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MINERAL LOCALITY INFORMATION BY STATE

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Alabama

     Mineralogyof Alabama (1982) R. B. Cook & W.R. Smith, Alabama Geological Survey BulletinB120 285p

   Rocks and Minerals of Alabama : A Guidebook for Alabama Rockhounds (1966) Circular 38 AlabamaGeological Survey 106p (reprinted 1999)

    Rocks & Minerals (1995) Vol(70) no 5 Mineral Locality Index

Alaska

   Geology and Mineral Deposits of southeastern Alaska (1929) USGS Bull 800

    Mineralogical Record Prince of Wales Island, Alaska Vol(8) no 1 pp 4-12

Arizona

     Mineralogyof Arizona (1995) J. W. Anthony, S.A. Williams, R. A. Bideaux, R. W. Grant University of Arizona Press NP12 508p

     Minerals of Arizona: a field guide for collectors(1999) N. R. Bearce Geoscience Press, Tucson

     Mineralogical Record (1980) Arizona I Vol(11) no 3State Issue    

     Mineralogical Record (1980) Arizona II Vol(11) no 4State Issue

     Mineralogical Record (1981) Arizona III - Bisbee Vol(12) no 5

     Mineralogical Record (1983) Arizona IV Vol(14) no 2State Issue

     Mineralogical Record (1983) Arizona V Vol(14) no 5State Issue

     Web Resources

    Mineralogical Societyof Arizona

Arkansas

     MineralSpecies of Arkansas: A Digest  (1987) J. M. Howard Arkansas Geological CommissionBull 23 184p

     Mineralsof Arkansas : An Electronic Database  (1996) J. D. McFarland & J.M. HowardArkansas Geological Commission CSS 1

     CollectingArkansas Minerals - A Reference and Guide (1996) A. E. Smith Jr. L. R. ReamPublishing Idaho 149p

     Collecting Crystals, The Guide to Collecting Quartz in Arkansas (2000)  Darcy and MikeHoward, A & I Studio Press

     Rocks & Minerals (1988) vol(63) no 2 Mineral Locality Index

     Rocks & Minerals (1989) Vol(64) no 4 State Issue

     Web Resources

California

     Minerals of California (1983) H. E. Pemberton VanNostrand Reinhold New York 591p

     Mineralogical Record (1977) California Vol(8)no 6 State Issue

     Web resources

     Mineralogical Society ofSouthern California bulletins.

Colorado

     Minerals of Colorado(1998) E. B. Eckel Fulcrum Publishing Golden Colorado MI61 665p

     Gems and Minerals, A Guide toColorado's Native Gemstones (1987) L. McKinney & D.T. McKinney MI37 48p

     Colorado Rockhounding(1994)S. M. Voynick MI45 371p

     The Rockhound's Guide toColorado (1998) W. A. Kappele CGP MI52 203p

     Mineralogical Record (1976) Colorado I Vol(7) no 6State Issue

     Mineralogical Record (1979) Colorado II Vol(9) no 6State Issue

     Mineralogical Record (1985) Colorado III Vol(16) no 3State Issue

     Mineralogical Record (1998) Sweet Home Mine (Rhodochrosite) Vol(29) no 4

     Rocks & Minerals (1984) Vol(59) no1 State Issue

     Rocks & Minerals 1994-2000 Summer/Fall issues (Theme mineral Denver Show)(Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Barite, Sphalerite, Rhodochrosite)

     Web Resources

  Connecticut

   Connecticut Minerals (1951) J. A. Sohon Connecticut Geol & NatHistory Survey Bull 77 128p

   Rocks & Minerals (1995) Vol(70) no 6 State Issue and Mineral Locality Index

Delaware

   Delaware, ItsRocks, Minerals and Fossils (1980) D. C. Windish & T. E. Pickett, DelawareGeol. Survey & Div Econ Dev SP 19 18p

   The Minerals of Delaware (1980) P. B. Leavens, Delaware Geol. Survey Special Publication pp 179-194Selected papers on the Geology of Delaware

District of Columbia

    Minerals of the Washington D.C. Area (1980) L. R. Bernstein, MarylandGeological Survey Educational Series Number 5 148p.

