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Rhodochrosite from
Homestake Mine, Lead, Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodochrosite
Formula:MnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodochrosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Homestake Mine, Lead, Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:211764
Long-form Identifier:1:3:211764:5
GUID (UUID V4):44fe136c-e1e9-4500-bec7-dad19c38460d
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite
5.8km (3.6 miles) ā“˜Dividend Mine (Decorah Mine), Bald Mountain Mining District (Portland Mining District), Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ā“˜Clinton Upper Portland, Bald Mountain Mining District (Portland Mining District), Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 ā€œClose, But No Cigarā€ 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 ā€œPirateā€™s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineralizaļæ½on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 ā€œClose, But No Cigarā€ 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 ā€œPirateā€™s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineralizaļæ½on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 ā€œClose, But No Cigarā€ 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 ā€œPirateā€™s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineralizaļæ½on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 ā€œClose, But No Cigarā€ 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 ā€œPirateā€™s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineralizaļæ½on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 South Dakota is perhaps best known for its pegmatites, which...Hills are responsible for the accessibility of South Dakotaā€™s itbundant and diverse mineral locations...secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montanaā€™s mining origins. Montanaā€™s production...production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc, vermiculite, and zinc is impressive...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montanaā€™s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded
Report (issue)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California-Customhouse...Part I Bald Mountain Gold Mining Region, Northern Black Hills, South Dakota By JAMES J. NORTON Gold Deposits...Park City Mining District, Utah By CALVIN S. B ROM FIELD Gold in the Eureka Mining District, Nevada By...and THOMAS B. NOLAN Gold in the Central City Mining District, Colorado By ALAN R. WALLACE U.S. GEOLOGICAL...pt. 1. Bald Mountain gold mining region, northern Black Hills, South Dakota / by James J. Norton. Gold
Report (issue)
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Nils Boe, Governor MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS by WILLARD LINCOLN ROBERTS...Associate in Mineralogy Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and GEORGE RAPP...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology With the Editorial...Mineralogy South Dakota School of Mines and Technology BULLETIN NUMBER 18 of the South Dakota School of...of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota PUBLICATIONS STAFF F. L. Partlo J. T. Thomas President
Report (issue)
Hpmestake Gold Mine, An Early Proterozoic lron-F<;,>rmation-Hosted Gold Deposit, Lawrepce County, South Dakota...SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State St. ā€¢ SAN FRANCISCO, California-Customhouse...The Homestake Gold Mine : an early Proterozoic iron-formation-hosted gold deposit, Lawrence County, South...South Dakota I by Stanton W. Caddey ... [et al.]. p. em. (Geology and resources of gold in the United...I 19.3:1857-J 1. Gold ores-South Dakota-Lawrence County. 2. Homestake Mine (S.D.) 3. Geology, Stratigraphic-Proterozoic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens from the Red Devil Mine, copper nuggets from the Kennecott mine, etc. and I can assure you that...in a lustrous cleavage mass of lead-gray galena whose locality is Lead Hill, Boone Co., Ark. CALIFORNIA-Petro...the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."ā€”note from James H. Richardson...pebbles of brown jasper have been found on the south side of Indian River Inlet, Sussex Co., Del., by...the Lockheed Reactor on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zoningof the BulldogMountainVein System,Creede District, Colorado GEOFFREY S. PLUMI U.S.GeologicalSurvey...vein system.StageA wasdominatedby depositionof rhodochrosite along the lower levelsof the BulldogMountainore...andminorchloriteandhematite.With increasing elevationto the south,stageB ores becomeprogressively morebarite and silverrich...andgalena,andmajorleachingof earlierbarite; to the south,somebarite and sulfidesmay have been deposited.StageD...atternsacross the central and southern Creede district. The complexvariationsin mineralassemblages documentedin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found. As in most mining areas the best specimens are generally destroyed by the mining though some are...collected from the mine dumps. Location Creede, the county seat of Mineral County, is located in the...juncĀ­ tion of this road and U. S. Route 160 at South Fork. This article will deal only with the mines...at the Monon Hill area at the site of the Alpha Mine. The crude milling methods emĀ­ ployed at this time...first commercial mining 'began in 1891 on East Willow Creek at the Holy Moses Mine. Things developed
Journal (issue)
