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Tourmaline from
Josephine Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Josephine Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:498734
Long-form Identifier:1:3:498734:5
GUID (UUID V4):1b5efc43-a40f-4bb2-9c4c-712c1b3c34c1
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘSolar Mine (Solar and Pearl; Solar Pearl), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘSurething Mine (O'Keefe; Lily Mine), Ontario Mining District (Elliston Mining District), Powell County, Montana, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘLilly-Orphan Boy Group (Twin City Mine; Orphan Boy Mine; Lily Mine; Lily-Orphan Boy Group), Ontario Mining District (Elliston Mining District), Powell County, Montana, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘButte and Philadelphia Prospect (Lady Leith-Cady Leith Mines; Katie Leith), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘHawkeye Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘMonte Cristo Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘMorning Mine (Midnight Mine), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘJustice Mine (Justice-Clementh Mine; Clementha Mines), Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘAlley Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘPC Mine (P.C. Crystal Mine; Penn placer), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
References
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Report (issue)
ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by R.G. Tysdal 1 , Steve Ludington2 , and...ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-683-A...in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...lands within parts of five counties: Broadwater, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell, and Lewis and Clark. * Gold...was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the
Report (issue)
production and reserve grades source, fineness, mining methods, other economic commodities and general...is useful for analyzing the roles genetics and mining method have on placer grades and volumes. Deposits...Individual workings are not included if deposit or district data are presented. A deposit was subjectively...and areas in Alaska, including sluice and drift mining. 5. Some volumes were estimated from deposit...is listed as a mining method for many deposits. Most placer mining methods (drift mining, dredging, etc
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
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent... Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills...(Malcolm, 1912), galena was widely considered by mine operators to be correlated with better gold grades...was described in a carbonate quartz veinlet in one mine in the Mother Lode system (Knopf, 1929). Method
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)
Geology of the Basin Quadrangle Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Powell Counties, Montana By EDWARD T. RUPPEL...1925Geology of the Basin quadrangle, Jefferson, Leis and Clark, and Powell Counties, Montana. Washington, U...119-121. 1. Geology Montana Basin quadrangle. 2. Mines and mineral resources Montana Basin quadrangle. I.... Title: Basin quadrangle. Montana. (Series) For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government...______________________________ 85 History of mining.____________________________________________ 86
Report (issue)
Historical Mining in the Basin and Boulder Mining Districts, Boulder River Watershed, Jefferson County, Montana...Geological Survey Cover. View from Eva May mine looking across Cataract Creek valley at Hoodoo Creek drainage...Historical Mining in the Basin and Boulder Mining Districts, Boulder River Watershed, Jefferson County, Montana...effects of historical mining in the Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana.....................Survey The Boulder River watershed study, Jefferson County, Montana .................................... 13
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS SUBMITTED TO THE MEETING IN BUTTE, MONTANA MAY 8, 1953 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION (GSA) LOUIS...GOLDEN GATE CANYON AND RALSTON CREEK AREAS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO John W. Adams U. S. Geological Survey...at eight localities in the northern part of Jefferson County, Colorado, in shear zones that cut Precambrian...pitchblende-producing area of the Central City district. With one exception, the pitchblende deposits...minerals are subordinate except at the Schwartz mine, where torbenite is common. Some alteration of pitchblende
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Book
Kerby Jackson All Rights Are Reserved JACKSON COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICES MEOi-ORO OREGON 97501 SIDVASS...North West Oregon's Lost Mining Districts The Mining Law and You The Mining Law of 1866 When Chrome...Strike At Rich Gulch Mining in Jackson County in 1870 Mining in Josephine County in 1870 Galice Gold Enos...of Gus Lindholm Photo Credits Cover: Hydraulic Mining in Oregon, Commons Wikimedia.org, Rear Cover: Sumpter...Kerbyville, Author collection, Page 92: Bunker Hill Mine Crew, Sharon Crawford Browntown and Hogtown Today
Journal (issue)
