Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Biotite from
Hard-to-Find mine, Copper Valley Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hard-to-Find mine, Copper Valley Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:274384
Long-form Identifier:1:3:274384:4
GUID (UUID V4):99b79e2b-79f3-4de9-a378-35dacbed3f29
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
21.8km (13.5 miles) ā“˜Unnamed prospect (MRDS10222034), Juniper Range Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
62.3km (38.7 miles) ā“˜Weaver Canyon Mine, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
67.3km (41.8 miles) ā“˜Unnamed prospect (MRDS10047335), Hooker Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
67.3km (41.8 miles) ā“˜Humboldt lopolith, Stillwater Range, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
70.7km (43.9 miles) ā“˜Chimney Spring tuff, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) ā“˜Nine Hill tuff, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
89.7km (55.8 miles) ā“˜Copper Gulch # 2 Claim (NBMG Sample Site # 3417), Freds Mountain Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
89.9km (55.8 miles) ā“˜Tehama Mine, Star Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of the Reno 1 o by 2Ā° Quadrangle, Nevada and California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Mineral Resources of the Reno 1 o by 2Ā° Quadrangle, Nevada and California By DAVID A. JOHN, JOHN H. STEWART...mineral resources of the Reno 1o by 2Ā° quadrangle, Nevada and California I by David A. John ... [et al.]...resources-Nevada-Reno Region. 2. Mines and mineral resources-California. 3. Geology-Nevada-Reno Region...andesite-rhyolite assemblage (31 to 20 Ma) 15 Western andesite assemblage (20 to 12 Ma) 17 Bimodal basalt-rhyolite
Catalog/List
ZINC DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS (Yellow Pine) DISTRICT, NEVADA DC: GPO USGS Bull 1010, 1954. 9ā€ X 6ā€, pp...highly mineralized area near Las Vegas well known to mineral collectors. $35.00 3. Alvarez, Walter T...Very good. ā€œThe story that waited 65 million years to be told how a giant impact killed the dinosaurs,...some folding and color; gilt cloth. Minor foxing to prelims else a very good set. An enormous and highly...mineralogy provides a beginner an adequate introduction to rocks and minerals. In conjunction with this work
Journal (issue)
Collectors 'kleko "Send these, The Homeless Tempest-Tost to me, I left my lamp Beside the golden door" J/ome...War. No Diamond Saw will ever be built at any price to out perform a "Streamlinerā€¢. a Al M RC Al 1~...This 12Ā° diameter will saw at the rate of from ā€¢ 2 to 3 Square inches of Agate per minute. It will cut...MEMBER. By Bob Hadden ........ MY COLLECTING TRIP TO EUROPE IN 1891. By, Geo. L. English .............................................. ....... NATIVE CoPPER IN NEW JERSEY Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·
Book
A FIELD GUIDE Rockhounding Nevada is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals... fossils, and gems in the Silver State. Fully up to date with GPS coordinates for more than 100 collecting...and accurate guide to the stateā€™s gem and mineral deposits. Look inside to find: ā€¢ Maps and detailed...Globe Pequot Press NEVADA A Guide to the Stateā€™s Best Rockhounding Sites NEVADA 2nd Edition Essential...of experienceā€”concisely describes the best places to locate agate, opal, jasper, fossils, fluorescent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xledā€”crystallized flā€”fluoresces ALABAMAā€”It was our pleasure to visit the offices of James Miller Davis (architect)...black botryoidal hematite from a working strip iron mine at Brookwood, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. ALASKAā€”Some of...with 5 X glass, but a 20 X glass seems necessary, to see the entire series, and then only from one certain...and so close together that it is rather difficult to count all of them. There is only one side of the...xl, that shows all the phantoms, and the xl, has to be held at an angle, and some of the fine phantoms
Book
Es 7 AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ROCKS AND MINERALS introduces the reader to some of the most beautiful...carefully described. Collectors may be able to visit some of them, or find new sites for themselves, once they...may then be able to identify any specimens found. Details of some of the easier ways to test specimens... This eminently readable book will open the door to an inspirational world of stark beauty and tantalizing...Mineral Chemistry 33 Crystals 41 Minerals of Value to Man Identifying Minerals 65 Mineral Descriptions
Book
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO How to find, identify and collect the worldā€™s most fascinating specimens, featuring...COMPLETE GUIDE TO ROCKS & MINERALS ā€¢t % THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO ROC KS & MINERALS How to find, identify...If you like the images in this book and would like to investigate using them for publishing, promotions...The author and publishers have made every effort to ensure that all instructions contained within this...book offers guidance on the basic safety precautions to take when handling, identifying or collecting rock
Report (volume)
Advances Related to United States and International Mineral Resources: Developing Frameworks and Exploration...represent magnetic field lows. Advances Related to United States and International Mineral Resources:...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Advances related to United States and international mineral resources...Basement structure in the Railroad Valley-Grant Range region, eastcentral Nevada, from interpretation of potential-field...convergence in the genesis of some Mississippi-Valley-type zinc deposits in the Appalachians By Dwight
Report (issue)
INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING Sc TECHNOLOGY............................................... 7 Mining ...................................................................................... Porphyry-copper deposits ................................................................. Petaca mining district, Rio Arriba County ...................................25 25 25 Page Other occurrences, Rio Arriba County ..............................................
