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Turquoise from
Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Turquoise
Formula:CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Turquoise data
Locality Data:Click here to view Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:292096
Long-form Identifier:1:3:292096:2
GUID (UUID V4):22c53c80-7890-4e83-b668-e81791b03526
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Mining Archaeology Bera sat ewan selon (1 PO cug cuknetn asc Boe BMe cry Mining played a prominent...famous Comstock Lode in Nevada in 1859, mining became increasingly industrialized, changing mining technology...world. In the wake of these changes Nevada became an important mining region, with new people and technologies...technologies further altering the ways mining was pursued and miners Tetae Historical archaeology offers...offers a research strategy for understanding mining and miners that integrates three independent sources
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Salvador, Chile; Rodalquilar, Spain and Goldfield, Nevada. Supergene alunite has S^S virtually identical...steam-heated environments, such as those at the Tolfa district, Italy and Marysvale, Utah, and numerous modern...precious-metal ore deposits such as at Buckskin, Nevada. Initial 8 18OsO4 and 834S values are kinetically...by reconnaissance data on samples from several mining districts and predictions about the origin of the...Arribas, Jr., currently studying the Rodalquilar district in Spain as part his Ph. D. program, and Jeff
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Steam-heated environment malachite,chrysacolla, turquoise,etc. Supergene alunitetypicallyoccurs asdisseminations...Centraldistrict SantaRita,NM W•llapai,AZ Colorado Nevada Italy Marysvale, UT ? ? 3.1 to 4.8 Ma 10 Ma Pliocene...Yellowstone Wyoming Recent None Steamboat Nevada Recent None X Waiotapu New Zealand Recent...Goldfield Nevada 20 to 10 Ma Au X 17 to 9 Ma 15 Ma 9 Ma preciousmetal Au-Ag VirginiaRange Nevada Buckskin...Buckskin National Nevada MS x X X x? x x X X x SG-- supergene, SH: steamheated,MH: magmatic hydrothermal
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1965. 1966. 1967. 1968. Numerous Federal, State, county, and local agencies and other organizations and...cooperators________-____________________ State, county, and local cooperators_____________ Other cooperators..._____ Regional offices_______________________ District offices_______________._ Offices in other countries...anomalies; these coincide with the two known gold mining districts near Wiseman and Chandalar. A third anomalous...between granite and carbonate rock north of the mining districts. The concentration of silver is not high
Report (volume)
the future: Just, E. ing: Burwell, E. B., Jr., 4. Mining geology, retrospect and Index fossils: Stephenson... Landform interpretation, stereoSearch for new mining districts: Nolan, T. B., 1. pairs: Powers, W. E...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...limestone: Lamar, Shotts, R. C., 5. J. E., 11. Gold, mining districts: Pallister, Trace elements and potash...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite
 
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