Florida

     AGuide to Rocks and Minerals of Florida (1987) E.W. Bishop & E. Lane FloridaBur Geol. Spec. Pub. SP8 61p OOP

     Rocks & Minerals (1979) Vol(54) no 4 Geology and Minerals of Florida

Georgia

      Minerals of Georgia : Their Properties andOccurrences (1978) R. B. Cook Georgia Geol Survey Bull B-92 189p

     Rocks & Minerals (1989) Vol(64) no 3 Mineral Locality Index

Hawaii

     Lapidary Journal (1975) Rockhounding Hawaiian style Vol(28) pp 1822-28.

     Mineralogical Record (1984) Minerals of Puu o Ehu quarry, Hawaii Vol(15) no 2

     Rockhounding in Hawaii (1976) Manhoff and Uyehara, HawaiianaAlmanac Publishing Co, Honolulu 140p.

Idaho

    IdahoMinerals  (1989) L. R. Ream L. R. Ream Publishing Idaho 329p

     Rocks & Minerals (1995) Vol(70) no 4 Mineral Locality Index

     Idaho Mineral Locations onWeb

     Idaho Mines Database (Idaho Geological Survey)

     Gemstone videotape (Idaho Public Television)

Illinois

     Guide to Rocks and Minerals ofIllinois (1959) Illinois State Geol Survey Ed Ser 5 40p

     GeologicalSurvey Field trips

     Rocks & Minerals (1988) Vol(63) no 3 State Issue

Indiana

     Minerals of Indiana (1960) R.C. Erd & S. S. Greenberg, Indiana Geol Survey Bull 18 73p OOP

     Mineralsof Indiana (2002) N.R. Shaffer CD-ROM.Indiana Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publications, MI02A

     Rocks & Minerals (1986) Vol(61) no 3 State Issue and Mineral Locality Index

Iowa

    Minerals ofIowa (1974) P. J. Horick, Iowa Geol Survey Ed Series ES-2 88p

     Iowa's Minerals : Their occurrence, origins,industries and lore (1998) P. Garvin University of Iowa Press, Iowa City.

    Mineralsof Iowa

    GeologicalResources online

Kansas

     Kansas Rocks and Minerals (1986)L.L. Tolsted & A Swineford Kansas Geol Survey Ed. Series 2 64p

Kentucky

     Rocksand Minerals of Kentucky (1994) W. H. Anderson Kentucky Geol Survey Ser XI SpecPub 20 82p

     Rocks & Minerals (1981) Vol(56) no 3 State Issue 

Louisiana

     Rocks & Minerals (1994) Vol(69) no 3 Mineral Locality Index

Maine

     Mineralogy of Maine Volume 1: Descriptive Mineralogy (1994) V. T. King & E. E. Foord 418p

     Mineralogy of MaineVolume 2: Mining, History, Gems and Geology (2000) V. T. King

     A Collectors Guide to Maine Mineral Localities B-41 Thompson, Joyner, Woodman, King

     Rocks & Minerals (1987) Vol(62) no 6 State Issue

     Web Resources

Maryland

     Minerals of Maryland (1940) C. W. Ostrander & W. E.Price Jr. Maryland Nat. History Soc. Baltimore 88p

Massachusetts

     Massachusetts Minerals and Fossil Localities (1978) P.Gleba Krueger Enterprises 117p

     Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities (1992) A. R.Plante Valley Geology 36 Plantation Circle, Greenfield, Ma 01301 144p 

     Rocks & Minerals (1976)  Vol(51) no 5 State Issue

Michigan

     Mineralogy of Michigan (2004) E. W. Heinrich (rev. George W. Robinson), 252p

    Mineralogy of Michigan (2001) E. W. Heinrich, Michigan Department Environmental Quality, 2nd ed. 155p (online)

     CollectingRocks, Minerals and Fossils in Michigan (1976) S. E. Wilson PA 06 16p

     Mineralogical Record (1992) Michigan Copper Country Vol(23) no 2

     Rocks & Minerals (1983) Vol(58) no 3 State Issue

     Keweenaw Week

     A. E. SeamanMuseum

     Webresources

Minnesota

     Guideto Mineral Collecting in Minnesota (1979) E. R. Rapp Jr. & D. T. Wallace ES245p

