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Marcasite from
Santa Clara Mine, Esparza Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Santa Clara Mine, Esparza Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:667684
Long-form Identifier:1:3:667684:1
GUID (UUID V4):30b92f4e-ed16-4261-a5a2-f7628494c031
References
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Report (issue)
for International Gold Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, October 20-22, 1987 edited by Steve Ludington...Laboratories, conducted a resource assessment of Costa Rica. This work culminated in the production of 1-1865...the Republic of Costa Rica. In October of 1987, a meeting was held in San Jos6, Costa Rica, in order to... Conferencia International de Oro San Jose, Costa Rica October 20-22, 1987 Hotel Sheraton Herradura...CDNFERENCIB INTERNflCIONRL DEL PRO San Jose, Costa Rica 20-22 Octubre, 1987 Hotel Sheraton Herradura
Report (issue)
University, was first identified at the Sulfur Bank mine in Lake County, California (Erd and others, 1964)...7½-minute quadrangle straddles the San Mateo-Santa Clara County boundary, about 55 km south of San Francisco...quadrangle includes hills and foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains and gently sloping flatlands leading...identical to the type buddingtonite from the Sulfur Bank mine (Erd and others, 1964). No visible crystalline buddingtonite...the capping silicified breccia. 2 Pyrite and marcasite(?) are common in the dike, especially in the silicified
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite, glaucodot, 390...kidwellite, 952 WALES(Cymrul Dyfed, illite, 857 Parc mine, Gwynedd, hydrozincite, nickeloan hydrozincite,...associated rocks, 919 Le Pulec, Jersey, pyrite, marcasite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, ferroan dolomite, galena
Report (issue)
Association: Cinnabar, mercury, wurtzite, stibnite, marcasite, realgar, calcite, barite, “chalcedony”, hydrocarbons...the Redington mine [TL] and other properties, near Knoxville, Napa Co.; at the Ryne mine, Mt. Diablo,... Contra Costa Co.; from New Almaden, Santa Clara Co.; at Skaggs Springs, Sonoma Co.; from New Idria,...Sprie (Felsőbánya). From Almadén, Ciudad Real Province, Spain. In the Uland area, Kurai ore zone, Altai
Report (issue)
disseminated in the limestones and metamorphics of the Santa Lucia range, sxuth of ]\Ionterey. San Bernardino...Grande. Santa Cruz Count\- Occurs in flakes and foliated masses at the limestone (juarries near Santa Cruz...Pine Flat and to occur in the : : : : : Santa Hosa. Tulare County ley, : Graphite occurs in...and good specimens have come from the Manzanita mine. Imperial County: The mud volcanoes near Volcano...mineral. gypsum have been found in the Defiance mine. Kern County On both sides of the San Joaquin Valley
Report (issue)
and ROBERT WALLACE WEBB University of CcdifomicL Santa Barbara With sections by Ian Campbell and Eleanor...C. Douglas Woodhouse, University of California, Santa Barbara; and the many individuals who generously...Department of Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara, offered expert stenographic and technical...Angeles, and 1950-1964, University of California, Santa Barbara. The results of these studies, although... Webb University of California Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California December 31, 1965 INTRODUCTION
Journal (issue)
little fauna" in his hummer of a treatment on the Costa Hummingbird. For the chasers of dreams and gold...1977 HE LAST week-end in July each year the Santa Clara Indians of New Mexico return to their ancestral...Indians, like almost everyone else, love a party. Santa Clara is best known for its black and red pottery which...Above: Headquarters building at the entrance to Santa Clara Canyon and the Puye Cliff Dwellings. Below: There...water in them, since they are made by dams on Santa Clara Creek. In wet years trout fishing is good, and
Report (volume)
portion of coarse-grained granite veins in Piedmont Province from alteration of feldspar. In Calhoun County...STATES ALABAMA. H ing in pure white clay at Eureka mine, 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...was mined with other copper ores at Woods' copper mine. Mica (muscovite). Chilton County, mined in T. 22...also. Randolph County, small quantity at Pinetucky mine; carries gold; also at other gold mines. Pyrolusite...Pyrrhotite. Cleburne County, was mined at Wood's copper mine near Stonehill. Tallapoosa County (auriferous),
Report (issue)
