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Kaolinite from
Red Bluff mine, Pyramid Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Bluff mine, Pyramid Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:204943
Long-form Identifier:1:3:204943:4
GUID (UUID V4):cbf270e8-dc77-4e4a-8006-8d3222197841
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
7.8km (4.8 miles) Burrus Mine, Burrus vein system, Pyramid Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
51.2km (31.8 miles) Fireball Ridge prospects, Truckee Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
56.9km (35.3 miles) Geiger clay pit, Castle Peak Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
56.9km (35.4 miles) Geiger clay pit, Geiger grade, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
57.0km (35.4 miles) Faith clay pit, Steamboat Springs Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
60.6km (37.6 miles) Talapoosa mine, Talapoosa Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
61.1km (38.0 miles) San Emidio prospect (Mud Flat prospect), San Emidio Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
64.1km (39.8 miles) Wind Mountain Mine, San Emidio Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
64.5km (40.1 miles) Flowery Lode, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
65.2km (40.5 miles) Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (issue)
MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RENO 1° x 2° QUADRANGLE, NEVADA, with a comprehensive bibliography by Gary R...Figure 1. Location map of mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................Known production from mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................of mineral deposits in mining districts of the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................prospects, and claims in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada.......................................... 19 21
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uranium deposits in northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon, USA Stephen B. Castor ) , Christopher...NV 89557, USA Received 14 June 1999; accepted 24 September 1999 Abstract Northwestern Nevada and southeastern...material, and pyrite. Deposits in the Lakeview U district, Oregon are hosted by weakly peraluminous rhyolite...numerous sulfides. Minor U occurrences at Buff Peak, Nevada, the newly recognized, westernmost topaz Žperaluminous...northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon ŽFig. 1; Table 1.. Only the Lakeview district, Oregon had
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
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...has long been a significant part of the state's mining industry. Since 1880, mineraI production has been
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)
SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................
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collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be­ cause of its large oil and gas exploration...Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district...minerals. Mining here was contin­ uous from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence
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)
most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico...Buckhorn claims, Nevada; the Midnite and Daybreak mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White...White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor Mountains 327 328 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF URANIUM...deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According to Nininger (1954, p. 43), as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization and alteration accompanying faulting 4. Mine adit in bleached-clay zone 5. Dolomite masses replacing...northeast to Arizona on the southwest (Fig. 1). Most mining activity is con- Page Figure 12. Schematic diagram...section of uranium-bearing pipe, Woodrow Mine 1103 27. Orphan Mine, Grand Canyon, Arizona... 1101 28. Circular...Collapse feature yielding uranium, River View Uranium Mine, Cameron, Arizona 1105 31. Volcanic centers of northeastern...discussion.—Plateau strata with abundant colorful red, brown, and green beds are bleached to white or light
Report (issue)
ever since. Besides the La Grange mine, the largest hydraulic mine now in active operation, it contains...mines, particularly in the northern portion of the county. Large bodies of gravel of lower grade yet remain...via French Gulch 38 miles to Lewiston, and from Red Bluff via Harrison Gulch about 50 miles to Hay Fork... Murphy, of the Union Hill mine; Mr. Pierre Bouery, of the La Grange mine; Mr. W. D. Ayers, of Poker...Globe mine; but more particularly to Mr. H. L. Lowden, formerly county surveyor of Trinity County, who
Report (issue)
predecessor organization, the Manhattan Engineer District ; and, to a lesser extent, by staff members of...United States. The pre-1940 history of uranium mining and geology is concerned largely with veins in...Sierra Ancha region, Arizona ; and the Marysvale district, Utah. All the Western States, including Arizona...Arizona, California, Colorado~ Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and FRANK W. OsTERWALD Oregon, Utah...comments on the history of uranium geology and mining. The other chapters deal principally with pertinent
Report (issue)
the auspices, first of the Manhattan Engineer District, and later, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission...Juab County, Utah ......................... 15 Geologic map and section of the Burlington mine, Jamestown...Geologic maps of the Fluorine Queen property, Juab County, Utah............................ .17 Chart showing...upper cut, East Slope no. 2 uranium prospect, Piute County, Utah...... 23 Map showing location of secondary........... 27 Section of cliff face, Oyler mine, Wayne County, Utah...................................
