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Calcite from
Empire mine, Hartville Mining District, Platte County, Wyoming, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Empire mine, Hartville Mining District, Platte County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:613471
Long-form Identifier:1:3:613471:6
GUID (UUID V4):8f24bd99-66b0-41a5-a5a3-804ce2f0ab55
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Sunrise Mine, Sunrise, Hartville Mining District, Platte County, Wyoming, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Good Fortune Mine, Hartville Mining District, Platte County, Wyoming, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Green Mountain Boy mine, Hartville Mining District, Platte County, Wyoming, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) Green Hope mine, Hartville Uplift Mining District, Goshen County, Wyoming, USA
17.3km (10.7 miles) Copper Bottom mine, Hartville Uplift Mining District, Goshen County, Wyoming, USA
22.5km (14.0 miles) Green Hope Mine, Goshen County, Wyoming, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) Goshen Hole, Platte County, Wyoming, USA
52.5km (32.6 miles) Silver Cliff Mine (Rochelle Mine), Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming, USA
55.6km (34.5 miles) Palmer Canyon vermiculite deposit (Rolf Deposit), Albany County, Wyoming, USA
55.9km (34.7 miles) Lucky Ann No. 1 Occurrence, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
References
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00:52 01 June 2016 Wyoming Mineral Locality Index Figure 1. Index map of Wyoming counties, with exposures...exposures of Precambrian and volcanic rocks. 1 he Wyoming mineral locality index is designed to provide mineral...interesting mineral occurrences in the state of Wyoming. Five publications were used extensively in compiling...view of the Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection...1 inch equals 4 miles) of the entire state of Wyoming in book form. The Wwming Atlas and Gazetteer can
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Early photograph of the town of Sunrise, Wyoming, showing mine headframes in the background (Stimson collection...University of Wyoming). The Sunrise Mine HARTVILLE, WYOMING H. MELVIN DYCK University of Wyoming Laramie...Laramie, Wyoming 82071 W. DAN HAUSEL Geological Survey of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming 82071 DURING THE EARLY...PART of the twentieth century, the Sunrise Iron mine was the largest iron-ore producer west of the Mississippi...Located in Sunrise, in the Hartville Uplift in Platte County, Wyoming, the mine was operated by the Colorado
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THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING Gary B. Glass, Executive Director and State Geologist ADVISORY BOARD...Governor Terry P. Roark,President, University of Wyoming Donald B. Basko, Oil and Gas Supervisor Appointed...Cheyenne, Wyoming. This and other publications available from: The Geological Survey of Wyoming P.O. Box...University Station LaIanlle, Wyoming 82071 (307) 766·2286 Front Cover - Wyoming gold. Gold buttons in the...recovered by Dean Farris from mine dump waste in the Gold Hill district. The actual diameter of the button
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COPPEE. COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE HARTVILLE UPLIFT, WYOMING. By SYDNEY H. BALL. INTRODUCTION. While investigating...ores and pre-Cambrian geology of the Hartville iron range, Wyoming, in the field season of 1906, the writer...Grateful acknowledgments are due to the mining men of the district, particularly to Messrs.'Louis B. Weed...and W. T. Kelley, of Guernsey; Peter Hoyer, of Hartville; William Lauck and Joseph L. Stein, of Frederick;...Governor of Wyoming, January, 1888. Idem for 1890, pp. 52-55, 77-78. KNIGHT, WiLBUi^C., Bull. Wyoming Exper
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....................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................. Wyoming..................................................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...widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason of some
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the State lists begin with Alabama and end with Wyoming. Under each State the minerals found there are...it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Wisconsin.........Prof. W. 0. Hotchkiss, Madison. Wyoming.........Mr. C. E. Jamison, Cheyenne. Those members
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SMITH, Director Bulletin 626 THE ATLANTIC GOLI) DISTRICT AND THE NORTH LARAMIE MOUNTAINS PAPERS BY ARTHUR...................... The Atlantic gold district, Fremont County, Wyo........................... Introduction........................ Geology of the Atlantic district......................................... Rocks...Magnetite schists in the northern part of the district.............. 16 Distribution and general character........................ General outlook for lode mining.................................... Planning of
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Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Ariz.: Bull. 451, 130 pp., 1911. 30c. -. The ore...H., Geology and ore deposits of the Park City district, Utah: Prof. Paper 77, 231 pp., 1912. BROOKS,...The mineral deposits of Alaska and the Alaskan mining industry in 1913: Bull. 592, pp. 1-74, 1914. 413...1913, PART i. BROOKS, A. H., The Chisana placer district, Alaska: Bull. 592, pp. 309-320, 1914. Gold, silver...218-235, 1911. . CHAPIN, THEODORE, The McKinley Lake district [Alaska]: Bull. 542, pp. 78-80, 1913. = Lode developments
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New York, NY: Society of Mining Engineers of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum...Contributions to Geology. Laramie, WY: Un1versity of Wyoming, 1962-. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology...Program and Abstracts. E & MJ, Engineering and Mining Journal. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Geology (Boulder)...Proceedings. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. Oxford-New York: Pergamon Press, 1964-1973...Petroleum Technology. Dallas, TX: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. LA - Los
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Washington. A. I. M. E. Trans.-American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Transactions. New York...Institute of Mining , and Metallurgy Transactions. Montreal. · Canadian Min. Met. Bull.-Canadian Mining and Metallurgical...Bulletin. Montreal. Canadian Min. J our.-Canadian Mining Journal. Gardenvale, Quebec. Carnegie Inst. Washington...Denver, Colo. Colo.-Wyo. Acad. Sci. Jour.-Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science Journal. Boulder, Colo. Compass-The...Journal. Montreal. Eng. Min. J our.-Engineering and Mining Journal. New York. Evolution-Evolution. Lancaster
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GEOLOGY OF THE ATLANTIC CITY-SOUTH PASS MINING DISTRICT WYOMING by' . Frank C» Armstrong ^l OPEN FILE.............................................. l\2 Mine descriptions ................................................................................ 50 Empire State ...........................................map of South Pass City and vicinity, Fremont County, Wyoming .............................................Explanation to accompany Carissa mine maps, Fremont County, Wyoming ................................
