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Pyrite from
Lexington Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lexington Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:498988
Long-form Identifier:1:3:498988:2
GUID (UUID V4):11ed9252-598f-4806-af07-82de2c8ef426
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Eureka Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) South Pacific Mine, American Flag Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Free Speech Mine (Free Speech No. 1 Mine), Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) O. H. Bassett Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) McCawber Mine (M'Cawber), Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) Hamlet Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Little Sampson Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Johny Mine (Johnnie Mine), Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Russel Mine (96 Mine), Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wolftone Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
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Report (issue)
MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by...Ludington2 , and A.E. McCafferty1 Open-File Report 96-683-A This report is preliminary and has not been... or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government... MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL...west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal
Report (issue)
Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Jefferson City Quadrangland Lewis and Clark Counties...Counties, Montana By GEORGE E. BECRAFT, DARRELL M. PINCKNEY, and SAl\II ROSENBLUM GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...1922Geology and mineral deposits of the Jefferson City quadrangl~, ·Jefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties...Montarra, by George E. Becraft, Darrell M. Pinckney, and S·am Rosenblum. vVashington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off...1922Geology and minerai deposits of the Jefferson City quadrangle, J e:fferson and Lewis and Cl ark Counties
Report (volume)
842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED STATES..._.....________-__-__-.___-_-----------_-__ Area and field work.__-.-.________-___-__-___.-_----_-----__-Arrangement...____________________________________ Topography and geology.-__-__-____--.-___-_-_-.----------__._ Ore...work..__.......__._____________.____ 8 History and production._________-;.-___-__---__-_-_-_-__---____...(Algonkian)._______________________________ Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks--______.______-.__.._.____ Tertiary
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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...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate...phosphate, silver, talc, vermiculite, and zinc is impressive. The official state fossil is Maiasaura peeblesorum
Report (volume)
OF THE UNITED STATES COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...OF THE UNITED STATES. Compiled by SAMUEL SANFORD and RALPH W. STONE. INTRODUCTION. By EDWARD W. PARKEH...Resources of the United States" (the volumes for 1882 and 1887) consist of lists of the useful minerals in...$2,000,000,000, and the investigations made by the United States Geological Survey and the State geological...minerals and includes a glossary showing the composition and character of each mineral and the location
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Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout and Sand mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys... each one formed during different geologic ages and under varied conditions: the Cumberland Plateau,...Mountains, the Piedmont Plain (about 30% of the state), and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Thus rocks of every geological...rocks in the East, both igneous and metamorphic, strongly mineralized and dotted with once-rich abandoned...from the Piedmont crystalline rocks into softer and less resistant formations of the Coastal Plain. This
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STATES**-^ COMPILED BY FRANK C. SCHRADER, RALPH W. STONE AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON.......................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana........................................................................................ Glossary and index.............................................. Compiled by FRANK C. SCHRADER, EALPH W. STONE, and SAMUEL SANFORD. INTRODUCTION. The volumes of the
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BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...494-5155 . . . FAX (949) 494-0402 photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angeles Open Tues.-Sat. 10-5...$55 [outside the U.S.] for individuals, and $150 for libraries and institutions. Editorial & Advertising...class postage [USPS 887-700] paid at Tucson, Arizona and additional Mailing offces. Postmaster, Send address...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil
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Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite, colusite, covellite, digenite, djurleite, and enargite...among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome specimens...specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many of them...(left-background) and Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6
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Geochemistry and Stable Isotopes of the Flooded Underground Mine Workings of Butte, Montana CHRISTOPHER...SIMON R. POULSON,2 AND KERI PETRITZ3 1 Department of Geological Engineering, Montana Tech of The University...of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, Montana 59701 2 Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering...200 Technology Way, Butte, Montana 59701 Abstract Over a century of mining and smelting of the world-class...world-class porphyry lode ore deposit at Butte, Montana, has resulted in extensive environmental damage. In
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Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of 210 miles, with its 56,000 sq. mi. sloping...circumference by navigable waters, primarily the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The highest elevations are the...offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more sandstone, silica sand and Fluorspar...Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar
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Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of 210 miles, with its 56,000 sq. mi. sloping...circumference by navigable waters, primarily the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The highest elevations are the...offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more sandstone, silica sand and Fluorspar...Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar
Report (issue)
Reports and Maps of the Geological Survey Released Only in the Open Files, 1969 Reports and Maps of...Files, 1 969 By Betsy A. Weld, Margaret 5. Griffin, and George W. Brett GEOLOG.ICAL SURVEY Washington 1970...Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. 20242 Reports and Maps of the Geological Survey Released Only in the...Griffin, and George W. Brett CONTENTS Page Introduction--------------------------------n!aps and book reports...19), and is followed by the de- Wa Library, 1033 General Services Administration Bldg., 18th and F Sts
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Taisia Stadnichenko, K. J. Murata, Peter Zubovic, and Elizabeth L. Hufschmidt Washington, D. C., 1953...germanium content of the Lower Kittanning coal bed and the Middle Kittanning coal bed in eastern Ohio ....Maryland, and North Carolina ............ -. ... 5. Map showing localities of coals from Virginia and West...Map showing localities of coals from New Mexico and Utah.................................. 8. Map showing....... 11. Map showing localities of coals from Montana ............ ., ..............................