Report (issue)
Deposits in the Dripping Spring Quartzite Gila County, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared...·Deposits • ln the Dripping Spring Quartzite Gila County, Arizona By HARRY C. GRANGER and ROBERT B. RAUP...Upper member_ ___ __________ _______ ____________ Red unit__________________________________ Gray unit...Uranium deposits ________ --------------------------Mining hlstory ________________________________ _ Production...development_____________________ Suggeotions for mining procedure_________________ References cited__ _
Journal (volume)
Geologist C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Francisco - District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining...San Francisco Mining Engineer -•-'-- and Curator Herbert A. Franke, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian)...San Francisco TABLE OF CONTENTS REPORTS OF DISTRICT MINING ENGINEERS Page 1 Sacramento Field Division...ARTICLES 238 Discovery of Piedmontite in the Sierra Nevada Suspension of Assessment 237 Work Tracing Buried-River
Journal (issue)
Sutherland Minerals of the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ......................Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory ..............................subscribers who wanted a source for books relating to mining and mineralogy. This July the Book Department celebrated...Diemen’s Land (now called Tasmania) “bronze red” hematite as well as red ochre and “tripoli,” the latter probably...of Australia 1801-03, was the discovery of the “red cliffs” on the west side of Cape York in northeastern
Report (issue)
basin bounded by mountains to the east (Sierra Nevada), northeast (Cascade Range), and west (Coast Ranges)...length from Red Bluff to the delta, and ranges in width from about 8 miles at Red Bluff to about 50 miles...northward and reaching 300 feet above sea level near Red Bluff. The relatively flat topography of the valley...the surrounding mountain areas. From the Sierra Nevada come the American, Bear, Yuba, and Feather Rivers...were collected by the Geological Survey in Yolo County to extend coverage into an area where high boron
Book (edition)
in connection some information as to mines and mining renovation ; industry. " The student is referred...Glauconite 329 Serpentine, Deweylite, Saponite Kaolinite, Pinite 329 335 Fahlunite 336 Chlorite 337...hexoctahedron, that is, a 6 X 8-faced solid, a pyramid of six planes corresponding to each face in the...the octahedral faces of or regular three-sided pyramid. Fig. 39 had been on the other four of the solid...prism /. Fig. 20 represents an eight-sided double pyramid, made 21. of equal planes, equally inclined to
Report (volume)
BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND.GRAND WASH CLIFFS MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZOiNA BY F. C. SCHRADER WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...____ Cottouwood Valley_______________________ Pyramid Canyon_______________________ Mohave Valley___...__ .___ 44 Mining districts._____________ ______.____ ___ 45 Production of Mohave County._____________...Introduction _______________________________ 49 Chloride district-______________________________ 51 I vocation ______________...Tennessee mine _____________________._ 54' Schuylkill mine____________________________ 57 Elkhart mine _______:
Report (issue)
1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since...published as Bulletin 91 of the California State Mining Bureau. Many additional species were included,...commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic
Report (volume)
viii-ix. The physical geology of the Grand Canon district, by Clarence E. Button, pp. 47-166, pis. x-xxxvi...Abstract of report on geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons, pp...of'the geology of the Comstock lode and the Wash oe district, by George F. Becker, pp. 291-330, pis. xlvi-xlvii...Lake Lahontan, a Quaternary lake of northwestern Nevada, by Israel C. Russell, pp. 189-235, pls..xviii-xxiii...Abstract of report on'geology of the Eureka district, Nevada, by Arnold Hague, pp. 237-290, pis. xxiv-xxv
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
Report (issue)
Base-Metal Deposits of West Shasta Copper-Zinc District Shasta County, California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Base-Metal Deposits of West Shasta Copper-Zinc District Shasta County, California By A. R. KINKEL, JR., W. E...Chico formation ________________________________ Red Bluff formation- ________________________ Recent deposits...__-_-_-_-___-__-____-__________ History of the mining district___________________ Production. ______... Exploration possibilities of the West Shasta district _ _ Description of deposits______________-____--__-_-__-_
 
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