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Wulfenite from
Whale Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whale Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:289154
Long-form Identifier:1:3:289154:5
GUID (UUID V4):fc158ea9-8316-41df-a755-be1a5378fcb5
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
2.1km (1.3 miles) Mobile Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Shenandoah Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Smithsonite Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Hoosier Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Singer Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Root Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Hermosa Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Fredrickson Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
4.7km (3.0 miles) Alice Mine (Yellow Pine Extension Mine; Green Mountain Mine), Goodsprings, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) Ruth Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...'Ike Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain...Mountain District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite
Report (issue)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not presently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends...They consist of base-metal vanadate minerals and wulfenite, the molybdate of lead. These minerals replace...common vanadium minerals in the vanadate deposits. Wulfenite, a molybdate of lead (PbMo0 4), is also common
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Goodspringsdistrict, Nevada ..................................... Upper MississippiValley district ..................................... Southern Appalachian district ..................................... Theoretical...1103 1104 Wulfenite 1105 ....................................................... Wulfenite-Galena-Molybdenite...Wulfenite-Galena-Molybdenite ................................. Wulfenite-Cerussite- Molybdenite .........................and hemimorphite in the Southern Appalachian district, and the predominanceof smithsoniteover hydrozincite
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
Journal (issue)
had the good fortune isiting the old and famous mining town of Freiberg, Saxony, thanks largely to the...were made around I 168, the Erzgebirge [Ore-Mountains) mining started in this area and led to the foundation...Northern Germany. Over the course ofFreiberg's long mining history with . ,._ -.... several highs - especially...Bergakademie [School of Mining] Saxony was established in 1765. Long before that, a "mining office" for Saxony...the School of Mining. The scientific and economic impact of the Freiberg Mining district is based on rich
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)
vs. Mottramite from the Whale Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...the Whale Mine, a rather obscure and defunct locality in the Goodsprings Mining District of Clark County...County, Nevada. The Whale Mine consisted of underground workings about 400 feet in length and with an approximate...tunnel yielded hemimorphite. The eastern part of the Whale group of claims has 12 short tunnels and shafts...Specimens labeled as “cuprodescloizite” from the Whale Mine date back at least as far back as the late 1940s
Journal (issue)
Newsletter $2.00 Wulfenite Fromthe MilfordMine, GoodspringsMining District,ClarkCounty,Nevada JackKepper P...netcom.com The Milford Mine is located in the Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, about 30 miles south...south of Las Vegas, in Clark County, Nevada. Production in the district ( 1856 to 1962) was dominated...zones of oxidation. The detailed mineralogy of the district has been published in the U.S. Geological Survey...Takahashi reported the presence of wulfenite in 13 mines in the district. The better material comes from
Journal (issue)
Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...the dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...obvious even when visiting some of the Garland County mines. I also planned to do some Magnet Cove collecting...not be reliable, for information about from which mine they came. Most will have forgotten but often will...just the county, is better than erroneous detailed location data. The Sweet Surrender mine near Story
Report (issue)
30 2.23 Total 100.02 100.00 (1) Bisbee, Arizona, USA; average of three analyses. (2) Pb(Cu, Zn)(VO4 )(OH)...Association: Descloizite, duftite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite, azurite, dioptase. Distribution:...Andrew, Cheshire, England. In the USA, at the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., from Bisbee,...the Total Wreck mine, Pinal Co., in the Apache mine, near Globe, and from the 79 mine, near Hayden, Gila...Mayflower mine, Socorro Peak district, Socorro Co., New Mexico; from the Whale mine, Goodsprings district
Journal (issue)
OURAY, COLORADO 6 Howard Neal GOODIES AT GOODSPRINGS 8 Mary Frances Strong TARANTULA! 12 Timothy...three states. Bisbee and the fabled Copper Queen mine were responsible for its primary construction. Volume...Myrick's Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California Vol. 7, and Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California...to form the Sunset Route. This gave impetus to mining and agriculture and in turn intensified the construction..." In the Ute language the word meant "hot water spring." Long before any white man set his eyes upon the
