA ^ M. dusterud, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY ^ PAUL fraenkel, collector |  | | Journal (issue) | | Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations, tungstenite...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases...Located on the east rim of Magnet Cove, the Christy Mine, fonnerly known as the Christy brookite locality...the day that open-pit mining would reveal its expected buried treasures. Mining by Union Carbide for vanadium |  | | Journal (issue) | | with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil photo...noted) (top row, from left) Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection...left) Mesolite, 5.1 cm, from the F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from...Pacific Northwest; that is, the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and the Canadian Provinces of...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | untarreplaced by various silver halides, ruby silvers, acanthite, and stephanite are known. Similarly, silver has... occurring together) from the Calumet and Hecla mine. Excepment in the oxide zones of a variety of metal...Copper Falls mine, associations and include those containing other silver minerals, Keweenaw County. barite...major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is draped in a silIsle mine, and the...the Sullivan mine ver-lined history is Colorado, with a pro(King and Foord 1994). Silver duction of more |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | localities as the old cobalt mine at Great Hill, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut; the Franklin...mines, Sussex County, New Jersey; the old Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County, New York;...in Lebanon County, the French Creek iron mines and Wheatley lead mines in Chester County, and the Dyer...Berks County. It is reported from the Alberene and Old Dominion soapstone quarries, Albemarle County, Virginia;...in the Martin mine of the Upper Mississippi Valley lead-zinc district, Lafayette County, Wisconsin; and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560 pohwatp@si.edu Vgvtcjgftkvg Cavnic...National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...others, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, acanthite, bornite, calcite, dolomite, siderite, barite...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock of Jendon...present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs with rhodochrosite |  | | Book (edition) | | Wu!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...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview |  | | 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...localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek, |  | Roberts, Andrew C., Scott Ercit, T., Criddle, Alan J., Jones, Gary C., Scott Williams, R., Cureton, Forrest F., Jensen, Martin C. (1994) Mcalpineite, Cu3TeO6·H2O, a new mineral from the McAlpine mine, Tuolumne County, California, and from the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah. Mineralogical Magazine, 58 (392) 417-424 doi:10.1180/minmag.1994.058.392.07 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | McAlpine mine, Tuolumne County, California, and from the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah I ANDREW...Cureton Corporation, P.O. Box 85445, Tucson, Arizona, USA. 85754-5445 AND MARTIN C. JENSEN Mackay School of...of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA. 89557-0047 Abstract Mcalpineite, ideally CuaTeO6...white quartz at the long-abandoned McAlpine mine, Tuolumne County, California, U.S.A. Associated nonmetallic...Associated metallic minerals include pyrite, acanthite, hessite, electrum, altaite, native silver, galena |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special...2013 when the author, who had just moved from Washington State to Arizona, prepared an article on state... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical |  | | Journal (issue) | | of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C.............191 by W. E. Wilson The Port Radium district, Northwest Territories, Canada .................typically abraded specimens you’ve found in the old mine dumps. And you’ve probably looked long and hard...Everyone has heard repeated warnings about entering old mine workings. But, face it, those deep, open shafts...commonality: They can be very dangerous. Each year mine rescue specialists and conventional search and rescue |
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