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Pitchblende from
Galena Mine, Placer Center Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uraninite var: Pitchblende
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pitchblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view Galena Mine, Placer Center Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:443037
Long-form Identifier:1:3:443037:7
GUID (UUID V4):38c8bcb6-decd-47a4-b3d9-aa600cd8febc
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Reconnaissance for Radioactive Minerals in Washington, Idaho, and Western Montana 1952-1955 By PAULL. WEIS, FRANK...1922Reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in Washington,. Idaho, and western Montana, 1952-1955, by Paul L. Weis...occurrences ____ ----___________________________ 7 7 11 Idaho----------------------------------------------------~---...occurrences in Lemhi County______________________ Camas district, Blaine County__________________________ Rustler...________ __ ____ __ __ ___ Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone County_________________ Crescent mine___
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (volume)
the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade pitchblende concentrates were...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico...mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor...deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According to Nininger (1954, p. 43), as...Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo, and from the Eldorado mine, Great Bear Lake, Canada. The Shinkolobwe deposit
Report (issue)
Annual Report y MINING INDUSTRY STATE of IDAHO ee mi ivy ba _ 53rd Annual Report MINING STATE GEORGE...GEORGE INDUSTRY of IDAHO A. McDOWELL RADE EL ry Y PO eee ees . ar fe Inspector of Mines ek Secretary...Len B. Jordan Governor, State of Idaho Chairman, Board of Control Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology ...Governor of Idaho. JORDAN, Sir: In compliance with the provisions of Section 47-111, Idaho Code Annotated...ccccsccccsccssssssssssssssssssesetveesteeen 22-28, 165-168 PNGage COUNTY. cette PNG ANTIS CONTE Y sos ee Bannock ne
Book
doubtless the U.S.S.R., likewise established uranium mining industries. These efforts in the Reid and in the.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pitchblende-Pyrite ( ± Pb, Cu, Ag Sulfides) Type . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Siliceous Pitchblende-SuIBde Veins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . 488 490 491 492 492 Chapter 13: PLACER DEPOSITS OF RADIOACTIVE MINERALS General .. ....radioactive, is always well crystallized. Metamict pitchblende ( uraninite) has been reported ( Conybeare and
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (volume)
Economic Geology of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado GEOLOGICAL (=)...BULLETIN 1208 * Economic Geology of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and -i ;i ?i Gilpin Counties...___________ Mines and prospects in the Idaho Springs district ________________ Previous studies.____..._________.__ -_______---_-_-____________'___-_--Galena. __________________________ ______________ __________...[Plates are in pocket] PLATE 1. Map of the Idaho Springs district, Colorado, showing location of mines and
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Idaho...................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (volume)
Deposits Of the Lawson-DumontFall River District Clear Creek County Colorado By C. C. HAWLEY and FRANK BAKER...deposits of the district which forms the northwestern part of the important Central City-Idaho Springs mineralized...veins___________________________________________ Galena-sphalerite veins_____________________________________...veins______________________________________________ Pitchblende-bearing veins___________________________________...veins______________________________________________ Pitchblende deposits_______________________________________
Report (volume)
mines_______________________________________ Boulder CountY----------------------------------~-----------Jamestown...Generalfeatures--------------------------------------Blue Jay mine, by R. U. King__________________________ Fair Day...mine________________________________________ Nations Treasure mine, by R. U. King___________________ Victory group...Description of principal mines-Continued Boulder County-Continued Other areas __________________________...___________ Shirley mine _____________ ----- __ ------------__________ Sisk mine, by F. B. Moore____
Report (issue)
186 PITCHBLENDE DEPOSITS AT THE WOOD AND CALHOUN MINES CENTRAL CITY MINING DISTRICT GILP1N COUNTY, COLORADO...186 PITCHBLENDE DEPOSITS AT THE WOOD AND CALHOUN MINES CENTRAL CITY MINING DISTRICT, GILPIN COUNTY, COLO... PITCHBLENDE DEPOSITS AT THE WOOD AND CALHOUN MINES CENTRAL CITY MINING DISTRICT GILPIN COUNTY, COLO........................ Mine descriptions............................ Wood mine .. ......................bodies ........................ Mine descriptions Continued Wood mine Continued Suggestions for exploration
Report (issue)
Norte Cty, CA Santa Helena, Antioquia, Colombia Goto Mine, Luzan, P.I. References Wells, F. G. et al 1946...Concentrations Platinum group elements (PGE) plus Au placer Cr, Ni, PGE. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION Ore Minerals:...from placer deposits are diagnostic. Examples Urals, USSR Duke Island, Alaska Choco River placer, Columbia...vein/replacement deposits with chalcopyrite+sphalerite+galena+gold. Outermost zone may have veins of Cu, Ag,...iron oxide stain. Geochemical Signature; Cu+Mo+W center; Pb, Zn, au, Ag, As, Sb, Te, Mn, and Rb in outer
Report (issue)
______________________________ _ History of uranium mining and production ____________ _ Geologic setting...Mineralogy ______________________ - ___ ---- ___ --Pitchblende _______________________________ _ Texture __...Chemical composition of pitchblende __·___ _ ~in or elements in pitchblende ___________ _ Torbernite...____________ _ 4 Paragenetic relations of pitchblende to the common vein-forming minerals ______________________...__________ - ___ - ________ -----------Central City district _____________________ ------Quartz Hill-upper
Report (issue)
