 | | Report (issue) | | âthe highest located adit in the Mundo Nuevo mining area, operated by the Ortega brothers in 2005-2006...specimens of grayish green, botryoidal, copper-rich aragonite collected in 2012 on levels 07-08 of the Lina...job of augmenting oneâs suite of âodd-looking aragoniteâ (this could be a major collecting specialty)...examples of the new fluorite from Cantera Llamas in Spain, and even some interesting old malachite after...after azurite specimens from Chessy, France. Aragonite (copper-rich), 7 cm, from the Lina mine, Alzen |  | | Journal (issue) | | pounds. Painting Century Plant in the Big Bend area (1939) by Jerry Bywaters. Courtesy Amon Carter Museum...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines...that railroads were being constructed through the area. George F. Kunz described a sky-blue celestine crystal... Fine topaz crystals continued to come from the area for most of the 20th century, many from fee-collecting...are similar to those found in Sicily. Sadly, the mining method does not allow the preservation of specimens |  | | Report (issue) | | ......................... 4 BY ALFREDO PETROV Mining, Politics, and Tumult: A Brief Look at Bolivian...years beginning in the 1880s or 90s, when foreign mining engineers, mainly British, German, and the occasional...curiosities such as native copper pseudomorphs after aragonite from Corocoro (page 76), strange tin sulfosalts...as many as live in New York City) spread over an area almost as large as Texas and California combined...Amazonian jungle. Geologically this vast lowland area (roughly the size of Texas) is an extension of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of thermal springs, Alhama de Granada (southern Spain) M. LoĂpez-Chicano a,*, J.C. CeroĂn b, A. Vallejos...18071-Granada, Spain b Department of Geology, University of Huelva, 21819-Palos de la Frontera, Spain c Department...Hydrogeology, University of AlmerĂ”Ăa, 04120-La CanĂada, Spain Received 13 December 1999; accepted 17 September...between the various thermal springs in the study area. These spatial variations are due to the diÂerent...to quartz, chalcedony, cristobalite, calcite, aragonite and dolomite, and undersaturated with respect |  | | Journal (issue) | | articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...Arsenopyrite is locally abundant and its oxidation in vein assemblages which also contain primary lead, zinc...worked a substantial northeast-southwest trending vein, which cuts across the eastern flank of High Pike...levels, cross-cuts driven north to intersect the vein from NY 3244 3534 and NY 3272 3534, respectively...interconnected underground and exploited the same vein at different horizons. Detailed historical accounts |  | Re, V., Sacchi, E., Martin-Bordes, J.L., Aureli, A., El Hamouti, N., Bouchnan, R., Zuppi, G.M. (2013) Processes affecting groundwater quality in arid zones: The case of the Bou-Areg coastal aquifer (North Morocco) Applied Geochemistry, 34. 181-198 doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.03.011 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | system and located at the limit of the irrigated area, characterized by low TDS, depleted isotopic composition...return ïŹows can alter natural groundwater salinity (Llamas and Custodio, 2004). In groundwater, when the dynamic...environmental and climatic changes in the investigated area. Indeed, information on palaeoclimate is encoded...with Algeria (Fig. 1). The alluvial plain covers an area of about 190 km2 and is limited by the Gourougou... Location and geological setting of the studied area (modiïŹed after El Yaouti et al., 2009). from the |  | | Report (issue) | | need for a compilation of Spanish geological and mining terminology that goes beyond the few Spanish-English...terms, which have grown out of five centuries of mining tradition in Latin America, and frequently draw...Paraguay Peru petroleum plural Puerto Rico seismology Spain statistics Dominican Republic surveying southwest...ingles o espanol. Area Area A number of local measures of area are used in Spain and Latin America:...America: almud (Venezuela) area (Venezuela) besana (Cuba) braza (Panama) cabelleria (Costa Rica) cabelleria (Cuba) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tampa, FL Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil...minerals of the MazarrĂłn-Ăguilas mining district, Murcia Province, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Africa. Sid was born into a mining family on March 8, 1920; his father was mining tin as early as 1920 all...Specialties: Systematic Mineral Collân Western Museum of Mining & Industry Curator: Terry A. Girouard Tel: (719)...Specialties: Colorado minerals & ores, Western mining memorabilia, 14,000-vol. research library The |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dylan Stolowitz SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) (2009â2016) Mineral Association... MayâJune, 2017 Contents The St. Andreasberg Mining District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen.......................... 302 History 1487â1624: Mining Begins in the Oxidation Zone ................................. 