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Mordenite from
Zeolite deposit, Sand Springs Mining District, Sand Springs Range, Churchill County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Mordenite
Formula:(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96 · 28H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mordenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zeolite deposit, Sand Springs Mining District, Sand Springs Range, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:283195
Long-form Identifier:1:3:283195:4
GUID (UUID V4):16ce4086-02d5-4b5a-bd89-3fe3a528fe01
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
.............................................. Nevada .................................................central Nevada, and eastern and southeastern Oregon. The host rocks are chiefly lacustrine and range in age...and 0.1-10 (im thick. INTRODUCTION Erionite, a zeolite, was originally described and named by Eakle (1898)...locality at the Durkee opal mine near Durkee, Baker County, Oregon. The name was derived from a Greek word...hand lens. For more than half a century, this zeolite was considered extremely rare, and no additional
Report (issue)
basaltic rocks. Most of the large, attractive zeolite specimens in museum collections have been obtained...clinoptilolite, erionite, heulandite, laumontite, mordenite, and phillipsite commonly make up the major part...Clinoptilolite is by far the most commonly reported zeolite in sedimentary deposits. Most zeolites in sedimentary...fragments. Extensive and relatively pure beds of zeolite, however, occur in Cenozoic deposits of the Western...of many deposits, and the probable low cost of mining suggest greatly increased utilization in many industrial
Report (issue)
................ Description of bibliography Zeolite bibliography 1 ................................environments. The most common and perhaps best known zeolite occurrences are in the cavities and fractures of...basaltic rocks. Most of the large, attractive zeolite specimens in museum collections have been obtained...added to each bibliographic entry include the zeolite name as well as terms relating to the fields of...using the Boolean And, Or, and Not features. Zeolite Bibliography Page 1 Ach, J. A., H. D. King,
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............. 1 Description of bibliography Zeolite bibliography ...................................environments. The most common and perhaps best known zeolite occurrences are in the cavities and fractures of...basaltic rocks. Most of the large, attractive zeolite specimens in museum collections have been obtained...added to each bibliographic entry include the zeolite name as well as terms relating to the fields of...using the Boolean And, Or, and Not features. Zeolite Blbllography(Pre-'85) Page 1 Ababi, V., N. Bilba
Journal (issue)
Oil Company has plugged and abandoned Columbia County 24-28, located in sec. 28, T. 6 N., R. 5 W. Total...35-1, located in sec. 35, T. 4 S., R. 1 W., Marion County. Because of mechanical difficulties, the operator...1987 Field trip guide to the Sheaville and Rome zeolite deposits, southeastern Oregon by R.A. Sheppard...modified version of "Field Trip Stop 3, Sheaville Zeolite Deposit, Sheaville, Oregon," and Part B is a version...version of "Field Trip Stops 4 and 5, Rome Zeolite Deposit, Rome, Oregon," both of which originally appeared
Report (issue)
DIAGENETIC FLUORITE IN THE EASTGATE ZEOLITE DEPOSIT, CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA By Richard A. Sheppard and Arthur... DIAGENETIC FLUORITE IN THE EASTGATE ZEOLITE DEPOSIT, CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA By Richard A. Sheppard and Arthur...Pliocene lacustrine deposit near Rome, Oregon. Subsequent studies of this deposit showed that fluorite...New Mexico, (Tourtelot and Meier, 1976) and in zeolite-bearing lacustrine sediments of Quaternary age...diffractometer records of samples collected for zeolite studies. Additional samples were then collected
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may impede the prospecting for, and the eventual mining and processing of minerals. These laws, rules,... and regulations can be either Federal, State, County, or Local, legislated or promulgated and enforced...the prospector from actively seeking a mineral deposit or developing an ore body. The highly restrictive...Department of Mineral Resources publication describes Zeolite deposits in Arizona. This report is made possible...Ted H. Eyde, consulting geologist and G.W. Irvin, mining engineer for the Department of Mineral Resources
Report (issue)