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) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special...Max Kaminski Daniel Ulibarri Jim & Imelda Klein Lawrence E. Violett Harris Kominski Chris Whitney-Smith... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS MAy, 1974 No. 3 HomestakeGold Mine, SouthDakota: I. StableIsotopeStudies DANNY M...RYE * Abstract The Homestakegold mine is the largest producinggold mine in North America. The ore occursas...sedimentarysulfidesindicatethat most of the sul.fur in the Homestake mine was ultima.tely derived from sea-water sulfate...and Wright (1923) Triā€¢. Homestakegold mine, at Lead, South Dakota, suggestedthat all mineralizationwas...largest producinggold mine in North America. Since it began productionin 1876, the mine has producedover 31
Book (volume)
Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...boundary with Wyoming. In the far western counties of Lawrence, Meade, Custer and Pennington the land rises abruptly...rising granite mass intruded the famed Cretaceous Dakota sandstone, which underlies most of the Great Plains...continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave reworked...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Microminerals in the Creede Mining District The Amethyst, Commodore No. 5 Mineral County, Colorado Unless otherwise...Colorado on the edge of the San Juan Mountains just south of where Willow Creek enters the Rio Grande Valley...the town, and a new settlement sprang up to the south at a location at first called Jimtown. What remained...the Creede district was at the Holy Moses mine high above East Willow Creek, but the district did not prosper...Commodore mine perched on the mountainside. The Amethyst mine is north of the Commodore mine, and most
Report (issue)
and Tertiary Age of the Northern Black Hills, South Dakota by Lewis H. Shapiro I APR 2 3 1970 DENVER...Geological Engineering South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota Submitted in accordance... 3 E.) IS MISLABELED ON THE U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 MD7. LEAD QUADRANGLE TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, WHICH APPEARS AS PLATE...AND IN ALL EARLIER LITERATURE ON THE RUBY BASIN DISTRICT. COLOR KEY FOR ALL MAPS IN THIS REPORT Rock..."27 3.12 Gold-Silver Replacement Deposits 3.13 Lead-Silver Ores 3.14 3.2 4. Page Ores of the Deadwood
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluorite octahedra with quartz druse, 5.8 cm, Homestake mine, Oatman. Dick Morris specimen. In Arizona...notable Arizona fluorite localities are noted by county in the table (Anthony et al. 1995). Arizona mines...mines containing noteworthy fluorite specimens. County Cochise Graham Greenlee La Paz Maricopa Mohave...Locality Empire mine La Fluorita Dulcita prospect Lone Star mine Toughnut mine Tenstrike mine Santa Teresa...Fourth of July mine Heson (Hesson) mine North Geronimo mine Prism mine Uncle Sam mine Deluge Wash prospect
Catalog/List
of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagleā€™s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized ā€œLeafā€ Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A ā€œclassicā€ Rhodochrosite with associated Pyrite and Quartz...Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful, Smithsonite from...from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ā€˜gemā€™ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in matrix from the
Report (issue)
Variation in fineness of gold with depth, Lily mine, Transvaal, South Jlfrica ------------------------------...of mill bullion prior to 1882 at the Homestake nrlne, South Dakota -----------------------------------...--------------Iridosmine, ( Os,Ir) Australia, New South Wales _____ 150 >1,000 200 >1,000 800 U.S...CusFeS, Germany, Mansfeld -------------Galena, PbS South Africa -------------------Clausthalite, PbSe Germany...Zwickau ____ _ .2 1001,000 South Africa: Transvaal, Rustenburg district __ <.5 Stannite, CusFeSnS
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
neverthealess re orted from localities worldwide. Rhodochrosite crystallizes in the trigonal class of the hexagonal...and occurs in a number of diverse forms. Fine rhodochrosite specimens in various habits have been found...mines of Huanzala, Peru; at Hotazel and N'Chwaning, South Africa; at Butte, Montana; at Mont St. Hilaire,...stalactites and botryoids at San Luis, Argentina. Rhodochrosite has also been found in many localities in Colorado...crystals (Wenrich 1998). Rhodochrosite occurs in significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado
Report (volume)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California--Customhouse...model of Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn, by Dennis P. Cox and Lawrence R. Bernstein Chemical-sedimentary deposits 34a...Descriptive model of Homestake Au, by Byron R. Berger 239 244 Grade and tonnage model of Homestake Au, by Dan... 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. Lead grades of Zn-Pb skarn deposits 92 Silver grades...Tonnages of polymetallic replacement deposits 102 Lead grades of polymetallic replacement deposits 102
Journal (issue)
COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...anywhere. Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.ā€ The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...World Museum of Mining is also located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote
by Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak... New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales at Broken... England. Native copper wires occur at Tsumeb, South West 'Africa. occurrences: 14 10 X Copper 15...in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Australia, silver is found at Broken Hill in New South Wales. Mexico has been a big producer, particularly
 
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