315 Modernization and the End of Mining ................................... 317 Collecting...miners working in the lodeâ (Simonin, 1869). The Mining District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, |  | | Book | | Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 r...District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District ........... Magdelena ...........Juan del Rio......................... Queretaro Area............................. 23 24 25 26 26 27...67 68 68 68 69 69 69 74 GLOSSARY OF MINERAL AND MINING TERMS English â Spanish Spanish â English 77 83...Embassy, Mexico City. Senior Engineer Raymundo Llamas, Comision de Fomento Minero, Mexico City, kindly |  | | Book | | part of a much larger landmass that included the area of the biblical Eden. Geologists call this landmass...beneath the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and a minor area is submerged beneath the Atlantic. As sea level...was composed of the calcium carbonate mineral aragonite. This process is called remineralization or silicification...A formation is first described from rocks in an area where it is well exposed and accessible, and it...often named for a town or natural feature near the area where it occurs. For example, the Marianna Limestone |  | | Book | | de Geologia Universidad de Oviedo 33005 Oviedo, Spain GARCIA ISBN-13 :978-3-642-83982-5 e-ISBN-13 :978-3-642-83980-1...Circum-Atlantic Paleozoic Orogens) in Sept. 1986 in Oviedo, Spain. 1. Geology, Stratigraphic-Precambrian-Congresses...Stratigraphic-Paleozoic-Congresses. 3. Geology-Spain-Congresses. 4. Geology-Portugal-Congresses. I. Dallmeyer...and southern margins of Armorica. Moreover, the area has largely escaped significant rectonic reworking...international conference in September 1986, in Oviedo, Spain. The conference focused on the geologic evolution |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Storage (Utrillas and Escucha Sandstones, Northern Spain) FĂ©lix Mateos-Redondo 1 , Timea KovĂĄcs 2 and Edgar...de Silvota, C/Peña Beza, Nave 16, 33192 Llanera, Spain; felix@geaasesoriageologica.com Freelance consultant...consultant, C/La Estrecha, 46, 16Q 4⊠Izq, 33011 Oviedo, Spain; kovacstim@gmail.com Instituto GeolĂłgico y Minero...(IGME), C/MatemĂĄtico Pedrayes 25, 33005 Oviedo, Spain Correspondence: e.berrezueta@igme.es; Tel.: +34-609-381-623...reservoirs, deep coal seams and saline aquifers. In Spain, deep saline aquifers have the highest potential |  | | Journal (issue) | | JUNE Contents for June, 1948 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Association 482 ROCKS AND MINERAU CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY 9th Annual Convention California Federation of...follows the shape of the basi n. Outside of the area are the normal sedimentary rocks of the region (Paleozoic...some of the more recent mining and prospecting activities. Residents of the area are friendly and are willing...collecting at Magnet Cove today are where various mining and prospecting activities have been under way |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of such processes: mummification of 1000-yearold llamas at El Yaral, Peru, in the rain shadow of the high...various minerals, including pyrite, calcite, aragonite, and apatite. Reduced species can be transported...reduction to produce calcium carbonate (calcite or aragonite), + Ca2+ + HCOâ 3 > CaCO3 + H , which commonly...sufficient to inhibit the precipitation of calcite or aragonite. This is generally a result of the 6 Mar 2003...Pelecanimimus from the Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Spain (Briggs et al. 1997). Where mineralized bacteria |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Qinghai (Li and Liu, 2010), some saline lakes in Spain (Marco-Barba et al., 2012) and in Mongolia (Van...to calcite (Chivas et al., 1985). Calcite and aragonite represent more than 60% of the Lake Qinghaiâs...et al., 2012), suggesting persistent calcite/aragonite saturation during the Holocene. The pH reconstruction...(2005) Palaeoclimatic changes in the Qinghai Lake area during the last 18,000 years. Quat. Int. 136, 131-140...and kinetic oxygen isotope effects in synthetic aragonite at 25°C. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 70, 5790-5801 |  | | Book | | we never locate a pocket of blazing gems or a vein of fabulously rich ore, or a deposit of almost priceless...Where You Find The gamble It Low and high 44 of mining. Placer mines. grade gold mines. Dredging. The...cerusite. 36. Aragonite hexagonal crystals. 37. Aragonite shell-like crystals. 