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Aragonite from
Elkhorn, Elkhorn Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA


Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Elkhorn, Elkhorn Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:497697
Long-form Identifier:1:3:497697:4
GUID (UUID V4):a2d5ff1e-ba92-40d8-a2e0-46b521d2bc9c
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
0.9km (0.5 miles) ā“˜Elkhorn Mine, Elkhorn Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
18.4km (11.5 miles) ā“˜W. Wilson Mine (Liverpool Mine), Clancy-Lump Gulch Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) ā“˜North Home Mine, Radersburg Mining District (Cedar Plains Mining District; Lone Mountain Mining District), Broadwater County, Montana, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ā“˜Summit Mine, Radersburg Mining District (Cedar Plains Mining District; Lone Mountain Mining District), Broadwater County, Montana, USA
30.2km (18.8 miles) ā“˜Jo Jo Mine, Radersburg Mining District (Cedar Plains Mining District; Lone Mountain Mining District), Broadwater County, Montana, USA
84.4km (52.4 miles) ā“˜White Angel Quarry, Tidal Wave Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Elkhorn Mine Downloaded by [Florida International University] at 21:06 27 August 2013 J E F F E...Koch, began prospecting in the Elkhorn Mountains of what was then the Montana Territory. The three prospectors...explored the Elkhorn Creek valley in the high slopes on the western side of the Elkhorn Mountains, near...near the center of what is now Jefferson County, Montana. Finding mineralized ground, the three located...Wys is often credited with the discovery of the Elkhorn mine, he was in the grave long before the mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montanaā€™s mining origins. Montanaā€™s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montanaā€™s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Western side of Stapleton Gulch in the Argenta district. The Stapleton workings are visible in the lower...of the center below the crest of the hill. in Montana Unless otherwise noted, all photographs by the... CHRISTOPHER S. TUCKER PO Box 22575 Billings, Montana 59104 tuckerj@mcn.net W ith the variety of colors...wulfenite; however, they seldom have specimens from Montana in their collections. When one thinks of wulfenite...Southwest come to mind, not the mountains of western Montana. Figure 1. Wulfenite, with vanadinite, 8 mm across
Report (issue)
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAJOR THERMAL SPRINGS OF MONTANA By R. H. Mariner, T. S. Presser, and W. C. Evans...ILLUSTRATIONS Page Figure 1. 2. Map of the State of Montana showing the location of the sampled thermal springs...selected fresh waters in Montana ' Molal ratios of K/Na, /Ca/Na, F/C1, and B/C1 in Montana thermal spring waters...States of reactions with respect to calcite, aragonite, chalcedony, alpha-cristobalite, and fluorite...Isotopic compositions of selected fresh waters in Montana III Page 5 8 11 13 1416 18 23 26 28 CHEMICAL
Report (issue)
EOCK IN THE THEEE FOBKS-YELLOWSTONE PARK EEGION MONTANA BY D. DALE CONDIT, E. H. FINCH AND J. T. PARDEE...details_____________________.__ _ Lombard______^_______ _ Elkhorn district_______________ _ _ _ ______ Bull Moun...Mountain_______________________ _ ___ Canyon of Jefferson River near Cardwell . South Boulder Creek__*._____... Lower Basin.________ _ . Above Lower Basin _ Elkhorn Creek_________ ___ __ __ Cinnamon Creek _'_ Buck...Sawtelle Mountain______________________ 206 Near Montana principal meridian-. ._ _ _________. 207 Odell
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. K entucky...Commonwealth is Black Mountain in the Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of...of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level...small, nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnƶite intrusions in Crittenden...described in Anderson (1994). The most widespread mining in Kentucky is coal. More than 7.4 billion tons
Journal (issue)
WASHINGTON May 5, 2007 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver...Occurrences in Montana Part I Western Montana Larry B. French HC 46, Box 7204 Miles City, Montana 59301 The...Stateā€. Rudy Tchernich (1992) provided a list of Montana locations in ā€œZeolites of the Worldā€. The author...in petrographic specimens. Analcime Beaverhead County: Igneous rocks, volcanic tuff of the Grasshopper...found in a single specimen (Pearson, 1989). Jefferson County: southeast of Helena - Benson Ranch - occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collectorā€™s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...119; Connecticut, 158 Anglesite, Colorado, 442; Montana, 27; Utah, 57 Vo l u m e 8 3 Anhydrite, Connecticut
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 527 ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT............................ Historical sketch of mining.................................................................................... Marysville district..................................................................................... Elliston district.................................................................................... Twin. City Mining & Milling Co.'s mine..........................
