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Beryl Deposits of the Beecher No. 3-Black Diamond Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota

By: Jack A. Redden

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1959

Seller ID: 000180

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 1072-I. Paper wraps, slight creasing along back cover, minor sunning to spine and edges. Site specific reference on the Beecher No. 3 pegmatite mine. Covers the history, geologyy, struture, mineralogy and production of this important U.S. beryl producer. 23 pages, includes 2 map plates (in rear pocket) plus 1 figure (map).
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Beryl-bearing Pegmatites in the Ruby Mountains and Other Areas in Nevada and Northwestern Arizona

By: Jerry C. Olson and E. Neal Hinrichs

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1960

Seller ID: 000181

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 1082-D. Paper wraps, crease on rear cover, sunning along spine. Report discusses a number of beryl and mica-bearing pegmatites in Nevada and Northern Arizona. Covers the geology, structure, mineralogy and economic potential. 66 pages, including 5 map plates (3 in rear map pocket), 4 figures (maps) and 7 tables.
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Bibliography of the Geology and Mineralogy of the Rare Earths and Scandium to 1971

By: John W. Adams and Eleanora R. Iberall

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1973

Seller ID: 000177

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 1366. Paper wraps, library stamp on lower front cover, otherwise near fine. 195 pages.
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Fluorspar Prospects of Montana

By: Clyde P. Ross

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1950

Seller ID: 000162

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 955-E. Paper wraprs, small tears (separations) along top and bottom of spine. A study of potential fluorite resources in Montana, surveyed during WWII. Covers uses and demand for fluorite, geology and mineralogy of mines and prospects, and analyzes the potential for future production.51 pages, including 11 plates (5 of which are in rear map pocket), and 4 figures (maps).
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Gemstones of the United States

By: Dorothy M. Schlegel

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1957

Seller ID: 000169

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

USGS Bulletin 1942-G. Paper wraps, some sunning to cover, contents fine. Overview of gem minerals found in the United States, as well as a section on the technical aspects of gems, from cuts to treatments to synthetics, imitation and assembled stones. A useful summary of major and minor gemstones in the United States. 51 pages.
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Geology and Ore Deposits near Lake City, Colorado

By: John Duer Irving and Howland Bancroft

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1911

Seller ID: 000101

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fair

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 478. Front and rear paper cover missing, binding somewhat loose and some chipping on spine. Title page has a small glue stain near lower spine and some wrinkling on top inside corner of page. Detailed account of geology and mineral resources/mines of the Lake City area in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. 128 pages, 8 plates (including 5 fold-out maps) and 33 figures.
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Geology of the Basin Quadrangle; Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Powell Counties, Montana

By: Edward T. Ruppel

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1963

Seller ID: 000102

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1151. Paper wraps. Sun fading on spine, library code handwritten on cover, Geology, petrology and mineral deposits of a quadrangle in Montana. 7 plates and 2 tables in rear pocket. 121 pages.
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Geology of the High Climb Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota

By: Douglas M. Sheridan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1955

Seller ID: 000170

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 1015-C. paper wraps, creasing on rear cover due to paste down of map pocket. Minor sunning along spine. Report on a significant pegmatite mine in the Black Hills, with complex pegmatitic zonations and interesting mineralogy. 40 pages, including 1 plate (geologic map in rear pocket), 3 figures and 6 tables (on mineralogy of zones in pegmatite).
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Magnetostratigraphy of the San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona

By: K. L. Tanaka, T. C. Onstott, and E. M. Shoemaker

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1990

Seller ID: 000214

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

USGs Bulletin 1929. Professionally bound in red buckram with new flyleafs and endpapers. Ex-Library, with various stamps and stickers. "Polarity-chronostratigraphic data that document the detailed eruptive history of Upper Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the San Francisco Mountain area of the southern Colorado Plateau." 35 pages, with 5 figures and 4 tables.
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Manganese Resources of the Artillery Mountains Region, Mohave County, Arizona

