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Quartz from
Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Mackayiteā“˜1 photo of Quartz associated with Mackayite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:215640
Long-form Identifier:1:3:215640:8
GUID (UUID V4):6411f90f-d096-46f2-90fd-9c2f155ef56e
Localities for Quartz in this Region
McGinnity shaft, Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.4km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Red Top Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Jumbo Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Combination Fraction Mining Company, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Combination Mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Jumbo Extension Mining Company, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Jumbo Extension mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Laguna Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ā“˜January mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Goldfield Mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Idaho Claims, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...volcanic rocks. 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
species from the Mohawk mine, Goldfield mining district, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA. It occurs as metallic...associated with quartz, pyrite and an Agā€“Biā€“(S,Se) phase (holotype material) and with quartz, pyrite, calaverite... tellurium, crystal structure, Goldfield mining district, Nevada, USA (Received 3 November 2021; accepted...(Cu4ā–”2)Cu6Te4S13; its type locality is the Mohawk mine, Goldfield, Nevada, USA. In fact, chemical data available...stibiogoldfieldite, as anhedral grains up to 0.6 mm across in quartz. Field of view: 1.2 mm (a) and 0.6 mm (b). (c,
Report (issue)
and Grade-Tonnage Information on Low-Sulfide Au-Quartz Veins by James D. Bliss and Gail M. Jones Open-File...mineralogy of deposits classifed as lowsulfide Au-quartz veins were compiled for deposits found throughout...deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...tabulation have characteristics of low-sulfide Au-quartz veins as described in Berger (1986). These deposits...fissure fillings, i.e., deposits in the Sierra Nevada, California (Clark, 1970); Klamath Mountains, California-Oregon
Report (chapter)
Survey, Federal Center MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, USA (e-mail: bberger@usgs.gov) Abstract: High-temperature...fault sets. The Virginia City and Goldfield mining districts, Nevada, were localized in zones of strike-slip...western margin of North America. The Camp Douglas mining area occurs within the same belt, but is localized...economically important precious-metal mining districts (Virginia City, Goldfield) and one economically less-important...Lower to Middle Miocene volcanic centres in western Nevada (Fig. 1). These districts provide insights into
Report (issue)
PAPER 66 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA BY FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME ASSISTED IN THE..._____ . ___________________ . _. Situation of the district.-~ ............... _..... ______ .. ________________________...______ ..... __ ........... _Ā·_..... History of mining ....................... ............ . __ .. _.......... ............... . Correlation of the Goldfield rocks with those of the surrounding region_ .... . . . . . . . CHAPTER X.-MiJ?-eralogy of the district ................... .............. r ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢
Report (issue)
= 14.895 Z = 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Goldfield, Nevada, USA. 3.17 (10), 1.61 (9), 3.32 (8), 4.95 (7)...pyrite, alunite, barite, quartz. Distribution: In the USA, at the Mohawk mine, and between the Jumbo and...and Clermont mines, Goldfield, Esmeralda Co., Nevada; in the Toughnut-Empire mine, Tombstone, Cochise...near the Lone Pine mine, Wilcox district, Catron Co., New Mexico; from the Klondike mine, Saguache Co., Colorado...Colorado. In Mexico, at the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine and the San Miguel and La Candelaria prospects,
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...October 2014 deposits), 1900-1920 (Tonopah and Goldfield), and 1980 to the present (Carlintype deposits...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first
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 Ā© 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.ā€” 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 CopyrightĀ© 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)
268(1) c = 7.917(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 10.4 (10), 4.66 (8), 3.110 (8), 3.290 (7)...90 29.96 10.14 Total 98.6 100.00 (1) Moctezuma mine, Mexico; H2 O taken as loss on ignition. (2) FeTeO3...(Moctezuma mine, Mexico). Association: Emmonsite, anglesite, ā€œlimoniteā€, quartz (Moctezuma mine, Mexico);...Mexico); emmonsite (Mohawk mine, Nevada, USA); rodalquilarite, emmonsite, jarosite, limonite (Tombstone, Arizona...Arizona, USA). Distribution: From the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %ā– ... ; 'jxt . 1 ā€” \ 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...inforĀ­ 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 minĀ­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Book
who snowshoed her way to Nome; and many more. A Mine of Her Own tells the definitive story of America's...prospectors. They reveled in the excitement of the mining booms and took pride in surviving in the world...the women who helped shape the modern West. A Mine of Her Own Digitized by the Internet Archive in...https://archive.org/details/mineofherownwome00zanj A Mine of Her Own Won1en Prospectors in the Alnerican West...Publication Data Zanjani, Sally Springmeyer, 1937A mine of her own : women prospectors in the American West
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 (issue)
rodeo, Reno, Nevada. July 2 ā€”Rodeo and horse show, Fillm e, Utah. July 2 ā€”Sevier county fair and rodeo...e r d e By RICHARD VAN VALKENBURGH TRAVEL LOST MINE CONTEST PERSONALITY 5 W h e r e Wild Buffalo R...20 21 O n Turtle Mountain Trails LETTERS BOTANY MINING NEWS DESERT QUIZ HOBBY LAPIDARY COMMENT BOOKS ...Thorn, with some leads regarding some lost gold-quartz veins reputed to be in the region, I had no trouble...Papagos secretly carried the treasure to the Esmeralda mine and buried it deep in the underground workings
