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Sperrylite from
American River, Folsom, Folsom Mining District, Sacramento County, California, USA


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Sperrylite
Formula:PtAs2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sperrylite data
Locality Data:Click here to view American River, Folsom, Folsom Mining District, Sacramento County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:647638
Long-form Identifier:1:3:647638:0
GUID (UUID V4):d00444d0-796e-4d65-96e2-4e9a6745cf1b
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Report (volume)
----...-.---.-..--.--.....-...---.....-.-. 15 Sperrylite-...--..-.-----.----..--- ............. .-...-..........;.............;... ..........:.... 51 California and Oregon .. .................................NijniTagilsk district............... ILLUSTRATIONS. .Page. PLATE I. A, Platinum from the Tnlameen River, British...Columbia; B, Platinum from the Colorado River, Colombia; C, Sperrylite crystals from Vermillion mine, Ontario...chromite. in part in octaheclra, from Tulameen district, British Columbia . III. A, Polished nugget of
Report (issue)
_______ _ Sudbury district _______________________ ~ Discovery and present mining _______ _ General geology...lacers-------------------------------Tulameen district __________________ _ Other placers ______________________...ores ____________ _ Placers of the Witwatersrand district __ History and production _____________ _ General...---------------N oril'sk district ____________ -----_---- _____ _ Petsamo district ___________________________...Placers-------------------------------Goodnews Bay district _____________ _ ~ining and production _________
Report (issue)
Association: Platinum, ruthenian hollingworthite, sperrylite, laurite, iridarsenite, ruthenarsenite, rutheniridosmine...Islands. In the USA, from the American River, Sacramento Co., and in the Stanislaus River near Knight’s...Knight’s Ferry, Stanislaus Co., California; from Fox Gulch, Goodnews Bay, Alaska. In Canada, at Werner Lake and...Eastern Region, Russia. From the Ioma placer, Waria River, Yodda goldfield, Papua New Guinea. Name: For IRidium
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
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7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................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
Journal (issue)
Weber Mamaroneck, N.Y. Articles Collecting gold mining memorabilia......................................Mossman The Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California: a modem source of crystallized gold ......... 365 by E. M. Hjerstedt and M. Hjerstedt California g o ld ........................................experiences her interest in mining and minerals began to grow. In 1929 she moved to the mining town of Bisbee and...part o f his business, and was well known for his mining ventures in Mex­ ico (particularly the San Francisco
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to exist. B. H. B. Occurrence of Hanksite in California. By H. G. HANKS (Amer. J. Xci., 37,63--66)...borax. B. H. B. (Compare Abstr., 1886, 315). Sperrylite, a, New Mineral. By H. L. WELLS an4 S. L. PENFIELD...platinum. It was found at the Vermilion mine, in the district of Algoma, Province of Ontario, Canada. The colour...arsenide made by Murray. The crystalline form of sperrylite is shown by Penfield to be isometric. Simple...in the serpentine of the Green Valley in the American River cafion. It is of a blood-red colonr, and is
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as in characters due to human agency that the American citizen who knows thoroughly his own country must...service of this kind to an unusually large number of American citizens as well as to visitors from other countries...most conspicuous geographic features of the North American Continent. These are shown in the accompanying...relatively barren region formerly called the Great American Desert. This change in character is not very apparent...the continent, through the canyon cut by Weber River, and then enters the valley of Great Salt Lake.
Report (volume)
Bibliography of North American Geology, 1950-1959 PART 2. INDEX VOLUME 3 : A-L GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...BULLETIN 1195 Bibliography of North American Geology, 1950-1959 By RUTH REECE KING, ELISABETH S....scintillation counters, complex: Walton, M. S.,Jr.,2, American Association of Petroleum utilization: Bilicke...Russell, R. J., 13. and growth: Koester, E. A.,3. American Petroleum Institute, geoGeological horizons, new...Geology in Canada: Hume, G. S., Gunning, H. G., 5. California, southern, pegmatites: 3. Arciniega, V. M. Geology
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JEWELERS SUPPLIES 4959 York Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90042 Telephone (213) 255-1488 MINUTE MAN MAIL... Add postage and Insurance. Add Sales Tax In California. Open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m... February 1976 - No. 460 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Offlc.,•...Caudle (RMFMS) P.O. Box 1512. Clifton. AZ 85533 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Officer•...Correspondence and requests for Information to the California Federation shoulo be addressed to: Mrs. Juanita
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U, S. A . • • - I • • • • STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN J. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...176 DECEMBER 1957 MINERAL COMMODITIES . OF CALIFORNIA • GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT...Bureau of Mines United States Geological Survey California Institute of Technology • • ( 3 ) • • ...Xatural enYironment of the mineral resources of California, by Olaf P. Jenkins ______________________________________...oxoRABLE GooDwL"' J. KNIGHT Governor of the State of California Dear Sir: I l1ave the honor to transmit here\\·ith
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JEWELERS SUPPLIES 4959 York Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90042, Telephone (213) 255-1488 Prices F.O.B...Angel" Add postage and insurance Add Sales Tax in California HOBBY DOLLARS GO FARTHER with GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE...America I 11940 SAN VICENTE BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90049 I sTATE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _z1p_ _ __ CITY_... February 1975 - No. 448 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Offlcen...Rees (NFMS) 806 El Monte Twin Falls. 10 83301 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Offlcert
Report (issue)