By: S. G. Lasky and B. N. Webber

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1949

Seller ID: 000167

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fair

USGS Bulletin 961. Ex-library with library stamps on front cover, and library card pocket on map pocket on inside rear cover. Rear cover has numerous creases and several tears along spine. Author's (Lasky) inscription ("with sincere regards") to B.S. Butler, a fellow USGS geologist. Butler was a prolific author for the USGS, having written noteworthy reports including "The Copper Deposits of Michigan" and "The Ore Deposits of Utah." This report studies the large, low-grade sedimentary manganese deposits in Mohave County, and it's potential as an economic manganese resource. Included are ch...
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Mica -Bearing Pegmatites of New Hampshire: A Preliminary Report

By: J. C. Olson

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1942

Seller ID: 000155

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 931-P. Paper wraps, library stamp on title page and rear flyleaf. A study of 80 mines and prospects in New Hampshire for their potential to produce industrial grade mica. Covers geology, mineralogy, mining history and production, and future potential. This report does identify mines that produced minerals of interest to collectors, including beryl, tourmaline, apatite, spodumene and lepidolite. 41 pages, including 3 plates and 3 figures (all of which are maps).
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Mica -Bearing Pegmatites of New Hampshire: A Preliminary Report

By: J. C. Olson

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1942

Seller ID: 000156

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 931-P. Paper wraps. A study of 80 mines and prospects in New Hampshire for their potential to produce industrial grade mica. Covers geology, mineralogy, mining history and production, and future potential. This report does identify mines that produced minerals of interest to collectors, including beryl, tourmaline, apatite, spodumene and lepidolite. 41 pages, including 3 plates and 3 figures (all of which are maps).
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Mica Deposits in Minas Gerais, Brazil

By: W. T. Pecora, M. R. Klepper, D. M. Larrabee, A. L. M. Barbosa and Resk Frayha

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1950

Seller ID: 000163

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 964-C, Paper wraps, minor creasing along edge of front cover, contents near fine. Comprehensive study of mica resources, geology and production in Minas Gerais. Includes regional geology of "mica belt," pegmatite geology, grades and uses of mica, production and future potential. 101 pages, including 4 map plates (in rear pocket), 33 figures and 8 figures.
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Mica Deposits in Minas Gerais, Brazil

By: W. T. Pecora, M. R. Klepper, D. M. Larrabee, A. L. M. Barbosa and Resk Frayha

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1950

Seller ID: 000164

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

USGS Bulletin 964-C, Paper wraps. Comprehensive study of mica resources, geology and production in Minas Gerais. Includes regional geology of "mica belt," pegmatite geology, grades and uses of mica, production and future potential. 101 pages, including 4 map plates (in rear pocket), 33 figures and 8 figures.
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Mineralogia of Llallagua, Bolivia

By: Mark Chance Bandy

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Tucson, AZ, Tucson Gem & Mineral Society: 1976

Seller ID: 000183

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Inscribed by Jean Bandy (wife). Printed wraps. Translated reprint of original (1946) paper (in Spanish) by Bandy on the mines and minerals of Llallagua, Bolivia. Classic work. 69 pages, including 7 B&W photographs.
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Observations on the Rich Silver Ores of Aspen, Colorado

By: Edson S. Bastin

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1924

Seller ID: 000182

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

USGS Bulletin 750-D. No wraps, pages sunned. Ex-libris stamp of George D. Louderbach (discoverer of benitoite and geology professor at University of California Berkeley). Discussion of the geology, mineralogy and ore deposits of Aspen, Colorado. 22 pages and 10 figures.
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Pegmatites of the Crystal Mountain District, Larimer County, Colorado

By: William R. Thurston

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1955

Seller ID: 000178

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 1011. Paper wraps, minor creasing along edges of front and back covers. Contents fine. Tear along bottom of rear map pocket, partially repaired. Covers the regional and areal geology of the pegmatite deposits at Crystal Mountain. Includes description of types of pegmatites, significant mines and detailed mineralogy of the properties. 185 pages, including 13 map plates in rear map pocket, 32 figures and 16 tables.
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Pegmatites of the Crystal Mountain District, Larimer County, Colorado

