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Quartz from
Grand Prize mine, Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Grand Prize mine, Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:196724
Long-form Identifier:1:3:196724:1
GUID (UUID V4):50b54993-5a12-48cf-92da-14266ebb6edf
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.4km (0.2 miles) Argenta mine, Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Dexter mine (Tuscarora mine), Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) North Belle Isle mine (Commando mine; Reno claims), Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Navajo mine, Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Belle Isle mine, Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Wakefield group (King Mine; Mascott Mine; Golden Calf Mine), Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Red Bird Group, Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Snowstorm prospect (Snow claims; Zek claims), Snowstorm Mountains Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Modoc claims (Rose Hill #1), Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) Surprise fraction, Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology Vol. 98, 2003, pp. 339–366 The Tuscarora Au-Ag District: Eocene Volcanic-Hosted Epithermal Deposits...Region, Nevada STEPHEN B. CASTOR,† Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno...Reno, Nevada 89557 DAVID R. BODEN, 1445 High Chaparral Drive, Reno, Nevada 89511 CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY...HENRY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 JEAN S. CLINE...Geoscience Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010 ALBERT H. HOFSTRA, U.S. Geological
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 (volume)
RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING GAMPS IN ELKO, UNDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS............................. Mountain ranges and mining districts................................................................ Midas or Gold Circle district........................................ Location...geology............................................. Mine descriptions......................................44 44 45 46 47* 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 49 50 Rex mine..................:.............................
Journal (issue)
Xavier, Arizona. LETTERS GHOST TOWN LOST MINE NEWS MINING Jan. 15—Phoenix Don's club Travelcade, over...Comment by Desert readers 26 Printer of Old Tuscarora By NELL MURBARGER 27 Rendezvous for Gold Hunters... cold heights of mountains No billows of ocean grand, Can fill the heart with such terror As a storm...off o' that leg." *De&ent Prize Contest Announcement With the return of cool weather...are held over for the next month. First prize is $10; second prize $5.00. For non-winning pictures accepted
Report (issue)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GOLD METALLOGENY OF NORTHERN NEVADA Richard M. Tosdal editor Open-File Report 98-338-6...Contributions to the gold metallogeny of northern Nevada Preface R.M. Tbsdfl/.............................Regional crustal structure beneath the Carlin Trend, Nevada, based on deep electrical geophysical measurements...and its relation to gold belts in north-central Nevada: Overview and progress report V.J.S. Grawc/i.....autochthonous rocks that host gold along the Carlin trend, Nevada Augustus K. Armstrong, Ted G. Theodore, Robert
Book
Chinese Americans—NevadaElko County—History— 19th century. 2. Gold miners—NevadaElko County— History—19th... Merchants—NevadaElko County— History—19th century. 4. Mining camps—NevadaElko County—History—19th...life— NevadaElko County—History—19th century. 6. Intercultural communication—NevadaElko County—History—19th...County—History—19th century. 7. Elko County (Nev.)—Ethnic relations—History—19th century. 8. Chinese Americans—Oregon—History—19th...Eastern Oregon 46 3. Eastward to Northeastern Nevada: Tuscarora 82 4. Farther East: Island Mountain and
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 Copyright© 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
Report (issue)
