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Rhodochrosite from
Algonquin Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodochrosite
Formula:MnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2 photos of Rhodochrosite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodochrosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Algonquin Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:215541
Long-form Identifier:1:3:215541:8
GUID (UUID V4):df834f8c-29ba-4c76-bb7b-d9a1265e0c53
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Trout Mine (Gem; Algonquin Group; Speckled Trout; Pocahontas; Brooklyn; Kitty Clyde; Neversweat), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Salmon Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Scratch Awl Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Blackmail Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Gem Mine (Part of Trout Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Horton Mine (Imperial Mine; Midnight Mine; Silver Chief Mine; True Fissure Mine), Durango & Moorlight Group (Durango & Moonlight Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Silver Chief Mine, Franklin Hill Iron Deposit (Tarriff; Courtney Manganiferous Iron Deposit; Courtney Prospect), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Mitchell Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Puritan Mine, Franklin Hill Iron Deposit (Tarriff; Courtney Manganiferous Iron Deposit; Courtney Prospect), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Hobo Mine (North Granite), Franklin Hill Iron Deposit (Tarriff; Courtney Manganiferous Iron Deposit; Courtney Prospect), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Geology and ,0 e Deposits of the . Philipsburg Dis ict .Granite County, Montaria GEOLOGICAL SURVEY _BULLETIN... Geology and Ore Deposits of the Philipsburg District Granite County, Montana By WILLIAM C. PRINZ GEOLOGICAL...Nation's only battery-grade manganese dioxide district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...the Philipsburg district. 2-6. Maps of part of the Philipsburg district, showing geology and mine workings...5,180 feet. 7. Geologic sections of the Philipsburg district. 8. Longitudinal section of the lower part
Report (volume)
Bulletin 922-G MANGANESE DEPOSITS AT PHILIPSBURG GRANITE COUNTY, MONTANA A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY E. N. GODDARD...Silver and zinc-lead ores..................... Rhodochrosite................................. Manganese-oxide........................................ Headlight mine.................................... Geology.......possibilities and reserves............. Scratch Awl mine.................................. Geology.........deposits.................................. Trout mine.......................................» History
Report (issue)
MANGANESE ORE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON. By J. T. PARDEE. DEPOSITS IN MONTANA. HISTORY AND...production of manganese ore in Montana. Although since 1870 the Butte and Philipsburg districts had produced...ore from Philipsburg. In 191Y the production in that district so greatly increased that Montana jumped...manganese was new to the ore trade the bodies of rhodochrosite at Butte, which are among the largest and most...country, were overlooked for several months after the mining of the oxide ores had begun. In 1918 a further
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces The state
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
battery reactivemanganese oxide ores from the Philipsburg District indicate that the manganeseoxide minerals...secondaryin origin and have formed by replacement of rhodochrosite,replacementof earlier secondaryoxides, cavity...westflank of the Flint Creekmountains, GraniteCounty,Montana,45 milesnorthwestof Butte,Montana(Fig. 1). The...EconomicGeology. The TaylorKnapp Mining Companyof Philipsburg,Montana, is deservingof special thanksfor...oresfromthisdistrict. P.L. Allsman(1) in his study of the Butte,Montana,manganese oresnotedpyrolusiteand cryptomelane in
Report (issue)
PAPER GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE MONTANA BY WILLIAM HARVEY EMMONS AND FRANK...__ 86 Basic intrusives in the Cretaceous on Gold Creek .. __ ._ .. ___ .. __ . __ . _____ ._. __ ......... _.. ....... --_ .. - --_87 Diorite of Foster Creek and Olson Gulch __ .. __ . _. . _. ____ .... _______.... - - - - - - - . - - _90 Diorite of Racetrack Creek ____ .. ____ . ___ .. __ .. _. ________ .. _. _..._______ . _. _.. ____ _ 97 Granodiorite of the Philipsburg batholith. ___ . _. _. _.... __________ . ____
