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Sillimanite from
Silver Hill Mine, Silver Hill, Silver Hill Mining District, Freeman, Spokane County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sillimanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Colour:greyish blue
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Andalusite
Feldspar Group
Microcline
Quartz
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sillimanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Hill Mine, Silver Hill, Silver Hill Mining District, Freeman, Spokane County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:110801
Long-form Identifier:1:3:110801:9
GUID (UUID V4):8dd982ef-99d9-4e52-a77d-475d58b2fdda
Nearest other occurrences of Sillimanite
97.0km (60.3 miles) Idaho Garnet Abrasive placer, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
931-H TIN AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS AT SILVER HILL, SPOKANE COUNTY WASHINGTON BY LINCOLN R. PAGE Strategic...PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1942 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. .......Metamorphic rocks.................................... Sillimanite-biotite schists...................... Graphite-andalusite...Cassiterite-bearing pegmatites....................... Sillimanite-andalusite pegmatite................. Feldspar-quartz...Page Plate 32. Geologic map of Silver Hill, Spokane County, Washington.............................. In
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
material in the United States was at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, where large amounts...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai...colored. Grossularite is found in the Ben Nevis Mine on San Augustin Peak, Organ Mountains, New Mexico;...Mountain in the Crested Butte region of Gunnison County, Colorado, in good gem crystals. ANDRADITE, calcium-iron...Andradite has been found at Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and at other localities in Delaware
Book
Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...in 1975 by Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst...milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata­ logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall
Report (issue)
ocher. The principal deposits now known are in Washington and Hancock counties, and these have been brought...companies which have been formed to exploit them. WASHINGTON COUNTY. AMERICAN MOLYBDENUM COMPANY'S PROPERTY. ...deposit is situated on the south slope of a gentle hill 500 or 600 feet high, overlooking the stretch of...are of almost microscopic size. CALAIS MOLYBDENUM MINING COMPANY'S PROPERTY. The property of the American...adjoined on the north by that of the Calais Molybdenum Mining Company. 234 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
Report (issue)
. . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline...CABARRUS COUNTY 18 Minerals of the Cabarms County Mines 18 CALDWELL COUNT! 18 Pyrite 18 Sillimanite 19 CATAWBA
Report (issue)
·: : ............ . c•••.:•• .•. :••~: ... WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 19l3 ~ , :< t;f... _. ·_.. _....................... . Knotted sillimanite-mica schist .... _......... ___ .. ~ _ .. _............. . .............. _............ . 44 Spokane formation .....•....... ~ ............................................... . .......... . .52 Silver Hill formation ... _... _. ___ . __ ................- _- _- _... - ..... - - - - - - _86 Sill in Silver Hill formation. ____ ... ____ ...... __ .... __ .
Book (edition)
popular ond little known oreos of OREGON e WASHINGTON BRITISH COLUMBIA • IDAHO BY H. C. DAKE Editor...Localities Beaches Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties...Counties General Ge::ilogy Fine Zeolites Gold Mining Region The Applegate Gem Rhodonite Area Copper Nuggets...Locality ~hodonite Table Rock Mountain JOSEPHINE COUNTY Josephinite Oregonite Althouse Creek CENTRAL OREGON...Plume Mines Ochoc::i D;ggings Post District Antelope Locality County Quarry Brown's Ranch Crystal Hills
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
comprehensive listing, including detailed spot locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can...The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be obtained from the North Carolina...Carolina 27611 B. J . M C K E N Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite...ilmenite, topaz, and chert are found at the Snow Camp mine (Holman's Mill) located 2.7 miles southeast of the...imately 1.9 miles. The mine lies north of the road on the side of a wooded hill, 0.2 mile from the road
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Report (issue)
beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these.......................... 10 12 History of Gem Mining ..... .......................... . 12 Important...Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ............Avery County ............................................................... 25 Buncombe County ...
Report (issue)
beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...GEM STONES IN NORTH CAROLINA 12 History of Gem Mining 12 Important Gem Stones 12 Diamond 12 Corundum...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell...Caswell County 27 Catawba County 28 Chatham County 28 Cherokee County 28 Clay County • • 29 Cleveland
Book (volume)
Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill ridges, increasing steadily in elev. From 1,000’...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
microprobe, etc.) Because New Mexico is a mining state, mining districts are given whenever possible in...2015 Bernalillo County Cerro Colorado, W. of Albuquerque: carnotite. Placitas district (Sandia Mountains)...schorl. Tijeras Canyon district (Manzano Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite...subdistrict (Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of Reserve:...Reserve: quartz (chalcedony). Mogollon district, NE of Glenwood: acanthite, bornite, chalcocite, fluorite
Report (volume)
Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the... Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the...uses UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING .OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1959 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. - Price 45 cents; (paper cover) CONTENTS...______-____________________________________ -________ Sillimanite _ _________________________________________________
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals
Report (issue)
Geology of Precambrian Rocks Central City District Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 474-C...Commission Geology of Precambrian Rocks Central City District Colorado By P. K. SIMS and D. J. GABLE SHORTER...Commission UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1964 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...rocks, Central City district, Colorado, by P. K. Sims and D. J. Gable. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off...1918Geology of Precambrian rocks, Central City district, Colorado. 1964. (Card2) 1. Geology, Stratigraphic
Book
PUBLISHED BY Western Mineral Exchange Seattle, Washington 1941 t Copyright 1941 WESTERN MINERAL EXCHANGE...volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE
Report (issue)
Arrington Mine Carolina Slate 'Belt 25 27 2 Gold Hill Mine 28 Placer ~lXlsits 2 Howie Mine 29 !me...me Del"'sits 2 Reed Mine 31 S<>urces and Prtxluction 5 Silver Hill Mine 31 World Sources and...Production 5 Phoenix Mine 33 United States Sources and Production 5 Hoover Hill Mine 33 Mineralogy and...Gardner Hill Mine 33 Uses 7 Fentress Mine 34 Prices 8 Mining Methc:xis 9 Rudisil Mine 34 OJ:>en-Pit...OJ:>en-Pit Mining 9 St. Catherine Mine 35 Underground Mining 9 Capps Mine 35 9 Kings Mountain
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...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...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks
Book (edition)
McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Journal (issue)
MINERALS. The author is Mr. Roy A. Redfield, of Spokane, Wash. The suggestion appears in the very last...opalized log from the Virgin Valley: Geno Harmas Large silver pendant of sea horses in filigree work holding...cop• per: S. P. Hansen Silver fan set with lapis lazuli, and bubble dancer in silver, set with moonstones:...eye: Lelande Quick Rooster, owl, and rabbit in silver by Jessie Quane Unique display of sagenite transparencies:...White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces
 
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