ROCKPECKER - Part I
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
INTRODUCTION
1. GANGUE - It may not be useless.
2. GENESIS - Mineral birth theories.
3. DISCREDITED ORE THEORIES
4. GEOLOGIC TIME CLOCK - The record of the rocks.
5. ENDANGERED SPECIES - Is it good science ?
6. TECTONICS - Believe it or not - Crustal shifts.
7. STREAMS - Formation of valleys and alluvials.
8. MASS WASTING - Float and outcrop displays.
9. EARTHQUAKES - Forming mineral stream pathways.
10. GEOSTRUCTURES - Creation of folds and faults.
11. GROUND WATER - How it relates to prospecting.
12. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS - Action and reaction.
13. U.S.A. IMPORTED MINERALS - Prospecting targets.
14. U.S. MINING LAWS - Claim staking and patenting.
15. A GENERAL REVIEW - Rocks and ore structures.
16. THE COMPASS - Bearing and azimuth readings.
17. GEOLOGIC and TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS - Don't get lost.
18. ROCK HEFT - A comparison of 22 rock types.
19. ROCKS ASSOCIATED WITH METALS - Rock colors.
With description chart of 17 rock types.
20. IGNEOUS FIRE-FORMED ROCKS - Source of lodes.
With description chart of 13 ig-rock types.
21. QUARTZ AND ITS VARIATIONS - Gem / Gold Vaults.
22. METAMORPHIC ROCKS - Contact and regional.
With description chart of 9 meta-rock types.
23. MINERAL EMPLACEMENTS - Ore deposit types.
24. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS - The making of a placer.
With description chart of 11 sed-rock types.
25. STRATA INTERPRETATION - The strata rules.
26. MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS - Zoning / paragenesis.
27. GUIDEPOST MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS - Using charts.
28. OUTCROP INTERPRETATION - Hidden mineralization.
29. SAMPLING - Proper methods and ore assays.
30. MINING GRADE ORES - Compare your assay.
With description chart of 41 ore minerals.
31. THE SEARCH - A recap of metallic ore sources.
32. MINERAL ORES AND CRYSTALS - Crystal description.
33. OVER 3 0 MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD.
34. SILVER AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS.
35. PLATINUM GROUP METALS.
36. SERPENTINE ROCKS - Geobotanicals and diamonds.
37. PLANTLIFE MINERAL GUIDES.
38. GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING.
39. NATURE'S HEAP LEACHING - Secondary enrichment.
40. GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING.
41. ELECTRONIC PROSPECTING.
42. LODE AND PLACER GOLD TRIVIA.
43. MINERAL RECOGNITION CLUES.
44. HARD ROCK MINING SLANG.
45. REVISITING OLD MINING DISTRICTS - 242 sites.
46. 14 PRUDENT INVESTOR CAVEATS - MINING SCAMS.
Reprint Arizona Dept. of Mines Circular No. 11.
47. SCAMS - HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
48. THE ECONOMICS OF MINERAL WEALTH.
49. AFTERWORD - You can understand it now - A geologist's report. |
GOLDPECKER - PART II
THE GREAT DEPRESSION SURVIVALIST GOLD PANNING. 50.
FREE TO THE PUBLIC - 28 GOLDPANNING AREAS. 51.
RECREATIONAL GOLD PANNING - 33 STATES WITH GOLD. 52.
GOLDPANNING SCHOOL - Instant old-timer status. 53.
GOLD PROSPECTING CLUBS - Worth investigating. 54.
COMMERCIAL PLACER vs. GOLDPANNING - Compare. 55.
FINDING THE PAYSTREAK - Know where to look. 56.
HOW TO PAN GOLD - You never get too good. 57.
HOW
TO HANDLE " FINES " - Throw-away gold. 58.
MAKING GOLD DUST INTO GOLD BEADS - STEINER REPRINT. 59.
" How to amalgamate fines and make a mini-retort "
GEMSTONE SCREENING - You don't use a goldpan. 60.
With description chart of 59 gemstone minerals.
TERTIARY CHANNELS OF GOLD - Fossil placers. 61.
THE LOST UNCLE JOE MINE - You'll never find it. 62.
277 ORE MINERAL RECOGNITIONS - PART III
HOW TO MAKE PHYSICAL IDENTIFICATION TESTS. 63.
With detailed explanations to conduct tests.
CHART A - ALPHABETICAL 277 ORE MINERAL INDEX. 64.
Chemical name spelled out with chemical test codes.
CHART B - IDENTIFICATION CLUES - 277 ORE MINERALS. 65.
Color streak, hardness, specific gravity, luster.
CHART C - 277 ORE MINERAL SHADES OF COLOR STREAK. 66.
Sorted by color streak, clue codes cross referenced.
CHART D - 277 INDEX ORE MINERALS DETAILED. 67.
Mineral associations and natural occurrence environments.
With over 4,700 entries in 17 categories.
CHART E - THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS DETAILED. 68.
With over 950 entries in 11 categories.
CHEMICAL TESTING - PART IV
COOKBOOK CHEMICAL ELEMENT TESTS. 69.
With 106 pre-assay tests for chemical element identification, detailing
simple quantities, solubilities, and transition colors with easy instructions
in a simple, but effective, cookbook format.
INDEX. 70. |
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