presented to the Annual Convention of the Northwest Mining Association, Spokane, Washington, December 7, 1989...I°x2° quadrangle and ore deposits of the Atlanta district, Idaho .................... Snee, L.W. , and Kunk...Link, P.K., Lake Creek mineralized area, Blaine County, Idaho ...................... Doyle, M.A., Geology...Geology and ore deposits of Garfield Canyon, Blaine County, Idaho ...................... Mahoney, J.B., Geology...mineral deposits of the Washington Basin area, Custer County, Idaho ................ Mahoney, J.B., and Horn
Report (volume)
stock (center of photograph; is made up of granite, quartz monzonite, leucogranite porphyry, and felsic dike...1988), and on December 7, 1989, at the Northwest Mining Association 95th Annual Convention and Trade Show...the Mineral Hill and Warm Springs mining districts, Blaine County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology...Deposits in the Lake Creek Mineralized Area, Blaine County, South-Central Idaho By Bradford R. Burton and...Mineral Deposits in the Washington Basin Area, Custer County, South-Central Idaho By J. Brian Mahoney H. Mineral
Journal (issue)
Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear in the specimen...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...specimenand image. Nickel Laterite From the Tiebaghi Mine, New Caledonia Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com
Journal (issue)
FACTS ABOUT OPAL CLAIM TO COPPER FAME Butte’s Mining Legacy DYNAMIC DISCOVERY Biggs Junction Reveals...the U.S.A. 10 0 74470 02033 2 WIN AN OPAL PRIZE PACK! Details on page 6… 2 ROCKNGEM.COM OCTOBER...NEVADA’S CARLIN TREND America’s Greatest Gold-Mining District 64 CAPTIVATING FIND AT CARVER AGATE FIELD...classic older specimen of opal from the prolific USA locality of Butte, Oregon, reveals a carving-grade...to your attention the opportunity to win an Opal Prize Pack. As part of Illustrious Opals, some of the
Journal (issue)
and Powellite from the Oriole Mine Near Minerva, White Pine Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer Excalibur Mineral...visit an old friend, Bob Werner, in southeastern Nevada. After many years of Tucson encounters and heaps...1(right): The portal of main haulage adit of the Oriole Mine shows some collapsing timbering but is otherwise...negotiable. Once inside the adit, the condition of the mine is solid and easily passable. Author's image. Calcite...Calcite Pseudomorphs after Ikaite From Washoe Co., Nevada Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet Ikaite, CaCOi • 61-Ip
Report (issue)
............................. President, Idaho Mining Association Jack Peterson .......................Bruce R. Otto Stratigraphy of the Lower Pennian Grand Prize Formation, South-Central J. Brian Mahoney and...Carrietown Counties, Idaho Silver-Lead-Zinc District, Blaine and Camas Robert S. Darling Vii 193...Evenson Part C. History of Gold Mining on the Yankee Fork River, Custer County 223 George C. Stephens Part...top: Cougar Point Tufi Bnzneau Canyon, Owyhee County, Idaho. Photograph by Bill Bonnichsen. Mt. McCaleb
Journal (issue)
haggling over price then began. Fig. ·1: Schor! with quartz, 11 x 5 cm. 20 km NE of Tubusis, Erongo Province...offerings. Mike Whitton, a long-time St. Lawrence County resident and field collector, was sti ll setting...local pastor. Knowing my interest in St. Lawrence County specimens, he showed me a large calcite cleavage...recovered from the then St. Joe Lead mine in Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York. Being a crystal guy I...from the Zinc Corporation of America mine, Baima!, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. Walter photo. (Continues
Journal (issue)
Circle www.rockngem.com FIELD TRIP: Barite and Quartz in the Caballo Mountains RG_Yellow_cover_1014.indd...steadily To nearby mountains that we see. There is a mine owned by my friend And he’ll be there at this road’s...clothes we don. After four hours we get there. The mine site fills us all with cheer. A rustic air-conditioned...dam without a din. The lodge is built right at the mine. Outside the lodge there points a sign. It says...your name and street address (not a PO Box) for prize delivery should your entry be selected for publication