Mineral Warm Springs Wilderness Study Area, Mohave County, Arizona U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Mineral Resources of the Warm Springs Wilderness Study Area, Mohave County, Arizona By FLOYD GRAY, ROBERT...Mineral resources of the Warm Springs wilderness study area, Mohave County, Arizona / by Floyd Gray...[et...and mineral resources Arizona Warm Springs Wilderness. 2. Warm Springs Wilderness (Ariz.) I. Gray, Floyd...of part of the Warm Springs Wilderness Study Area (AZ-020-028/029), Mohave County, Arizona. CONTENTS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals: K-rich and (K,Ca)-rich clinoptilolite, mordenite, opal-CT, and clay minerals, Halite is also present...the type of K-rich heulandite-group zeolite that formed. Mordenite postdates the heulanditegroup zeolites...zeolites and opal-CT. Some mordenite has replaced the rims of glass shards. The alteration minerals are not...Words-Clinoptilolite, Diagenesis, Mordenite, Pyroclastic, Tuff, Zeolite. U~AWODC ua~~ ,wv npo-x~A5~PLXWV...H D~LO,~(OU INTRODUCTION Clinoptilolite and mordenite are common authigenic minerals in sedimentary
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MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WARM SPRINGS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA By Floyd Grays, Robert...of part of the Warm Springs Wilderness Study Area (AZ-020-028/029), Mohave County, Arizona. 2 II CONTENTS...Acknowledgments 12 Appraisal of identified resources 12 Mining history 12 Appraisal of sites examined 13 Gold-...veins 13 Oatman district veins 13 Cook mine and vicinity 14 Veins south of Warm Springs 15 Pegmatite 15...15 Zeolite 15 Perlite 16 Kaolin 18 Conclusions 18 Assessment of mineral resource potential 18 Geology
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Department of the Interior Geological Survey ZEOLITE MINERAL GROUP BIBLIOGRAPHY By Barry A. Hayhurst...their assistance in our search for the perfect zeolite reference. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction................. 12 Alphabetical Listing of the Zeolite Bibliography.............. 17 INTRODUCTION This...by geologists and researchers in the field of zeolite mineralogy. The compilers searched for those literature...laboratory. For ease of search, the citations in this zeolite bibliography have been listed alphabetically and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diagenesisof silicic pyroclastic rocks near Lovelock, Nevada SrBpnBN B. Rrcn* Exxon Researchand Engineeringcompany...S.A. Knrrn G. PIPrB 2180 SchroederWay, Sparks,Nevada 89431' U.S.A. Devro E. W. Ylucn.lN Exxon Researchand...Jersey08801, u.s.A. Ansrru'cr The zeolites ferrierite, mordenite, and clinoptilolite have formed with smectite...sequenceof rhyolitic pyroclastic rocks near Lovelock, Nevada. Fiigh activities of silica and magnesia were required...basalts.Thus, origins of the Lovelock ferrierite deposit may have involved both lacustrine deposition and
Report (volume)
Hydrothermal conversion of trachytic glass to zeolite. 3. Monocationic model glasses. Clays Clay Minerals...before all the Bz B + ions initially present in the zeolite are replaced. Thus, it is not” always possible…...Doh KS, Park YT (1980) Study on adsorption by zeolite in dyeing wastewater treatment. Hwahah Konghak...Ind 7:241-245 Dyer A (1988) An Introduction to Zeolite Molecular Sieves. John Wiley & Sons, New York,...1977. Dr. Fred Mumpton, a leader of the natural zeolite community for more than three decades, edited the
Book
r I ,i • • • .•' \ • . L.B. SAND Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass F. A. MUMPTON...Properties, Use "A selection of papers presented at Zeolite, 76, an International Conference on the Occurrence...Zeolites, Tucson, Arizona, June 1976" Edited by L. B. SAND Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts...Data Zeolite '76 (Conference), Tucson Natural zeolites. 1. Zeolites - Congresses I. Title II. Sand, LB...of Cations and Molecules in Zeolites with the Mordenite-type Framework. IV. Dehydrated and' Rehydrated
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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geological and mining community who wish to become better acquainted with the modern ideas about zeolite minerals...Gonnardite, Edingtonite Group 6 (T8016 Units) . Mordenite . Dachiardite, Ferrierite v Edith M. Flanigen...SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION ZEOLITE FORMATION IN SILICIC TEPHRA DEPOSITS . . ZEOLITE FORMATION IN LOW-SILICA...Sheppard 93 94 99 102 GRADES INTRODUCTION SELECTED ZEOLITE OCCURRENCES FROM THE CIRCUM-PACIFIC AREA New Zealand...rocks .. LITHOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND STABILITY OF ZEOLITE SPECIES Heulandite-group Minerals Lithology Chemistry
