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| MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist |
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| MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst |
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| conditions on th P desert . are changing rapidly; Mining claims are filed, property, once open to collectors...and is punishable under the law. Do not disturb mining machinery or buildings, posted or not, they are...O DESERT, D E S E' R T, and adjacent areas of Nevada and Arizona By MARY F R ANC E S S T R O N G... 0 F NEVADA Queen Obsidian 1be Sump Hole Fish Lake Valley Goldfield Gem Claim Volcanic Hills Montezuma...N T S 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 CAL I F ORN I A Chalfant Valley Petroglyphs 9 Cerro Gordo 9 Sacatar Canyon 10 Carthage |
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| DESERT CALENDAR May 30—Lincoln County Homecoming Day. Caliente, Nevada. June 1-30 — Special exhibit, colored...2-3—Intermountain Junior Fat Stock Show, Salt Lake Union Stock Yards. North Salt Lake City. Utah. June 4-5—Pioneer Days...By CLIFFORD L. BURDICK Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley FICTION June 12-17 — Future Farmers of America...Chapter, Sierra Club of California trip to Monument Valley. DESERT QUIZ Lost Ledge of Mammoth Mountain By...Steeples of Lime, by EDMUND C. JAEGER . Indian Jasper in the Whipples By HAROLD WEIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY |
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| particolor amethsyt (78.70 ct), Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California;...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...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 |
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| CONTENTS FEATURES ARIZONA'S HUACHUCAS '*}-• GRASS VALLEY LOOP Al Waterman KING CAT K. L. Boynton FUN...article on page 28. Ernie Cowan CATHEDRAL VALLEY LAKE POWELL'S PADRE BAY Bill Knyvett Alary Frances...STREET DIVISION OF TRAVELEZE INDUSTRIES, INC. SUN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 91352 \ ' f | \ The Electric Winch...Meridian, Inyo County, California. The lands and mines are mapped in the Inyo County Assessor's Map Book...died as they looked for gold and silver in Death Valley. Slick paperback, exclusive photos of the old-timers |
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| UNDERSTAND LIFE (Acrostic) By DARRELL TOTTEN Henderson. Nevada Deep down wilhin the complex brain of man One cell...10-13 — Annual Death Valley Encampment, sponsored by Death Valley '49ers, Death Valley, California. Nov....25 LETTERS TRUE OR FALSE NEWS FICTION URANIUM MINING LAPIDARY HOBBY COMMENT BOOKS . 24 By EDMUND...Desert 30 Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 31 Progress of the mining boom 35 Current news of desert...interesting people he has met in his exploration of Utah, Nevada and Arizona deserts, extending over a period of |
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| minerals is significant from the standpoint of the mining industry, as well as that of the mineral collector...Western states, Colorado is noted for its many mining properties rather than for a relatively few large...found in the Keystone mine, Magnolia mining district, Boulder County, was the first mineral to bear a Colorado...7 Mount Antero from the top of Mount White the hills; with them will be found the usual gangue minerals...southwest direction from Jamestown in Boulder County to the La Plata Mountains in the “golden San Juans |
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| learned from the other kids in the Mojave Desert Mining Camp of Randsburg in 1896 was that so long as there... yon. Men came in every day from the Stringer District (later to become the great tungsten producer)...washers, and from the Goler placers across the valley. The saloons always interested me. I liked the...gasoline flares. After the second fire the business district built up along Butte Avenue, detouring the hoist...useful life. In its way I'm sure life in a raw mining camp was no worse than what some kids go through |
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| .............. 38 A drive through New Mexico’s mining history by Steve Voynick The Mineral Legacy of...design required small slices of Burro Creek jasper, red jasper, sodalite and feldspar. Narrow slices of...CALIFORNIA: Annual show; Monrovia Rockhounds; LA County Arboretum, 301 S. Baldwin Ave.; Sat. 9-4:30, Sun...Annual show; Ventura Gem & Mineral Society; Ventura County Fairgrounds; 10 W. Harbor Blvd.; Sat. 10-5, Sun...net 7-9—HILLSBORO, OREGON: Annual show; Tualatin Valley Rock & Gem Club; Washington Co. Fairplex, 873 NE |