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 (article/letter/editorial)
late discovery of the phenomenal Cripple Creek district, essentially subsequent to the development of...Analyses of calaverite from the Kirkland Lake district, Ontario, Canada, show up to several tenths of...1995). Calaverite is known from the Star mine in Montgomery County, North Carolina, where it occurs rarely...Vindicator mine, Haralson County, and the Consolidated and Singleton mines of the Dahlonega district, Lumpkin...Lumpkin County, Georgia. Although similarly almost unknown in the north-central states, it occurs as 5-mm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE RICH ORES OF GOLDFIELD, C. F. TOLMAN NEVADA. ā€¢ Aā€¢D J. W. AMBROSE. INTRODUCTION RICH gold and..."bonanza"goldoresnoneare moreinteresting than thosefrom Goldfield,Nevada. They are extraordinarily richin freegold...Ransome,F. L.: The Geologyand Ore Depositsof Goldfield,Nevada. U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper 66, ā€¢9o9. 255...conclusivelythat gold is the last of the ore minerals (except quartz) to be introduced and that it cuts and intricatelyreplacesolder...metacolloidaltextureswere recognized. THE RICH ORES OF GOLDFIELD, NEV./ID./I. 257 ALUNITE AND THE THEORY OF
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY AND ORE-DEPOSITS DISTRICT, OF THE GOLDFIELD NEVADA2 F. L. RANSOME. PART II. MINES AND...divisions,which may be cohvenientlydesignatedthe "Goldfield" and "Diamondfield" groups. Of these the first... of the output of the district and includessuch well-known mines as the Mohawk, Combination, Florence...in rhyolite; a very importantgroup northeastof Goldfield,which is mainly in dacite, although latite is...found in the deeperlevels, and includesthe Red Top, Mohawk, Combination,January and Jumbo minesof the Gol
Report (volume)
Geology of the Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda C::ounty, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY evada BULLETIN ... Geology. of the Red Mountain Mining District, Es:meralda County, Nevada By W. J. KEITH ---~-------...1933Geology of the Red Mountain mining district, Esmeralda County, Nevada (Geological Survey Bulletin 1423)... Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.-Nevada-Esmeralda Co. 3. Geology-Nevada-Esmeralda Co. I. Title. II. Series:...<1eologic map of the Red Mountain mmmg district, Esmeralda County, Nevada ---------------------------------------
Book (volume)
tabshddderess CEseeeeeTeNCRE CHAT RAILROADS OF NEVADA VOLUME f Undoubtedly one of the best, most... (Southern Pacific Collection.) RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA p pa AU RN NSS NNN...University of Nevada Press Reno Las Vegas London Without Nevada's railroads, the Nevada of today could...been published in its present form. Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California by David F. Myrick: Volume...San Diego, California, in 1980; the University of Nevada Press edition reproduces the original except for
Report (issue)
Elen1ents Near Ore Bodies in the Oxidized Zone at Goldfield, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL SPOkANE~...at Goldfield, Nevada By R. P. ASHLEY and]. P. ALBE~S GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GOLDFIELD MINING...MINING .DISTRICT, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 843-A An evaluation of nine elements...prospecting in the hydrothermally altered area at Goldfield Ā·.': 'ā€¢ !.'Ā· UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTINĀ·G...zone at Goldfield, Nevada. (Geology and geochemistry of the Goldfield Mining District, Nevada) (Geological
Report (issue)
which are situated in the Palmetto mining district, in Santa ' Cruz County, about 10 miles north of the Mexican...the center of which the 3 R mines are located. Quartz and.orthoclase in large phenocrysts and their aggregates...be primary, occur in both the orthoclase and the quartz. Apatite and zircon are present as accessories...that of the Blue Rock No. 8, southeast of the 3 R mine and belonging to the east-west system. The rock...orthoclase, so that the rock consists chiefly of quartz and alunite with a little pyrite and chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrenceshave been briefly described and illustrated in Mining and Scientific Press, January 26 and June 8, x9o7...ƟCableMine, Montana(calcite,S.); near Quigley,Montana (quartz, S.). ClearCreek,SanJuan,Ouray,and SummitCounties...and Kemp). Yavapai Cā€¢mnty,Arizona (Kemp). Goldfield,Nevada(with aluniteandquartz;Ransome, S.). Calif...stances in quartzfissureveinsand"pocketseams" (quartz,or quartzwith calcite;in onecasequartzand fluorite;S... Shasta County, California (Kemp). One occurrencein Black Hills, S. Dakota (calcite, quartz, and fluorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphicrocks which accompanies this paper, severalinā€¢ Mining engineerand geologist,IO4 John Street, New York...of metamorphicwith igneous rocks were noted. The quartz-dioritegneiss,numberten in the table, was first...pegmatiteand Lindgren2 a vein. In the early days of mining geology, the great distanceto which impregnationand...concentrates. The siliceousores of the Ragged Top District in the Black Hills carryingfrom $ā€¢oo to $200 in...the state of Colorado, Rickard says: "Profitable mining for gold and silver has been performedin formationsbelongingto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SecondarySulfatesat Goldfield, Nevada Abstract The Goldfield mining district of western Nevada is at the site...underlyingpre-Tertiary plutonic and metasedimentary rocks of the district are intensely and extensively altered. Tabular...fractures. Alunite is widespreadthroughout the district in the altered areas. Primary alunite pervadesthe... 618 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SULFATES AT GOLDFIELD, NEVADA forms sulfides,and SO2 is ultimately oxidized...hydrothermalfluid. In con- northeastof the town of Goldfield, at the intersection trast to hypogenesulfates
 
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