Ange And ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa (Barbara with INDEX TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...Angeles Robert W. Webb University of California, Santa Barbara University, California March 15, 1959...district, 2, As radial clusters near Lippincott mine, Ubehebe McAllister (4) p. 52. SODA AMPHIBOLES...bakerite has been collected from the Stirling Borax mine, Tick Canyon, Pemberton (p.c. '58). This is an unusual...lens as pale brown crystals at the Foster Bluebird mine 3 miles north of the abandoned station of Ogilby
Report (volume)
working in pure white clay at Eureka V ALABAMA. 7 mine 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...portion of coarse-grained granite veins in Piedmont Province from alteration of feldspar. In Calhoun County...was mined with other copper ores at Woods' copper mine. Mica. See Muscovite. 10 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE...County, mined in Wedowee, and prospected at Pinetucky mine, Natural gas. Occurs in scattering wells in Franklin...acid. Randolph County, small quantity at Pinetucky mine, carries gold, and at other gold mines. Occurs with
Report (issue)
rocks. Association: Mercury, realgar, pyrite, marcasite, stibnite, “opal”, “chalcedony”, barite, dolomite...USA, in California, notably at New Almaden, Santa Clara Co. and New Idria, San Benito Co.; in Texas,...Terlingua, Brewster Co.; in Nevada, at the Cahill mine, Poverty Peak district, Humboldt Co., and near Lovelock... Mexico. In Spain, from Almadén, Ciudad Real Province, and Mieres, Asturias. At Hydercahn, in the Fergana...Guizhou Province, and in exceptional twinned crystals from the Tsar Tien mine, Hunan Province, China.
Book
Pefloles, Compania Minera Fresnillo, and Compaii.ia Santa Rosalia, who aJlowed me to photograph, gather samples...specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the state of Baja California...places as Mapimi in the state of Durango; Naica and Santa Eulalia in the state of Chihuahua; and Zacatecas...CALl[NTCS ... I MI ( Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...University of New York, Albany) Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Modified from Berstein, 1964, back
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CHIARENZELLI Department of Geology St. Lawrence University Canton, New York 13617 jchiarenzelli@stlawu.edu Figure...become the newest Adirondack lake. Huge mounds of mine tailings (waste-rock sand, see outline of dashed...Lupulescu, Bailey, and Hawkins 2010); as a result, the mine has not received much attention from mineral collectors...the geology of the Adirondack region. Although the mine does not contain an exceedingly large number of...professor of geology at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, and a research associate at the New
Book
species. The Coast Desert provinces have Ranges province, dominated by the Franciscan formation and associated...oxidation products. And from the Peninsular Ranges province have come the numerous pegmatitic and associated...composition between acidic and basic rocks. drift mine Adit(s) driven into gravel. Characterized by the...deposits on the eastern side of the Great Valley Province into which the streams of the Sierra flow. Another...came from the Klamath kg) were mined, Mountains Province The Sierra term that has a first used by
Book
abundant borate and saline species. The Coast Ranges province, dominated by the Franciscan formation and associated...oxidation products. And from the Peninsular Ranges province have come the numerous pegmatitic and associated...composition between acidic and basic rocks. drift mine Adit(s) driven into gravel. euhedral Characterized...deposits on the eastern side of the Great Valley Province into which the streams of the Sierra flow. Another...Another 10 percent came from the Klamath Mountains Province in the northwest side of the state (See Map 1-1)
Book
slopes of Mt. St. Helena, Napa County. The Silverado mine is one of the better-known localities. Other collecting...sandstone and chert; the vicinity of the Newman mine on Cedar Mountain, twelve miles southeast of Livermors...are Paradise Valley and the Coyote vicinity in Santa Clara County. There it occurs in veins and irregular...vicinity, Santa Clara County, and the vicinity of the Mt. Diablo quicksilver mine of Contra Costa County...actinolite. It is also found sporadically in the Santa Cruz marble quarries. Pyroxenes The various members
Report (issue)
