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Corundum from
Sweetwater Creek, Ruby Range, Madison County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweetwater Creek, Ruby Range, Madison County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:249363
Long-form Identifier:1:3:249363:3
GUID (UUID V4):c9e417e9-ab8d-4f8b-9693-daa9e47cc078
Nearest other occurrences of Corundum
29.6km (18.4 miles) Camp Creek Corundum Occurrence, Ruby Range, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
57.6km (35.8 miles) Norris Deposit, Madison County, Montana, USA
63.0km (39.1 miles) Beartrap corundum deposit, Madison County, Montana, USA
65.8km (40.9 miles) Gilliam prospect, Madison County, Montana, USA
66.3km (41.2 miles) Beaver Creek Occurrence, Gallatin County, Montana, USA
77.7km (48.2 miles) Gallatin Corundum Deposit (Montana Curundum; Fuller-Old Corundum), Gallatin Gateway (Salesville), Gallatin County, Montana, USA
78.6km (48.8 miles) Elk Creek corundum deposit (Montana Mine; Gallatin deposit; Flying D), Gallatin County, Montana, USA
85.5km (53.1 miles) Bozeman Corundum Co. Mine, Gallatin Gateway, Gallatin County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Bedded Iron Deposits of the Southwestern Ruby Range, Montana , , 'A " U,S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Bedded Iron Deposits of the Southwestern Ruby Range, Montana By HAROLD L. JAMES With a section on THE...THE KELLY IRON DEPOSIT OF THE NORTHEASTERN RUBY RANGE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1495...and mineral deposits of the southwestern Ruby Range, Montana UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...bedded iron deposits of the southwestern Ruby Range, Montana. (U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
Book (volume)
locations in Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South...QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota,...Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota...Numbers Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...* D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite...Chicago, Illinois, Marcus Daly Pruett of Butte, Montana, Walter Wright of the Prospectors Shop and Herbert...Growth of interest in these uses has broadened the range of gem materials to include more species, such as...^ (& \ ^^ GARNET KYANITE IOLITE SPHALERITE RUBY i^b TOPAZ CRYSTALS TOURMALINE CRYSTALS (Cro»$-$«ction
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...DEMCO 38-297 KEY 4& Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu...Growth of interest in these uses has broadened the range of gem materials to include more species, such as...as hard as talc and more than twice as hard as corundum. TABLE A. MOHS' HARDNESS SCALE Talc 6. Orthoclase...Quartz 3. Calcite 8. Topaz 4. Fluorite 9. Corundum 5. Apatite 1. 10. Diamond HOWTO IDENTIFY
Book (volume)
brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho;...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2.52 ct), yellow (4...large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning and is expected to produce large quantities
Book
A Range Guide to MINES and MINERALS " How and Where A ,-A 1 to Find Valuable Ores and Minerals...quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by Jay Ellis Did...of popular the Ellis Ransom, Rock-huntefs Range Guide, tells everything you need to know to go about...secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification, the...igneous, sedimentary, Once and metamorphic. the range has been determined (Continued on back flap) 0964
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i • I...73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 30 Live Oak \ Llano \ Madison Mason Matagorda Nolan Pecos Presidio Real Reeves...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corundum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9. Map showing Sweetwater Creek Formation type locality . . . . . . . . .... . .... 26 15. Geologic map of the Pumpkinvine Creek and Canton Formations . . . . . . . . . . . . ....a. Rare-earth element data for the Pumpkinvine Creek Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Photograph of relict pillows in the Pumpkinvine Creek Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book
topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...minerals that led to rich mines rn Arrzona and Montana 7 - (Left) Quarry 1n Val di Serra, Trenhno...underground. At the other great copper center, Butte, Montana. former underground mines have been opened to the...tittle boxes Specimens best adapted for home display range rn size from a strawberry ( 12 inch by 1 rnch) to...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with
Report (issue)
Four areas of peridotite near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Ark., were known at the time of the writer's visit...1912. One of these, that near the mouth of Prairie Creek, has been known to geologists since 1842. The rock... 1906, in the area near the moutji, of Prairie Creek, and, according to D. B. Sterrett,2 approximately...pp. 187-194. Fuller, J. T., Diamond mine in Pike County, Ark.: Eng. and Min. Jour., vol. 87, 1909, pp....C., and Brackett, E. N., The peridotite of Pike County, Ark.: Am. Jour. Sci., 3d ser. vol. 38, 1889, pp
Book (volume)
Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...oligoclase feldspar (5.04 et), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2 .52 et), yellow (4...large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning and is expected to produce large quantities...market and fetch prices comparable to similar size-range emeralds. The United States continues to supply...members. Searches could be confined to terrains and creek beds that expose .. Vll Preface types of rocks
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...11 Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Science Ser. [Paleontology Pub.] Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly;...Mont. Bur. Mines and Geology Mem.; Misc. Contr. Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Memoirs; Miscellaneous...Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Transjactions. Madison, Wis. World Oil. Houston, Texas. World Petroleum
Report (volume)
Death Valley-Kingston Range district_________ Inyo Range-Northern Panamint Range district._____-___Deposits...---_ 23 25 26 27 28 29 29 29 31 32 32 32 33 Montana._--__---___-_-__________-____-____--_-___-_-_----_--...Geologic map of the Chatsworth district, Murray County, Ga., showing the location of the principal talc...Geologic sketch map of the Dillon-Ennis district, Montana, showing the location of the principal talc deposits...Nevada-_________---_-___-4. Allamoore district, Hudspeth County, Tex___________ 16 19 36 46 CONTENTS TABLES
