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Pearceite from
Leonard Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pearceite
Formula:[Ag6As2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pearceite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leonard Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1533326
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1533326:7
GUID (UUID V4):c6f598d6-9fdb-420a-871a-61119086a566
Nearest other occurrences of Pearceite
2.1km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Mountain Consolidated Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ā“˜Lexington Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ā“˜Anselmo Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ā“˜Marget Ann Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ā“˜Goldsmith Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ā“˜Star West Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ā“˜Orphan Girl Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
38.9km (24.2 miles) ā“˜Apex prospect, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
39.5km (24.6 miles) ā“˜Golden Sunlight Mine (Telluride and Excelsior; Moonlight Buffalo; Blue Moose; Minera Hill; Sunlight), Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
39.7km (24.7 miles) ā“˜Bonanza prospect, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
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...Plata meaning ā€œgold and silver,ā€ and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montanaā€™s mining origins. Montanaā€™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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulļ¬des and sulfosalts like...rank among the ļ¬nest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record
Journal (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 ā€¢ Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff...painted to illustrate ā€œThe Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, Januaryā€“February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: ā€œMontana Mineral Kingā€ By Richard A. Bideaux Whatā€™s new in minerals:
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R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R....COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michiganā€”considered by some to be the worldā€™s...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...within a skarn complex on privately owned patented mining claims which cover the mountainā€™s top, upper sides...Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les Presmyk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Adams'. McCall -j' ('I. ,I) , \' ,I ',Ji Valley L..yJashingtonf ( ā€¢ _ _ .l- - ---r' .LJ I ya~J...specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons... '<, ā€¢ Boise I Dismal SW!fP \.J. Silver City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L........ ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and geologic data have not been recently prospected...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality
Report (volume)
Deposits Of the Lawson-DumontFall River District Clear Creek County Colorado By C. C. HAWLEY and FRANK BAKER...of the general geology and ore deposits of the district which forms the northwestern part of the important...section of the Lawson-Dumont-Fall River district, Clear County, Colo. 2. ~ap showing major faults (veins)...(veins) of the Lawson-DumontFall River district projected to a horizontal plane having an elevation of 8...PLATE 3. Map of the Lawson-Dumont-Fall River district, showing location of mines and distribution of
Report (volume)
location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...________ Silver: Argentiferous galena 1 ____________________________________________ Silver halides,...- - - - - Sulfantimonides and sulfarsenides of silver, chiefly polybasitepearceite------------------...260 50 5 2 317 1 The distribution of gold and silver in auriferous and argentiferous sulfides is difficult...sulfides contain native gold, gold and silver tellurides, native silver or argentite in extremely fine but
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)
depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Copper-bearing deposits________________________ 199 Butte, Montana__________________________ 199 Bingham,...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico...__ 233 Shasta County, California______ _ __ 234 Snowstorm lode, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho__ _ 235
Report (volume)
precipitation of the metalo........ Composition of mine waters............................................of sulphide enrichment Continued. Composition of mine waters Continued. Discussion of analyses Continued........................................ Gold and silver............................................ Changes...on depth..................... Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions....... Oxidation...relations and minerals of silver........................... Principal silver minerals................
Report (volume)
1901. Minneapolis, 'Minn. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Transactions, Vol. XXX, 1901. New York...Canada. Canadian Mining Institute: Journal, Vol. IV, 1901. Ottawa, Canada. Canadian Mining Review, Vol. XX... I, supplement, 1901. Waterville, Me. Colorado Mining Bureau: Bulletin, No. IV, 1901. Denver, Colo. Congres...LIST OF PUBLICATIONS EXAMINED. Engineering and Mining Journal, Vols. LXXI and LXXII, 1901. New York,...Nos. 1-5, 1901. Scranton, Pa., and Denver, Colo. Mining and Scientific Press, Vols. LXXXII and LXXXIII
Report (issue)
and Butler, G. M.-Arizona lode gold mines and mining: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 137, 1934...Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 148, 1941. Apache County 2: 17 Gregory, H. E.-Geology Prof. Paper 93, 1917...the Navajo country. U.S. Geol. Survey Cochise County 3:04 Ransome, F. L.-The geology and ore deposits...Tombstone district, Arizona: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 143, 1938. Gila County 4:03 Ransome...Ransome, F. L.-Geology of the Globe copper district, Arizona: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 12, 1903. 4:19
Report (volume)
Geological Survey: Bulletin No. 5,1896; Report upon the Valley Regions of Alabama, Part 1,1896. Montgomery, Ala...1896. Minneapolis, Minn. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Transactions, Vol. XXV and XXVI, 1896... 5, 1896. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletins Nos. 8-10; 13th Annual Report...Vol. V, Part I, 1896. Toronto, Ontario. Canadian Mining Review, Vol. XV, 1896. Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian...Part 1,1896. Edinburgh, Scotland. Engineering and Mining Journal, Vols. LXI-LXII, 1896. New York, N. Y.