By: William R. Thurston

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1955

Seller ID: 000179

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Pegmatites of the Middletown Area, Connecticut

By: Frederick Stugard, Jr.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1958

Seller ID: 000171

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 1042-Q. Paper wraps, slight creasing to rear cover, minor sunning along spine. Study of the pegmatites near Portland, CT including the Strickland, Hale, Howe, Spinelli and Anderson Quarries. Summary of the regional geology, mineralogy, structure of pegmatite bodies and potential resources. 71 pages, includes 2 map plates in rear map pocket, 2 figures (maps) and 16 figures.
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Pegmatites of the Middletown Area, Connecticut

By: Frederick Stugard, Jr.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1958

Seller ID: 000172

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

USGS Bulletin 1042-Q. Paper wraps, minor sunning along spine. Study of the pegmatites near Portland, CT including the Strickland, Hale, Howe, Spinelli and Anderson Quarries. Summary of the regional geology, mineralogy, structure of pegmatite bodies and potential resources. 71 pages, includes 2 map plates in rear map pocket, 2 figures (maps) and 16 figures.
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Precambrian Geology of the Northern Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona

By: C. A. Anderson and F. M. Blacet

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1972

Seller ID: 000193

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

USGS Bulletin 1336. Printed wraps, front cover has very minor scuffing and one small hole at staple in binding. Interior is fine. A studty of the stratigraphy and structure. of the Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks in the area south of the Prescott and Mingus Mountain quadrangles. Gives descriptions of the major mines in the area: Iron King; Lone Pine; Boggs; Iron Queen; Hackberry; Binghampton; Copper Queen and Stoddard. 82 pages, 2 map plates in rear map pocket, 17 figures (including 9 photomicrographs of ore specimens) and 15 tables (chemical analyses).
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Preliminary Report on Corundum Deposits in the Buck Creek Peridotite Clay County, North Carolina

By: Jarvis B. Hadley

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1949

Seller ID: 000160

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 948-E. Paper wraps, minor creasing on front cover. Study of the economic potential to mine corundum for abrasives during WWII. Corundum colors from this district are white, blue, pink and red! 25 pages, including 4 map plates in rear map pocket, 3 figures (maps) and 3 tables.
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Preliminary Report on Corundum Deposits in the Buck Creek Peridotite Clay County, North Carolna

By: Jarvis B. Hadley

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1949

Seller ID: 000161

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

USGS Bulletin 948-E. Paper wraps, minor creasing on front cover, several tears along spine.. Study of the economic potential to mine corundum for abrasives during WWII. Corundum colors from this district are white, blue, pink and red! 25 pages, including 4 map plates in rear map pocket, 3 figures (maps) and 3 tables.
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Quartz Crystal Deposits of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina

By: John B. Mertie Jr.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1959

Seller ID: 000173

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

USGS Bulletin 1072-D. Paper wraps, slight sunning along spine. Excellent summary of properties in Virginia and North Carolina that produced or had the potential to produce quartz crystals. At the time of the study, the main interest was finding quartz for the manufacture of oscillators. This is a great reference for those interested in collecting quartz crystals. 66 pages, including 6 figures (maps) of localities.
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Quartz Crystal Deposits of Western Arkansas

By: A. E. J. Engel

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1952

Seller ID: 000165

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

USGS Bulletin 973-E. Paper wraps, some minor creasing to front cover, several tears and creases on back cover adjacent to map pocket. A study of the quartz crystal deposits of western Arkansas, prompted by the need for optical and oscillator quartz during WWII. Coincidentally, optical/oscillator quartz is also the type of quartz of interst to mineral collectors. This report covers the geology, crystallography and uses of quartz, as well as the primary deposits (mines) in operation at the time.88 pages, including 21 plates (including 15 maps in rear map pocket), 10 figures and 8 tables.
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Category: USGS Bulletins