     Rocks & Minerals (1982) Vol(57) no 3 State Issue

Mississippi

    Fossil and Mineral Collecting Localities of Mississippi (1972) Pitts & BogardMississippi Geological Survey Info. Sers. 72-2 OOP

     Mississippi Minerals (1944) William Morse Miss Geol Survey  Bull 59 13p

     Minerals of Mississippi (1981) Mississippi Geology Vol(1) no 3 pp 4-11 B. Mather

Missouri

     Common Rocks andMinerals of Missouri (1961) W. D. Keller Univ. Mo. Press 80p.

     Rocks & Minerals (1998) Vol(73) no 2 MineralLocality Index

     Rocks & Minerals (1997) Vol(72) no 6 pp363-438 StateIssue

     MissouriCollecting Sites (pdf file)

Montana

     Montana localities on Web

Nebraska

     Gemstonesand Minerals of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors (1971) R. K.Pabian, Nebraska Geol  Survey Ed. Cir. EC-2, 80p

     Rocks & Minerals (1980) Vol(55) no 3 State Issue

Nevada

     Nevada'scommon Minerals (1941) V. P. Gianella Bull 36 110p 

     Rocks, gemstones, minerals, and fossils inNevada:(2001) Castor and Lapointe SP 29 folded map

     Mineralogical Record (1985) Nevada Vol(16) no1 State Issue   

     Rocks & Minerals (1999) Vol(74) no 6 State Issue and Mineral Locality Index

     Nevada Minerals (2003) S. B. Castor & G.C. Ferdock NBMG Spec Pub 31 512p.

     Webresources

     Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology onlinepublications 

New Hampshire

     TheGeology of New Hampshire: Volume 3, Minerals and Mines (1956) T. R. Myers & G.W. Stewart New Hampshire State Planning and Dev. Com. GEO-3, 107p

     Rocks & Minerals (1990) Vol(65) no 4 State Issue 

New Jersey

     Minerals of New Jersey (1959) A .S. Wilkerson,New Jersey Geol. Survey Rept. No 1, 51p

      Rocks & Minerals (1982) Vol(57) no 5 Franklin & Sterling Hill(fluorescents)

      Rocks & Minerals (1984) Vol(59) no 4 Traprock minerals

      Sterling Hill / Franklin

New Mexico

     Mineralsof New Mexico (1997) S.A. Northrop, Univ. New Mexico Press 3rd ed. 346p

     Rocks & Minerals (1992) Vol(67) no 5 pp292-366   Mineral Locality Index

     Mineralogical Record (1991)  Vol(20) no 1State Issue

New York

     Minerals of New York (1978) D. E. Jensen Ward's NatScience Est 220p OOP

     NewYork Mineral Localities (1903) H. P. Whitlock B70 OOP

     Rocksand Minerals of New York State (1960) R. L. Borst  Ed. Leaflet 1

NorthCarolina

     Mineral Localities of North Carolina (1971) J. F.Conley et. al. North Carolina Div Mineral Res. Inf. Cir. 16 128p  (OOP)

     Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina IC 24  (OOP)

     Rocks & Minerals (1985) Vol(60) no 2 State Issue 

North Dakota

     Mineral and Water Resources of North Dakota (1973) ed Landis N. Dak. Geol Surv. Bull63

     Rock and Mineral Collecting in North Dakota NDGS Newsletter June 1976

     North Dakota's Rocks and Minerals NDGS Newsletter 1995 V22 #2 p 6-12

Ohio

     Minerals of Ohio(1991) E. H. Carlson Ohio Geol Survey Bull 69 153p

     Rocks & Minerals (1990) Vol(65) no 6 Mineral Locality Index

Oklahoma

     Minerals of Oklahoma (1963) E. L. Gilmore 77p

     Rockhoundingand Earth Science Activities in Oklahoma - 1995 Workshop (1996) K. S. Johnson& N. H. Guneson SP96-5 139p