Report (issue)
Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer..._ Surficial, fluvial, and beach deposits __ _ Montana _____________________________ _ Crystalline rocks...Spruce Pine district ____________ Madison County and Haywood County _____________________ _ Zirconia district...monazite belt in the Piedmont province __ Stokes County and Surry County_ Wilkes, Alexander, Catawba, Caldwell
Report (volume)
Umpleby.... The Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nev., by J. M. Hill...... Survey publications...W. Pack.................. Clay in northwestern Montana, by C. M. Bauer.......................... Survey...sulphate in the Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, Cal., by U.S. Gale............................................. 428 Borate deposits in Ventura County, Cal., by H. S. Gale.................. 434 Potash...SULPHUR AND PYKITE : < Sulphur deposits in Park County, Wyo., by D. F. Hewett............... 477 Survey
Report (volume)
Mayr, E., 2. Davis, M. J., 1. Boulder batholith, Montana: Knopf, Various species: Link, T. A., A., 9. 13...Hershey, H. G. , 2. scale: Spieker, E. M., 3. Iron-range rocks, origin: Tanton, Distribution in geologic...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:
Report (volume)
operating in the valley floor of Horse Creek, Aiken County, S.C.-----------------5. Suction dredge of...of the National Lead Co., Duval County, Fla. 6. Battery of Humphrey spirals at the plant of the National...National Lead Co., Duval County, Fla.-------------------7. Concentrating plant of Humphrey spirals on a barge...of the E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co. in Clay County, Fla. ----------------------8. Suction dredge of...Nemours and Co., at the southern plant, in Clay County, Fla. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Aerial view of
Report (issue)
Each article was read, annotated, and indexed by county, subject, and geological age where applicable....geographic area of the subject was. greater than a county, subdivisions of the state, based upon physiographic...Varved sediments from one outcrop in Effingham County, across the Savannah River from Berry's Landing...(and HcConnell, Keith Ian) Geologic guide to Sweetwater Creek State Park: Georgia Geol. Survey [Geologic...popular account of the geology of the park in Douglas County. Descriptions of marked sites along marked trails
Book (edition)
Grasshopper Glacier in the Custer National Forest of Montana, where thousands of grasshoppers were frozen into...by the Bureau of Land Management, in state and county parks and forests, and in private parks as well...camping in the Bighorn Canyon recreation area in Montana; the Blackfeet have campsites at Chewing Blackbone...Flathead reservation near the small town of Dixon, Montana, also contains campsites that are open to visitors...philosophy. “Although we do provide for a wide range of experience levels, we feel that the primary need
Report (issue)
GENERAL HEDUCTION COM PANY. PIKES PEAK, TWIGGS COUNTY. Plloto by S. I.V. JllcCalb'e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...deposits ........................... . 32-60 Wilkinson County ...................................... ." .. ..................................... . 59 Baldwin County ......................................... . 59~60... 59-60 Twiggs County ......•..................................... 60 Washington County ................. 66-91 Sumter County ........................................... . 66-78 Sweetwater mine ...•......
Report (issue)
Big Laurel Creek district ......................................................... Horse Creek basin.....Helton Creek district............................................................. Wilson Creek basin...Fox Creek basin ................................................................. Guffeys Creek basin...................................... Middle Fox Creek basin................................................................. ..................... Elk Creek district.......................................
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER JR., California...parts of several sections, by R. M. Stewart COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines Ferry Building...CAMPBELL, Director AND GEOLOGY State Geologist COUNTY REPORT ^ Price $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT...granodiorite Indian Mountain leucogranodiorite Escondido Creek leucogranodiorite __ Roblar leucogranite Other...associated pyroclastic and sedimentary rocks Fish Creek gypsum Tertiary system Miocene-Pliocene rocks
Report (volume)
Copperopolis, California____________________ 233 Shasta County, California______ _ __ 234 Snowstorm lode, Coeur...Breckenridge, Colorado^. __________________ 295 Gilpin County, Colorado.-____________________ 297 Rico, Colo...Morgan mine, Queensland________________ 343 Cripple Creek, Colorado__________________ 345 Goldfleld, Neva...(lead-silver deposits) 370 Lead deposits of Custer County, Colorado 371 Zinc__________________________________...Washoe County, Nev.;' C, Mount Lyell copper district, Tasmania; D, Engels mine, Plumas County, Cal_______________
Journal (volume)
Tin Mining in Bolivia. Coal Alining in Montana. Gold in Montana. Ainsworth, Samuel Colcord, F. F. Lyons...Mining and Metallurgy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Antimony. Kennedy, J. Haworth, Erasmus...White, Morgantown Wisconsin ... . E. A. Birge, Madison Wyoming. Edwin Hall, Cheyenne New Jersey. New... Arkansas. California. Colorado. Michigan . Montana. New Mexico .. Pennsylvania . South Dakota.. Tennessee...Soda Salts. Copperas. 250 Sulphur and. Pyrites. Corundum and Emery. 251 Talc and Soapstone. Cryolite. 253
Book (volume)
the Vermilion Range, by layers of slate within the iron formation, as on the Mesabi Range, 10 or by the...quartzite and igneous dykes, as on the Gogebic Range. Where the troughs are large and uniform, the alteration...features of each district is as follows:- Vermilion Range.-The VermiJion district lies in north-eastern Minnesota...The pitch of the ore deposits is parallel to the range, as it is in the Menominee, Marquette, and P enokee-Gogebic...their respective, tonnages, is shown below. The range for ea,eh constituent is fro1n the cargo analyse
 
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