Report (volume)
of the Townsend Valley Broadwater and Jefferson Counties,x Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1042-N...OF THE TOWNSEND VALLEY BROADWATER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, MONTANA By V. L. FREEMAN, E. T. RUPPEL, and M...Valley, a broad intermontane basin in west-central Montana, extends from Toston to Canyon Ferry. The area...unconformity. The Maywood formation is overlain by the Jefferson dolomite of Devonian age, and the Three Forks...andesitic sandstone; and the Elkhorn Mountains volcanics. In the map area the Elkhorn Mountains volcanics are
Report (issue)
Deposits, East Flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Deposits, East Flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana By M. R. KLEPPER, E. T. RUPPEL... _ Red Lion and Maywood Formations---------~ Jefferson Dolomite _______________________ ~ __ Three Forks...___ _ Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics ___________________ _ Intrusive rocks related to the Elkhorn Mountains...__ 49 2. Morrison and Swift Formations near Montana Silver Star mine____________________________ 52
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elbaite in quartz, 6 Ɨ 9 cm, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Holmes collection. Specimen received...nineteenth-century mineral collecting in North America. Mining was very much in its infancy in Canada, and Holmesā€™...John G. Miller (1841ā€“1885) was active in phosphate mining in Quebec and later in Puerto Rico (Hogarth 1983)...He is known to have supplied specimens from his mining properties to the mineral dealer A. E. Foote. His...graduate and resident of Elkhorn, Montana, donated a collection of minerals from Montana and Idaho to the museum
Report (issue)
Petrology of the Northern Elkhorn Mountains I I Jefferson and Broadwater Counties, Montana GEOLOGICAt ' SURVEY...Northern Ell(horn Mountains Jefferson. and Broadwater CountieS, Montana By HARRY w. SMEDES GEOLOGICAL...Interpretation of the relation between facies ___ _ Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics Lower unit ________________________________...and petrology __________________ _ Alteration of Elkhorn ~ountains Volcanics and intrusive rocks _________________...of the northern Elkhorn Mountains. 2. Fence diagram of part of the northern Elkhorn Mountains. 3. lRange
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H. BIELER IN URANIUM-BEARING THE BOULDER MONTANA: II--THE VEINS AND HAROLD x D. WRIGHT CONTENTS...SomeHydrothermalVein Deposits in the Boulder Batholith, Montana," The PennsylvaniaState University, 1955. 363 ...loci for depositionof secondaryuraniumminerals,aragonite,iron oxides,and hyalite opal by circulatinggroundwater...Messrs.Buford Miles, Dewey Hinman, and the Elkhorn Mining Company,ownersof the minesstudied,permittedaccessto...report on the Comet area, Jefferson City quadrangle, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geol. Survey Trace
Report (issue)
......................................... 15 Aragonite ................................................Found less abundantly are anhydrite, apatite, aragonite, barite, celestite, copiapite, epsomite, fluorite...collection of geodes from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission...Indians knew of and used Wyandotte Cave in Crawford County (4).2 Ball (1941, p. 39) summarized the various...The Indians found that Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, Ind., contained two desirable products, a jaspery
Journal (issue)
to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...history are welcomed additions to my ā€œmineral and mining memorabiliaā€ collection. If you have some of these...become a reality. Figure 5 (Left) - Wisconsin Mining Display. Both are authorā€™s images. Figure 6 (Right)...(Right) - Sheet Copper ā€“ Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2ā€”Dr. Weisā€™s Personal Memorabilia. Authorā€™s...You can learn about the history of Wisconsinā€™s mining (figure 5) and even walk through a mine! If you
Report (issue)
Alaska.. a Includes 550 tons from Davis, Murray County, Okla. 'Production to 1934 only. PART 1. GENERAL...province: Friedensville, Pa. Austinville, Va. Mascot-Jefferson City, Tenn. Embreeville, Tenn. Interior and Ozark...fluorspar-zinc district Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district Valle Mines, Mo. Tri-State zinc district Arkansas...province : Leadville, Colo. Aspen district, Colo. Spring Creek diStrict, Colo. Monarch-Tomichi districts...Cottonwood district, Utah Northern Rocky Mountains province: Mineral Hill (Halley) district, Idaho Alder
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in the late 1800s and early...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 ā€ unrl iipptwwl in the No~~er...and additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction
Journal (issue)
Carolina). Chalcedony after interstices from Chester County, Pa., has been described by Vaux, G., 1935] ...Sphalerite. Butte, Montana Grossularite after Diopside. Vask6, Hungary Gypsum after Aragonite. Bastennes, France...rhodochrosite after calcite, albite after adularia, aragonite after witherite, chalcopyrite after sphalerite...sodium nitrate on calcite and potassium nitrate on aragonite. Pseudomorphs of the dolomite after calcite type...peptization of the adsorbent. (Calcite after aragonite by incrustation type; also incrustation pseudomorphs
Report (volume)
1902. Minneapolis, Minn. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Transactions, vols. 31 and 32, 1902...Canada. Canadian Mining Institute: Journal, vol. 5, 1902! Ottawa, Canada, Canadian Mining Review, vol. 21... 2 and 3, 1902. Cincinnati, Ohio. . ' Colorado Mining Bureau: Bulletin, no". 5; Eeport, 1902. Denver...1, 1902. Chapel Hill, N. 0. ' Engineering and Mining Journal, vols. 73 and 74, 1902. New York,-N. Y...Institution of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vol. 10, 1902. London, England. Institution of Mining Engineers:
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and ļ‚‚ the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmļ‚¾jasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...Co. lineļ‚¾rock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1Ā½ mi. inside the Co. line in...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatļ‚¾jasper. CARTERSVILLE:...ļ‚¾agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: ļ‚ at Holton Quarry, 7Ā½ mi. NWļ‚¾agate; ļ‚‚ N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Grundy Co., III. Shark teeth, etc. N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wis. FOSSILS SPECIMENS: From the Cretaceous and...MINERALS - Boxed, mount ed, and identified, postpaid USA, $2.00. Specimens average approx. 1 " . Irma Curry... jasper, Ā”asp-agate, turritella, banded wood, Montana agate, Colorado dinny bone. Slabs on approval....pink and green Tourmaline in matrix from Oxford County, Maineā€”50t to $10.00. We can better serve you if...(yellow), clinohedrite (orange), opal (green), aragonite crystals (green). Galen Roweii, iCĀæ! Miller, Berkeley
Report (issue)
east in the Baker terrane. The age range of the Elkhorn Ridge Argillite is extended to include the Middle...Mountains, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mining Industries Bulletin 3, 74 p. Scholl, D.W., Vallier...Mountains, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mining Industries Bulletin 12, 65 p. Thayer, T.P., 1973...Jurassic coquinoid quartz sandstones of Wyoming and Montana may provide a more fitting hydrodynamic analogue...Jurassic storm lag concentrations of Wyoming and Montana compare very favorably with the Triassic shell
 
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