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Acanthite from
Knickerbocker Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Knickerbocker Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1600123
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1600123:1
GUID (UUID V4):1e6cc100-9758-4ebb-851e-03b6b327bd27
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Baltimore Shaft, Silver City Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Belcher Shaft, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Justice Mine, Silver City Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) United Comstock Merger Mill, American Flat, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Crown Point Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Kentuck Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) Alta Shaft, Silver City Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Woodville mine, Gold Hill, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Challenge and Confidence, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Flemings Shaft, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Comstock District, Nevada DONALD M. HUDSON† 1540 Van Petten Street, Reno, Nevada 89503 Abstract...metal deposits of the world-renowned Comstock district of western Nevada constitute one of several superimposed...superimposed Miocene hydrothermal systems. In the district, Mesozoic metasedimentary and igneous rocks are...kaolinite alteration exposed at the periphery of the district may be linked to preore alteration near the paleowater...below and in the lower parts of orebodies in the Comstock lode, but it was deposited in the upper parts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Relations in the Comstock Lode PETER G. VIKRE ASARCO, Inc., 510 East Plumb Lane, Reno, Nevada 89502 Abstract...Comstockdistrict 15 mi (24 km) southeastof Reno,Nevada,formed 13.7 Ma in Mioceneeruptiverocksof the Alta...consists of quartz,electrum,silverminerals(mainly acanthite),pyrite,basemetalsulfides, andminoramounts of...additional bonanzas awaitdiscovery alongunexplored Comstock faultsegments withindeclining palcothermalgradientsto...north. 0361-0128/89/982/1574-3053.00 15 74 COMSTOCK LODE,FLUID-MINERALRELATIONS Introduction THE
Report (issue)
Deposits-Part I The Goldfield Gold District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY The Tonopah...Precious-metal District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY The Republic Gold District, Ferry...Ferry County, Washington By MORTIMER H. STMTZ and ROBERT C. PEARSON The Comstock Lode Precious-metal District...District, Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada By WILLIAM C. BAGBY and ROGER P. ASH LEY U.S. GEOlOGICAl...1857H 1 Gold ores-Nevada 2 Gold ores-Wash1ngton-Ferry County 3 Hydrothermal deposits-Nevada 4 Hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SULFIDE ORE IN THE WESTERN COPPER AREA, MORENCI MINE, ARIZONA BENJAMIN N. SCHUMER§* University of Arizona...Geosciences, 1040 E. 4th Street Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA RALPH J. STEGEN Freeport McMoRan, Inc., 10861 N...Mavinee Dr. Ste. 141, Oro Valley, Arizona 85737 USA MARK D. BARTON University of Arizona, Department...Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA J. BRENT HISKEY University of Arizona, Department of Mining and Geological Engineering...1235 James E. Rogers Way, Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA ROBERT T. DOWNS University of Arizona, Department
Journal (issue)
. ..... 483 W. E. Wilson The Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona ............ .. ........... ......... .... ..... 507 L. Presmyk The Flux Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona .................................. 531 W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .....Wilson & E. Jones Fluorite from the Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona ............. .... ..... 569 M...M. Hay & D. Morris The Bagdad Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ............. ..........................
Book (edition)
Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART
Book (edition)
Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S:...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART
Journal (issue)
Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Wemer Lieber... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...significant mineral localities in C o l o r a d o ,by county. In addition, there is a complete listing o f all...type localities, and an alphabetical cross-index by mine name. T INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1976 a group
Book (edition)
Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express
Book (edition)
his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and
Book (edition)
McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral
Book (edition)
Washington block, in the city of T acoma, P ierce county. I forthwith prepared for business, fitting up...inspected, and now report upon every mining district, every mine of promise 01· prospective worth, every...foster the mining in Washington were, if I might use the expression...ripple over. Okanogan, the busy, bustling, noisy mining camp of scarce th1·ee months' existence lapsed...afar off, t ired of tbe golden treasures of these district,,;, and when winter approached, started for tbe
Report (volume)
location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...documented summary of the beginning of Colorado mining history. Part of his summary is given here in the...had been recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed...however, because it contains lists of the mines and mining districts that were active at the time in Clear...only reports the early history and status of the mining industry, but includes a list of all the species
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to 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 of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................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)
4, 5, 8; Museum Paper, nos. 5, 6; County Report, no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific...vols. 3-12. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 145-156; Technical Publication...1-157; Transactions, vols. 60-76. New York. See also Mining and Metallurgy. American Journal of Science, 4th...vols. 9-17. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletins 79, 85-101. San Francisco, Calif...vols. 33-42. Ottawa, Ont Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vols. 23-30; Monthly
Report (issue)
Lithium-brine evaporating ponds at Clayton Valley, Nevada. Lithium has many uses, the most prominent being...potential environmental and health issues caused by the mining and processing of many mineral commodities may...the environmental considerations related to the mining of nonfuel mineral resources, including the modern...Chapter B. Environmental Considerations Related to Mining of Nonfuel Minerals By Robert R. Seal II, Nadine....B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
Book (edition)
Ok. (pending another visit) Hoover Collection of Mining and Metallurgy, Sprague Library, Claremont Colleges...Philosophical Journal. Edinburgh Review. Engineering and Mining Journal. Engineering Geology. English Review. Erfurtischer...Naturgeschichte des Mineralreichs. Mining and Metallurgy. Mining Journal. Mining Magazine. Mitteliungen der Geologischen...Archiv. Transactions of the American Institue of Mining Engineers. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological...Geological Society. Transactions of the Institution of Mining & Metallurgy. Transactions of the Royal Society
Book (edition)
Ok. (pending another visit) Hoover Collection of Mining and Metallurgy, Sprague Library, Claremont Colleges...Philosophical Journal. Edinburgh Review. Engineering and Mining Journal. Engineering Geology. English Review. Erfurtischer...Naturgeschichte des Mineralreichs. Mining and Metallurgy. Mining Journal. Mining Magazine. Mitteliungen der Geologischen...Archiv. Transactions of the American Institue of Mining Engineers. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological...Geological Society. Transactions of the Institution of Mining & Metallurgy. Transactions of the Royal Society
 
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