 | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Book (edition) | | are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are even classified...topaz crystal And is such a chameleon color, or jasper), etc. gem if you not yellow, nor are might...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn |  | | Book (volume) | | vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Southwest States Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma ‘Texas Utah VOLUME 4 Northeast...Northeast States Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine Mississippi...U.S.A. 4TH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 2: SOUTHWEST STATES |  | | Book (edition) | | vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington Wyoming Nevada Southeast States Alabama Hawaii Kansas New Mexico...Connecticut Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine...U.S.A. ATH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 3: SOUTHEAST STATES |  | | Book (volume) | | Celestite crystals, chalcedony rosettes, agates, jasper, fossil plants and vertebrate remains. The breaks...for its agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and...the W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka...Quarry chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara...hillside surfacesagatized and opalized wood, agate, jasper; in draws and washes and gravel beds of Spring |  | | Report (volume) | | streambeds, principally derived from rocks of the Sierra Nevada. Specific localities in California where diamonds...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...eye. Minerals of this sort, such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example...Tenacity is a quality closely allied chalcedony and jasper, because of their makeup, are tougher than their...but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that these materials...Carolina. In the West, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada, and the coast ranges dominate a vast geological |  | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | scientific reports associated with the exploration, mining, and settlement of the western territories. The...Middleton (middle town), Coal Hollow, or Sierra Nevada. The generic part tells the kind of place, feature...areas are Rio Grande, Palo Alto, Canaveral, Sierra Nevada, San Bias, Sangre de Cristo, Ojo Caliente, and...locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...live. The Appalachians, the Smokies, the Sierra Nevada, the Rockies and Black Hills, the Cascades and...the eye. Minerals of this sort, such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystalline. For example...closely allied to fracture pattern; chalcedony and jasper, because of their cryptocrystalline makeup, are...opaque does not pass light. Agate is translucent; jasper is opaque. if it Color one of the principal |  | | Book | | Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...carnelian, chalcedony, chert, flint, jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite, rock crystal, amethyst, chrysoprase...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...(assigned to Joseph, or possibly Ephraim), and jasper (most likely the red variety; assigned to Benjamin |  | | Journal (issue) | | cavity. The only locality data was given as Blaine County, Idaho. The specimen was probably from the collection...1995), but found no location of ferberite in Blaine County. So I went Fig. 1 Ferberite showing twinning,... microcrystals, Corral Creek, Camas County, Idaho. Continued on page 9 Denver Shows of 2001 Continued...Ream Dennis Beals reports that the Fresnillo District, Mexico is not closed like I wrote last month...apophyllite (not of heulandite) from a new find in Custer County, Idaho. These pseudomorphs are quite spectacular |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is the county seat and is situated in about the center of the county. I do not know if this mine is still...of the dealers ; however I did not ask from what mine these were from." ARIZONA—We recently received...Sea (in southern California —chiefly in Imperial County) one of the World's great geological freaks of...its shores." ARKANSAS—The Morning Star mine, in Marion County, Ark., has furnished many handsome specimens...smithsonite. Desiring to ascertain the location of this mine we petitioned the help of Byron C. Marshall, 204 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Speaking 3 T5I California Convention 4 Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha Counters 5 Berkeley Cass iter ite...States. YOGO SAPPHIRE MINE REOPENED A REOPEN INC OF THE FAMED YOGO~ 'SAPP H I RE MINE, IN THE LITTLE BELT...scheduled TO BEGIN THIS MONTH, UNDER NEW OPERATORS. THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1929, AFTER HAVING PRODUCED...Mountains The Yogo mine has the distinction of being the only lode vein SAPPHIRE MINE IN THE WORLD, SINCE...gold strike in the Searchlight district, thirty MILES FROM LaS VEGAS, NEVADA HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED BY L.O. HAWKINS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...weekends. "At a mine east of Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen...are reported from only one mine at Mackay, Idaho. Also found at this mine are malachite, azurite, cuprite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. This is in the cinnabar district of Howard, Pike, and Clark Counties, Ark. This...Calif.) once glistened at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. I have a couple of these specimens—excellent groups...Modesto, Calif. Both specimens come from an old Gold mine at Placerville, El Dorado Co., Calif. The following...by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked...picked up on land lots, 199 and 200, 10th Land District, six miles northeast of Greenville (Meriwether |  | | Journal (issue) | | remains at . . . $2.20 lb. RED AND WHITE STRIPED JASPER - Strong alternating bands of red and white makes...pieces also have some contrasting bands of red Jasper present. ·The tlgereye is strongly chatoyant and...38x52mm . . . $7.50 each. MOOK JASPER - An interesting " picture type·· Jasper from Australia. Takes an excellent...lb. RAINFOREST JASPER - Rainforest jasper Is a most unusual cutting material. This jasper will take an...is priced at only . . . $.85 per lb. BLACK SPIDER MINE TURQUOISE - All ring size stones, mostly of a medium |  | | Report (issue) | | .......... Delaware ......................... District of Columbia ................... Florida ................... Nebraska ......................... Nevada .......................... New Hampshire .................. Delaware ......................... District of Columbia ................... Florida ................... Nebraska ......................... Nevada .......................... New Hampshire ........within a single State boundary. This includes State, county, municipal, private, university, and other local |
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