· as a joint program of the Manhattan Engineer District and its successor, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission...____________________ ___ _ Pitchblende deposits in the Central City district and adjoining areas, Gilpin...wall-rock control of certain pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado, by John W...secondary uranium minerals to pitchblende-bearing veins at Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, by George W. Walker...Geology of the Los Ochos uranium deposit, Saguache County, Colorado, by R. C. Derzay _·- _______ ____ __
Report (issue)
principally as a byproduct or coproduct of gold mining; and in medium-grained sandstones in the Colorado...minerals (pitchblende and uraninite) occur either in extensive bedded deposits of pitchblende in sedimentary...areas in western Idaho and eastern Washington, (2) Canadian Shield-Bancroft district and nearby areas...rocks, which are predominantly sandstones (a single placer deposit is also included in this classification);...in the U.S.S.R.; and Lake Frome area, Australia. Placer deposits are extremely rare, and only one significant
Report (volume)
and Uranium Deposits of the Caribou Area, Boulder County Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report...and Uranium Deposits of the Caribou Area, Boulder County Colorado By F. B. MOORE, W. S. CAVENDER, and' E...____ . Rock units_____ - - _________________ . Idaho Springs formation --______________ Boulder Creek...Uranium-bearing lead-silver veins___________________ Mine descriptions_____________________________________________...mines______________ ____________________ _ Caribou mine,_____--_--_____________________________ No Name
Report (issue)
predecessor organization, the Manhattan Engineer District ; and, to a lesser extent, by staff members of...United States. The pre-1940 history of uranium mining and geology is concerned largely with veins in...Marysvale district, Utah. All the Western States, including Arizona, California, Colorado~ Idaho, Montana...comments on the history of uranium geology and mining. The other chapters deal principally with pertinent...temperatures sic age, San Mateo Valley area, Grants district, New of ore and gangue min~rals, nature of ore
Report (issue)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEN·E:RAL GEOLOGY, 1914. GEOLOGY OF THE PITCHBLENDE ORES OF COLORADO. By EDSON s. BASTIN. The...of the mode of occurrence of pitchblende at Quartz Hill, in Gilpin County, Colo., is therefore published...in 1912 to only 275 pounds, was uraninite, or pitchblende, a corp.plex uranate of variable composition... near Central City, Gilpin County, Colo. The mines from which pitchblende has been obtained are all located...important locality in the United States where pitchblende occurs in mineral veins but one of the few in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGIC OF GEOLOGISTS 1953 CHARACTER PITCHBLENDE DONALD L. EVERHART OF No. 2 TYPICAL VEINS............................... Paragenesisof pitchblende........................................... Structural...common,'namely: simple.mineralogy, pyrite and/or galena as the representativemetallic minerals, silica...second'type of pitchblende-bearingdeposits,which is describedas the siliceous-pyrite-galena type. Three...describeddepositsinclude the variable parageneticposition of pitchblende,the controlling influenceof tensionalfractures
Report (issue)
the auspices, first of the Manhattan Engineer District, and later, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission...L. R. Page............................. . 1 Pitchblende deposits in the United States, by Robert U. King...control................................. . 7 Pitchblende deposits in the United States ............................................ . 9 Relation of pitchblende deposits to bostonite dikes in the Front Range...Colorado...... 11 Sections showing depth of pitchblende deposits, Colorado .........................
Report (issue)
Economic Geology of the ·central City District .Gilpin County, Colorado By PAUL K. SIMS, A. A. DRAKE... Economic geology of the Central City district, Gilpin County, Colorado, by Paul K. Sims, A.A. Drake...1918Economic geology of the Central City district, Gilpin County, Colorado. 1963. (Card 2) 1. Geology,...Economic-Colorado-Central City district. 2. Ore-deposits-Colorado-Central City district. 3. Mines and mineral...mineral re. sources-Colorado-Central City district. I. Drake, Avery Ala, 1927joint author. II. Tooker, Edwin
Report (volume)
location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...________________________ Silver: Argentiferous galena 1 ____________________________________________...decreasing value, these species are: Molybdenite Galena (including contained silver) Native gold Sphalerite...documented summary of the beginning of Colorado mining history. Part of his summary is given here in the...popular or other literature, but even the first placer miners must have been familiar with other minerals
Report (issue)
Survey, Books and Open-File Reports Section, Federal Center, Box 25425, Denver, CO 80225. Reports released...Geological Survey, Books and Open-File Reports Federal Center, Box 25425 Denver, CO 80225 Subscriptions to periodicals...345 Middlefield Rd. RESTON, Virginia-503 National Center, Rm. 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY...S. Geological Survey, Map Distribution Federal Center, Box 25286 Denver, CO 80225 Residents of Alaska... Colorado-Map Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal Center FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth
Report (volume)
Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal...of Sedimentary Petrology_...__._ Mines Magazine Mining Engineering ........___..._...._____ Advances in...obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver 2, Colo. Those Geological Survey publications...Office, Federal Center, Denver, Colo. CDF U.S. Geological Survey Library, Federal Center, Denver, Colo
Report (issue)
... . . . . • . . .• 3- 4 4 4,- 6 Shinkolobwe mine, Belgian Cangp . , . . . • Vein deposits in the...Shales . . . . . . . . . . . 20-22 Alluvial and Placer Deposits .. . . . . . . . . . 22.23 Lacustrine-saline...uranium deposits among professional geologists and mining engineers, the following pages present a brief...geological surveys of several other countries, mining companies, and several educational and research...based upon radioactivity detection. Incentives for mining uranium ore include not only an assured market
 
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