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Alunite from
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Alunite
Formula:KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments:confirmed by SEM/EDS, BSE, associated with plumbojarosite
Habit:hexagonal plates
Colour:pale yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:235304
Long-form Identifier:1:3:235304:3
GUID (UUID V4):4a1712b5-245a-4ee2-aa4e-372ad41102f7
Nearest other occurrences of Alunite
13.8km (8.6 miles) Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
41.4km (25.7 miles) Chimney Creek Mine (Chimney Prospect), Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
60.1km (37.3 miles) Silver Cloud Mine, Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
63.7km (39.6 miles) Governor Mine (Hunt property; Silver Fox Mine; Combination Mine; Florence Mine; Portland claims), Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
67.2km (41.8 miles) Hollister deposit (Ivanhoe/USX; Butte; Velvet; Clementine), Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
74.5km (46.3 miles) Zunyite occurrence (Zun claims), Scraper Springs Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
75.8km (47.1 miles) Sleeper mine, Awakening Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
79.3km (49.3 miles) Deep Post orebody, Betze-Post pit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
80.6km (50.1 miles) Greater Goldstrike- North Mines, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
82.2km (51.1 miles) Post Deposit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F2·2H2O Fluorowardite Crystal Data: Tetragonal. Point Group: 422. As tetragonal bipyramidal crystals,... X-ray Powder Pattern: Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. 4.766 (100), 3.099 (75)...3.98 13.45 100.00 (1) Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA; average of 8 electron microprobe...F-rich secondary phosphate assemblage. Association: Alunite, barite, cacoxenite, chlorargyrite, fluorapatite...phosphate stope, Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Name: The fluorine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA Department of Mineralogy...Helberta Avenue, #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA Geosciences, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne...(IMA2009 087) from the Silver Coin mine, Nevada, USA and the Krásno ore district, Hornı́ Slavkov, Czech...Czech Republic. At Silver Coin, iangreyite occurs as thin, colourless to white or cream, hexagonal tablets...there is perfect cleavage on {001}. The density (Silver Coin), measured by the sink-float method in an aqueous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phosphate analogue of carminite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada, USA A. R. KAMPF1,*, P. M. ADAMS2, S...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA 126 South Helberta Avenue...Avenue #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA Geosciences, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne...Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA [Received 28 May 2015; Accepted 10 September 2015;...mineral from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA, where it occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California...locality of meurigite-Na is the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Nevada, where it occurs as radial...fibers (thin laths) to 0.4 mm in length. At the Silver Coin mine, meurigite-Na occurs very late in a paragenetic...apatite-(CaF), goethite, rockbridgeite, cacoxenite, alunite, wardite, turquoise/chalcosiderite, leucophosphite...phosphofibrite, new mineral, crystal chemistry, Silver Coin mine intRoduction One of the authors (P.M.A.)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Huber open pit, Czech Republic and the Silver Coin mine, Nevada, USA S. J. MILLS1,*, J. SEJKORA2, A. R. KAMPF3...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA CSIRO Process Science...Helberta Avenue, #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University...open pit, Krásno ore district, Czech Republic and the Silver Coin mine, Nevada, USA. Krásnoite is the...reach 0.1 mm on edge at Krásno and 0.4 mm at Silver Coin. At both localities, krásnoite occurs very late
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluorine analog of wardite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada Anthony R. Kampf1,*, Paul M. Adams2...Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...mineral from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, U.S.A., where it...spectroscopy; electron microprobe analysis; Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada Introduction Wardite, NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O...well-known Clay Canyon deposit near Fairfield in Utah County, which is also the type locality for englishite
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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of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...ALONG THE 1-80 CORRIDOR, RENO TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA R. Cuffney, R. Atkinson and R. Buffa Revised 1990...north-south ranges of central and northeastern Nevada (Fig. I). These belts, or their extensions, contain...vast majority of precious metal deposits found in Nevada to date. Our trip begins in the Walker Lane mineral
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m'vadla Gold, Silver, and Copper Deposits and Their 11Iclllrrerals DAVID VON BARGEN N112 W18695 Mequon...been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861) and...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic... Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver Downloaded by...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first
Journal (issue)
identify many minerals in my collection. 4 A Point to Ponder Noel Kennon (Reprinted from the Australian...and finding new material, such as:  Current day mining operations – Blast it!  Litigation-minded people...material recently discovered at the Blue Lizard Mine in southeastern Utah has produced a whole set of...the Silver Coin Mine. IMA No. 2015-077 Fluorwavellite Al3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron...Iron Point district, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA (40°55’44”N, 117° 19’26”W), and Wood mine, 5 miles NE of
