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Malachite from
Dolcoath Mine, Elkhorn Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dolcoath Mine, Elkhorn Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:211190
Long-form Identifier:1:3:211190:2
GUID (UUID V4):9bdea758-ca7a-40a2-b322-77a3f1d747e1
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces
Report (issue)
Geology of the Southern Elkhorn Mountains Jefferson and Broadwater Counties, Montana By M. R. KLEPPER, R...Maywood and Red Lion formations Devonian system Jefferson dolomite Devonian and Mississippian systems Three...unit_ Upper black shale unit Slim Sam formation Elkhorn Mountains volcanics____ General features Distribution...related rocks Younger intrusive rocks Stocks near Elkhorn Black Butte stock Cemetery Ridge stock Stock of...Evolution of land forms Metallic mineral deposits Elkhorn district Geology Types of deposits Replacement deposits
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 527 ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT............................ Historical sketch of mining.................................................................................... Marysville district.......................................................... Drumlummon mine........................................... Cruse mine.......:.............................................. Belmont mine................................................. 50 51 51
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
speci­ mens collected by the dealer at the Bleida mine in Moroc­ co's Anti-Atlas Mountains. The matrix... HI26654 suggests to the writer that the Bleida mine may be a synonym for the Talate-n'Ouamane deposit...Avers in the fall of 1985. Dzhezkazgan is a copper mining center, with a population (1979) of 89,000, in...Cornwall, England. The Carn Brea, Cook's Kitchen, Dolcoath, and Tincroft mines near Red­ ruth are noted for...illustrated modified cubes from the Cook's Kitchen mine (Table 44, Figures 2-4) and a modified octahedron
Book
Bougainville copper mine, AND M1 4 td oe 3 om. Papua New Guinea — the fourth largest copper mine in the world...world. COPEER COPPER MINING R. Shire L. Atkinson Publications Ltd CONTENTS First Copyright ©...tetestadaeeenteevesee 10 Copper mining in Britain ..... bien fe Oe Mining, processing and smelting .......Morwellham Recreation Company Limited, page 15; Mount Isa Mine, page 8 (lower); Royal Institution of Cornwall,...oy Re r6 Bingham Canyon open pit, Utah, USA, the first mine to expl oit low-grade porphyry copper ore
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED...______________________-__-_________--_------___-_ Ophir district.________________________________________________...__________---__--_-___ Austin district._.____..._..._._.____._____.____.___-.___._____ Marysville district.___________...___________________________________________ Gould district._______________________________________________ Stemple...._ Heddleston district.___________________________________________ Wolf Creek district.._..........__
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrous ferric arsenate-sulfate), erythrite, malachite, and azurite after tennantite have been reported...tennantite crystals from the Champion lode, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...tennantite crystals with quartz from the El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico. Cal and...tennantite specimen from the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain Pass, Ouray County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff...the Freeland lode near Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County. Here, tennantite crystals from 3 to 6 mm on edge
Journal (issue)
to 22nvn from 3 ---- - - ----- Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal...articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...SOCIETY Peter Moore • John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen • DavidMcCa/lum • Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason • Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED...Sponsors: SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIETY PEAK DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines
Report (volume)
was about the middle of last century, when this district took a prominent place among the copper-producing...copper-ores have tended to become by-products of mining for tin and tungsten ores. · Much has been written...scanty, no atttimpt has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon...information up to date Mr. Dewey has visite.d everv active mine and rnanv of those recentlv abandoned • • • or of...historic importance. Our thanks are due to t,he present mine managers for their courtesy and assistance. :Full
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 11:52 22 December 2014 Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece E rythrite, an attractive secondary...When massive or earthy, it can be confused with malachite and even the serpentine variety garnierite, and...green encrustations on chloanthite at the old cobalt mine dumps below Great Hill near the East Hampton–Portland...Jackson County, North Carolina. It has been reported from the Fredericktown district in Madison County, Missouri...with nickel arsenides in the Mohawk No. 2 mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. Annabergite has been found at
Book
omissions and The Work as a of Reference for the Mine Agent, and the Working Miner faults are his excellencies...much darker at the same time. Among minerals Malachite, Chessylite, and Kaolin are good examples. The...substance is altogether unknown, of minerals in the district under consideration, a of time deal may often...therefore give a list of those which occur in the district under consideration, with short remarks upon...Breithaupt, in 1830. COBALTITE. (Ger. Kobold, a mine-demon.) First described by Cronstedt, in 1758; named
Book
