 | | Report (issue) | | Rare-Earth Mineral Deposits of the Mountain Pass District San Bernardino County California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Rare-Earth Mineral Deposits of the Mountain Pass District San Bernardino County California By J. C. OLSON...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 261 A geologic study of the district and its rare-earth-bear ing carbonate rocks. One...In 1854 lead ore was found in the Yellow Pine district (Potosi area) on the west slope of the Spring...to warrant the organization of a mining district, Clark district. Soon thereafter, the New York and Providence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | City zinc district, the Bumpass Cove iron-zinc-manganese district, the Sweetwater barite district, and the...deposits. The Ducktown copper district represents the most complex mining district and contains the largest...SW of Oak Ridge: maghemite (Monger 1986). Moore prospect, 4.5 miles SSE of Norris: calcite, chalcopyrite...1.3 miles ENE of Holladay: dolomite crystals. Unnamed ridge between South Fork and West Fork, 4.4 miles...mine) (Glenn 1925). Blount County Blockhouse prospect, 3-acre area 300 feet NW of Piney Grove Church |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | omitted from locality information. Where lot and district numbers are given, it is necessary to use topographic...the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium and the Oconee River:...property—near Commerce: ferrocolumbite (Cook, 1978). Lula district—Standridge property, about 7.0 km east of Lula:...(chryso lite, olivine) (Teague, 1956). Jefferson district—9.7 km southwest of Jefferson on S.R. 11, northwest...Bartow County Allatoona Gold mine—lot 929, 21st district: bornite, chal copyrite, galena, gold, quartz |  | | Report (issue) | | Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph... Davis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References ...Nightingale district Quartz epimorph after Calcite Agardite Grossular, Buena Vista district Quartz (amethyst)...Orpiment inclusions Calcite, Getchell Mine Robinson district inclusions inclusions Realgar and Fluorite Rhodochrosite...and Gold Silver and Quartz Silver, Reese River district Smithsonite Sonoraite Callaghanite Malachite |  | | Book | | found several places of pre-Inca mining in the district, the most intensive on Cerro Turquesa (Turquoise...gemstones 35 Aragonite from Santa Lucia, right 7.5 cm. Coll. and photo J Hyrsl. Aragonite Light blue to...to greenish blue massive aragonite appeared first at the beginning of the 1990 's. It was said to be...mine, Puno department, the source of the banded aragonite. A very nice, bright blue mixture of azurite with...amount of copper, and similar blue copper-bearing aragonite used to be known in old European literature as |  | | Report (volume) | | area is at the east edge of the Gold Butte mining district. The Quartz claim, in the northwestern part of...lead-zinc Geologic map units Mrs 36° 15' X Unnamed claim Qal Alluvium (Quaternary) Unconsolidated...(1982). Brief discussions of the Gold Butte mining district, which includes Azure Ridge, are found in Lincoln...Reports on exploration and development in the district are given in Yale (1906, 1907, 1908), Nar- amore...and Naramore (1911). Production of gold from the district is discussed by Heikes (1913, 1914, 1916, 1917 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal...Minerals was titled “The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust...small area, they are grouped under the district name. District names are from Hausel (1986). Localities...Buttes: see The Buttes. Centennial (La Plata) gold district, 27 miles W of Laramie on State 130 to Centennial...industrial-gradediamonds, ColoradoWyoming State Line district, Albany County: largest crystal is approximately | | | Report (issue) | | te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph...A. Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG...Mountain Mine Grossular, Nightingale district Grossular, Buena Vista district Gypsun1 Heterogen ite He½•eltite...Magnesio-axinite Malachite Malachite and Azurite, Robinson district Malachite after Azurite, Mount Potosi Marcasite...and Gold Silver and Quartz Silver, Reese River district S1nithsonite Sonoraite Sphalerite and Galena Stcphanite |  | | Journal (issue) | | from left: Fluorite, 6.7 cm, from the Weisseck, Austria. Collected by Reinhold Bacher; Reinhold Bacher...Working the samarskite-bearing area of the Spinelli prospect with Eddie Luzik (right). Harold Moritz photo... doubly terminated, 2.6 cm, from the Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Collected...photo. Samarskite-(Y), 8 cm, from the Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Connecticut. Collected December...was 15 cm. I had wanted to collect the Spinelli prospect for over 30 years before the opportunity came |  | | Journal (issue) | | DeMouthe Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico .............................Hammond Famous mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ...........................covers not just the Kelly mine but the Mag dalena district as a whole. This is not to say, of course, that...dissociated fron its specimen, but it referred to an aragonite from the Graphic mine Magdalena, New Mexico (see...pegmatite-Brazil, Perkins Sams collection v,17/#6 Bleiberg-Austria, Oklahoma, Romania, Australia, Author's Guide |  | | Journal (issue) | | T. R. Rose & R. E. Holden, Jr. Minerals of the Prospect Intrusion, New South Wales, Australia ..........Microminerals Miscellany from France, the Eifel district, and Mont Saint-Hilaire ........................(first color special issue) $20 v .5 /# 5 Julcani District in Peru, Indian M tn. (A L), C apelinha (Brazil)...later, a 30-meter hole was drilled in a small prospect pit about 70 meters north of the entrance to the...ls Historic Silvermine: S c h w a z in Tyrol, Austria (TU and University of Munich). 50 S h o w c a s |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia... famous mineral localities: THE BISHOP COPPER PROSPECT near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia...only one locality in the world: the Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station, Virginia. At least 26 other...turquoise, but the specimens recovered from the Bishop prospect are still generally considered the best and most...INTRODUCTION Although the existence of the Bishop prospect is common knowledge among mineral collectors, |  | | Journal (issue) | | International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, where more collecting opportunities presented...presented themselves. When Al’s assignment in Austria concluded in 2002, they retired to Powell Butte near Portland...Surselva, Switzerland Rudolf Watzl Freistadt, Austria Visit our website and see us at Mineral-Shows worldwide:...from Brig, Switzerland, northwest of the Simplon Alp to Iselle, Italy, at the southeast end, and the larger...from an unnamed prospect in the Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region |  | | Report (issue) | | Actinolite. 