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...sources dealing specifically with that subject. Three iron meteorite occurrences are included because they...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk
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ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition... A. 2(1):21-24 Heulandite from the Illawarra District, NSW. Carr, P., Perkins, M., Chenhall, B., Pemberton...Nickel, E. 1(2):27 Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and...Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell,...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit
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 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 (issue)
Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear in the specimen...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...specimenand image. Nickel Laterite From the Tiebaghi Mine, New Caledonia Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PHOSPHATE MINERAL PARAGENESIS AT THE SILVER COIN MINE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA, P. M. Adams. 126 S. Helberta...2, Redondo Beach, CA 90277. The Silver Coin mine was a small silver producer where a diverse assemblage...minerals is given by Thomssen and Wise (2004). The mine has become known for crystalline turquoise and is...krásnoite, fluorowardite, and ferribushmakinite. At the mine, small Cretaceous igneous bodies intrude black cherts...consist of primary quartz with sericite, kaolinite, alunite, and jarosite. They have a spotted appearance and
Journal (issue)
"Recent Rare Mineral Finds at Southern California and Nevada Mines". Bob is an active member of the Mineralogical...National Park, on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada range. Here, on a forty-acre property complete...he beg;m working on microminerals of the Sierra Nevada foothills. His basic micromount collection was...was "Micromincrals at Rock Island Dam, Douglas County, Washington" in the May/June 1991 issue of Rocks... To my surprise, the needle showed in XRF to be iron titanium oxide in the same proportions as the ilmenite
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MINER.4LIZ.4TION EMPL.4CENE.4R THE GETCHELL MINE, HUMBOLDT CO UNTY, NEV.4D.4---• REPLY Sir: Severalcommentsare...between the Getchell mine and the Humnear the Getchellmine, Humboldt County, Nevada. boldtRiver, about32...km to the south (J. Liverfull cognizance of the mining, exploration,and re- more, written commun.,1974)...his last association mine,furthermore, is locatedonly 200 m from the with the mine in the late 1950s. Our...Mountains granodiorite stock. work around the Getchell mine, careful review of K-Ar age relations(Silbermanet
Journal (issue)
Various Forms of Alunite From the Cactus Gold Mines Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex Kern County, California...volcanic complex is located in southeastern Kern County, approximately 9 miles southwest of the town of...epithermal, bulk-mineable precious-metal (gold and silver) deposits, which were mined by Cactus Gold Mines/Coca...440,000 ounces of gold and 5.3 million ounces of silver were extracted from the deposits at Middle Buttes...Buttes (Blaske, et. al. 1991). Fig. 1a: Alunite crystalapproximately0.5 mm acrossin drusy coaling on altered
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ 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...infor­ 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 min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
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in Nevada Martin Jensen Earth Science Consultants Associated 1242 Glendale Avenue Sparks, Nevada 89413...may come as somewhat or a surprise to learn that Nevada could actually be considered a prominent worldwide...have been exposed by recent or currently active mining operations. The following disContinued on page...Gold Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana Mike...small wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana (Sec. 28, T 5 N, R 1 W), some interesting
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mineral from the Grand Central Mine, Tombstone Hills, Cochise County, Arizona: Description and crystal...tellurate mineral discovered at the Grand Central mine located ¾ mile south of Tombstone, Arizona, U.S...are in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A. D.B. Bluestreakite* A.R. Kampf...decavanadate mineral from the Blue Streak Mine, Montrose County, Colorado: crystal structure and descriptive...mineral discovered at the Blue Streak mine, Bull Canyon, Montrose County, Colorado, U.S.A. It is the second
Report (volume)
Railroad Valley-Grant Range region, eastcentral Nevada, from interpretation of potential-field anomalies...geology and mineral deposits of the Berenguela district, northwestern Bolivia By Alan R. Wallace, Richard...and Nora Shew..................... 87 Gold and silver in acid-sulfate alteration and quartz-sericite-pyrite...inclusions in vein quartz from Battle Mountain, Nevada By Edwin H. McKee, James E. Conrad, Brent D. Turrin...White River National Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado By Margo
Book (edition)
MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...sulfosalts (Moelo et al., EJM 20, 7-46, 2008), alunite supergroup (Bayliss et al., MM 74, 919-927, 2010)
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Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’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)
INTRODUCTION. reports are those on the Mercur district, by J. E. Spurr and S. F. Emmons; the Bingham...Bingham The senior author, J3. S. Butler, began district, by J. M. Boutwell, Arthur Keith, and field work on...deposits of Utah in the S. F. Emmons; the Park City district, by J. M. FIELD .WORK AND AUTHORSHIP. summer...including the Deep Creek, Fish Springs, Dugway, Silver Islet, Grouse Creek, Raft River, Promontory, and...author, G. F. Loughlin, began work in the Tintic district in 1911 in collaboration with Waldemar Lindgren
 
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