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Chalcocite from
Beach Mine, Mountain View Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beach Mine, Mountain View Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1559003
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1559003:9
GUID (UUID V4):23c1eef1-f2ba-41a6-a02a-6286be5310eb
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
24.6km (15.3 miles) Anaconda's Yerington open pit (Empire-Nevada Mine; Nevada-Empire Mine; Weed Heights), Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) Yerington Mine, Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
26.0km (16.2 miles) Mason Valley Mine, Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) Malachite Mine, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
30.2km (18.8 miles) Copper Mountain group, Buckley Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) MacArthur Mine, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) Ann-Mason deposit (Ludwig; Douglas Hill; Cast; Blue Hills; McConnell; Minnesota; Shamrock), Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) Douglas Hill Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
31.1km (19.3 miles) Nevada Denver Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Ludwig Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (issue)
MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...that this bulletin will be of service to the mineral industry. Respectfully submitted. Fletcher McN...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...of the State viously field, were knoMTi for mineral specimens was short and not list largely unexplored
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................the Geological Survey's annual report entitled "Mineral Eesources of the United States" for 1882 and 1887...more until 1914. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States were enormously...resources of the country. Many changes in the mineral industry other than increase in production have
Book (volume)
.......................................... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................283 Nevada ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map
Report (issue)
^vorld over for the remarkable diversity of her mineral substances that are annually produced commercial...species liave most list fertile field for the of mineral species. study In fact, been found and described...important starting point to a knowledge of the mineral resources of possible commercial value. Previous...1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...Blake in 1866, and it comprised about seventy-five mineral species. At that early time California was a new
Journal (issue)
Wayne & Dona Leicht, 332 Forest Ave., # 8 , Laguna Beach, CA 9 2 6 1 (714) 4 9 4 - 7 6 9 5 . . . 4 9 4 -...Note our mailing address: P.O. Box 1621, Laguna Beach, CA 92652. The Mineralogical Record Inc. is a...‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ........................................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica ........................................187 by B. Cairncross Famous mineral localities: The Idria mines, Slovenia, Yugoslavia ...
Book (volume)
fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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
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fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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
Report (issue)
particular service in co- operating with the State ^Mining Bureau in making possible this addition to our...Blake in At that comprised about seventy-five mineral .speeies. early time California was a new and largely...only a few scattered localities were known for mineral specimens; conse1866, and it was short and not...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then quently...the thirty years which elapsed since the State Mining Bureau. appearance of the second list, our knowledge
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............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................243 Nevada ............................................................477 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ........................................year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada...enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized
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............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................243 Nevada ............................................................479 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ........................................year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada...enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized
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rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides
Report (volume)
the Geological Survey's annual report entitled " Mineral Resources of the United States" (the volumes for...of a century. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States have been enormously...showing the composition and character of each mineral and the location of. its principal deposits. Many...These are only examples of notable changes in the mineral production of the United States and of correlated...changes in the appraised value of some of the mineral deposits. In this list, as in the earlier lists
Journal (issue)
MineralNews Vol 14 No.12 December, 1998 The Mineral Collector 1s Newsletter $2.00 Minerals 1998: What's...displays with many forms and localities of this mineral; some of the specimens were huge and glistening...various kinds as well: the MSSC, being the oldest mineral society in the Western United States (since 1931...may have started new "collecting families." 2 Mineral News I found a small piece of native iron (meteoric)...could be found in her booth. He had lovely sets of mineral photo correspondence cards that were sold there
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present and man generally...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...provides a comprehensive, alphabetical listing of 400 mineral species and an outline of the essential chemical...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K
Report (issue)
said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...display Division since 1952. of Mines and Geology mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS...Learned 55 Description of California minerals and mineral localities 59 Bibliography 395 Serials consulted...Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in the mineral 517 543...unpublished information on California mineral localities Index to mineral species of California 549 553
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Report (issue)
and ROBERT W. WEBB Description of minerals and mineral localities Page 7 References 31 Corrections... DESCRIPTION OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs...quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional reference, Patchick (2) p. 237. This...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches
Report (issue)
COPPER. THE YERINGTON COPPER DISTRICT, NEVADA. By FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The town of...of Yerington is in Lyon County, in that part of western Nevada which lies between Tahoe and Walker lakes...supply of water. The principal mines are in the mountain ridge west of town, of which the Indian name is...River and containing at its upper end the Ludwig mine and the prospecting camp of Buckskin. 0 Smith, D...Geology of the upper region of the main Walker River, Nevada: Bull. Dept. Geol. Univ. California, vol. 4, 1904
Journal (issue)
Dona Leicht, 332 Forest Avenue No. 8, P Laguna Beach, Cal. 92651 (714) 494-7695 ... 494-0055 J JOpen...University of So. Florida Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Exploration Consultants Carson City, NV photography:...Tucson, A2 Board o! Directors Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Exploration Consultants President Wendell E. Wilson...Secretary- Treasurer Patricia A. Carlon Funk Gem & Mineral Museum Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Anthony...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University
Book
(A Biography) Jay Ellis Ransom EMS of and MINERAL AMERI A A Guide to Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW...bdg.) 1 For America's millions of gerr1 and mineral collectors, but especially for Karl Denny, whose...Collecting 1. Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones 1 3 Mineral Characteristics; Gemstone Characteristics; The...Stones vs. Gemstones; Colorful Ore Minerals 2. Mineral Environments (I): The Igneous Rocks 11 The American...The Geologic Timetable; Prelude to Understanding Mineral Environments; The Classes of Rocks; Minerals Found
Book (volume)
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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Book (volume)
gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (issue)
Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949) 494-7695 . . . 494-5155 . . . FAX...COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals:...extraordinary number of minerals. A total of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens...copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite, colusite, covellite, digenite, djurleite, and
Catalog/List
S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...b\l VJol• Goud•\I 1919 Price $2. 00 MICRO MINERAL l 9 8 5 CRYSTALS C AT AL OG HATFiaD GOUDEY............................ l Stereomicroscopic Mineral Crystals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...more is $500.00 ar more .... STERECJ'4ICROsaFIC MINERAL CRYSTALS For the educator and collector af crystallized...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will
 
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