 | | Report (Issue volume) | | MISCELLANEOUS REPORT 8 Issued by THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa...mail from information Canada, Ottawa, and at the following information Canada bookshops: HALIFAX i 735...equipment 5 • Care of specimens 6 • Collecting in Canada 6 • Mineral and rock sets 7 • Abbreviations used...89 • Additional reading 93 • Amateur clubs in Canada 102 • Addresses 104 e INDEX TO MINERALS Cover-Labradorite...Society of British Columbia for supplying a number of the map locations for British Columbia. A Note on |  | | Catalog/List | | AMAZONSTONE AMBER AMBLYGONITE AMETHYST ANALCIME ANATASE ANDALUSITE CHIASTOLITE ANDESINE ANDRADITE DEMANTOID MELANITE...DOUBLE-FLOW OBSIDIAN MAHOGANY OBSIDIAN SHEEN OBSIDIAN SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN OLIGOCLASE AVENTURINE MOONSTONE SUNSTONE...SIMPSONJTE SINHALITE SMITHSONITE SMOKY QUARTZ SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN SOAPSTONE SODALITE SPECTROLITE SPESSARTINE...11101/ftJllt Ampullar pearl Analcite [Ancona ruby] [Andalusite] {Andesine jade] .Aphrizite ApricotitJt1 Apyrite...or yellow sapphire A slate-like rock from British Columbia P}·ropc garnet Garnet Rock crystal Transparent |  | | Catalog/List | | AMBLYGONITE AMETHYST AMETRINE ANALCIME ANATASE ANDALUSITE CHIASTOLITE ANDESINE ANDRADITE DEMANTOID MELANITE...MICROLITE MOHAWKITE MOLDAVITE JADE JADEITE NEPHRITE SNOWFLAKE JADE KASHAN RUBY KORNERUPINE KUNZITE KYANITE...MAHOGANY OBSIDIAN RAINBOW OBSIDIAN SHEEN OBSIDIAN SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN OLIGOCLASE AVENTURINE MOONSTONE SUNSTONE...SINHALITE SLATE SMITHSONITE SMOKY QUARTZ SNOWFLAKE JADE SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN SOAPSTONE SODALITE SPECTROLITE...Calcite, Optical California tiger’s eye Cambay stone Canada moonstone Cateye Ceragate Ceylonite Chameleonite |  | | Report (issue) | | PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of |  | | Book (volume) | | Guide to Gold, Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia Volume I: Vancouver Island LIDAARY Digitized...Guide to Gold, Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia Volume I: Vancouver Island Rick Hudson OrCA...1947— Gold, gemstone and mineral sites of British Columbia Includes index. Contents: Vol. I, Vancouver...and mineral resources — British Columbia. 2. Prospecting — British Columbia. I. Title TN27.B7H82 1996...Printed and bound in Canada Orca Book Publishers PO Box 5626, Station B Victoria, BC Canada V8R 6S4 GE) 3 |  | | | | and consumer products. DISCOVERY NETWORKS, a division of Discovery Communications, Inc., operates and...York, and published simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. The Discovery Channel...Makeup » Crystals Earthly Treasures » Mines & Mining * Ocean Minerals » A Multitude of Uses » Gemstones...convection doomed this unbroken continental unit to division and endless wandering. Rifts The existence of...months of earthquakes and ventings, Washington’s Mount St. Helens exploded with the force of twentyfive |  | | Book | | films and consumer products. DISCOVERY NCTWORKS, a division of Discovery . . Communications, lnc., operates...simultaneously 111 Canada by Random ment'l.f)', Russian Gem Treasures, later House of Canada Limited, Toronto...Makeup Crystals 56 Earthly Treasures Mines & Mining Ocean Minerals A Multitude of Uses Gemstones Legendary...convection doomed this unbroken continental unit to division and endless wandering. Rifts opened and became...months of earthquakes and ventings, Washington's Mount St. Helens exploded with the force of twentyfive |  | | Book (volume) | | Field Guide to GOLD, GEMSTONE & MINERAL SITES ot British Columbja “ee 7 Oat | I; Se Rees ce « to...Field Guide to GOLD, GEMSTONE & MINERAL SITES of British Columbjz Volume 2 Sites Within A Day’s Drive of...1947— Gold, gemstone and mineral sites of British Columbia Includes bibliographical references and index...resources — British Columbia — Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Prospecting — British Columbia. I. Title. II... Title, Gold, gemstone & mineral sites of British Columbia. TN27B9H82 1997 553.4’09711 ©C96-910287-9 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Brookville Gneiss, southern New Brunswick, Canada: implications for the configuration of the Avalon...Avalon composite terrane of New England and Atlantic Canada constitutes the largest suspect terrane of the...questions about the configuration of the terrane in Canada (e.g. Jamieson et al. 1991; Keppie et cif. 1991b)...predominantly comprises low pressure (cordierite f andalusite), locally migmatitic quartz-feldspar-biotite...control the regional orientation of SGHIwest of Snowflake Quarry (Figure 7). Megascopic FGH, folds with |  | | Catalog/List | | (1) Saudi Arabia (2) . .. $7.50 (c): Tar sand , Canada . 