Book
guide and visual aid to 220 species and varieties ā€¢ ā€¢ Includes an introduction to the world's key mineral-forming...mineral-forming environments, plus ways to identify minerals in the field and build a spectacular collection.... .. Th is is the uJtimate photograph ic guide to 220 of the world 's most essential minerals. From...precious native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite, first discovered...green, gold and blue iridescent sheen of labradorite to the large, wheat-sheaf shaped crystals formed by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."ā€”on label. ARKANSASā€”In the...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...though it is dated May 23, 1956, it arrived too late to get in the last issue. Part of the letter reads :"You...the large diamond is now on the wheel. We talked to the cutter last week and he informed us that he had...quality combined. "You might be interested in talking to our cutter, if so he is Mr. Harold 462 Branch of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
have been found along the Cahaba River in Shelby County, Ala. The colors are gray with red veins, red and...couple of hours for this side trip." ARKANSASā€”A find of considerable interest, which has received much...(Mrs. A. L. Parker) on Sunday, March 4, 1956. The find was a 15.33 carat diamond, valued at over $15,000...abandoned diamond mine near Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. Murfreesboro has the only diamond mine in the United...United States and though the mine is no longer in operation it has been "opened up" as a tourist attraction
Journal (issue)
for two years. (Firstclass mailing available; write to circulation manager for rates.) ā€¢ Individuals (outside...for two years. (Airmail mailing availaĀ­ ble; write to circulation manager for rates.) ā€¢ Libraries, Companies...(First-class or AirĀ­ mail mailing available; write to circulation manager for rates.) Special second class...additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address changes to: 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, AZ 85741 ā€¢Continued...paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............
Report (volume)
Contributions to the Geology of Mineral Deposits Exploration for Porphyry Metal Deposits Based on Rutile...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1558-A. B Contributions to the Geology of Mineral Deposits A. Exploration for...rutile distribution a test in Sumatera. (Contributions to the geology of mineral deposits) (Geological Survey...Supt. of Docs, no.: I 19.3:1558-A&B 1. Copper ores Tropics. 2. Copper ores Indonesia. 3. Porphyry Tropics...SUKIRNO DJASWADI, and THEO VAN LEEUWEN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Book (edition)
Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird...Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains by Lanny R. Ream L.R. Rerun Publishing P .O. Box...2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are active in the field and...and make new information and specimens available to others. vi IDAHO MINERALS Acknowledgements A book
Report (issue)
Congress Catalog No. 91-640066 CONTENTS Introduction to field trip guidebook By Charles H. Thorman .............................................. 3 Early to Middle Jurassic magmatic arc rocks of south-central...abridged overview of some features of porphyry copper deposits in the American Southwest By Spencer R......... 15 ROAD LOGS FOR FIELD TRIPS Historic mining camps of southeastern Arizona-A road log with geologic...Geology of the gold placers in the Greaterville District, Arizona By I...eslie J. Cox ................
