Re: Minerals Handbook

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Ferman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Has Dana's Handbook of Mineralogy vintage 1950s ever been revised or
> has someone else published a comprehensive handbook?  Particularily one
> that includes locations of mineral reserves.

See: http://www.minerant.org for a list of corrections in the new Dana.
Several reviews have been published in mineralogical journals.

The successive former editions of Dana gave localities, but not mineral
reserves (in the sense of "ore reserves"). The Dana's gave much attention
to US mineral localities, hence the expression "Dana locality" among
mineral collectors and dealers, which makes minerals coming from such
localities more valuable.

Another comprehensive handbook which is now in the publishing pipeline is
that of Anthony, Bideaux, etc.: "Handbook of Mineralogy",  Mineral Data
Publishing Tucson, AZ.

If you need locations of "mineral reserves" (i.e."ore reserves"), you
could look at: Colin J. Dixon: "Atlas of economic mineral deposits",
Chapman & Hall, London (1979). Each chapter devoted to an ore category has
a good starting bibliography.

If you need details on mineral localities in specified countries, N.
American States, Counties, mountain ranges, Pacific Slope, etc., there are
several special topographical mineralogies. 

For USA localities, you can access for free the USGS data base managed by
GEOREF: http://usgs-georef.cos.com/cgi-bin/search

J.J.