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Chalcedony from
Last Chance Mine, Champagne Creek, Lava Creek Mining District, Butte County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Last Chance Mine, Champagne Creek, Lava Creek Mining District, Butte County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:441997
Long-form Identifier:1:3:441997:6
GUID (UUID V4):3685e495-d2c4-4d5d-8e92-964915d804c5
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
1.0km (0.6 miles) Hornsilver Mine, Lava Creek Mining District, Butte County, Idaho, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) St. Louis Mine, Lava Creek Mining District, Butte County, Idaho, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) Reliance Mine, Lava Creek Mining District, Butte County, Idaho, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Ella Mine (Rattlesnake; Last Chance), Lava Creek Mining District, Butte County, Idaho, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) Thompson Creek, Muldoon, Little Wood River Mining District (Muldoon Mining District), Blaine County, Idaho, USA
60.1km (37.3 miles) Hailey, Hailey Mining District, Blaine County, Idaho, USA
61.7km (38.3 miles) Daisy Black Mine, Dome Mining District, Lemhi Range, Butte County, Idaho, USA
64.2km (39.9 miles) Purple Spar claims, Little Fall Creek, Alta Mining District (Alto Mining District; Wildhorse Mining District), Custer County, Idaho, USA
71.3km (44.3 miles) Oriental Mine, Camas Mining District, Blaine County, Idaho, USA
93.3km (57.9 miles) Rat's Nest claim (Rat's Nest mine), Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
References
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r------' .--. !i i , i ' i Boundary '---~ IDAHO Bonner_j l--;~u:d{ene\, I , L~ Coeur'cI'Alene...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I...Power i..r v. ) 't,.,. 1. r': ~ Caribou Idaho 83816-2043 , • c-vz..J. '. 2",_J'-1 '\ o, ...INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that may have produced well-crystallized...localities for minerals that were first discovered in Idaho. Unfortunately for the field collector, most of
Book (edition)
Lucien Beckner of Louisville, Ky., U. M. Sahinen of Butte, Mont., Gilbert O. Raasch of Urbana, 111., Nancy...result of matites. In these pegmatites, have had a chance the When slow cooling, they are of coarsely...and California, and Madagascar, are famous for Lava known cavities is essentially the grained that...are not visible to the eye. In the great lava flows of Idaho, Oregon and Washington occur the many types...solutions percolating into cavities left in the lava by gas bubbles, and the nodules get the name of
Book (edition)
Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...PISTOLS Idaho Minerals Idaho Minerals The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Rerun Publishing P .O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Ale ne, Idaho 83814 Copyright © 1989 by L.R. Ream Publishing...R Ream Publishing P.O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are
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...........................................139 Idaho...................................................my trip (to include locations which interest me). Last year as I started this annual process, I decided...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
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...........................................139 Idaho...................................................my trip (to include locations which interest me). Last year as I started this annual process, I decided...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
...........................................160 Idaho .................................................................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 ....................................
Report (volume)
Uranium and Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho Southwestern Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN... Uranium and Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho Southwestern Montana By ALBERT F. TRITES, JR., and...______ Mine descriptions.._________________________________________ North Fork-Shoup district, Idaho___-__...claim_________________________________________ Blackbird district, Idaho_._______________________________ Calera..._____-_ Forney district, Idaho________________________________________ Singiser mine._______________
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instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (volume)
Quicksilver deposits of the Bottle Creek district, Humboldt County, Nevada, by R. J. Roberts (published...Quicksilver deposits of the Mount Diablo district, Contra Costa County, California, by C. P. Ross (published...deposits in the Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, by S. G. Lasky (published in August.................. (D) Chromite deposits of Grant County, Oregon, by T. P. Thayer (published In September...deposit at Buckskin Peak, National Mining district, Humboldt County, Nevada, by R. J. Roberts, (published
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Kemp of Chicago, Illinois, Marcus Daly Pruett of Butte, Montana, Walter Wright of the Prospectors Shop...nodule may contain a center of surrounded by chalcedony easily discernible quartz crystals that crystalline...mass. Tenacity is a quality closely allied chalcedony and jasper, because of their makeup, are tougher...rhyolite and felsite, in texture. As the viscous lava flows form In these cavities in rived it.
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...preclude tangible ones, too. In the earth sciences the chance always exists to strike it rich a pocket of rare...Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old locations suddenly are brought back...pocket, and delights to hold it in his hand. At last I have found something both exquisite and he says...easily discernible quartz crystals surrounded by chalcedony that is crystalline only to the eye of the microscope
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Trail Journal, The Rock Collector's Nevada and Idaho, and others. The author is a trained naturalist........................................... CRANE CREEK ............................................. FANDANGO.............. LASSEN CREEK............................................. DEEP CREEK .............................................................. DAVIS CREEK............................................. MAP...I-IAT CREEK....................................................... IGO BELLA VISTA BUTTE CREEK CLOVER
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (volume)
the Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho and Montana By MORTIMER H. STAATZ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...veins in the northeastern part of the Lemhi Pass district J UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...-----------------------------Future of thorium mining ................ -----------------------------...-----------------------· Conglomerate of Flume Creek.___________________________________________________...Lemhi Pass quadrangle, Page Lemhi County, Idaho, and Beaverhead County, Mont ..... Jn pocket FIGURE 1.