     Rocks & Minerals (1997) Vol(72) no 4 MineralLocality Index

     Web Resources

            Oklahoma localities

            Gysum at Jet, Oklahoma

Oregon

     Oregon Rocks and Minerals, a description (1988)H. M. Dole, Oregon Dept Geol & Min Ind  OFR - 0-88-6 59p

    Gems& Minerals in Oregon

     Web Resources

            NW Oregon

            Lake County

            Rockhounding

Pennsylvania

     Rocks &Minerals of Pennsylvania Education Series ES1 - ( pdf file)

     Mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1966-1975 R. C. Smith II, Friends of Mineralogy Penn.chapter SP 1 304p

     Rocks & Minerals (1978) Vol(53) no 3 State Issue

Rhode Island

     Minerals of Rhode Island (1972)C. E. Miller Department of Geology, University of Rhode Island 83p

     Rocks & Minerals (1986) Vol(61) no 5 State Issue 

South Carolina

     Catalog of theMineral Localities of South Carolina (1908) E. Sloan Bul 2

South Dakota

     Mineralogy of the Black Hills (1965)W. L. Roberts G. Rapp Jr., S. Dakota School Mines and Tech Bull. 18 268p OOP

     Rocks & Minerals (2000) Vol(75) no 3 MineralLocality Index

Tennessee

     Rocks and Minerals of Tennessee (1957) R. J.Floyd Tenn Div Geol Inf Cir 5 36p OOP.

Texas

     TexasRocks and Minerals: An Amateur's Guide (1964) R. M. Girard Texas Bureau EconomicGeology GB 6 109p

     TexasGemstones (1961) E. A. King Jr. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology RI 42 42p

     Rocks & Minerals (1991) Vol(66) no 3 Mineral Locality Index

      Web Resources

Utah

     Minerals and MineralLocalities of Utah (1981) K. C. Bullock Utah Geol & Mineral Survey Bull 117177p OOP

     Acollector's guide to rock, mineral & fossil localities of Utah(1995) J. R. Wilson, 148 p. + color insert,  MP95-4.

     Rocks & Minerals (1993) Vol(68) no 6 State Issue( also at Utah geolological survey website )

     Web Resources

            State DNR

             Topaz Mountain

             State

Vermont

     Rocks & Minerals (1996) Vol(71) no 4 State Issue 

     Rocks & Minerals (1996) Vol(71) no 5 Mineral Locality Index

Virginia

     Minerals of Virginia, 1990 (1990) R. V. DietrichVirginia Dept Mines & Mineral Res 474p

     Minerals of Virginia, 1990 - an update (1993) R. V. Dietrich, Virginia Dept Mines& Mineral Res 28p

     Rocks & Minerals (1985) Vol(60) no 4 State Issue and Mineral Locality Index

    Web resources

           Web site

            VirginiaDNR

Washington

     Minerals of Washington (1975) B. CannonCordilleran Press 184p

     Gems and Minerals of Washington (1985) L. R. Ream, Jackson Mountain Press, 217p.

     Rocks & Minerals (1991) Vol(66) no 4 State Issue and Mineral Locality Index

     Web Resources

         General Information Collecting Packet

          Mineral Localities on the Web

          General

West Virginia

     Minerals of WestVirginia (1964) J. H. C. Martens, West Virginia Geol & Econ Survey Ed Ser.ED-8 41p

Wisconsin

     Story of the Rocks and Minerals of Wisconsin (1906)P. V. Lawson Appleton Wi 202p

     Rocks & Minerals (1998) Vol(73) no 6 Mineral Locality Index

     Mineralogy of Wisconsin Prof WilliamCordura's website

Wyoming

     Minerals and Rocks of Wyoming (1986) W. D. HauselWyoming Geol Survey Bull 66 117p reprint.

    Gemstonesand other unique rocks and minerals of Wyoming - a field guide for collectors(2000) W.D. Hausel & W. M. Sutherland Wyoming Geol Survey Bull 71

     Rocks & Minerals (1983) Vol(58) no 5 State Issue

     Rocks & Minerals (2001) Vol (76) no 6Mineral Locality index

 

Book & Magazine Sources

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