Journal (issue)
by The Mineralogical Record, lnc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus...Scheelite-David and Marcie Bristol collection, page 42; Wulfenite-Gail and Jim Spann collection, page 253. (right...money. lnspired by promotional brochures touting "mountains füll of rich gold and silver ores, sulphurets...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the
Report (issue)
'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N... wA A 7 PROSPECT 15N 02E 27 MU AMOLE DISTRICT BANNER DISTRICT BLUE HELL GROUP 19N 215W 101 35-03-A wA...CUA AG BORIANA MINE 18N 115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE...CHILDS-ALOWINKLE HUN CINNABAR MINE 02N I14-19-18w 09 33-32-154A CUPRITE MINI 175 16E 28 31-55-314 110-42-30w CU AG...35 35-25-254 114-10-31W AU AG MO V EMPIRE MINE ESPERANZA MINE GROUP 185 12E SO.31-52-204 111-08-08W PB
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl...and additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction
Journal (issue)
historic pieces from assorted localities in the USA. Pieces selected from the American Philosophical...was devoted exclusively to the Tourmaline Queen mine in Pala and its big blue cap matrix pieces. (Continues...from Hungary. It seems certain that the initial mining done there predates any other commercial venture...beautiful pieces ofrhodochrosite from the Sweet Home Mine in Alma. Another big "aquarium" case was filled...consulted for his advice on how to proceed with certain mining situations. He amassed a collection and became
Catalog/List
gotten around to putting out another catalog with a whale of a list of single specimens to choose from. These...each while they last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...each #3.) Super specimens from the High Atlas Mountains, some really weird combinations and crystallizations
Report (issue)
INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY., ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist Bulletin 187...research and provide information about exploration. mining. and metallurgical processes that are needed in...Technology Branch J. Brent Hiskey Assistant Director Mining and Mineral Resources Researchlns~tute Orlo E...Affirmative Action Employer. INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist...produce copper. The Warren (Bisbee) mining district, which includes this mine, yielded 167,242,000 tons of ore
Catalog/List
ppeddler@metigoshe.ndak.net IT HAS BEEN A WILD WINTER, BUT SPRING HAS SPRUNG! OVER 60 NEW AND EXCITING ADDITIONS...free to send it our way. We wish you an a great spring and summer season, and hopefully our next winter...$138.80! The super spring special price: Only $100.00 per set. SUPER#2; The Wulfenite Collection: One each...quality of each type, totaling $59.95 in the catalog! Spring special priced at just $45.00 per set! SUPER #3;...AROUND THE WORLD** BLADED HEMJMORPHITE; Dauntless Mine, Robinson Distric!, White Pine Co., �evada: J:?irec
Catalog/List
E-Mail: ppeddler@metigoshe.ndak.net HALLELUJAH, SPRING IS HERE! 1997 CATALOG #2 Hello again and we sincerely...with flying colors and that you are enjoying the spring and looking forward to an enjoyable summer and...show schedule, and have finally finished up the spring catalog. Once again we have a wide variety of...popular and priced at $7.95 each! ARAGONITE - NEVADA: Pioche, Nevada: Excellent botryoidal, stalactitic and...00 each. AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue
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
Book
and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...SWITZERLAND ^ david WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno, Nevada, u. S. A ^ C. DOUGLAS woodhouse, Professor, University...Sydney, AUSTRALIA ^ M. dusterud, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY ^ PAUL fraenkel, collector...they are basic or rock-forming minerals of the mountains about us. This list was mailed to hundreds of...but selection was by quality, not locality. The Mining Location Map on pages 24 and 25 indicates the country
Journal (issue)
MARCH 2021 10 THE ESSENCE OF Iridescence 38 WULFENITE-MIMETITE Understanding the “Rainbow” In the Mineral...quartz matrix, West Colusa Mine, Butter Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, courtesy Heritage...courtesy of Jim Brace-Thompson; thunderegg from Oregon mine, courtesy Lori Coleman, owner of Spanish Stirrup...Rhodochrosite with Quartz & Sphalerite Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine Sweet Home lode and Pulaski lode [Patents...106 and 107]) Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park Co. Colorado, USA 5.71 x 3.73 x 2.96 inches (14.50
Book
long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted
Book (volume)
...........................................283 Nevada ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2017 174 MINERALÓGICA!. SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A report on 1950 activities to the...Committee. Speaker was Major General Julian S. Hatcher, USA (ret.), who spoke on his collecting experiences in..."Antarctic Regions" at the home of James H. Benn, Silver Spring, Md. August 19—Dr. W . F. Foshag, "Origin of Jade"... April 29 at the home of James H. Benn, Silver Spring, Md. Membership. There were 10 new members admitted...None Deceased: Mr. T- H. Brodrick; Mr. Black, Mr. Clark, and Mrs. L. W. Klopfer. Mineral Minutes Twelve
 
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