114 g.. . . $3.00 (d): Oil shale, Colorado...NICKELi NE AND SKUTTERUDITE, Colbalt, Ontario, Canada . Exceptional slabs showing excellent ore and gangue...iron from rusting. •82824. . . . . .. $25.00 COLUMBIA PLATEAU BASALTS COLLECTION. 27 lab-study size...9 cm - 9 x 12 cm ... $15.00 AgCI , Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill , New South Wales. 10 x 5 x 4 cm matrix...MALACHITE, . . . $120.00 AESCHYNITE-Y Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire. •82834 (a) Excellent green |  | | Journal (issue) | | locations: St Agnes, Cornwall (British Isles); Sudbury, Ontario (Canada); Alsace (France and Germany);...from Siberia, Russia. The world’s first chromite mine began production in the mid-19th century. It was...California, Maryland and North Carolina. In the British Isles, chromite has been unearthed on the Shetland...deposits occur in the following locations: Bancroft (Canada); Julianehaab (Greenland); Langesundfjord (Norway);...colourless. It was first discovered on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in 1825 and named in honour of English | | | | | in the field ~“ Various geological locations iin Canada© Physical properties of minerals and rocks, and...surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...Fitzhenry & Whiteside acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council...acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development...publishing activities. Ss Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada vw ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL |  | | Report (volume) | | vols. 15, 16. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: General volume, 1931;... 102; Technical Publications 386-492. See also Mining and Metallurgy. New York. American Journal of Science...Botanical Gazette, vols. 91-94. Chicago, 111. British Columbia, Bureau of Mines: Annual Reports of Minister...Natural Resources, Division of Mines and Mining: Bulletin, nos. 98, 105-107; Mining in California, vols...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NOETH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1931 AND 1932 Canada, Geological Survey: Summary Reports 1930, 1931; |  | | Report (issue) | | pseudomorph after borax, 17.6 cm, from the Baker mine, Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California...Seibel and Jim Minette, in the then-underground Baker mine, a locale which literally vanished into air at some...while the huge open pit excavation—where borate mining goes on to this day—was being enlarged. Some of... Despujolsite, 1.5 cm, from the N’Chwaning III mine, Kuruman manganese field, Cape Province, South Africa...a single pocket last year in the N’Chwaning III mine, Kuruman manganese field, Cape Province, South Africa |  | | Journal (issue) | | Insights From Industry Leaders Jade Mining Expanding in British Columbia As Demand Rises Gemmological Association...Reveals Largest Violet Diamond Recovered from Argyle Mine Gemology 32 18 21 26 Harvard Mineral Heritage...provenance of colored gemstones all the way to the mine that produce the stone. The vertically integrated...possible tied to transparency and provenance. from mine to market is being developed strongly. As a result...branding strategies are increasingly being related to mine sites, local towns or geographical areas. There |  | | Catalog/List | | blue xtls. GRF. Ml. £4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges...xtls. GRF. Ml. £5.00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal...GRF. SMI. £5.00 11 UVSW. ALLOPHANE, Hawks Wood Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. SW green. Ml. £5.00 12...white. Super long after glow. Ml. £5.00 13 ANDALUSITE, Sellrein, Lisenz, Tirol, Austria. Well formed...matrix. GRF. C. £5.00 14 SPHALERITE, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, nr Alston, Cumbria. Glistening black |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens. All for $7.50 postpaid. Morton Minerals & Mining, 21423 Highway 66, R.F.D. 1, Barstow, Calif. DO...LOUIS, 14, MO. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...Morton Minerals & Mining, Dept. R, 21423 Old Highway 66, RFD 1, Barstow, Calif. WE ARE MINING—Gem material... Sample, $2.50. FOB Barstow, Morton Minerals & Mining, Dept. R, 21423 Old Hwy. 66, RFD 1, Barstow, Calif... Sample, $3.50. FOB Barstow. Morton Minerals & Mining, Dept. R, 21423 Old Highway 66, RFD 1, Barstow |  | | Report (issue) | | Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES BULLETIN.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...increasing both because of renewed activity in old mining camps and because of Utahns and tourists who seek...selected metallic minerals of each county. CHAPTER I MINING DISTRICTS OF COUNTIES AND THE STATE OF UTAH The |  | | Book (volume) | | cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout...promising diamond fields being vigorously explored in Canada and the United States. Experts agree that in several...kimberlite bodies, most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana |  | | Journal (issue) | | sq. ft. facilitv will house both our mail order division and retail outlet, which without a doubt will...your nearest Inter-Lok dealer VANGUARD ABRASIVE DIVISION FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION LENT A VENUE • LeROY...Made Under U.S. Patents 3.110.579 & 3.201.902, CANADA 705.675 (1965), MEXICO 74399 (1963), BELGIUM 664...3/16" diameter by ¾" to 1" long. From Santa Ros·a mine In Brazil. Shpg. Wt. 18 lbs. Shpg. Wt. 3 lbs. ...Cabs. 3 OUNCES SPECIAL OFFER - FREE AIRMAIL MINE RUN SAPPHIRES UNGRADED $10.00 Green • Orange |  | | Book | | Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white Lustre; opacity: ...quartz veins, and as placer deposits. The main mining areas are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...at Nizhni Tagil and Norilsk (Russia), Ontario (Canada) and Bushveld (South Africa). It occurs in igneous...(Portugal), Prlbram (Czech Republic), New Brunswick (Canada), Kern County (California, USA), Sardinia (Italy) | | | Book | | Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white Lustre; opacity: ...quartz veins, and as placer deposits. The main mining areas are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...at Nizhni Tagil and Norilsk (Russia), Ontario (Canada) and Bushveld (South Africa). It occurs in igneous...(Portugal), Prlbram (Czech Republic), New Brunswick (Canada), Kern County (California, USA), Sardinia (Italy) |  | | Book | | Fitzhenry & Whiteside acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts. and the Ontario Arts Council...acknowledge the financial suppo1t of the Government of Canada through the Book Pubbshing lndus!Jy Development...publishing activities. Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada PA ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL...CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Grice, Joel Beginner's...Key How to Tdentify a Rock Geological Regions of Canada 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 Metallic Minerals |  | | Book (volume) | | sapphires of Montana, and the jades of Alaska, British Columbia, and Wyoming, are worldrenowned. Handsome...Published in 1959 by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company A Division of Litton Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West...Birchmount Road Scarborough, Ontario M1P 2E7, Canada Van Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...and Technical Surveys of the Geological Survey of Canada, while specific Canadian locality information was |  | | Book | | catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1-4053-0594-0 Reproduced by Colourscan...nite forms at temperatures between those phs andalusite and sillimanite. It occurs in neisses, and associated...settings created by human activity, such as roadcuts, mine dumps, and quarries. Good examples are also found...Mudstone (p.29). NOTE The Burgess Shales of British Columbia, Canada, are 505 million years old and contain...Ore Marshes and shallow lakes in Scandinavia and Canada are the source of a rich ironstone forming at the |
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