considerable amounts in the wall rock at the Argonaut mine, Josephson (32). County: It is found in the copper-bearing...disseminated in the limestones and metamorphics of the Santa Lucia Range south of Monterey. Riverside County:...occurs near Masons. Santa Cruz County: It occurs in the limestone quarries near Santa Cruz. flakes and...Specimens have come from Cazadero, Pine Flat and Santa Rosa. Tulare County: Graphite occurs in metamorphic...occurs in brecciated tuff duced at the Leviathan mine, Leviathan Peak of Markleeville, W. W. Bradley (35)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arrival of Spanish settlers in the late 1700's. The mine was rediscovered in 1824 by Luis Chaboya who, believing...tried unsuccessfully to extract silver from the mine (Bailey and Everhart, 1964). In 1845 Andres Castillero...deposits in California are in the Coast Ranges Province, a strip about 100 km wide that extends for 1... Four rock groups underlie this physiographic province (Fig. 1): the Salinian Block, * Present address:...address: Consulting Geologist, Suite D-105, 2140 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park, California, U.S.A. 94025 Great
Report (issue)
disseminated in the limestones and metamorphics of the Santa Lucia range, south of Monterey. Riverside County...Masons. Santa Cruz County: Occurs in flakes and foliated masses at the limestone quarries near Santa Cruz...come from Cazadero, Pine Flat and this county. Santa Rosa. Tulare County: Graphite occurs in metamorphic...specimens have come from the Manzanita mine, and also from the Elgin mine. Imperial County: The mud volcanoes...fluorite and gypsum have been found in the Defiance mine. .A small deposit is reported in the mountains east
Book
Pefioles, Compafiia Minera Fresnillo, and Compania Santa Rosalia, who allowed me to photograph, gather samples...specimens from such places as the La Fé Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the state of Baja California...places as Mapimi in the state of Durango; Naica and Santa Eulalia in the state of Chihuahua; and Zacatecas...WIC ' ' (OSE INSET) Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...Mexicali Show & Nensengdo Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Mod ors ified from Berstein, 1964
Report (issue)
nine (Alameda, Contra Costa, JIarin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo. Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma)... A geologic section Taay be followed from the province of the Coast Ranges, across the broad expanse...the enormous acreage of prune and apricot in Santa Clara valley. Walnut groves and pear orchards cover...of tlie great rivers that flow into it, lies a province unique in its advanta^res to mankind, its beaut...Yolo, Solano, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Contra Costa Counties an enormous treasury of grains, fruits
Report (volume)
system_______________________________ ________ Santa Rosa formation______________________________ Chochallimestone..._________ Siria mine ________________________ ------------- __ ----Los Hornitos mine ______ ;_______...mine____________________________________ La Uni6n mine ________________ -----------------------(}uatem...______ __ ____ ______ _ 48 48 49 50 51 51 51 La Paz mine ______ ---------------------------Cabanas distr...district___________________________________ La Joya mine ____ ----------------------------La Corona depos
Report (issue)
032 c = 7.187 X-ray Powder Pattern: Sulfur Bank mine, California, USA. 3.81 (100), 6.52 (95), 3.38 (70)...44 [100.00] (2) 10.12 100.00 (1) Sulfur Bank mine, California, USA; probably contains a small amount...altered by ammonia-bearing hot springs (Sulfur Bank mine, California, USA); in metasomatized rhyolitic ash-°ow...pyrite, marcasite, ammoniojarosite, gypsum, barite, anatase, montmorillonite (Sulfur Bank mine, California...Sulfur Bank mercury mine, Lake Co., and on Sharon Heights, Menlo Park, Santa Clara Co., California; in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Intrusions: Constraints from Pyrites in the Yuandian Coal Mine in Anhui, Eastern China Yanfei An 1, *, Lingling...intrusions. In this paper, pyrites from the Yuandian Coal Mine (Huaibei Coalfield, Anhui, Eastern China) were studied...intrusion-related cokeite at Yuandian. Keywords: Yuandian Coal Mine; pyrite generations; morphology; toxic elements;...perspective. Pyrite occurs in different rock types in the mine (coal seams, magmatic intrusions and the contact...identified four pyrite generations from the Yuandian Mine (Huaibei Coalfield, Anhui, China), each with a very
Catalog/List
yellow-green. 2 X 2 $1.50, 2 X 3 $2, 101 3 X 4 $3.75 -Santa Eulalia, Chi., Mexico -White coral-like cave groups...2X3 $2.75, 3X3 $3, 3X4 $3.75, 4X5 $4.75 -Santa Eulalia, Chi., Mexico -Fines€ quality specimens... 1 X 2 $1.50, 2 X 2 $2.50, 2 X 3 $3.75 MARCASITE -S.t. Catherines,1 Ont., terminated on rosy ~pTI=E=:hoffibs...$2, 2X3 $2o75, 3X3 $3.50 $5.25 POLIANITE - Santa Eulalia, Chin Mexico - CrysEalized Pyrolusite in...2 X 2 $3.509 2 X 3 $4.50, 137 2 X 2 PYRITE -Santa Eulalia, x.1s., Chi., most Mexico -Bright druse
 
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