 | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OFNEVADA MINERALSOFNEVADASTEPHEN B. CASTORandG R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC KlNEVADA BUREAU...association with theUNIVERSITY OFNEVADA PRESSReno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University ofNevada Press, Reno,Nevada 89557USACopyright© 2004 by Uni versity ofNevada PressPhotographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences ofNevada byNevada Bureau ofMines and GeologyAll rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,iCastor, Stephen B.Minerals ofNevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALSOFNEVADA MINERALSOFNEVADAPeerHenByCASTORoan eGORY.C.oFERDOCKNEVADAANDBUREAU...UNIVERSITYReno & Las VegasOFNEVADAPRESSGEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University ofNevada Press, Reno,Nevada 89557USACopyright © 2004 by University ofNevada PressPhotographs...otherwise notedMap ofMining Districts and significant mineral occurrences ofNevada byNevada Bureau ofMines...Cataloging-in-Publication DataCastor, Stephen B,Minerals ofNevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist | | | Report (issue) | | CASTOR a GREGORY C. FERDOCK MINERALSOFNEVADANevada has been blessed by nature with an extraordinary...first discovered within the state, some unique toNevada, and some the focus of human exploitation since...silver deposits spurred most of the settlement inNevada in the nineteenth century; subsequently, minerals...high-techmining of gold deposits, such as those along the Carlin trend, constitutes amining boom that... Minerals ofNevada is the first synoptic catalog of ~ BE OP he SEE EN he ~Nevada minerals, listing |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget andstake your ownmining claim? Indeed ittoand inis,authorofthis...prospecting, he pointsout,isinabandonedminingdistricts,where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals bystate,county,township,and geologicrange.For easy identification...RANSOM1875-1948An Eastern '‘Schoolmarm”to theMining Camps of the Old West IIasI\hK4... CONTENTSPrefaceixPART I1Introduction toMining and Mineralogy32Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................283Nevada ................................................................548Table of MapsPageAlabamaCounty Map ...................................................................................4AlaskaCounty and Stream Map ..................................Co.Mining Districts ............................................................22ArizonaCounty Map.........................23Arizona – Cochise Co.Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................243Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, acounty map will tell you who the legal owneris.Good...gemmy qualities for cutting andpolishing.AUTAUGACOUNTYPRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.)BARBOURCOUNTYBAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher.BIBBCOUNTYGENERAL AREA: ccounty gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................243Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, acounty map will tell you who the legal owneris.Good...gemmy qualities for cutting andpolishing.AUTAUGACOUNTYPRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.)BARBOURCOUNTYBAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher.BIBBCOUNTYGENERAL AREA: ccounty gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book | | MinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth...time when Neolithic man was picking up gold andcopper nuggetsto be hammered into ornaments ( 20,000-14...of commercialmining is also long, beginning with theKenya opal mines of 4000 B.C.Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead ofmetallic ores, andmining for turquoise was enormously extendedthroughout the...minerals, raw nugge ts of native metal-gold, silver,copper, bismuth,etc.-clumps and crystals of shiny yellow |  | | Book | | P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology andmining at theCollege of California, parent to the University...California, and published in the fourth and sixth StateMining Bureau reports. Then beginning in1914 with a volume...(See Map 1-1). From the lake-bed deposits of theBasin Ranges and MojaveDesert provinces have come the...SierraNevada and the Klarnath Mountains provinces. Thesemountainregions , together with theBasin Ranges...are reported bycounty of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows thecounty boundaries andcounty names.When possible |  | | Book (edition) | | Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, MaricopaCounty, 4 cm high specimen, Evan andMelissa Jones Collection...usedminingdistricts as part of the locality description. These political and geographicdistrict names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineraldistrict. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of thedistrict and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Wherepossible, the metallic mineraldistrict for each mineral locality is given for themineral | | | Book | | P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology andmining at theCollege of California, parent to the University...and pub-lished in the fourth and sixth StateMining Bureau reports.Then beginning in1914 with a...(SeeMap 1-1).From the lake-bed deposits of theBasin Ranges and MojaveDesert provinces have come the...mainly inNevada and the Klamath Mountains provinces. Thesemountainregions, together with theBasin Ranges...are reported bycounty of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows thecounty boundaries andcounty names.When possible |  | Bramel, Hadley R., Heyl, George R., Cox, Manning W., Ransome, Alfred L., Eric, John H., Wyant, Donald G. (1948) Copper in California.Bulletin 144. California State Mining Bureau | Report (issue) | | ChiefDECEMBER 1948BULLETIN 144SAN FRANCISCOCOPPERIN CALIFORNIA(In Three Parts, Including Outline...Outline Geologic MapShowing Locations ofCopper Properties)Prepared under the direction ofOlaf p. Jenkins...States Department of the InteriorDepartment ofMining, Stanford UniversityliCD LIBRARY :LETTER...have the honor to transmit herewith Bulletin 144,Copper in California, prepared under the direction of...FoothillCopper Belt PART 2, Economies and Treatment of Ores PART 3, Statewide Tabulation ofCopperProperties |  | | Journal (volume) | | GeologistC A. Logan,DistrictMining EngineerC. McK. Laizure,DistrictMining EngineerSan Francisco...Burling Tucker,DistrictMining EngineerLos AngelesReid J. Sampson, AssistantDistrict EngineerLos...Los AngelesOhas. V. Averill,DistrictMining EngineerReddingFrank Sanborn, Mineral Technologist...JuniorMining Engineer (Librarian)San Francisco TABLE OF CONTENTSPage7Reports ofDistrict Milling'...FieldDistrictSacramento FieldDistrictSan Francisco FieldDistrictLos Angeles FieldDistrictMineral |
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