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Molybdenite from
Blue Star Mine, Granite Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Star Mine, Granite Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:181689
Long-form Identifier:1:3:181689:1
GUID (UUID V4):861d9675-e900-42eb-b077-6276c1365e43
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
3.6km (2.2 miles) Star King Bismuth Mine, Granite Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
6.0km (3.8 miles) Contact Claim, Granite Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) Maria Mine, Rocky Mining District, Rocky Range, Beaver County, Utah, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) Moscow Mine, Star-North Star Mining District, Star Range, Beaver County, Utah, USA
33.4km (20.7 miles) OK Mine (Milford Pit), Beaver Lake Mining District, Beaver Lake Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) Cupric Mine (Iron Devil mine), San Francisco Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
45.8km (28.4 miles) Cactus Mine, Preuss Mining District (Newhouse Mining District), San Francisco Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) Deer Trail Mine, Mount Baldy-Ohio Mining District, Piute County, Utah, USA
62.1km (38.6 miles) La Veta Occurrence, Henry Mining District, Antelope Range, Sevier County, Utah, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
OCCURRENCES IN UTAH by K. C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...Purple pit fluorspar pipe, Lost Sheep mine, Spar Mountain, Juab County. CONTENTS Page Dell No. 5 Claim.... 42 Evening Star Prospect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Floride Mine . . . . . . ....Floride No. 1 Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Floride No.5 Mine . . . . . . . ...Floride No. 13 Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Floride No. 18 Mine ............ ·
Report (issue)
INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district
Book (volume)
............................................452 Utah .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Book (volume)
............................................387 Utah...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
............................................387 Utah...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Report (issue)
dyke, Purdy mine, 1942. Photograph by N.B. Davis, courtesy of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy...road log South March feldspar mine March mica mine Humphreys feldspar mine Currie barite occurrence Pakenham...Galetta) mine Stanton lead occurrence Bell’s mine Calabogie area Bluff Point mine Calabogie iron mine Blithfield...(Caldwell) mine Clyde Forks mine Radenhurst and Caldwell mine Virgin (Dempseys) Lake celestine mine Tatlock...Donald mine Renfrew area Jamieson Lime quarry Renprior mine Zenith (Phoenix) mine Buckhorn mine Renfrew–McArthurs
Report (issue)
of the Richfield I°x2° quadrangle, west-central Utah Thomas A. Steven I and Hal T. Morris 2 Open-File...geologic map of the Richfield I°x2° quadrangle, Utah, showing source areas for volcanogenic-hydrothermal...uranium deposits in the Richfield I°x2° quadrangle, Utah ii 43 44 47 ABSTRACT The geology of the Richfield... INTRODUCTION The Richfield I°x2° quadrangle in western Utah has been studied as part of the U.S. Geological...of the Richfield I°x2° quadrangle, west-central Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-583
Book
Classes of Rocks; Minerals Found in Igneous Rocks; Granite Pegmatite Gems and Minerals; Hydrothermal Mineral...Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin...and steatite (massive talc), as well as basalt, granite, limestone (and/ or sandstone), marble, and the...waterworn crystals of aluminum silicate found as clear blue gemmy pebbles), and turquoise. About 2000 B.c. the...been left to adorn her in the afterlife: opaque blue turquoise and lapis lazuli, clear red carnelian
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...DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford and Harrisonchalcedony (some blue). CRAWFORD:...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Report (Issue volume)
these card catalogues would be as useful to the mining industry as they have proved to be to the Division...and expense involved are justified and that the mining industry will find that having this material readily...accumulating steadily since 1853, when the first mine (a coal property) was developed. Actually it antedates...During the 90 years or more that prospecting and mining have been active, a vast amount of information...extensively to the fund of published data. Also, mining journals and periodicals, many of which are no
Book
milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...components of mineral oils, mineral waters or coal. Granite, sandstone, marble and other rocks are non-minerals...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please
Report (volume)
