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Augite from
Northwestern Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Northwestern Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:178175
Long-form Identifier:1:3:178175:5
GUID (UUID V4):01d3959a-f5e3-47ab-8f66-598b0e6409bd
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
49.8km (31.0 miles) Golden Curry Mine (Sourdough mine; Jacqueline; Jacquemin), Elkhorn Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
70.7km (43.9 miles) Copper Cliff prospects (Copper Bluff prospects), Zosell Mining District (Emery Mining District), Powell County, Montana, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure
Report (issue)
THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BEARPAW MOUNTAINS, MONTANA. By LEON J. PEPPERBERG. INTRODUCTION. While engaged...an investigation of the Milk River coal field, Montana, during the field season of 1909, the writer had...publications relating a The Bearpaw Mountains, Montana: Am. Jour. Scl., 4th ser., vol. 1, 1896, pp. 283-301...ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1SO&, PAST I. to this formation in Montana and Canada. The stratigraphy and occurrence of...plains. They lie in the southern half of Chouteau County, Mont., between Milk and Missouri rivers, about
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 955-E FLUORSPAR PROSPECTS OP MONTANA BY CLYDE P. ROSS Contributions to economic geology...near Anaconda, Deer Lodge County-_______________ Silver Bow prospect, Silver Bow County__________________________...ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 18. A, General view of East Butte from the south; B, View down Sage Creek from the..._______ 28. Geologic and topographic map of the Silver Bow fluorspar 209 prospect--...---------------...--- In pocket FIGURE 6. Index map of part of Montana, showing the mapped fluorsparbearing areas 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)
DIKECTOK BULLETIN 539 SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN OUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON................................................. Summit areas.......................................................................................... Silver-copper deposits........................................................................... Lead-silver deposits.................................................................................. Gold-silver veins.........................................
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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)
........................ 5 5 Distribution of mining districts..................................................................................... Montana.......................................................................... PART II. Catalogue of mining districts, by J. M. Hill..................................................... Classification of mining districts..................................................................................... Montana...............................................
Book (edition)
who have been engaged in the study of our great mining regions, especially in the West, have laid the...now in the active practice of the profession of mining engi neering. J. F. K. DECEMBER, 1899. NO TEXT...125-129; Marquette district, 129-136; Menominee dis trict, 136-139; Penokee-Gogebic district, 139-143; Vermilion...189-194; Spenceville, Cal., 195, 196; Example 17, Butte, Mont.; 197-203; Gilpin Co., Colo., 203, 204; Llano...CHAPTER VI.— LEAD AND ZINC. Example 24, Upper Miss. Valley, 233-237; Washington Co., Mo., 238, 239; Livingston
Report (issue)
GOLD AND SILVER. THE AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OF THE TRINITY RIVER BASIN, CALIFORNIA. By J. S. DILLER. INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION. The Trinity River region, in northwestern California, has long been worthily noted for its...ever since. Besides the La Grange mine, the largest hydraulic mine now in active operation, it contains...mines, particularly in the northern portion of the county. Large bodies of gravel of lower grade yet remain...the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Sacramento Valley at Redding, the chief point of supply, via French
Report (issue)
Mountain region of Wyoming contains few metalliferous mining camps. Moreover, not many of those that have been...other resources. Next to the Grand Encampment district, which yielded a fair amount of copper ore from...from 1898 to 1908, and the South Pass district,, which has a record of producing $450,000 in gold from...upon which a little work is done each summer, the district is practically abandoned. Ore was first discovered... Kirwin has been the scene of much ill-advised mining practice, with the result that the possible merit
Book (volume)
conditions: the Cumberland Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:
Report (issue)
BULLETIN N o. 20 Tl1e Mineral Resol1rccs of Stevens County Ry ('HARLES E. WEAVR]{ 01,YMP!A FRANJ, "M. l.... . . . . Relation of the mountains in Stevens County to the subdivisions of the Cordillera. . . . ....Columbia-Kettle Valley.................................... Colville-Chamokane Valley. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . List of Minerals In Stevens County ....... .. ................ Genesis and Age or...Bodies .................. ; .. .... . History of Mining Development and Production ....... • ..... Non-iilletallic
Report (volume)
GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA . ' BY F. C. CALKINS WITH NOTES ON THE...Purcell trench___________________________ Kootenai Valley. _______________^__________ Clark Fork-Flathead...d'Alene Valley_______________________ 18 Missoula Valley ____________ _______________ Lakes_______________________________...lakes__________ Lake Pend Oreille_____ _ Clark Fork Valley below Vermilion Creek_______._____ Bull Lake Valley__________...Page. Detailed descriptions Continued. Kooteuai Valley from Troy to Bonners Ferry__________ 68 Lower Yaak