0 , f # Minerals of the Hamme-Tungsten District . Amethyst Kyanite 0 \ \ . .."..... . Beryl... -20Chatham County Copper: The Phillips copper prospect in southwestern Chatham County has produced specimens...specimens of azurite and malachite. The prospect can be reached by following highway N.C. 22 southeast...be found at the Bear Creek prospect which lies east of the Phillips prospect. This area can most easily... -33- Copper: Several abandoned copper mines and prospect pits are located in northwestern Granville County |  | | Report (issue) | | Gavilanes Tungsten District El Antimonio District Magdalena District Cananea District Preliminary Deposit-Type...or to a group of closely-spaced deposits. Two district records have been included (MX00018 and MX02161)...or names of individual orebodies. DISTRICT/AREA Informal district name used in the literature. Names...geochemical and geophysical studies at the "El Alacran" prospect, Sonora - prior to March 1970], in Investigaciones...p. 171-175. Emmons, S.F., 1910, Cananea Mining District of Sonora, Mexico: Economic Geology, v. 5, p. |  | | Book (edition) | | geographic district names have been replaced with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral...with andalusite from Grand Wash Cliffs, Red Lake District, Mohave County. It is not known if this material... Facet-grade material occurs in the McConnico District located southwest of Kingman, in Mohave County |  | | Book (edition) | | dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....Grossgreiner Mt., overlooking Zillertal Valley, Tirol, Austria, and at Passo di Vizze, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy...crystals in Obersulzbachtal Valley, Salzburg, Austria. AM 61,178, 1976. Af ghanite (Na.I<,Ca)6Ca 2 [...Trostau. Albite - pericline, xx 20 mm, the Alps, Austria, G Fichtelgebirge ~fts.. Bavaria,Gennany.Albite-bearing...\igeria. both overlookingZillertal Valley, Tirol, Austria. Veryabundantin a laterstageof deeplydifferentiated |  | | Report (issue) | | ----------------------------- 39 Capulin Peak prospect ---------------------------------------------...--------------------------------- 40 Red Hill prospect ---------------------------------------------...------------------------------ 42 Eighty-five prospect ---------------------------------------------...--------------------------- 42 Galena King prospect ------------------------------------------------...-------------------------- 44 Lone Star No. 7 prospect ---------------------------------------------------------------- |  | | Book (edition) | | ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...Hydrothermal Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Ajoite and papagoite Amethyst scepter quartz Aragonite Aurichalcite Azurite and cuprite . 1X , • Azurite...augmented; a discussion of the classical Tombstone district has been inserted between those of Bisbee and...mineral reported is in or near a mine or mineral prospect. The pace ofgeological and mineralogical activity |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...be found sporadically in old mine workings and prospect pits along the 50-krn length of the Ilmeny Mountains...of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning...testing to be hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings...to 6 cm (2005: 120). Los Remedios mine, Taxco district, Taxco, Guerrero. Ilvaite occurs in the wallrock | | | Book (edition) | | OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...Hydrothermal Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St...Ajoite and papagoite Amethyst scepter quartz Aragonite Aurichalcite Azurite and cuprite il Ee Azurite...augmented; a discussion of the classical Tombstone district has been inserted between those of Bisbee and...mineral reported is in or near a mine or mineral prospect. The pace of geological and mineralogical activity |  | | Book (volume) | | is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite district in North America. Its wealth of tourmalines, morganites...concentration of elements leading to crystallization. Aragonite nodules formed on twigs in standing water in Thomaston... Abbreviations are used for quarry Q, mine M, prospect P, locality L, and area A. Example: Newry - Bell...inherently no difference in the words quarry, prospect, or locality and the major difference seems to...Lower Tryon Mountain quarry, and Upper Colton Hill prospect. Many localities have multiple, closely spaced |  | | Report (issue) | | Basin structure Structure in the San Francisco district Geology Sedimentary rocks Geologic periods represented...relations Morehouse (?) quartzite (Silurian?) of Star district Distribution General character Conditions of deposition...Quartz monzonite of the Rocky district Quartz monzonite of the Star district Comparison of analyses Dike...82 San Francisco district 82 Beaver Lake district 86 Rocky district 87 Star district 88 Comparison of...Magnesite Siderite Rhodochrosite Smithsonite Aragonite Cerusite Hydrous carbonateq Malachite Azurite |  | | Journal (issue) | | E. Wilson & E. Jones Fluorite from the Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona ............. .... .....Blue Bail mine (1989, vol. 20, no. 6) The Silver District (1990, vol. 21 , no. 2) The Fat Jack mine (1991...Union mine (1997, vol. 28, no. 3) The Castle Dome District (1998, vol. 29, no. 5) The Purple Passion mine...in what used to be known as the Empire Mining District, about 9 miles south of the town of Pantano in...46, July-August, 2015 PERRY (1978) Total Wreck prospect, 11/27/78. Private report (open file, Arizona |  | | Book | | locall - rs where amomeor prospectors m a y still prospect f o r gems mai t e a l s a n d a l s o fossils...so that a real explorer will find new places to prospect. In the Appa lachians a lot of the gem deposits...good reason, is the Smithsonian, located in the District of Columbia between Maryland and Virginia, where...New Jersey between the Hudson and scenic lake district, rugged mountain parks, and farmlands the Delaware...most famous quarries in the whole country is the Prospect Park Quarry at the end of Planten Avenue in Paterson |
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