Report (issue)
organization is carrying on for the direct advancement of mining interests throughout the country than can readily...stone, road metal, clay. Gold. National Park; no mining permitted. Gold. Iron, coal, ' manganese, lime.... 950 864 Ky.......... 944 .....do....... district Colo......... 950 62 Richmond ......... Temnile...Gold, copper, quicksilver, coal, clay, stone. Granite, emery, chromite, quartz, road material, sandstone...glass sand, iron. Merrill. F. J. H.; Hoi- Marble, granite, road material, clay, iron, water. lick, A.; Darton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND REFRACTIVE INDICES OF RHODOCHROSITE;RHODOCHROSITE FROM BUTTE. MONTANA* Russrn G. Wevr,nNl, Suraey...C. U . S. Geologi.cal, Ansrnesr New data on rhodochrosite are presented, including unpublished analyses...quantities as isomorphous constituents of the 79 rhodochrosite specimens is found to be in the ratio 2l 17:...refractive indices and specific gravities of rhodochrosite are shown to vary directly with the composition...considerably larger. Rhodochrosite lrom Butte, Montana, is described and analyses of rhodochrosite and onkerite
Report (issue)
ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA. By F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The Sierrita...prospects within what is locally known as the Papago district, although they appear to be included within what...called the Sierritas district. On the east side of the range lies the Pima district, within which are a...narrow fissures. The Pima district was organized in 1877. The Papago district is about 38 miles by road...foothill belt in which the pros-, pects of the Papago district are situated. 407 408 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC
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...museum specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included,...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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 (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Journal (issue)
fluorite cube in this specimen from the Elmwood mine, in Tennessee. The faces show thousands of tiny...expansion, especially Eleanor Krimmel, from the USA, whose generous donations really put us over the...Missouri and contains several mines. The Elmwood mine seems isolated, but is certainly worthy of notice...deposit was first mined for lead and zinc. When the mine closed, some specimen miners I know obtained a digging...bright. (Buick mine, Missouri) The sphalerite in this Tri-State district (Cherokee County, Kansas) specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Cornwall mine. They invaded the mine in 58 cars. Fifteen members of the Newark...is the new Chairman of the Lapidary sec- Cornwall mine with us. tion. Leonard Duersmith, John Price and...polished cab in silver and collected at the French Creek Mine near St. Peters, Pa., on Sunday, August 16th...open pit of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation iron mine at Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Penn. (Photo by Harold...good in heaven. Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society The Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society meets
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
Journal (issue)
Pandaite • copper arsenic sulfide • Chinkuashih mine, Keelung, T aiw an • 4x5 $ 5 0 .0 0 , 2x3 $ 2...unsolicited material. feature articles page Rhodochrosite Crystal Localities in the W e s t ............green material included in calcite from French Creek, Pa and the so-called byssolite from Cornog, Pa...person legally tie up a collecting area under a mining claim?How does the term '‘economical find” affect...exploration geologist and a mineral collector). 1. Is a mining claim on a collecting locality valid? Answer is
Book
ROADSIDE % JEOLOGY of Montana David Alt and Donald W. Hyndman ROADSIDE N JEOLoGY of Montana David Alt Donald...Roadside geology of Montana. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Geology — Montana — Guide-books. I. Hyndman...know something about the rocks and landscapes of Montana. We hope our professional colleagues will enjoy...dealing with the four major geologic provinces in Montana. Each starts with its own more specific narrative...Nearly every geologist who has ever worked in Montana contributed something to this book. We read almost
Report (volume)
anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Miners' Association Cal St :M Bur California State Mining Bureau Can G S Canada, Geological Survey Can :M...Adams (F D), 18 Federal Government, relation to the mining industry: Hayes, 06 Fossil insects: Cockerell,...to geology: Davis ( W M), 12a Geologic bases of mining law: De Kalb, 10 Geologic basis for artesian prediction:...relations: Branner, 90a; relations to successful mining: Winslow, 9lc Geological work in the Southwest:
Report (issue)
(CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur...eventually led to one of the biggest and most important "mining booms" in this country's first century. Despite... the 1845 discovery of the Cliff Mine ( first in the world to mine native copper as its sole product)...instilled confidence in North Country mining and initiated the modern mining era. Choice 'Lake Copper' furnished...never documented by geologists working in the district during its decades of maximum activity. Hence
Book
T. J. Bornhorst, P. Brandes, R. Clark (Cliffs Mining Services Co.), B. C. Cornilsen, R. V. Dietrich...helpful suggestions throughout the project; to Ashton Mining of Canada, Inc. and Crystal Exploration, Inc.,...APPENDIX I: MICHIGAN MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITS FEATURING MINING, MINERALS, ROCKS, AND FOSSILS .......................243 APPENDIX II: MINERAL SPECIES LISTED BY COUNTY ...............................248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS...metamorphic equivalents. Thus basalt became greenstone; granite became granitic gneiss; sandstone was converted
Report (volume)
Inman W. U. Maryland, Wllliamsite; murmonai c. n. Montana: Dake 1 INTRODUCTION 5 HOW TO USE THE INDEX...among others, the following entries: Trilobita. Montana, Big Snowy Mts., Ordovician : Lochman 3 Ordovician...Geographical Journal. Montreal Canadian Inst, Mining ana Metallurgy irans. cana«uin mst.mte »* »n=i»K...Jour. Canadian Mining Journal, Canadian Min. Met. Bull. Gardenvale, Quebec. Canadian Mining and Metallurgical...Journal. Montreal. Eng. Min. Jour. Engineering and Mining Journal. New York. Engineering and Science. Pasadena
Catalog/List
\1111tl111•nt Snl'11tifir C,m,pan";' of Hamilton, Montana) 2 Lot 10-t" lxl" lx2" 2x2'' 2x3'' 3x4"...Copper aluminum silic:ue Ar120na Pima County. Ajo. l\ew Cornelia mine Skyblue mkro crysuls and coatings on...CLEAV[ LA!·nrrE Colorado Gunnis >n Cl1., Brown Derby mine • lamcllar mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...cerium aluminum sllicalc Cali!ornia Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Lir(:e black tabular crystals in...ALTAITE Lead tellurlde New Mexico Oona Ana County, Hilltop mine Rlch øllvery cleu•ages and \'eins in matrix
Report (volume)
Mayr, E., 2. Davis, M. J., 1. Boulder batholith, Montana: Knopf, Various species: Link, T. A., A., 9. 13..., 3. Curtis H., 1. Earth: Vincenz, S. A. , 3. Granite controversy: Read, Primitive homogeneous, evidence:...the future: Just, E. ing: Burwell, E. B., Jr., 4. Mining geology, retrospect and Index fossils: Stephenson...geomorPetroleum exploration:Morgan,F.A. phology: Flint, R. F., 5. Electric logs: Hamilton, R. G. , 2. Uranium... Landform interpretation, stereoSearch for new mining districts: Nolan, T. B., 1. pairs: Powers, W. E
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
blue spherulitic aggregates at the Arhbar mine, Bou-Azzer district, Morocco. Monoclinic. Optically biaxial...given. Composition Cu2AsO4(OH )- 6H20. Named for the mine. [A.M. 68, 1038.] Arsendeseloizite. P. Keller and...bluish-green crusts and spherules from the Neubulach mining district, Schwarzwald, Germany, are rhombohedral, a...809. Crystals up to 8 mm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito Co., California, are orthorhombic, pseudotetragonal...A black monoclinic mineral from the Kornerupine mine near Lasamba Hill, Kwale dist., S. of Voi, Kenya
Journal (issue)
Connecticut -.-----Garnet, Lulubell Mine, Son Diego County, California. low in silica. Biotite is...often recognizable a� dark grains in ordinary granite. With a hardness of 2.5 to 3, biotite has perfrct...Smoky quartz with cleovelondite cluster, Himoloyo Mine, Mesa Grande, Col i forn,o APRIL l 96� ll \I...tourmoline and cteavelandite, Little Three Mine, San Diego County, California. and with a hardness of 5...crystals of spodu­ mcne, q.v., found in Alexander County, North Carolina, at Hiddenite, the type locality
 
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