OIL AND GAS NEWS Columbia County - Mist Gas Field ARCO Columbia County 22-27. located in NW\t4 sec...and abandoned November 25, 1985. ARCO Columbia County 32-32. located in NE\t4 sec. 32. T. 6 N., R. 5...toward a permitted total depth of 2.100 ft. Columbia County - Wildcat Exxon OPE Federal Com. I. located in...2 mi north of Chapman in south-central Columbia County. was spudded September 2. 1985. and plugged and...has not been released by the operator. Lincoln County Damon Petroleum Longview Fibre 3. located in NW\t4
Report (volume)
all red stones: spinel, ruby, garnet, and rose tourmaline; the term "sapphire," to lapis lazuli and other...beauty of irregularly colored stones, such as tourmaline. UNIT OF WEIGHT The carat, meaning one-fifth...dikes contain a variety of gem stones, such as tourmaline, beryl (emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Report (issue)
organization is carrying on for the direct advancement of mining interests throughout the country than can readily...oil resources of the Santa Maria oil district, Santa Barbara County, Cal., by Ralph Arnold and Robert Anderson...Jordan,.jr. 338. The iron ores of the Iron Springs district, southern Utah, by C. K. Leith and E. C. Harder...Phalen. 350. Geology of the Rangely oil district, Rio Blanco County, Colo., with a section on the water supply...Hess. 357. Preliminary report on the Coalinga oil district, Fresno and Kings counties, Cal., by Ralph Arnold
Book (edition)
ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • •... lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS 4 GEM hunter's GUIDE...six or eight different gem as color, its tourmaline may B are, in fact, A blue gem minerals...found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas...from them weather the types of agates found in Montana. Metamorphic rocks include those of either of the
Report (issue)
COMMISSION RECONNAISSANCE OF BASIN-BOULDER-CLANCEY AREA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA By Millard L. Reyner Division... 1 Alice claim 1 2 Beavertown ranch Bullion mine. . . Carbonate claiu . . . . . OOOOO . OOOOO .... 5 Josephine mine OO . •••••••• OOOO King Solomon mine 8 Liverpool mine 8 Lnne Eagle mine . .... . . OOOOOOOOOOO . • 9 10 Meadow mine ?,count' 1r Queen and Jack nines • • . • • • • • Nickelodeon...Index map of northern Boulder batholith Lrza, Montana, showing mines and prospects examined for radioactivity
Journal (issue)
foreground. stands almost 1,000 m above North Santiam mining area in the valley below and provides spectacular...spectacular views of Battle Ax volcano and Mount Jefferson in the distance. Tuffs exposed in this cliff are postulated...mineralization in the district. Article beginning on next page discusses North Santiam mining area. Field trip...trip guide to the mining area will be printed in January 1986 Oregon Geology. 138 DOGAMI releases study...study of oil and gas potential of Astoria basin Discovery of commercial quantities of natural gas in northwest
Report (volume)
most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico...mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor...GEOLOGY area, Montana and Wyoming, and the deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According...Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo, and from the Eldorado mine, Great Bear Lake, Canada. The Shinkolobwe deposit
Journal (issue)
Bornite breccia pipe in Marion County, p. 99 No Name Coves in Josephine County, p . loa Loma Prieta earthquake...Governing Board adopts civil penalty rules for mining violators In a major step toward stricter control...health and safety or environmental risks posed by mining, the Governing Board of the Oregon Department of...violations related to all mining operations other than chemical-process mining (which is covered by existing...DOGAMI may issue a Notice of Civil Penalty whenever mining operators do not respond to notices of violation
Book (volume)
..........................................258 Montana ................................................................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 (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...100-year history of the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County collection;...Benitoite Gem mine will note the portion of the story devoted to the 1935 visit to the mine by collecting...interest in science led him to the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (Michigan Tech) in Houghton, where
Report (volume)
location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...documented summary of the beginning of Colorado mining history. Part of his summary is given here in the...had been recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed...however, because it contains lists of the mines and mining districts that were active at the time in Clear...only reports the early history and status of the mining industry, but includes a list of all the species
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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DEPOSIT. ^ jflnzona mining Directory A DIRECTORY OF Arizona^s Mines^ Mining Districts Owners or...or Operators AND POSTOFFICE ADDRESSES (Yavapai County) Copyright RUSSELL H. J 903 MILLWARD PRESCOTT...PRESCOTT, ARIZONA Published by The Arizona Mining Directory Prescott, Arizona Price $2.50 '-^ '...#;^ XXc. No. a. PREFACE Yavapai, the treasure county of Arizona, has developed beyond the speculative...operators than to this county a greater is October 298 1, were 1876, of mining locations Hinton, the
 
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