SMYTH, M.A., F.R.S., LECTURER ON }JINER.~LOGY AND MINING 1N THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, TRENH.AM REEKS,...SMYTH; ·M.A., :E.,.R.S., LECTUltER ON MINERALOGY ~D MINING IN THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, TRENHA.M REEKS...Red Oxide - Black Oxide .. - Chrysocoll a Malachite Chessylite, or Blue Carbonate Phosphates, Arseniates...progress of tl1e Geological Survey through tl1e mining districts. Tl1e whole of the floor of the principal...actually sold in the year 1863 :-* ... N0. of • District. Mines. Copper Ore. Tons. Co1·nwall and Devon
Report (issue)
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... Murphy, of the Union Hill mine; Mr. Pierre Bouery, of the La Grange mine; Mr. W. D. Ayers, of Poker...Globe mine; but more particularly to Mr. H. L. Lowden, formerly county surveyor of Trinity County, who...the whole of Trinity County except the south end and also the part of Humboldt County about the Hoopa Reservation
Report (issue)
(Agiapuk R.) Gold Port Clarence district Teller quad A little mining was reported, 1928-30. No data...data on location or deposit Mining could have been anywhere in basin. See also: (Allene Cr.), (American R...R.) Alaska Chief Lead Port Clarence district MF-426, loc. 5 Teller (12.9, 7.85) 65°26'N, 167°14'W...Rapid R. (Alder Cr.) Gold, Silver Port Clarence district MF-426, Iocs. 21, 81 Teller (20.8-21.2, 1.55-1...stringers and veins of quartz. Near mouth placer mining exposed a zone 16 ft wide consisting of talcose
Book
Run Press Ltd, Exeter. Introduction Cornwall's mining history stretches back 2,000 years; its mineralogy...reference for the occurrence of each species within the County. In a very few cases recourse has had to be made...in bold type are those whose occurrence in the county is beyond doubt. entries not in bold type, have...of 424 species are recorded as occurring in the county of which 36 were first recorded fronm Cornwall...species are listed whose occurrence within the county requires confirmation. One mineral listed. Abhurite
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Journal (issue)
c5anvw,((e,vMintrafs Mineral Dealer & Mine gent Levant Gallery Lower Boscaswel I, Pendeen, Near Penzance...Schmitt. 812 Imperial Court, Hartland, Wisconsin 53029 USA. Telephone: (0414) 3673674 ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS are...Minerals 35 37 FRONT COVER Caledonite. Red Gill Mine., Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Largest crystal 1.25...issues have demonstrated that the U .K. Mineral & Mining fraternity can support a magazine fitting a ·niche...associated with veins worked in the Vigra and Clogau mine, and was more than likely a trial for gold in the
Book
of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...and W.H. MILLER, F.R.S., F.G.S. London , 1852. Mining Almanack, compiled and arranged by HENRY ENGLISH...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases
Book (edition)
A GUIDE to Cornwall’s mining history. Including a GAZETTEER of 66 special sites to visit = PETER STANIER...STANIER CORNWALL’S MINING HERITAGE Peter HI f SS Stanier : hi Y a iv INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY...HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and other minerals have all...mined over the centuries. Today, only one large tin mine is at work, but the winning of tin is known from...gravels before lode mining developed on a large scale. The greatest period of mining activity came in the
Book (edition)
Av CES: es ee) = O a sch 5 CORNWALL’S ~ MINING HERITAGE by Peter Stanier ISBN 0906294 49 5 © Peter...See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...head gear of Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron...minerals have all been mined over the centuries. Tin mining continued down to the close of the twentieth century...gravels before lode mining developed on a large scale. The greatest period of mining activity came in the
Report (issue)
ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by R.G. Tysdal 1 , Steve Ludington2 , and...ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-683-A...in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...lands within parts of five counties: Broadwater, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell, and Lewis and Clark. * Gold...was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the
Catalog/List
November 1999________ 1 ULEXITE, Boron, California, USA. Matrix free pure mass of tight silky unidirectional...Arizona, USA. Pretty pocket of sparkling tiny blue xtls. GRF. Ml. £4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko...Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges or cross section. GRF. C. £4.00 5 GYPSUM, Simpson Desert...£4.00 9 WAVELLITE, County Pit, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA. Pastel apple green radiate...xtls. GRF. Ml. £5.00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
genesisof tin and copper ores and in the antiquityof mining. During the last few years a sectionof the field...are as follows: (x) "Geology of the Lands End District"; (2) "Geology of Camborneand Redruth"; (3) "Geology...same. •' In either case the antiquity of the tin mining in Cornwall cannot be doubted andwithfluctuating...exactest{mateof the total metalliferous yieldo,fthe county of Cornwall is practically{mpossible to obta{nowing...discoverable in the Upper Devonianseriesin the district on the west of Kit Hill in East Cornwall. The
Catalog/List
TETRAHEDRITE Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. 48x43x33mm. £85 2 MALACHITE Katanga, Dem Rep Congo...45x32x30mm. £85 5 SPHALERITE Commodore Mine, Creede, Colorado, USA. Crystals to 20mm. 42x39x23mm. £55 6...54x45x25mm. £85 9 FADEN QUARTZ Dara Ismael Khan District, Waziristan, Pakistan. Main crystals 25mm. 88x39x20mm...88x39x20mm. £65 10 CASSITERITE "Sparable tin", Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 90x45x40mm. £75 11 CHALCOPYRITE
Report (volume)
complexly zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...In recent years, a significant proportion of the mining industry's interest has been centered on discovery... INTRODUCTION Gold exploration efforts of the mining industry in the last few years have centered on...Company; Edward I. Bloomstein of Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc.; Gail M. Jones of Western Geologic Resources...San Rafael, Calif.; Bruce A. Kuyper of Echo Bay Mining Co.; JeffS. Loen and John Childs of Lupine Minerals;
 
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