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE EMPIRE COPPER MINE NEAR MACKAY, IDAHO by F. W. Farwell and R. P. Full...October 1944 CONTENTS Page [ y ..... .^duction Mining Industry .*...*......... Geology ................Lead-zinc deposits ........ The Empire Mine ............... - Mine development .......... Geology ........Folio 2. Plan maps, Empire mine area, Plates 1 to^S. ,/ Sections, Empire mine. Plates 29 to 45, 1 2 3...COPPER MINE NEAR MACKAY, x IDAHO by F. W. Farwell and R. P. Full SUMMARY The Empire copper mine, principal
Journal (issue)
. . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and...citations on the Harding mine and information about other collections of Harding mine specimens. The museum
Journal (issue)
West Federation Show July 18 through 21 Jefferson County Fairgrounds Port Towsend WA Dealer Inquiries Welcome...Information; by Steve Voynick 34 A Hotbed of Mining Copper was king in Butte, Montana; by Roger McPherson... .88 advice and experience; 64 The Fabulous Quartz Family Rock& Gtm(ISS!IOOJ.8·8453. USPS486-290)Is...rockgemmag@aol.com Cabs, Cabs and More Cabs Gem Center USA Inc. has one of the world's largest selection of...stone, in any shape and in any size. Gem Center USA is also one of the leading distributors of quality
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...Volcanic Subsidence in the Custer Graben, Custer County, Idaho, by D. H. Mclntyre and K. M. Johnson. 109...Douglas-Fir at the Red Mountain Stockwork, Yellow Pine District, Idaho, by J. A. Erdman, B. F. Leonard, and D
Journal (issue)
gold specimen comes from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California. It is currently on display...show these “writing” features, as well as some quartz that grew in crystals until there was no more room...standard 58-facet diamond, so we routinely buy old mine cuts and European cuts and re-cut them to our standards...weeks), will the fluorescent response fade? —Lynn N. Grand Rapids, MI The specimen responds to UV light because...Manning, AZ www.around-beads.info Bronze Medal Prize Winner Metal Clay Jewelry-Making Contest Request
Journal (issue)
Hemimorphite & Rosasite From the Alice Mine, Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer Excalibur Mineral...lot of material from the Alice Mine, near Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada. The deposit had been worked as...unknownolive greenelongatedneedlesfrom the Alice Mine provedto be molydofomacite, as evidencedby Mo>CrEDSanalysis...of the Big Mike Mine in the mouth of Panther Canyon, Tobin Range, Pershing Co., Nevada. The Big Mike copper...and cuprite, Cu2O. Mining of the ore body took about three years. Open pit mining was followed by a leaching
Journal (issue)
Barite: Yellow Lake South Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York Michael Walter mwalter9@twcny.rr.com...Yellow Lake road cut in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York (Walter & Chamberlain, 20 11). An article...Yellow Lake South road-cut, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York. 15 cm. Collected by Michael Walter,...interested in exploring so111e of these lesser knm,~1 mining areas and that opportunity finally presented itself...Yellow Lake South road-cut, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York. 25 cm. Collected by Michael Walter,
Journal (issue)
page 2) Recent Finds from the Sante Fe Mine Mineral County, Nevada Tony Nikischer Excalibur Mineral Corp...Fe, Santa Fe/Calvada) Mine in the Gabbs Valley Range of Mineral County. Nevada. There are numerous mines...traces of goethite, graphite, phlogopite, pyrite, quartz, talc and zircon. The patch of thorium and uranium...both zones yielded X-ray power patterns with on ly quartz peaks, indicating that the radioactive minerals...1160 July 2017 Mineral ews 3 Sante Fe Mine, Nevada (Continued from page I) In addition to the stibnite
Journal (issue)
their collections. This legrand­ite from the Ojuela mine (Mapimi, Durango) measures 5.6 cm high. (Jeff Scovil................. 38 A drive through New Mexico’s mining history by Steve Voynick The Mineral Legacy of...Wilda watercolor© Beryl, var. Aquamarine with quartz Mount Antero, Chaffee Co., CO Martin Zinn Expositions...with your name and street address (required for prize delivery), to Lapidary of the Month, Rock & Gem... Delia Stone, FL www.deliastone.com Gold Medal Prize Winner Metal Clay Jewelry-Making Contest Fire Mountain
 
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