 | | Journal (issue) | | com Calcite comes in diverse crystal shapes. One interesting variety is the barrel-shaped calcite. In...In Keokuk, Iowa area geodes the barrel calcite does not seem to be a dominate crystal shape. One seems...Happen Here! A Visit to the Shin-Otani Manganese Mine, Japan Alfredo Petrov alfredopetrov@earthlink.net...small of a hole in the ground merits being called.a mine. None of these mines is in operation anymore, but...show in April mentioned that a nearby manganese mine was now a museum open for underground tourism, I |  | | Book (volume) | | Where & How to Djg, Pan and Mine Your Own Gen1s & Minerals Where & I-low to 1-Iunt for Treasure From...vacation stops at a roadside "dig your own" gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a p ach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginja West Virginia Southwest States...VOLUME4: Northeast States Co1mecticut Delawar District of Columbia IUinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts |  | | Book (edition) | | YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bulldog Tunnel of the Inspiration copper mine. The Live Oak copper mine of the same company (Inspiration Copper...crystals found in the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent...interest. I happen to be a part owner of the Josephine Mine, and acted as Engineer and Geologist during the...The crystals were covered with a thin deposit of calcite which easily chipped off leaving magnificent clusters...avoid hauling the waste rock to the surface. The mine has been closed for a year and the air now is so |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin, Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish... Mississippi.......Prof. E. N. Lowe, Jackson. Missouri..........Dr. H. A. Buehler, Rolla. Nebraska..............Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin, Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along with lesser amounts of...are recognized: the Northern Section, centered in lead and Deadwood in Lawrence Co.; and a Southern Section...BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm Cr. Near its jct. with the Missouri River...rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides, ridges, |  | | Report (volume) | | barite. Missouri, Tennessee, and Georgia have been the major sources of barite since mining began there...1926. Deposits in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Virginia, and Wisconsin were not mined during 1953, although...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL RESOURCES production, mining and treatment of ore, as well as some descriptions...states. State references describe deposits and mining and milling techniques practiced within a particular...amounts of galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and calcite. Deposits not described in the literature as to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ................................ Manganese with lead ..................................................manganesedepositsof the United Statesthat it is hopedwill lead to the publication of a comprehensive report on...general, the depth from the surfaceto water in a district increases with the declinein rainfallandvariesfromplaceto...extendsfrom Pennsylvania through Maryland and Virginia to Georgia,Alabama,and Arkansas,many depositsof...is found 50 to 100 feet belowthe surfacebut in mining operationsthe manganeseoxidesare foundas muchas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 HEMIMO RPHITE CALCITE :;:domorphs Downloaded by [North Dakota State...University] at 08:53 09 December 2014 JOPLIN, MISSOURI This unusual specimen consists of a 54 by 34...encrustation pseudomorphs of hemimorphite after calcite. The hemimorphite is colored yellow by microscopic...greenockite. The specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the...known from the lead, zinc, and barite mines of Missouri’s several world-class mining districts could |  | | Report (volume) | | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH.......................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................. Missouri.............................................................................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.............................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...sphalerite after galena, tetrahedrite, barite, and calcite have been found; hemimorphite and smithsonite pseudomorphs...commercial zinc mines of the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example...sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen is in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SHERWOOD 106A East 25th, P. 0. Box 436 Oak Grove, Missouri 64075-0436 Downloaded by [Brown University Library]...Louis, Missouri 63129-2704 Figure 1. Counties in Missouri. N o comprehensive list of Missouri mineral...found in Missouri; two of these, fletcherite and starkeyite, were first described from Missouri mines....location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | recent surveys have indicated the following: U.S. lead mining is severely depressed. AMAX/Homestake shut down...galena mine at Boss, Missouri. Lead prices are generally about $.44/ kilogram. Similarly, iron mining is...Minorca mine in Minnesota's Mesabi range had an early shutdown before the winter season. Erie mining and...and Reserve mining both reduced their production and seasonally shut down by Christmas, as well. Gold Fields...Fields mining announced the discovery of the new Chimney Creek gold deposit in Humboldt County, Nevada |  | | Journal (issue) | | , and D. R. Cook Hyalite from the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina ............................................ 45 by P. J. Dunn Ganomalite from Franklin, New Jersey ....................................Brazilian localities, Virgem da Lapa and the Golconda mine, have produced remarkable crystals of hydroxyl-herderite...Company spodumene mine, near Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine,...Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (3)* 71-90% Golconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil (6) 53% Waldstein, Fichtelgibirge |  | | Book (volume) | | America. Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | America. Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | oolitic limestone has been quarried near Rockwood, Franklin Co., Ala. ARIZONA—Small purple amethyst xls with...red vanadinite xls and coming from the Red Cloud mine (about 30 miles N . of Yuma), Yuma Co., Ariz., have...the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...1st to Oct. 15th, I advise staying out of this district unless you have a desert man along. Be glad to...of northern Arkansas and southern and central Missouri. In coastal plain of northern Arkansas and along |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Report (issue) | | Various metalliferous deposits (mostly copper, zinc, lead, iron, gold, and molybdenum) that contain pyrites...metalliferous' deposits (including copper, zinc, lead, iron, gold, molybdenum, etc. deposits) containing...decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...are available as potential byproducts from copper, lead, and zinc deposits, coal, industrial and refinery...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and |  | | Book (edition) | | sedimentary rocks, clay minerals. quartz, feldspars, calcite, and micas are abundant. However, many other...to hard as follows: (1) talc; (2) gypsum; (3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7)...in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production |  | | | | sedimentary rocks, clay minerals,_ quartz, feldspars, calcite, and micas are abundant. However, many other minerals...to hard as follows: (1) talc; (2) gypsum; (3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7)...in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletin, vol. 40. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bi-Monthly Bulletin, nos. 19-24; Transactions...series, vols. 25, 26. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 10th Annual Session... vol. 2, no. 1. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Report of Board of Trustees for 1908; Bulletins... Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Journal, vols. 10, 11. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 29...Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos |  | | Report (volume) | | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH...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 |
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