Journal (issue)
Speaking 3 T5I California Convention 4 Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha Counters 5 Berkeley Cass iter ite...on the matter has not YET BEEN PASSED. tive The last California convention in the bay area v/as held...States. YOGO SAPPHIRE MINE REOPENED A REOPEN INC OF THE FAMED YOGO~ 'SAPP H I RE MINE, IN THE LITTLE BELT...scheduled TO BEGIN THIS MONTH, UNDER NEW OPERATORS. THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1929, AFTER HAVING PRODUCED...Mountains The Yogo mine has the distinction of being the only lode vein SAPPHIRE MINE IN THE WORLD, SINCE
Report (volume)
Potential and Geology of he Challis National Forest, Idaho I U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1873 Mineral...Potential and Geology of the Challis National Forest, Idaho By RONALD G. WORL, ANNA BURACK WILSON, COLE L. SMITH...potential and geology of the Challis National Forest, Idaho (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin; 1873) Bibliography:...Mines and mineral resources-Idaho-Challis National Forest. 2. Geology-Idaho-Challis National Forest. I...Geophysics 27 Mineral resources-locatable minerals 28 Mining and exploration history 28 Metals 29 36 Industrial
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that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS
Journal (issue)
Miller 34 THE TALE OF A TOURIST MINE A new life for Colorado’s Last Chance. 34 By Steve Voynick 48 54...Cover This bournonite specimen from the Herodsfoot mine (Lanreath, Cornwall, England) is a really fine example...Fallon, Nevada. —Bob Rush Bench Tips columnist Chalcedony Canvas Today, I gave a presentation to a group...iron oxide impurities made the original clear chalcedony red, I added that other impurities result in... Another way to look at it is that the clear chalcedony is essentially a new canvas for “painting”. —Lou
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Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana...of exploration of the American continent. In the last half century in particular, many of the three million...pyrite, quartz family minerals ( agate, carnelian, chalcedony, chert, flint, jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite...especially valuing the deep red carnelian variety of chalcedony. Although the Sumerians used almost all the common...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones
Book (volume)
that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS
Report (volume)
Deposits of the Lemhi Pass Area Lemhi County, Idaho, and Beaverhead County, Montana By WILLIAM N. SHARP and...deposits of the Lemhi Pass area, Lemhi County, Idaho, and Beaverhead County, Montana, by William N. Sharp and...Commission. Bibliography: p. 59-60. 1. Geology-Idaho-Lemhi Co. 2. Geology-Montana-Beaverhead Co. 3. Thorium...__________________________________________ _ Rocks of the district ______________________________________________...ite veins ___________________________ - __ -- --Last Change claims _______________________________________
Report (issue)
designate the papers for advance publication] (A) Some mining districts of eastern Oregon, by James Gilluly,...deposits of the Takilma-Waldo district, Oreg., including the Blue Creek district, by Philip J. Shenon________...deposits in the northwestern part of the Boise Basin, Idaho, by Clyde P. Ross_________________________ Inde...ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 1. Index map showing location of mining districts in eastern Oregon. 8 2. Topographic and...and geologic map of the Mormon Basin mining district, Baker and Malheur Counties, Oreg _ 32 3. Geologic
Report (issue)
I T II I 1)ECEBIIIElZ 1944 No. 5 GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES No. 41 er Deposits In Nevada BY EDGARH...districts, but also more than twenty maps of the mine workings of the more important mines. Besides a...the Bureau's request, a history of quicksilver mining in Nevada with production figures, and a description...bulletin is being issued without the individual mine descriptions a n d m a p s. . JAY A CARPENTER...mines, and prospects.................. Churchill County . ............................................
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
the Challis Volcanics in the Twin Peaks Caldera, Idaho. USGS photograph by Frederick S. Fisher. Geology...Resource Assessment of the Challis I°x2° Quadrangle, Idaho Edited by Frederick S. Fisher and Kathleen M. Johnson...mineral resources in the Challis 7°x2° quadrangle, Idaho UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...resource assessment of the Challis I°x2° Quadrangle, Idaho / edited by Frederick S. Fisher and Kathleen M....I19.16:P1525 1. Geology Idaho Challis Region. 2. Mines and mineral resources Idaho Challis Region. I. Fisher
 
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