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caldera of Newberry Volcano contains several hot-springs, fumaroles, and young silicic obsidian flows that...of waters from nearby East Lake Hot Springs and Paulina Hot Springs are also compromised by various kinds...as fragmental rocks of about the same chemical range (Sammel, 1981; MacLeod and Sammel, 1982; Fig. 2...brecciated or sedimentary zones. Several hydrothermal zeolite minerals, carbonates, clays, silica, sulfides,...drill hole between about 300 and 932 m. ZEOLITE MINERALS Zeolite minerals in the Newberry 2 drill core
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and field description Petrology of tuffs in the zeolite zone 8 Diagenetic minerals 10 Clinoptilolite 10...Snake River Plain 2 Photograph of Castle Creek zeolite deposit with Ben-Jel bentonite mine in background 3...River Plain showing the 9 distribution of the zeolite zone in the Chalk Hills Formation Photograph of...section showing interfingering of fresh-glass and zeolite 9 zones Photographs of clinoptilolite-rich marker...consisting of smectite, clinoptilolite, and 11 mordenite 15. Hollow pseudomorph of shards consisting of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey Abstract—Sedimentary zeolite occurrences are widespread in Central and Western...phases and chemical characteristics of the each deposit were evaluated by examination of the activity diagrams...alkalinity of the system and is stable in only a limited range of thermochemical conditions. Key Words—Activity-dia...erionite-bearing deposits are known carcinogens, all zeolite deposits appear to have been given that label.... occurrences and paragenetic relations of the zeolite group were examined in the present study with special
Book
there has been an extraordinary development in zeolite science; six International Conferences on Zeolites...of the Mordenite Group. . . . . The Frameworks of the Heulandite Group .... The Cages in Zeolite Frameworks...Frameworks ........... Cation Sites in Zeolite Frameworks .......... 1 1 4 4 8 9 14 19 21 28 33 34 1.2...2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Zeolites of the Mordenite Group ............ Mordenite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 351 Mineral and Synthetic Zeolite Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 387 Locality
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
Report (issue)
LOWER OWYHEE CANYON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON By James G. Evansl, Robert L. Turner2,...Canyon Wilderness Study Area, (OR-003-110) Malheur County, Oregon 2 CONTENTS Summary 4 Abstract 4 Character...resources 6 Methods 6 Mining history 8 Appraisal of commodities examined 8 Zeolite minerals 8 Clay 9 Decorative...Decorative stone 9 Metallic minerals 10 Sand and gravel 10 Other commodities 10 Assessment of mineral...Lower Owyhee Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Malheur County, Oregon 5 Map showing mineral resource potential
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
291-298, 1987 Mordenite tuff from the Itaoroshi Miyagicho, Miyagi zeolite deposit , Prefecture ...Japan Fourteen specimens of mordenite tuff from the Itaoroshi zeolite deposit, Miyagi-cho, Miyagi Prefecture...Shirasawa formation at the vicinity of the zeolite deposit. The bulk chemical composition of them is fairly...with that of mordenite. Also the significant correlations were recognized among mordenite content, carbon...meters in thickness. While in the lower part, the mordenite content decreases as the depth increases. Average
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence of potential economic interest. This zeolite, widely distributed in many countries of the world...characterization of the minerals of each single deposit. Previous research focused on sectors characterized...and further con®rmed the limited extent, from a mining prospection viewpoint, of regional scale mineralization...succession is given by the deep erosion that the deposit su€ered. It is, however, possible to propose a...basement and from reworked underlying volcanites. The deposit is primarily composed of ash layers, pumice, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
study has been made of a large clinoptilolite deposit in the Lesser Caucasus (Azerbaidzhan SSR). The...clinoptilolite, and it is often confused with mordenite, ptilolite, and heulandite. Taking into consideration...clinoptilolite, the authors investigated a series of zeolite deposits of the Azerbaidzhan SSR (Kashkai, ~947...Among zeolite deposits, the clinoptilolite ones (having formed like the heulandite~ mordenite, and others...the Lesser Caucasus, the Tauz region, with the deposit studied by us, is characterized by anticlines and
 
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