Journal (issue)
.... 5 by C. S. Stolburg Minerals of the Pereta mine, Tuscany, Italy ..................................and M. Tazzini Alteration minerals of the Cetine mine, Tuscany, It a ly ................................ Sabelli and G. Brizzi Siegenite from the Buick mine, Bixby, Missouri ......................................... 37 by M. LeFont Additions & Corrections to the Glossary of Mineral Species 1983 ..............R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University
Book
and photographers contributed their work, helping to build one of the single most valuable and authoritative...grown larger, more cumbersome and more difficult to access. We saw early on that, were this problem of...man-hours and the required financial investment necessary to produce and publish such an index were beyond our...resources at that time. We needed help, and that help was to be provided, as it turned out, by the Friends of...of volumes 1-14. This index has proven invaluable to readers and researchers, and constituted at the time
Report (issue)
called upon the staff of the Iowa Geological Survey to tell me the research projects they felt were most...activities is to be assessed. It therefore seemed somewhat strange for Paul Horick to suggest a book...the subject of Iowa's minerals. This was comparable to suggesting that a literature faculty take time out...political implications, or Tennyson's rhyme scheme to prepare a lecture on the English alphabet. It took...teachers, students, and people possessed of a curiosity to convince me that a basic book on the minerals of
Journal (issue)
March 2015 to promote, support, protect and expand the collection of mineral specimens and to further the...president of Friends of Mineralogy, I look forward to serving the organization and supporting its missions...my first presidentā€™s message, it might be helpful to know something about me, and how I got interested...collecting minerals. At the age of seven, I was fortunate to meet Dr. Frederick Pough, then Curator of Physical...first meeting as well as others led to an invitation by Dr. Pough to improve my skills in identifying minerals
Journal (issue)
................... 11ffi APPLICATION OF NUMBERS TO MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE FIELD. By B. M. Sha11b ........................ 3S4 MINERALOGICALS--FROM A TO Z . By Charles A . Thornas ........................Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·-Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā· 372 MARSHAL L PLAN Ams ALGERIAN MINING ā€¢Ā·ā€¢Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā· ...................0wNERS TO LOSE RIGHTS TO MINERALS ........................ 388 BtOOKLYN-BATTERY TUNN EL OPEN ED TO TRAFFIC...assumed for subscriptions paid to agents and it is best to remit direct to the Publisher. Issued biā€¢monthJy
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...from the C en ten n ia l Eureka m in e, T intic district, Juab C ounty, U ta h ..........................Jensen, E. A . M offatt & W. E. Wilson A g u id e to the m in eral lo ca litie s o f the N orthern A reas...two years. (First-class mailing available; write to circulation manager for rates.) ā€¢Individuals (outside...for two years, (Airmail mailing available; write to circulation manager for rates.) ā€¢Libraries, Companies
Report (issue)
a co- or byproduct of copper production (as at many Cordilleran "porphyry copper" deposits). Excellent...These papers clearly show that information pertinent to understanding stockwork molybdenite deposits is widely...geographic area. Each reference is preceded by up to 15 keys which indicate the types of information in...American literature and to some extent reflects our prejudices as to what is germane to a study of stockwork...skarns; and we have not attempted to compile all papers on porphyry copper deposits in which molybdenite
Journal (issue)
A SPECIAL FREE CHRISTMAS OFFER Valued from $29.50*to $39.50* Through the Factory or Participating Dealers...for years to come. White's and their participating dealers from coast to coast would like to help make...following offer is being made from October 15, 1973 to December 31, 1973. With the purchase of a Goldmaster...write: WHITE'S ELECTRONICS INC. 1011 Pleasant Valley Road Sweet Home, Oregon 97386 Suggested Retail...BOOKS FOR DESERT READERS RAMBLING ON ROCKS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CALENDAR OF WESTERN EVENTS William Knyvett
Journal (issue)
Cord, and Weight ā€¢ Easily Converts from Slab Saw to Trim Saw with Drop In Table ā€¢ Rigid Grip Vise: Steel...ā€¢ Quick Return System Allows Carriage to be Manually Returned to Any Position ā€¢ Over-Running Clutch Automatically...Automatically Adjusts from Soft to Hard Rock ā€¢ Cross Feed Permits 8ā€ of Material to be Slabbed Without Reclamping...8 RED CLOUD MINE WULFENITE Rockhounds enjoy the products of this amazing Arizona mine. By Bob Jones...QUARTZ 40 ROCK & GEM KIDS 46 THE BRISTOL COPPER MINE 50 COOL SUMMER ROCKHOUNDING 54 NATIVE AMERICAN
 
and/or  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are Ā© OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 10, 2024 16:25:06
Go to top of page