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Sphalerite from
Memphis Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Covellite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Covellite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Limonite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Memphis Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:229684
Long-form Identifier:1:3:229684:5
GUID (UUID V4):6b3ff36a-e041-49c3-9919-889223f258ad
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Poor Man's Friend prospect, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Torpedo Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Hawkeye group (Old Priest veins), Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Big Three Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Excelsior Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Stevenson-Bennett Mine (Stephenson-Bennett Mine), Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Ben Nevis Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Ophelia claim, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Iron Mask claim, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Silver Coinage Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
References
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Report (issue)
------------------- 15 The Geography of Dona Ana County---------------------------------------------...----------- 25 PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS ------------- 26 Introduction ------------... 4 CONTENTS PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Paleozoic Era—Continued Ordovician... CONTENTS 5 PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Tertiary intrusive cycle—Continued... 6 CONTENTS PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Tertiary intrusive cycle—Continued
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S....Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia
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
Report (issue)
LEAD ZUfC JLHD COBPER DEPOSITS Of THE OROUt DISTRICT, NBW MEXICO ( With a Supplement on Occurrence of Bisouth)...8 5 3 5* 5a 6 6 ? 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 11 IS 12 12 Memphis........................................... Torpedo....... Hilltop mine............................................. 21 22 Rlckardlte mine............................................. Little Bnck mine......................................... Moll ins prospect.......................... 23 26 26a 27 karrlmao mine............................................ 27
Journal (issue)
08 0 74470 02033 2 U.S. NATIONAL PARKS ORGAN MOUNTAINS PROTECTING AND PRESERVING FOSSILS TEEMING...Galaxy & Nova Wheels This machine is made in the USA by Kingsley North. Features: • Stainless Steel construction... VOL. 49 NO. 08 • AUGUST 2019 10 NORTHERN ORGAN MOUNTAINS 38 TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT COPPER Revealing...Bob Jones 56 MAXFIELD MINE 38 Exploring Utah’s Big Cottonwood Mining District 26 PALEONTOLOGY IN THE...parcels and single stones from the latest shipment. New Opal Special EWOBM-1 Medium sized rough Welo opal
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 39 The Metal Resources of New Mexico and Their Economic Features Through 1954 A revision of...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY E. J. Workman, President STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES Alvin...THE HONORABLE EDWIN L. MECHEM………...Governor of New Mexico MRS. GEORGIA L. LUSK ......................Superintendent...Dealing With the Geology and Mineral Resources of New Mexico ............................................
Book (edition)
org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them ...that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A...Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER JR. HIGH SCH LIBRARY Revised Edition UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS...ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED REVISED EDITION LIBRARY...BOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRINTING PLANT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U. S. A. FOR IVAH 1
Report (volume)
Resources of the Organ Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Dona Ana County, New Mexico U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Resources of the Organ Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Dona Ana County, New Mexico By STEVE LUDINGTON...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREASSOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL...resources of the Organ Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. (Mineral resources...resources of wilderness study areas southwestern New Mexico ; ch. D) (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1735)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...mill. So it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily...occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found with smithsonite...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...or Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire. It
Journal (issue)
................ 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico ...................................... 5...5 by W. E. Wilson Minerals first described from New M ex ico ...................................... 9...Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico ............................................ 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ...................................