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Accepted Manuscript Review Modeling and Management of Pit Lake Water Chemistry 1: Theory D.N. Castendyk...Castendyk, D.N., Eary, L.E., Balistrieri, L.S., Modeling and Management of Pit Lake Water Chemistry 1: Theory...manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published...the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Modeling and Management of...Chemistry 1: Theory D.N. Castendyk1, L.E. Eary2, and L.S. Balistrieri3 1 Department of Earth & Atmospheric
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Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. K entucky is underlain by...periods, with minor Permian-age deposits. Cretaceous and Cenozoic rocks in the westernmost portion of the...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...kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden and Livingston counties
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1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...MINERALS. AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES OF INDUS TRIAL IMPORTANCE, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY Br STATES AND TERRI TORIES...6G4-775, and very closely follow the form then adopted. The design is to show, in as compact and concise...minerals, and mineral substances of industrial importance of the several States and Territories, and to indicate...channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a
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formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils. For long ages Ohio lay beneath...of Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sediments; the erosional products of...the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of clays. Lesser...Lesser production of iron, petroleum, natural gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy...mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized
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Notable Collecting Areas and ©ircctoru Cn of American Mineral & Gem Collectors and Collections Together... DEDICATION To the Millions of Enthusiastic Mineralogists and Gem Collectors the EWorld Over, I Salute You. Hugh...volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...hobbyists and collectors; (3) To list and offer the residence address of each collector by city and state...a mutual interest in the most fascinating study and hobby that this world has to offer; (4) To offer
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done some prospecting and worked at various mines in Arizona both as miner and diamond driller. At present...Company's mine here in Superior. No doubt you are familiar with their wonderful bornite and stromeyerite..."For the collector of lead minerals, the Red Cloud Mine in Yuma Co., Ariz., is of considerable interest...cerussite and anglesite there are the scarcer varities including wulfenite, crocoite, and vanadinite...banded barite and fluorescent manganiferous calcite with quite a bit of fluorescent willemite and some fluorite
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formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils. For long ages Ohio lay beneath...of Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sediments; the erosional products of...the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of clays. Lesser...Lesser production of iron, petroleum, natural gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy...mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized
Report (issue)
l{Ol\J FIELD WORK PROSECUTED DURING THE YEARS 1890 and 1891. WITH 131 ILLUSTRATIONS . BY ARTHUR WINSLOW...C. R. KEYES , palem~tologiet. Specialties: b-on and Manganese. J. U. ROBERTSON, assistant in C. F....detailed rnapping. Zinc and Lead work. E. H. LONSDALE, assistant in Chiv and Building Stone work. T...C. SHELTON, aid. S. R. MANN, secretary. SPECIAL AND LOCAL ASSISTANTS. J.E. TODD, ]!)RASMUS HAWORTH...Wate,·s. E.W. NEWTON, L ocal assistant in Polk county. (4) • OFFICE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,} JEJ<'FERSON
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