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International University] at 22:16 23 December 2014 Gold mining is not romantic, it is dirty, and it is very hard...played out on a daily basis in opening the Colorado mining frontier, however, are very much the stuff of romance...the Colorado mineral belt and the location of the mining districts discussed in part 1 of the text. increase...1940; Elliot West 1997, verbal com.). scope of this mining economy. There simply was no other ecoThe initial...of 1858 were nomic force to compare with that of mining during the first all made along streams on the
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decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and...salt dome deposits, H2S in sour natural gases in Wyoming and west Texas, recovery of H2S, SO2, and S from
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Sediments in Central Colorado, from New Mexico to Wyoming Open-File Report 2015–1025 U.S. Department of...Sediments in Central Colorado, from New Mexico to Wyoming By Robert G. Eppinger, Stuart A. Giles, and Terry...sediments in central Colorado, from New Mexico to Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1025...Generalized rock types of central Colorado, and mining districts and mineralized areas of central Colorado............................................... 9 Mining districts and geologic formations associated with
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1 (above). Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....outwash deposits. The Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district in the extreme southeast corner of the state has...to the mid-1970s were documented with the exact mine or in many cases even the correct subdistrict. In...Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district. This area has been an active mining district from about the middle of
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to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit
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$6.00 The Purple Fox Hole Empire State Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York Michael Walter, mwalter9@twcny...the Balmat Zinc Mining District. The Empire State mine in Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York was previously...C.A. ownership it was the No. 4 mine. It is now owned by Titan Mining Corporation, has been producing...source of exceptional specimens of sphalerite and calcite. Over 90 species of minerals are known from the...Exactly how many came from the No. 4, now the Empire State mine, is unclear, but as many as possible have
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COPPER. THE TURQUOISE COPPER-MINING DISTRICT, ARIZONA. By F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The following...are the record of a brief visit to the Turquoise district in October, 1911, when a little less than five...Copper Co., was available for the part of the district adjacent to Courtland and that the geologic boundaries...assistance. SITUATION OF THE DISTRICT. The Turquo'ise mining district is situated on the east flank...flank of the Dragoon Mountains, in Cochise County, Ariz., about 14 miles due east of Tombstone and about 18
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Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Element...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-D...1974, Murataite, a new complex oxide from El Paso County, Colorado: American Mineralogist, v. 59, nos. 1-2...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, Jefferson County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 320...and Havens, R. G., 1962, Thalenite from Teller County, Colorado, Art. 121 in Geological Survey Research
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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
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..........................................539 Wyoming ................................................................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 ....................................
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PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1123-E Prepared...Index map of the Wisconsin-Illinois-Iowa zinc-lead district.247 39. Areas of the Platteville quadrangle mapped...PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTEVILLE QUADRANGLE, WISCONSIN...Wisconsin, in the WisconsinIllinois-Iowa zinc-lead district. Sedimentary rocks exposed in the quadrangle are...accompanied by a gangue of pyrite, marcasite, calcite, and barite; oxidation has produced secondary carbonates
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Colorado quartz is inextricably tied to the state's mining history because so many superbly crystallized quartz...specimens originated from its innumerable mines. The mining industry and resultant mineral wealth directed...more authoritative accounts of the state's early mining and economic resources, provides a timeless perspective...Other comprehensive overviews of Colorado's mines, mining his­ tory, and/or economic geology are provided...rhyolite at Ruby Mountain near Nathrop in Chaffee County, Colorado). Striatums (which are perpendicular
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— ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming ~ AllanW Eckert b i or d , Digitized by...Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming VOLUME 4: THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona...Frontiersmen The Wading Birds of North Gateway to Empire America The Great Auk The Wand The HAB Theory...Wild Season Incident at Hawk’s Hill Wilderness Empire Johnny Logan The Wilderness War EARTH TREASURES...Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming by Allan W. Eckert Ml PERENNIAL LIBRARY Harper
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Part II Geology and Gold Deposits of the Oatman District, Northwestern Arizona By ED DEWITT, JON P. THORSON...Marysville Mining District, Montana By JAMES W. WHIPPLE Gold Deposits of the Boulder County Gold District...Ferry County. 3. Hydrothermal deposits Nevada. 4. Hydrothermal deposits Washington Ferry County. I. Geological... CONTENTS Geology and gold deposits of the Oatman district, northwestern Arizona Abstract II Introduction...Geology and gold deposits of the Marysville mining district, Montana Abstract 129 Introduction 129 Geologic
 
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