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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzā“˜3 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Enargiteā“˜2 photos of Fluorite associated with Enargite at this locality.
Pyriteā“˜2 photos of Fluorite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Borniteā“˜1 photo of Fluorite associated with Bornite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leonard Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:176482
Long-form Identifier:1:3:176482:6
GUID (UUID V4):8bef768b-2d47-4b7e-b9a1-fde55208c458
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ā“˜Berkeley Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Gem Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ā“˜High Ore Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Jessie Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Edith May Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Bell Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) ā“˜Diamond Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ā“˜East Gray Rock Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ā“˜Belmont Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ā“˜Badger Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
References
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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 (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:
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
Report (volume)
Radioactive Minerals in Washington, Idaho, and Western Montana 1952-1955 By PAULL. WEIS, FRANK C. ARMSTRONG, and...radioactive minerals in Washington,. Idaho, and western Montana, 1952-1955, by Paul L. Weis, Frank C. Armstrong...occurrences in Lemhi County______________________ Camas district, Blaine County__________________________ Rustler...__ __ ________ __ ____ __ __ ___ Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone County_________________ Crescent mi...mine_____________________________________ Galena mine ____________________ -----_____________ 11 11 11
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things beautiful...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen is 2.5 cm...Figure 2. Enargite trilling from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Twin is 5 mm across and is on the... lustrous enargite crystals from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. The specimen is 5 cm across. William...sedimentary-hosted lead-zinc deposits of the Tri-State district in the United States. It is known to replace pyrite
Catalog/List
and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history. During his second year...the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana. He did extensive research...and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...memories are of collecting quartz in Montana, calcite in Utah, silver, galena, sphalerite, and amethyst
Report (volume)
Director, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont. BA Atomic Energy Commission, Butte Suboffice...Suboffice, Butte, Mont. D Geological Survey office, Room 468 New Customhouse, Denver, Colo. DA Atomic Energy...(387, 631) Cressman, E. R., Geology of the Dry Valley quadrangle, Idaho: TEI-258 Aug. 25, 1952. IM, SL...of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah: TEI-287, Jan. 11, 1954...Results of exploration at the Old Leyden coal mine, Jefferson County, Colo.: TEM-292, Mar. 30, 1953. D, GJ.
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
Journal (issue)
stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and...smoky quartz, rhodochrosite, fl uorite, gold and silver minerals are found more or less in their unaltered
Journal (issue)
to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...earth science to society. The museum is named for Leonard and Donna Weis who were a driving force in the...Wisconsin. Ten years later, he moved to UW-Fox Valley where he taught geology until his retirement in...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturerā€™s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material
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Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ā€¢ Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ā€¢ Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years... 52002 SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, ChaƱaral Province, Atacama Region...mineral came from one pocket in the Jardinera No. 1 Mine. That find was roughly one cubic meter in volume
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite VILLAGE...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE I I...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Report (volume)
Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal...of Sedimentary Petrology_...__._ Mines Magazine Mining Engineering ........___..._...._____ Advances in...Tallahassee, Fla. GA Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 425 State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. IM... MOB Office of the Director, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont. NEV Office of Director
Report (issue)
74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \Ā„ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining ................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........Ā· ......... Ā·................................. ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..Ā· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. Ā·.........
Report (issue)
Wash. B-Office of the Director, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont. D-Public Inquiries Office...map, Stinking Spring Creek-13 quadrangle, Emery County, Utah: TEM-397, Oct. 8, 1952. SL, D, GJ. -~=--...map, Stinking Spring Creek-14 quadrangle, Emery County, Utah: TEM-394, Oct. 8, 1952. SL, D, GJ. Becraft...Comet area, Jefferson City quadrangle, Jefferson County, Mont.: TEI-282, Oct. 8, 1952. SL, W, B. Cathcart...Nashville, Tenn. Cressman, E. R., Geology of the Dry Valley quadrangle, Idaho: TEI-258, Aug. 25, 1952. W, SL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at Hotazel and N'Chwaning, South Africa; at Butte, Montana; at Mont St. Hilaire, Ouebec; at several localities...Rhodochrosite occurs in significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt, a large...southwestem comer of Colorado. Most of the metal mining in Colorado has been within this belt since the...Sweet Home mine, the 1 1. Urad mine, Clear Creek County 1. Sweet Home mine, Park County Climax mine, the Eagle...Eagle 12. Moose mine, Gilpin County 2. Sunnyside mine, San Juan County mine in Gilman, and var13. Julia
Journal (issue)
scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...row, from left) Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...in the Montana State Capitol rotunda, by F. Pedrettiā€™s Sons, 1902, 84 inches in diameter. Montana Historical
Journal (issue)
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...catalog of fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky...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
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limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline
Report (issue)
......... Carbonate rocks in the Bayhorse mining district..............................................Hobbs.................................... Bayhorse district subterrane.................................................................................... Mining activity.............................................................................. Sawtooth Valley.................................................................................. Golden Sunbeam mine area...........................................
Report (volume)
H. MclNTYRE Papers presented at the Northwest Mining Association Convention, Spokane, Washington, Dec...bulletin ; 1658A-S) "Papers presented at the Northwest Mining Association Convention, Spokane, Washington, Dec...Congresses. I. Mclntyre, David H. II. Northwest Mining Association (U.S.). Convention (1983 : Spokane...Mountain Caldera Complex, by B. F. Leonard. 107 (I) Epithermal Gold-Silver Mineralization Related to Volcanic...Volcanic Subsidence in the Custer Graben, Custer County, Idaho, by D. H. Mclntyre and K. M. Johnson. 109
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Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...Certificate (only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection Introduction...Steve Mas]ansky Dale Armstrong Bill Besse Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum Paul & Barbara Matt Lauren...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...colonial rule, looking for valuable ores of gold, silver and other metals. But I like to think of Pauline
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Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below)...(below) Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical...graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded a campaign in 2014 to propose exactly
Report (issue)
...................................... Pinchot Butte (1-149)............................................................................... Gilt Edge Silver Creek (1-792)............................................. Dixie Summit-Nut Hill (1-848)...................................... Silver Creek-Pilot Knob...86 86 86 86 86 86 86 87 88 88 88 88 Mahogany Butte (4-578)...........................................BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST MEADOW CREEK (1-845) 25% in Montana Kind and amount of data The geology of the Meadow
Report (issue)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Manganese nodules, o cean floor 13. Botryoidal fluorite ore, Poncha Springs, Colo . 14. Tungsten ore,...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once they are discovered.................................... Fluorine in fluorite deposits and occurrences.....................
 
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