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| heavy paperback, 170 pages. $3.50. NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS by Stanley W. Paher. Covering...Nevada's 17 counties, Paher has documented 575 mining camps, many of which have been erased from the...complete collection of historic photographs of Nevada ever published. This, coupled with his excellent...JEEP TRAILS by Roger Mitchell. Author of DEATH VALLEY JEEP TRAILS, veteran explorer Mitchell takes you...18 different 4-wheel-drive trips into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where he explores ghost towns, Indian |
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| VanDerber. grounds. In the higher country—Salt Lake City, Reno, northern New Mexico and Flagstaff—great...Annual Thunderbird Tennis Championships, Paradise Valley Racquet Club, Phoenix. January 11 — Desert Sun...this wonderful canyon, soon to be covered by rising lake waters. Mexican Hat's §LM CANYON BOAim, WHITE CANYON...LOUISE WERNER 9 FICTION Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 11 SCIENCE Fossil Insects from the Mojave By RUTH...Contentment By DOROTHY ROBERTSON 26 EDUCATION Death Valley High School By EUGENE L. CONROTTO 28 LETTERS Comment |
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| 16-18—Valley of the Sun Trap Shoot, Papago Park, Phoenix. Arizona. Feb. 16-22—Riverside County Fair and...Vaqueros, Tucson. Arizona. Feb. 22-28—Maricopa County Fair, Horse Show, Mesa, Arizona. Feb. 22-29—Invitational...— Maricopa County Fair, Mesa Civic Center, Mesa, Arizona. Feb. 24-Mar. 4 — Imperial County Fair, El Centro...other p o e m s LOST MINE Black Nuggets in the Valley of P h a n t o m Buttes By JOHN D. MITCHELL They... BEHLE 20 FICTION Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 22 CLOSE-UPS A m o n g those w h o write for |
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| Date Festival to be February 14-23 The Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival takes place February...skiing to desert mountain hiking offered in the county. The show will include trailer, boating and conservation...Clayton, New Mexico. Feb. 7-9—18th Annual Imperial Valley Tomato Festival, Nil and, Calif. Feb. 8—Festival...California. Feb. 14-15—Dons Club Bus Tour of Death Valley National Monument, from Phoenix. Feb. 14-16—Gold...Days, Wickenburg, Arizona. Feb. 14-23 — Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, Indio, California |
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| the desert lay below. Today at dawn there was a lake Of kapok cloud that carpeted The view, now foam...Convention, Tucson. Dec. 1—Christmas Flower Show, Valley Garden Center, Phoenix, Ariz. D e c . 3 — Feast...—Opening of Ski Season at Taos, New Mexico, Ski Valley; Flagstaff, Arizona, Snow Bowl. Dec. 17-Jan. 1...— Community Christmas Party, Fallon, Nevada. Dec. 23—Salt Lake City, Utah, Oratorio Society's Annual...Navajo s h e p h e r d e s s of M o n u m e n t Valley, b y JOSEF MUENCH POETRY Cloud F a n t a s y a |
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| 53—Crystal Field at Quartzsite (Ariz.)* Jun. 54—-Indian Jasper in the Whipples (Calif.)* May 52—White Hat Returns...Meeting of the Navajo Aug. 53—Miracle in Parker Valley* May 54—Raphael's Last Deer Dance Jun. 54—They...DESERT LIVING Sep. 54—Cabin on Lizard Acres (Apple Valley, Calif.) Aug. 55—Native Plants in a Garden Jun...Who Bought a Ghost Town (Calico, Calif.)* May 54—Nevada Ghost Town (Unionville)* Feb. 57—Only the Sidewalk...Brass Band Played at Taylor (Nev.)* May 52—Goblin Valley (Utah)* Jun. 52—Murray Canyon Is a Challenge (Calif |
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| DEPOSITS OP MANGANESE ORE IN NEVADA. By J. T. PARDEE and E. L. JONES, Jr. INTRODUCTION. Manganese is...is rather widely distributed in Nevada. In addition to the small amounts that occur in rocks' generally...silver ore has been produced for many years in Nevada, but manganese ore for use in the manufacture of...conspicuous example. The amount of manganese ore mined in Nevada in 1916 was small, but thereafter production increased...it practically ceased. Altogether during the war Nevada, in addition to a large amount of manganiferous |
