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Pyrite from
Mohawk Mine, Alder Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mohawk Mine, Alder Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:193973
Long-form Identifier:1:3:193973:6
GUID (UUID V4):5dc81683-48c1-4cc4-8282-4dc7f40a99d5
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘPittsburg Silver Mine, Alder Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘGarnet Mine (Garnet Tungsten Mine; Knowles Bros. Mine; Knowles Brothers Tungsten claims; Oxbow Mine; Montrose Mine; Tennesse Mountain Mine), Alder Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘGribble antimony Mine (Star Metal Mine; McKinson; Winnie Quartz), Island Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘLittle Joe Mine (Silver Shiek Mine), Island Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘSt. Elmo Mine (Gold Standard No. 2 Mine), Island Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘCoon Creek Mine (Rowland Mine), Jarbidge Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) ⓘRescue Mine (Kaff-Rock Mine; Erl-Jack Mine; Cleveland Mine?), Charleston Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) ⓘHuber Hills-Granite Ridge prospect, Mountain City Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘGraham, Charleston Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘPrunty Mine (Graham Mine), Charleston Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...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
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA CopyrightŠ 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
g{x Spring Creek Area Last Chance Mining District Plumas County, California Gail E. Dunning 773 Durshire...1905 and 1909, the mines of the Last Chance mining district produced significant quantities of copper and...minerals are recorded in the literature from Plumas County. Smith (1970) recorded trace amounts of the element...Map showing the location of the Last Chance Mining District. The results of our study indicate that a...El Dorado mine collapsed adit. LOCATION The copper mines of the Last Chance mining district are located
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
species from the Mohawk mine, Goldfield mining district, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA. It occurs as metallic...with quartz, pyrite and an Ag–Bi–(S,Se) phase (holotype material) and with quartz, pyrite, calaverite...tellurium, crystal structure, Goldfield mining district, Nevada, USA (Received 3 November 2021; accepted...(Cu4□2)Cu6Te4S13; its type locality is the Mohawk mine, Goldfield, Nevada, USA. In fact, chemical data available...specimens classified as goldfieldite from the Mohawk mine, the phase corresponding to the end-member Cu12(Sb2Te2)S13
Journal (issue)
by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California .................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription
Report (issue)
described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted...of Part B. Al (Alabara Cr.) Gold Rampart district Livengood (11.9, 10.35) approx. 65°35'N, 148°22'W...have been found in 1915, but no further mention of mining or prospecting. About a mile above mouth of creek...mainly Ordovician chert Alaska Gold Fairbanks district MF-413, loc. 42 Livengood (19.2, 1.55) 65°04'N...Gladstone, JupiterMars. Alaska Flyer Gold Fairbanks district MF-413, loc. 17 Livengood (17.95, 0.85) 65°02'N
Journal (issue)
by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California .................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
23:14 19 October 2014 Vindicator Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado I n terms of sheer volume...globe, they have striking similarities in their mining history and mineralogy, but their geology is seemingly...ROCKS & MINERALS the Golden Circle mine at Sorrento and the Cline mine at Hancock, Maine, and from a vaguely...vaguely described locality near Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut. A compilation of telluride mineral...Consolidated mine at Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia; the Barite Hill gold mine in McCormick County, South
Journal (issue)
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY" -T —• - Vol. XXXVII No. 1 — i ■&- February, 1990 QUARTERLY THE MINERALOGY...MINERALOGY OF THE MOH/WK MINE _ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA r O' " •: u. o~r William S. Wise ■rrz... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Barbara Cram Riordan, Chairman, Third District Larry Walker...First District Second District Marsha Turoci John Mikels Fourth District Fifth District COUNTY OF SAN...SAN BERNARDINO Harry M. Mays, County Administrative Officer Albert R. Reid, Administrator, General Services
Report (issue)
66 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA BY FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME ASSISTED IN THE FIELD..._____ . ___________________ . _. Situation of the district.-~ ............... _..... ______ .. ________________________...______ ..... __ ........... _·_..... History of mining ....................... ............ . __ .. _... . . . . . . . CHAPTER X.-MiJ?-eralogy of the district ................... .............. r • • • • •..... ___ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyrite ........ ... . ........ ...... ........ .... .
Report (issue)
Diffraction Pattern: Mohawk mine, Goldfield district, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA. 2.974 (100), 1.821 (32)...24.84 100.00 (1) Mohawk mine, Goldfield mining district, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA; average electron... Association: Quartz, pyrite, a Ag-Bi-(S,Se) phase (holotype); quartz, pyrite, calaverite, bismuthinite...Distribution: From the Mohawk mine, Goldfield mining district, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA. Name: Prefix, stibio
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...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
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...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
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Report (volume)
Georgia have been the major sources of barite since mining began there in 1872, 1902, and 1914 respectively...Deposits in Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico have been developed extensively...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL RESOURCES production, mining and treatment of ore, as well as some descriptions...states. State references describe deposits and mining and milling techniques practiced within a particular...occurrences may be in the vicinity. In the Cartersville district, Georgia, the deposits are listed as residual
Report (issue)
Resource Area (including the Virginia City mining district), Madison and Beaverhead Counties, southwest...Muddy mining district Blacktail mining district Cherry Creek mining district Chinatown mining district...Prairie mining district Medicine Lodge mining district Monida mining district Pony mining district Red Bluff...Bluff mining district Revenue mining district Ruby Mountains mining district Sheridan mining district...district Silver Star mining district Virginia City mining district Mapleton mine Browns Gulch area Alameda-Cornucopia-U
Report (volume)
JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA BY F. C. SCHRADER WASHINGTON... 58 __.____ 64 4 CONTENTS. The Jarbidge district Continued. Page. Description of properties._________...the west system of veins______________ 66 Pavlak mine. ________1_______ 67 Location _ _ ___________ 67...group__ ____ 86 86 Vulcan group ________ Mahogany mine Amazon-Rainbow group __ __________ Properties of...character __________ Second Crater _ _____ Van Alder mine__ Howard-McCoy mine__ __________ Victoria group
Journal (issue)
with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard A. Kosnar...(1929) is considered to be the classic for the district. Many of these works are currently out of print...and research will serve as an overview of the district and as a framework from which interested persons...location and associated geology of the mines in the district. Historical and production information is summarized
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...fissure fillings, i.e., deposits in the Sierra Nevada, California (Clark, 1970); Klamath Mountains, California-Oregon...the ore. Sulfides likely to be present include pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and arsenopyrite (Berger,...ore is associated with some veins in the Sierra Nevada and was locally worked with the vein deposits (Clark...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent
Report (issue)
in the central portion of the Mohawk Mountains, southwestern Arizona, USA, by R.G. Eppinger, P.K. Theobald...Structural reinterpretation of the Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, by D.P. Cox, J.T. Hagstrum...The largest base metal deposit is the New Cornelia Mine, a porphyry copper deposit near Ajo from which 240...metals were also significant by-products of this mine. The undeveloped Vekol porphyry copper prospect...also significant by-products of the New Cornelia Mine. Minor precious metal vein occurrences are common
Book
ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
Report (issue)
About 200 km northeast of the quadrangle in Gila County, Ariz., the Dripping Spring Quartzite, one formation...Such rocks crop out extensively in the Granite, Mohawk, Sierra Pinta, and Cabeza Prieta Mountains and...deposits from Ajo to deposits in the MiamiInspiration district including the Casa Grande, Sacaton, and Poston...related to intrusion and alteration of magnetite to pyrite (D.P. Klein, written conmun., 1984). Aeromagnetic...intrusion is generally extensively replaced by pyrite in the phyllic alteration assemblage. This mangetite
 
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