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Pickeringite from
Big Mike Mine, Tobin and Sonoma Range Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pickeringite
Formula:MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Alpersite5 photos of Pickeringite associated with Alpersite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pickeringite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Mike Mine, Tobin and Sonoma Range Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:346635
Long-form Identifier:1:3:346635:3
GUID (UUID V4):0cfa4ecb-f24c-4a95-b2b3-5bc6c4c157fe
Nearest other occurrences of Pickeringite
77.5km (48.2 miles) Summer Camp pit, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the melanterite group, and cuprian pentahydrite: Their occurrence within mine waste RONALD C. PETERSON...JANE M. HAMMARSTROM,2 AND ROBERT R. SEAL II2 1 Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering...mineral species with direct relevance to reactions in mine waste, occurs in a mineralogically zoned assemblage...at the abandoned Big Mike mine in central Nevada at a relative humidity of 65% and T = 4 °C. Blue alpersite...light blue to white layer dominated by pickeringite, alunogen, and epsomite. X-ray diffraction data (MoKα
Report (issue)
crystals to 0.3 mm display {110}, {001}, {010}, and {101}. Physical Properties: Cleavage: Good on {001}... D(calc.) = 1.820 Closely resembles melanterite and chalcanthite. Quickly dehydrates to cuprian pentahydrite...X-ray Powder Pattern: Big Mike mine, Tobin Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA. 4.850 (100), 3.779 (38)...(1) Big Mike mine, Tobin Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA; by electron microprobe analysis and TGA;...efflorescent secondary mineral, likely widespread and unnoticed in mine wastes that contain copper-bearing sulfides
Journal (issue)
Hemimorphite & Rosasite From the Alice Mine, Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer Excalibur Mineral...lot of material from the Alice Mine, near Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada. The deposit had been worked as...right). Both fornacite, Pb 2 Cu(Cr0 4 )(AsO 4 )(OH), and molydofornacite, Pb2 Cu(MoO 4 ,CrO4 )(AsO 4 ,PO4...unknownolive greenelongatedneedlesfrom the Alice Mine provedto be molydofomacite, as evidencedby Mo>CrEDSanalysis...the Big Mike Mine in the mouth of Panther Canyon, Tobin Range, Pershing Co., Nevada. The Big Mike copper
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU...UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant...significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved Manufactured
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Special Publication 31 in association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno...Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publica tion 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno...Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs by Stephen B. Castor,...Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless o therwise noted Map of M ining Districts and si gnificant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OCCURRENCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF EFFLORESCENT SULFATE MINERALS AT THE FORMER SHERRITT–GORDON Zn–Cu MINE, SHERRIDON...MONCUR§, CAROL J. PTACEK, AND DAVID W. BLOWES Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University...RONALD C. PETERSON Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston...mined for zinc, copper, silver, and gold between 1930 and 1951. Since mine closure, two high-sulfide tailings...dissolved sulfate and metals to the tailings porewater. During precipitation events and Spring freshet,
Report (issue)
Open-File Report 95-831 This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological... or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government...of mineral deposits-fundamentals and applications, by G.S. Plumlee and J.T. Nash ............................. 1 Bioavailability of metals, by D.A. John and J.S. Leventhal ....................................in exploration and mineral environmental investigations, by D.B. Hoover, D.P. Klein, and D.C. Campbell
Book (edition)
MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...by Gran it, s.r.o. © 2013 Text by Jan H. Bernard and Jaroslav 1-Iyrsl © 2013 Photos by Jaroslav Hyrsl...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov
 
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