high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff Scovil...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Lapis International, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut USA Collection 'Alan Table of Contents What Is Gold...Fever in the Southeastern USA . . . . . . . .P. 16 R. Chris Tacker California and All That Is Golden ..... . . . . . . . . . P. 90 A Photo Gallery Gold Mining and Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 December 1974 - No. 446 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Officers...Rees (NFMS) 806 El Monte Twin Falls. 10 83301 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Publisher...Gemac Corporation, 1797 Capro A ve.. Mentone. California 92359 What's New . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....50 per lb. Medium dark - most popular color In USA$ .04 per carat ... $4.00 per lot Pata de Gallo Agate•...50 to ORDERS MUST INCLUDE A $2.00 fee if In the USA receive our new Fall list of all others including
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wrote books or made learned compilations. Further, mining was held to be a base occupation, degrading those...this work gives an accurate description of the mining practices of calcite. the time and includes the...big as tree trunks from the Halliburton-Bancroft district of Ontario. The giants in museums are far from...professor of anthropology at the University of California, says: “Now it appears that man-apes ... had...part from the growing knowledge of the culture of American Indians, who were still practicing the arts of
Journal (issue)
3 January 1976 - No. 459 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Offlcer1...Caudle (RMFMS) P.O. Box 1512. Clifton. AZ 85533 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Offlcera...Gemac Corporation. 1797 Capri Ave., Mentone. California 92359. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $6.50 per year, $12...Obsidian Is from a remote mountain region In California. Cutting and polishing Instructions will be Included...with dark green webbing on light green. This California material takes a good polish and Is available
Journal (issue)
SUPPLIES 4959 York Boulevard, \.os Angeles, California 90042, Telephone (213) 255- 1488 Prices F.O...Angeles Add postage and insurance Add Sales Tax in California PLEASURE FOR THE LAPIDARY GEM ROUGH FOR CUTTING...- ALL ORDERS MUST INCLUDE A $2.00 fee if in the USA - all others including Canada must include full amount...- 1 March 1975 - No. 449 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Mrs. W....Rees (NFMS) 806 El Monte Twin Falls, ID 83301 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Officer•
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the gold and silver. The discovery of gold in California was of great importance in bringing about industrial...lso in Canada and Australia. The gold rush to California that started in 1848 brought in people from various... an Australian, came to California in 1849. His experience in the California areas convinced him that...industri a l expansion. "Agriculture waited on mining, the need of foodstuffs stimulated farming; a complex...valuable minerals; so the early gold prospectors of California moved northward through the present states of
Book (edition)
Rs v Engineering News -Record ~ Engineering and Mining Journal-Press Power Chemical and Metallurgical...Engineering ~ Coal AgeElectric Railway Journal American Machinist Ingenieria Internacional BusTransportation...lead deposits in sandstone European occurrences American occurrences South America Africa Genesis of sedimentary...association Origin Mine waters Rock alteration Mining and smelting operations The copper deposit of Monte...telluride of region, district district district district district district Nevada. CHAPTER XXV
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111 Callfor11la 4959 YORK BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90042 2 - AUGUST 1976 Open Mon. thru Prl. 9...3 August 1976 - No. 466 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF M INERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Officer•...POLISHING DISC Maja Ltd., Box 227, Woodland Hills, California 91365, has introduced a new foam backing disc...leather to which a paste of corundum (emery) and river silt were applied. The spinach green koro (upper...wood . • By Earl Spendlove Jane Wilson from California (on horse) and Jerry Webber from Maryland, were
Book (edition)
Thesaurus d Guide to Indexing Fourth Edition American Geological Institute AREY PPreeescaareas |...Crystal S. Palmer, Editor 7 ia Published by th AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Earlier Editions: GeoRef...Guide to Indexing, First Edition Copyright ©1977 American Geological Institute Second Edition, 1978 Third...Guide to Indexing, Fourth Edition Copyright ©1986 American Geological Institute All rights reserved Library...0-913312-78-9 Printed in the United States of America American Geological Institute 4220 King Street Alexandria
Journal (issue)
....................................... . DUNE MINING .................................................majority of these come from the early days of gold mining in the eastern Transvaal. BACKGROUND AND PROPERTIES:...history. Amongst the earliest evidence of gold mining and work are the monuments and jewellery found...Jason and the Golden Fleece has its roots in gold mining and has immortalised a Greek expedition of 1200...leading producer. Later, rich strikes were made in California and Australia (from c. 1850) and, later in the
Journal (volume)
XVI April 15, 1914 March 30, 1915 The Salt Lake Mining Review 1601 Walker Bank Building SALT LAKE CITY...Goldfield Con . Civil Service Examinations The Sells Mining Company Engineers and Millmen United States Smelting...Deposition in trict. By George H. Ryan 13 20 California Oil and Mining News. By G. Chester Brown . TOT 10. 191...Improvements at Anaconda California Oil & Mining News , By G. Chester Brown . Mining the Basic Industry Butte...Wasatch Mines Statement Gold Near Gold Springs California Mining and Oil News Carbide Lamps Are Safe Utah
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production, and prices often so low as to make mining unprofitable; and the end of that period has not...to record production since 1930. Just now gold mining appears to be the only metal industry which is...General features Ongm— European occurrences — American occurrences- Genesis of sedimentary copper ores... region, district district-“' — — — Rico district—Lake City district— Creede district Summary C'asapaica...The veins— Mineral association Origin Mine waters Mining and smelting operations-- The copper deposit of
 
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