38. Aragonite flos ferri...35 35 Modern Alaskan Gold Mine 44? Quarry Hydraulic Gold Mining Panning Gold by Hand in Panama A Placer...Ancient Aztec Art Surface Plant of a Lead Mine Mining an Open Vein of Chrome Ore Hauling Chrome Ore to the Railroad |  | | Book (edition) | | years were the primary reference for geologists, mining men, professional prospectors, and mineral enthusiasts...prospecting equipment, the legal intricacies of staking a mining claim, and the identification of promising geological...12. Sampling, Testing, Assaying 13. Staking a Mining Claim 137 149 157 167 Contents PART 3 14... likewise a man of worldwide experience in mining. The present book, newly titled to emphasize prospecting...congenial to the individual is familiar with the mining customs and laws of a free-enterprise system. Opportunities |  | Quade, Jay, Rech, Jason A., Latorre, Claudio, Betancourt, Julio L., Gleeson, Erin, Kalin, Mary T.K. (2007) Soils at the hyperarid margin: The isotopic composition of soil carbonate from the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71 (15) 3772-3795 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2007.02.016 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Taltal Paposo Transect Atacama Desert Study Area 26° Fig. 1. General location of soil study areas...does reach the region falls mostly on the coastal area (0â1500 m) and elevations above 2500â3000 m, whereas...signs of grazing and trampling by domesticated llamas was evident. Thus we take the current condition...some of the summer annuals known to grow in the area. The log-series survey method of McAuliïŹe (1991)...elevation and to some extent with latitude in our study area (Fig. 4b; Table 2). In the Andes, the highest percentages |  | | Journal (issue) | | (2016) Alex & Laura Schauss (2012â2017) Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) Mathew Singleton & Sue Wearden...Pohl-Ströher, the Technical University of the Freiberg Mining Academy lost a patron who, through the permanent...red inclusions of chlorite and hematite. Although mining came to an end there in 1962, the site has been...vacationers on their way to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. HISTORY* The presence of iron ore in...reconnaissance trip to Vermilion Lake. However, the area was so remote that little attention was paid to |  | | Book | | of a n atural cave, rather than a rich 1nineral vein, the foot of the incline. Until our group of cavers...also explore other caves in the vVilliarns Canyon area Colorado Grotto n1en1bers Pete Prebble, Robert...Glenwood Caverns. r I ommon Cave Caving erms Aragonite: A calciun1 carbonate mineral occurring in a different...formations that resemble a bunch of grapes .. Aragonite and calcite stalactites and stalagmites can be..."hair," crystals, and needles. Helictite: An aragonite or calcite speleothen1, erratically developed |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jordan Rio Tinto estuary â 5000 years of pollution - Spain Arsenic toxicity of groundwater â India Groundwater...ply that these names are not protected by the mining and abstraction activities for industrial minerals...Street Jackson, MS 39210, USA Mineralogy, Geology, Mining Fachbereich Geowissenschaften Universitat Bremen...Hollow Road P. O. Box 1428 Sequim, WA 98382, USA Mining Geology 9812 Doulton Court Davip Jackson, Wyoming...BAKER M. Policy Project Freiberg University of Mining Interdisciplinary Environmental Brennhausgasse |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the earth Environmental problems caused by mining and abstraction activities for industrial minerals...Street Jackson, MS 39201, USA Mineralogy, Geology, Mining Thomas Simpson 1108 Greystone Street Northport...35476, USA Geology, Hydrogeology, Engineering and Mining Geology S. Fred Singer The Science & Environmental...Beytepe Campus M. Ramon Llamas Department of Geodynamics 28040 Madrid, Spain Geology, Geodynamics Dresdner...following descriptions are presented: the distribution, area, elevation, physiography, landform, parent material |  | | Book | | established in the 1800s. Some originate from the area where rocks of a particular age were first surveyed...American palaeontologist Charles Walcott explored a quarry high in the Rocky Mountains near the town of Field...have come to light, often as a result of modern mining operations â in particular in Bolivia. Specimens...known bird, Archaeopteryx, were discovered in the area. So were the fossils of one of the smallest dinosaurs...Bavaria, Germany i . Beziers, France 8 . Teruel, Spain 9. Tenere, Niger 10. Hadar, Ethiopia 11. Lake Turkana |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the earth Environmental problems caused by mining and abstraction activities for industrial minerals...Street Jackson, MS 39201, USA Mineralogy, Geology, Mining Division of Earth Sciences Thomas Simpson Carbonate...35476, USA Geology, Hydrogeology, Engineering and Mining Geology S. Fred Singer The Science & Environmental... Geology, Hydrogeology Hydrogeology M. Ramon Llamas Department of Geodynamics Ludwig Luckner Beytepe...of Geology Complutense University 28040 Madrid, Spain Geology, Geodynamics Universita degli Studi âLa |
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