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 527 ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT............................ Historical sketch of mining.....................................................'.............................. Tourmalinic silver-lead deposits................................ Description... 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 48 Tourmalinic silver-copper deposits............................. Tourmalinic............ Systematic importance of tourmalinic silver-lead deposits:.......... Younger ore deposits (post-Miocene)
Report (issue)
FUELS THE NEW WORLD OR COOKE CITY MINING DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, MONTANA By T. S. LOVERING f INTRODUCTION...% : * In the pioneer days of Montana the New World mining district was regarded as one of ,its most...from the district, but little information has hitherto been available as to the geology and mining. To supply...supply this need the district was studied and mapped during the summers of 1922 and 1923. FIELD WORK AND... was devoted to a study of the geology of the district. About six weeks in July and August, 1925, was
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED...Ophir district.________________________________________________ Scratchgravel Hills and Grass Valley......__________---__--_-___ Austin district._.____..._..._._.____._____.____.___-.___._____ Marysville district.___________...___________________________________________ Gould district._______________________________________________ Stemple...._ Heddleston district.___________________________________________ Wolf Creek district.._..........__
Book (volume)
collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late...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)
collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late...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
Journal (issue)
WASHINGTON November 3, 2007 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver...others. There will be samples of fluoro-edenite from Summit Rock available. We will have our usual brief business...of Eugene, Oregon near the town of Trent in Lane County, Oregon, just southeast of Springfield/Eugene (Staples...Trent, Lane County, Oregon Fig. 5 Yellow orpiment needles in chalcedony, Trent, Lane County, Oregon Fig...Hollow realgar needles, Royal Reward mine, Green River, King County, Washington Fig. 6 Yellow orpiment
Report (volume)
features..____________.________________ Medicine Bow Range_______.________ ______ Park Range____________________________... 41 Fossils __________________________ 42 Montana group _________________________._ General feat...___:_______________________ 73 74 75 Medicine Bow Range____________________- 75 Igneous and metamorphic...character_________________________ 82 Park Range and Medicine Bow uplifts_________ 82 Divide between North and Middle...fault__________________________ 83 83 83 83 84 84 86 86 Hill Valley fault___._______________________ 88 Fault near
Report (issue)
By WALTER HARVEY WEED. INTRODUCTION. Copper mining in the United States has had a marvelously rapid...greatest individual increase that of the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee, Ariz. The following table shows the production...550,000 700, 000 10,000 814,035,719 "Salt Lake Mining Review, Annual Review number, January, 1906. The...Stevens, Horace J., Mining World, Jan. 27, 1905; and information furnished the writer by mine owners and managers...copper mines of the United States yield gold and silver as by-products and many gold mines yield small
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LIBBY QUADRANGLE, MONTANA BY RUSSELL GIBSON WITH SECTIONS ON GLACIATION...History .of. mining and.output-___----_-_____ _________________ 66 67 67 Outlook.for mining.__.__.___...Creek__________________________________________ Golden West Mining Co______________________________ Little Annie...._______________________________________ 93 94 94 Illinois-Montana. _____________________________________ 94 Irish...Sunrise-_-____----_-___---___-_-_-_-______-__----__.-_ Silver-lead mines and prospects________________ _ _________
Report (issue)
Mountains I I Jefferson and Broadwater Counties, Montana GEOLOGICAt ' SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared partly...Mountains Jefferson. and Broadwater CountieS, Montana By HARRY w. SMEDES GEOLOGICAL URVEY PROFESSIONAL...______ _ Petrography and chemical composition ___ _ Butte Quartz ~onzonite ____________________ _ Petrography...of the Antelope Creek stock __ Metamorphism by Butte Quartz Monzonite_ Metamorphism by alaskite and related...______________________________ _ Biotite-hornblende-olivine-augite lam prophyre ______________________________ _
Report (issue)
THE GREAT FALLS COAL FIELD, MONTANA." By CASSIUS A. FISHER. INTRODUCTION. The present paper is a brief...detailed survey made of the Great Falls coal field, Montana, during the season of 1906 by W. K. Calvert, H...while making an examination of the coal field of Montana for the United States Geological Survey, visited...the Rocky Mountain front range in north-central Montana. As first described by Weed, it extends as a zone...of the Geological Survey. bEldridge, George H. Montana coal fields: Tenth Census of the U. S., vol. 15J8SO
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 40. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bi-Monthly Bulletin, nos. 19-24; Transactions...series, vols. 25, 26. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 10th Annual Session... vol. 2, no. 1. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Report of Board of Trustees for 1908; Bulletins... Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Journal, vols. 10, 11. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 29...Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos
 
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