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| Director ' Bulletin 648 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Clark County.......................................................'.. Gold Butte mining district........gneiss............................. Gold Butte Mining Co................................. New Era group...prospects...................................... Elko County.................................................................................... Warm Creek district...................................... PolarStar |
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| footed burro to pack his stuff, 'Cause out in the hills the goin's tough. He'll stake you a claim on the...our dreams. TRIAL By DARRELL TOTTEN Henderson, Nevada In the desert book, where all may look Read what...negatives. The prospector is Rocky Mountain George of Nevada. Photograph by Adrian Atwater, Carson City. CAPTIVE...begun. There is reward for all good done. Desert hills hold their silver and gold; Ghost-towns hold their...• • • NONE S O BIG By B. R. BRADLEY Tempiute, Nevada I've a bushel of words All sorted for speed But |
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| National Honors A NON-T E CHNICAL MAGAZINE - -ON- MINING - PROSPECTING - GEOLOGY - MINERALOGY THE BULLETIN...an d MINERALS A NON-TECHNICAL MAGAZINE --'ON-MINING-PROSPECTING-GEOLOGY- MINERALOGY Published Quarterly...Tradition tells us that l\Iine Ln :\fotte, in ll'adison County, )lissouri, wns first worked by the Spaniards,...low ranges, table lands, and isolated flat-top hills. Small detached patches are found as outliers. These...kangaroo discovered a bright bit of opal fl.oat in the county of Yungnulgra about sixty-five miles northwest |
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| Colorado National Monument Mesa County Dinosaur National Monument Moffat County Great Sand Dunes National... Montezuma County NATIONAL PARKS IN COLORADO Mesa Verde National Park Montezuma County Rocky Mountain...Utah Border to Steamboat Springs, U. S. 40 Moffat County Dinosaur National Monument Hahns Peak Segment B...Area Mount Antero Area Sedalia Copper Mine Turret District 9 7 13 20 26 27 27 29 30 32 33 36 36 37 38 38...Junction Hartsel Barite Mine Garo Hartsel Agate and Jasper Meyers Ranch Wilkerson Pass Badger Flats Gold City |
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| Texas Gulch Formation ___ -------------Indian Hills Volcanics______________ _____ Spud Mountain Vol...Gulch Volcanics_ _ _______ _____ ____ Unnamed volcanic rocks of the Alder(?) Group______________ __ _______________...quadrangle___________________ Fissure veins in Mineral Point district and adjacent areas___ _____ __ _______ ____ __...water______________________ Water-bearing properties of valley fill_________ Quality of water____________________________...Paulden quadrangle, Arizona. 3. Map of Chino-Lomesome Valley and surrounding areas, Arizona, showing location |
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| different parts of the Dominion. The rapidly increasing mining industry of the country makes it very desirable...clastic schists which are so abundant in the Yukon valley. As a rule, the veins, though numerous, are too... REVIEWS Boundary Mining District of British Columbia. The rocks of the district are largely eruptives...reaching a height of 2,000 feet above the present valley levels. The ore bodies are of large size, but irregular...coal of excellent quality. The smaller, or Green Hills area, covers about seven square miles and contains |
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| papoose aloft for Photographer Andrew Crofut of Reno, Nevada, whose charming family portrait won first prize...August 12-14—Wasatch County Fair and Rodeo, Heber, Utah. August 12-14—Sanpete County Fair, Manti, Utah....Square Dance Festival, Flagstaff. August 18-20—Cache County Fair, Logan, Utah. August 24-31—Hopi Snake Dances...August 27-28—Kane County Fair and Horse Show, Orderville, Utah. August 28-29—Tooele County Fair, Tooele,...the Desert FICTION Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley MINING Current news of desert mines HOBBY Gems and |
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| rockngem.com U S $6.99 ... and Much More PRINTED IN USA 2 www.rockngem.com From the Editor EDITORIAL................................. 14 Stone Canyon Jasper by Scott Empey Rock & Gem Kids ................... 16 24 Wulfenite, crystal habit dot-to-dot, Nevada rockhound symbols Field trip: Sandia Mountains................. 30 A drive through New Mexico’s mining history by Steve Voynick Minnesota Minerals and....................................... 36 A Moose Lake museum highlights rare rocks by Bill Vossler Heavy |