1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN...skarn, replacement Sn and Sn vein deposits to granite intrusions 59 Tonnages of Sn skarn deposits 60...rock types 133 Cross section through the Kalavos district Cyprus showing relationship of massive sulfide...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...anomalously radioactive high-silica rhyolite and granite). Two of the most prominent attributes, the co
Report (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest
Report (volume)
so successful. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Mining Machinery Dept. OFFICES For Canadian MILWAUKEE...Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...service from Superior Jaw Crusher Worthington mining equipment the from the standpoint of first cost...most wear, Worthington meets the needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...(all types) Crushers Crushing Rolls NEW YORK Mine Pumps Oil Engines Sampling Machinery Screens Stamp
Report (issue)
.................... THE LUCKY BOY AND PAMLICO MINING DISTRICTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY by Daniel R. Shawe...Boy mining district ...................................................... Pamlico mining district .....Boy mining district ...................................................... Pamlico mining district .....map of the Lucky Boy mining district 2. Geologic map of the Pamlico mining district ABSTRACT Mineral...veins (for example, Risue Canyon and Meadow Lake mining districts). This metallogenic evolution is consistent
Report (volume)
California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Hydraulic TurbinpM MILWAUKEE, Metallurgical Machinery Mining Machinery Perforated Oil l-:imini-- Metals I'liiiiliini:...are getting the most in service from Worthington mining equipment — :the most from the standpoint of first...power consumption. Worthington meets needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...Compressor NEW YORK Crushing Rolls Air Compressors Mine Pumps Ball Mills Blast Furnaces Oil Engines Screens
Report (issue)
3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph...percent of the state. Nevada's public lands offer mining, livestock grazing, wild horse viewing, .scenic...Road and Geologic Tours in th<' Las Vegas Area. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such
Report (volume)
BANCROFT INCLUDING A SECTION ON THE REPUBLIC MINING DISTRICT BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN AND HOWLAND BANCROFT....... History of mining activity.............................................. Mining and metallurgy....................................... Methods of mining........................................................ 27 Disseminated deposits in schist and granite. ......................^.. 28 Other metalliferous......................................... 30 Molybdenite.............................................
Journal (issue)
MINING WORLD CATALOG, SURVEY & DIRECTORY NUMBER Blue Pages Pink Section Yellow Pages DIRECTORY INDEX...EQUIPMENT Metals and Minerals Review Aluminum BLUE RIBBON for 1960 pages 56-62 2 MACHINERY COMPANIES...231-26] > 68 United States Mining in 1960 State-by-state report from and MINING to zinc Alaska to Wyoming...Shipments by mines for 1958, 1959, 1960 B96 Open Pit Mine Production ef 3 Technological ; Advances Tons...Tons mined and stripped & 99 Underground Mine Production from 1955 through 1960 > 101 Geology and
Report (issue)
� 5 Previous work � 6 History of the Lynn mining district � 7 Geology � 8 Sedimentary rocks � 8 Paleozoic...� 33 Regional or major high-angle faults � 33 Blue Star Canyon fault � 33 Sheep Creek fault � 34 Sheep.... 6. 7. Geologic map of the Lynn mining district, Eureka. County, Nev. Cross sections to accompany geologic...Lynn mining district, Eureka County, Nev. Geologic map of the Carlin gold deposit, Eureka County, Nev...Eureka County, Nev. Map showing areas of hydrothermal alteration, Carlin gold deposit, Eureka County, Nev
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
variety. Blue faceted sapphires, faceted rubies, cat's eyes, black star sapphire, blue star sapphire...specimens. All for $7.50 postpaid. Morton Minerals & Mining, 21423 Highway 66, R.F.D. 1, Barstow, Calif. DO...LOUIS, 14, MO. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...Parkwood Drive, Forest Park, Ga. TURQUOISE, EXCELLENT BLUE-Rough 75* per ounce, slabbed 750 per square inch...Morton Minerals & Mining, Dept. R, 21423 Old Highway 66, RFD 1, Barstow, Calif. WE ARE MINING—Gem material
Journal (issue)
Independent Coal and Coke mines of ‘arbon County, Utah, Anaconda AC Shuttle Car Cable is still in excellent...Car Cable. Call or write your nearest Anaconda district office, or The Anaconda Wire & Cable Company,...SHUTTLE CAR CABLE MINING including the Export VOL. 23, No. Edition, WORLD MINING January 1961 1...is sandy and wet so underground mining has been most difficult. Utah Construction, first producer to...square the has had to use tightly lagged sets to mine the unconsolidated In Cement and Aggregates the
 
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