Report (issue)
made this publication possible. ELEMENTS Gold Silver Copper Lead Mercury Tellurium Sulfur Diamond Graphite...deposits Cochise County-Warren (Bisbee) and Turquoise districts, with ores of copper, silver, and lead. Tombstone...Tombstone district, with lead-silver ores. Pearce district, with silver ores. Dragoon Mountains, Manzoro...Manzoro district. Dos Cabezas Mountains, Dos Cabezas and Teviston districts. Huachuca Mountains. Swisshelm...Swisshelm Mountains. Gila County-Globe-Miami district, with ores of copper and silver. Dripping Spring Mountains
Report (volume)
Economic Geology of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado GEOLOGICAL (=)...1208 * Economic Geology of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and -i ;i ?i Gilpin Counties, Colorado...____ Mines and prospects in the Idaho Springs district ________________ Previous studies.___________..._-_______--_-____-___----__---___-__-------_ Pearceite._ _-_-_________-__-_-_--------__---_-__-_---____Polybasite...___________---______^_______________________ Relation of silver-gold ratios to zonal pattern _________________
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until 03/31/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA RG_greyBlue_cover_0315.indd 2 03 2 FIELD TRIP...Mary Ellen mine in St. Louis County, Minnesota, but was found in a gravel pit in Carlton County, 60 miles...............................54 The Windy Ridge Mine ................................12 still a wellspring...state Part II: arsenic/antimony minerals based on silver by Bob Jones The Jaspers of Biggs Junction .....2/10/2015 2015 g_cover_01 15.indd 2 PRINTED IN USA 12/5/14 10:27 AM 6 www.rockngem.com Field Notes
Report (volume)
............................. 22 Mississippi Valley region............................................................................. Mississippi Valley and Ozark regions ................................................................. Mississippi Valley region ............................................................................ Mississippi Valley region ................................................... ..................... 60 Mississippi Valley region...........'.........................'..
Report (issue)
Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Element...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-D...1974, Murataite, a new complex oxide from El Paso County, Colorado: American Mineralogist, v. 59, nos. 1-2...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, Jefferson County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 320...and Havens, R. G., 1962, Thalenite from Teller County, Colorado, Art. 121 in Geological Survey Research
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 45. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, UOS. 73-84; Transactions,...4th ser., vols. 35, 36. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 15th Ann. Session;... 265-454. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau : Bulletin, no. 63. San Francisco, Cal....Transactions, vol. 10, pt. 1. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Quarterly Bulletin, no. 22; Journal...General Index, vols. 1-10. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 34. Toronto and Montreal. Canada
Book (edition)
Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calumetite, two newminerals from the Michigan copper district (Williams) 61+ Aomine, S. with Yoshinaga,N. 434...of cryptomelane in manganese ores, in Balaghat District, 1413 India .. Bhattacharjee, S. B. and Bhattacharjee...Occurrence of cryptomelane in manganese ores, Balaghat District, India of Clarence S. Bibliographies Ross on Waldmar...Serpentine-limestone contact at Taleri Mohammad Jan, Zhob Valley, West Pakis.. tan-acorrection Biotites, synthetic... and Kerr, L S. 71I Burley, G. Polymorphism of silver iodide. 1266 Bustamite and wollastonite, comparison
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 43. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 49-60; Transactions,...4th ser., vols. 31, 32. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: -Bulletin, vol. 14, nos. 1-12; Papers...pp. 73-148. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 60, 61, 62. San Francisco... Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 32. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian Mining Institute: Quarterly...Bulletin, nos. 16, 18. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 5, no.
Report (issue)
LAWSON-DUMONT DISTRICT CLEAR CREEK COUNTY COLORADO By J. E. Harrison and B. F. Leonard UNITED STATES...LAWSON-DUMONT DISTRICT, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO By J. E. Harrison and B. F. Leonard This report...ON THE JO REYNOLDS AREA LAWSON-DUMONT DISTRICT, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO CONTENTS Page Abstract ........ Purpose and scope of study ................ Mine workings .......................... Rock units........ Gneissic granite......................... Silver Flume granite ..................... Pegmatite.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard Himes, and Gonzalo Jara... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(Herkimer ā€œdiamondsā€™ā€™), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines Museum
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-2 6 1 -3 9 1 2 . S econd class postage paid at Bow ie, Md. INVESTING IN MINERALS: NO GUARANTEES Many...a large num ber of people who collect with the ā€œsilver pickā€, and who are concerned with getting their...had achieved considerable fame, and the right to mine diopside was obtained that year by G eorge L. English...thereafter. In 1971 both the land and the right to mine diopside were purchased by the present owners, Schuyler...Alveum, R obert Dow, and G eorge Robinson. T he mine is now being worked interm ittently each year for
 
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