Journal (issue)
+ BL ADED BARITE In the East Potrillo Mountains ROCK & GEM • Vol. 49 No. 04 • U.S. $5.99 Issue Code:...Bob Jones 42 ROCK & GEM KIDS 15 STERLING HILL MINING MUSEUM Jim Brace-Thompson Exploring Fluorescence...SHOW 52 A Bucket List ‘Must’ 16 EAST PORTILLO MOUNTAINS Bob Jones REGULAR COLUMNS Abandoned Barite...Gem & Mineral Show - Spring May 10 - 11 - 12, 2019 NEW LOCATION! HILTON COSTA MESA 3050 Bristol St. Costa...Decor and more! Neptunite Benitoite Gem Mine San Benito County,CA Martin Zinn Collection Photo by Jeff
Report (issue)
* Radioactive Deposits < in New Mexico GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report concerns work done on...DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO COMPILED BY T. G. LOVERING ABSTRACT Forty-five areas of radioactivity in New Mexico...deposits in northwestern New Mexico seem to be the most promising for the mining of uranium ore. In western...western San Juan County, on the eastern flanks of the Carrizo Mountains uplift, carnotite ore has been taken...Cretaceous age. Farther south in the Zuni Mountains of Valencia County joint coatings in pre-Cambrian granites
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 71 Mineral Resources of Taos County, New Mexico by JOHN H. SCHILLING Description of mineral...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...INSTITUTE OF MINING 8c TECHNOLOGY E. J. Workman, President STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES...Burroughs ...........................Governor of New Mexico Tom Wiley .................................................... Albuquerque For sale by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Campus Station
Report (issue)
OR PROFE SIONAL PAPER 68 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXI.CO BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN, LOUIS C. GRATON AND...PRQ)tESSIONAL PAPER 68 T·H E ORE DEPOSITS O.F NEW MEXICO.. . . ., .,· ;,.: BY WALDEMAR LINpGREN,........ . J,5 Historical sketch of mining and smelting in New Mexico....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... : . .............. - ........ .. . . T~os County, by L. C. Graton and W ..Lindgren ..... ................. . . , ... -.. . Rio Hondo. (Twining) district . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia .......................................... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to
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...Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1t/&Ud AteuA¿ OH Mlttelal Õccutienceá. Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...are interesting specimens. Centreville is in Bibb County, in the central part of Alabama. Near Odenville...the famous lead-zinc mine at Tiger, Ariz. This caption reads: "This is Tiger—mining community of about...southeastern Pinal County which probably will become a ghost town when the Saint Anthony Mining and Development...Development Company shuts down its lead-zinc mine (on hill at left). Company officials say development of the
Report (issue)
studies are brought together in this paper. The district is one of peculiar interest,, having a complicated...prepared with especial reference to the needs of the mining industry, and in such form that its conclusions...practical benefit in developing the industry in this district. Very respectfully, C. W. HATES, Geologist in........... Location and general features of the district............................................................................................... Mining...............................................
Report (issue)
87 New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...TECHNOLOGY Mineral and Water Resources of New Mexico I'repared by U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S...with: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission New Mexico...SOCORRO1977 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Cibutus R. HOLMES. Acting President NEW MEXICO BUREAU...OF REGENTS Ex Officio Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayu, Superintendent of Public Instrucilun
Journal (issue)
calcite, 11/2 inches across, Knippa Quarry, Uvalde County, Texas, photo by the author. Tucson 1999 - mouthwash...their rocks? This is a unique opportunity to see new exiting items, get specimens for your collection...There was some additional new danburite from Charcas (San Luis Potosi, Mexico). The crystals are white...nor post-mining. It came from two localities Posey Mine (San Juan Co., Utah, USA) and Planet Mine (La Paz...Paz Co., Arizona, USA). That from Posey Mine is composed of 5-10 mm veins, composed of fibers perpendicular
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...barite mines of Missouri’s several world-class mining districts could have been chosen for this issue’s...Included might have been a marvelous galena, sphalerite, or calcite specimen exhibiting gigantic, beautifully...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens...the Harborside open pit of Callahan Mining Company, Hancock County, Maine. Small, well-formed hemimorphite
Book
State Geologist Letter of Transmittal “Syracuse, New York, June 1, 1923. Dr. W. R. Jinuson. Director and...Kentucky fields-.....-....--..... 4. showing Mine, 2a. Diagram (a) illustrating normal fault, (b)...of Old Jim dike in abandoned open-cut of Old Jim Mine eLOuLl MILES west OL Marion. Ky es ae eee Photomicroeraph...64 65 91 92 93 94 Modern mine plant and company cottages at Franklin mine. Section of vein on 75 foot...ft. level, Holly mine No. 1, shaft.. Surface plant at Liberty Bond mine, Salem district... Open cut, mined
Journal (issue)
the Thomas Vein, Central l(entuclry Fluorspar District Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd. Louisville...of the more famous Illinois-Kentucky lluorspar district. (Despite the editor-produced title in Goldstein...mineral name.) The Central Kentucky lluorspar district is certainly less wellknown, having been sporadically...sporadically mined for fluorite, calcite, sphalerite and barite over the last I 00 years (most recently during...northern end of district. For a review of the ,eneral geology of history of the district, see Anderson
Report (issue)
_________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ Pag« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...Ltd., mine...... --_--______.______ Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ Tern Piute district.........district____ .________..__ Nevada Scheelite mine.. _ ______ Hooper No. 2 mine __ _____ _ _ Yankee Girl mine_______________...Mountains_____________.____ Desert Scheelite mine..... _______ Gunmetal mine _ ___________ _ Manganese-tungsten
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael...group, 13 cm, w ith calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection;...DeKalb, New York; the Helvetia district, Arizona; O ntario’s Grenville Province; the Sterling mine at Antwerp...Antwerp, New York; the Alpine veins near Sherbrooke, Quebec; the Nanisivik mine on Baffin Island; the
 
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