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Tourmaline from
Wild Horse mine, Wild Horse Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Comments:Detrital
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wild Horse mine, Wild Horse Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:709256
Long-form Identifier:1:3:709256:5
GUID (UUID V4):c1ad5860-d959-4337-80f5-3bf51fb848ac
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
51.1km (31.7 miles) Watt mine (Cambrian mine), New York Canyon, Reese River Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
53.8km (33.4 miles) Pony Canyon, Reese River Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
71.9km (44.7 miles) Jamesonite Prospect, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
71.9km (44.7 miles) Pacific Matchless Mine, Spring Valley Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
73.7km (45.8 miles) Kaolinite Mine (Walker Mine), Spring Valley Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
74.4km (46.2 miles) Bonanza King Mine (Lady Mary Mine; Eagle Mine), Spring Valley Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
75.8km (47.1 miles) Weaver Canyon Mine, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
76.0km (47.2 miles) Octopus Mine, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
77.1km (47.9 miles) Looney mine, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
77.5km (48.2 miles) Limestone Claims, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
publication] Page (K) The Wild Horae quicksilver district, Lander County, Nevada, by C. H. Dane and C. P........ 259 (L) Tin deposits of northern Lander County, Nevada, by Carl Pries, Jr. (published in March...(M) Manganese deposits in the Nevada district, White Pine County, Nevada, by R. J. Roberts (published...deposits of the Opallte district, Malheur County, Oregon, and Humbdldt County. Nevada, by R. G. Yates (published...'319 (0) Nickel deposit near Gold Hill, Boulder County, Colo.rado, by E. N. Goddard and T 0 S. Lovering
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (issue)
MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RENO 1° x 2° QUADRANGLE, NEVADA, with a comprehensive bibliography by Gary R...Figure 1. Location map of mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................Known production from mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................of mineral deposits in mining districts of the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................prospects, and claims in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada.......................................... 19 21
Journal (issue)
Industry Background image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the...of American Gems worked ledge. Kunzite and gem tourmaline American Gemstones – What They Are and (in the...They are Found zite (201 cts) is from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left...Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California;... State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side
Report (issue)
and section of the Glorieta Baldy area, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, showing sites of geochemical samples...host to the massive-sulfide deposit at the Pecos mine, recently interpreted as a stratabound volcanogenic...of the PecosPicuris fault that includes the Pecos mine and the Macho Canyon area of figure 1 of this report...and section of the Glorieta Baldy area, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, showing sites of geochemical samples...along the PecosPicuris fault, which truncates the Wild Horse anticline OVERTURNED SYNCLINE OVERTURNED ANTICLINE
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
IN THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC MAGMATIC ARC OF WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA by David A. John1 , Richard...California ^Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Introduction This paper is a chapter...the Triassic and Jurassic magmatic arc of western Nevada and eastern California. A summary of the report...focus of this study is an irregular area in western Nevada and eastern California centered at the latitude...or earliest Late Jurassic in the northern Sierra Nevada, (5) earliest Late Jurassic in the West Walker
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Journal (issue)
Hopi Kcttchina Doll By HARRY VROMAN CRUSADE: Wild Horse Annie Fights to Save the Mustang, by BEVERLY...Arrowhead Hobby By JORDAN E. DETZER 34 BACK COVER: Wild Stallion By ROBERT PAYNE Poem-of-the-Month: 2 Desert...Southwest News Briefs: 30 Hard Rock Shorty: 32 Mining News: 33 Amateur Gem Cutter: 36 Gem-Mineral Field...month's Desert Magazine might be called our "Wild Horse" issue. Starting on page 4 is the feature article...about a crusading Nevadan, "Wild Horse Annie." Our back cover shows a wild mustang caught in a sunset
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination of these pegmatites. ...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Book (edition)
lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine...689-5101 or 689-5541. $1.00/gallon bucket. **Wild Horse Ranch, Sasebe Star Route, Box 97, Tucson, AZ...Phone (501) 262-2058. Fee: $2.00. Coleman Crystal Mine, Jessleville. AR 71949. Fee: $2-00. Under 12 yrs*...year. Free camping. **John Moundy, Mt. Ida. AR. Mine on High Peak Mountain. Ocus Stanly, P.0. Box I63...Adults $2.00;6—16$1•00, under 6 free. **Rush Zinc Mine, Fred Dirst, Guide, Yellville, AR 72687. Black
Report (volume)
includes publications relating to the geology, mining, and metallurgy of quicksilver. The reports are..., 1942, Quicksilver deposits of the Parkfield district, Calif.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 936-F, p. 143-169...possibilities at the New Almaden quicksilver mine, Santa Clara County, Calif.: U. S. Geol. Survey open-file...1952, Eleven maps of the New Almaden quicksilver mine area: U. S. Geol. Survey open-file rept., no text...L., 1949, The New Almaden quicksilver mine, Santa Clara County, Calif.: U. S. Geol. Survey open-file
Report (issue)
quarter of the Mountain City quadrangle, Elko county, Nevada by Robert R. Coats, Keith A. Howard, and...sandstone made up of this basaltic material furnished horse ramins of Barstovian age (C. A. Re penning, oral...(OLIGOCENE) Exposed on Pixley Creek, at the uranium mine, where tuffaceous sediments and lignite overlie...in Van Duzer Creek (near northwest corner of Wild Horse quadrangle just south of the Mountain City quadrangle)...ft. A single fossil locality from Trail Creek (Wild Horse quadrangle), furnished brachiopods and conodonts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROSS. depositsin southeasternOregon, northern Nevada, and other localities,(5) lodesin Arkansas,mainlyin...1938 includework in a large numberof quicksilver mining districts. The presentwriter hasbeenthe authorof...onetime or another,visitednearlyeveryquicksilver mining district in the United States. LIST OF REPORTS RESULTING...R. M.: Goldbanks miningdistrict,PershingCounty, Nevada. Univ. Nev. Bull.34: No. 1, 38 pp.,Jan.15, 1940...Preliminary report on the Terlingua quicksilver district, Brewster County, Texas. Geol. of Texas, Univ. Texas Bull
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such... *' ^ *D * D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet...IOLITE SPHALERITE RUBY i^b TOPAZ CRYSTALS TOURMALINE CRYSTALS (Cro»$-$«ction ot righl) ^ \b7 CHRYSOBERYL...of feldspar that make parallel to is and tourmaline, and the pearly cleavage unmistakable. Kunzite...aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, cyanite, or apatite. Conversely, such a chameleon as tourmaline may be found
Report (issue)
quarter of the Mountain City quadrangle, Elko county, Nevada by Robert R. Coats and Robert C. Greene ...(QUATERNARY) Includes tailings ponds and mine dumps of the Rio Tinto mine, and the garbage dump of Rio Tinto...in west-central part of map area, near Rio Tinto mine. Poorly sorted tuffaceous boulder gravel. Smaller...fine-grained with interlocking textures; rare detrital tourmaline and zircon and, in the black quartzite, carbonaceous...fine-grained with interlocking textures; rare detrital tourmaline and zircon and, in the black quartzite, carbonaceous
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Journal (issue)
sun Where cobbled path and rock-laid portal meet; Wild four o'clocks, their purple petals blown. Flaunt...moon was a full gold band. THE ROCK COLLECTOR By WILD A BESSIE TOTTEN Yucca Valley, California I've a...children's eyes are glad with love As they watch wild birds beneath its eaves. Long lived in now, these... Pinheiro. An:elope Valley Branch, Los Angeles County Library, Lancaster, CaliforMay 1-3—Fourteenth Annual...Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. MINING May 8—Song Festival, Encanto Band Shell, Phoenix
Journal (issue)
Paperback, 125 pages, $1.50. MINING CAMPS AND GHOST TOWNS, A History of Mining in Arizona by Frank Love....Large format, profusely illus., 191 NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING pages, $4.95. CAMPS by Stanley W. Paher...575 GOLD RUSH COUNTRY by the Editors of Sunset mining camps, many of which have been erased Books. A...geographical areas for easy weekend trips, the graphs of Nevada ever published. This, coupled 8x11 heavy paperback...this still wild corner of the West sometimes called the I-O-N, where Idaho, Oregon and Nevada come together
Report (volume)
'r v.·,,.,. . ... Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...------------------------ 1 History of placer mining in Nevada_____________________________________... Holy Cross district..-----------------------------------------------2. Jessup district.. ____________...------------------------_-------_ 3. Sand Springs district----------------------------------------------...Eldorado Canyon district..-----------------------------------------5. Gold Butte district--------------
Journal (issue)
10-15—Livestock Arizona. show, Volume 11 Feb. 11-15—Pima County fair, Tucson, Arizona. Feb. 14-15—Third annual...Vaqueros, Tucson, Arizona. Feb. 21-22—University of Nevada Winter Carnival and Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate...BEAL 8 BOTANY Tucson, Feb. 11-15—Riverside County Fair and Date Festival, Indio, California. FEBRUARY...the Tribesmen PHOTOGRAPHY By HOPE GILBERT 21 MINING December prize photographs 25 NATURE Current...Utah. LAPIDARY Feb. 28-March 7—Imperial County fair. County fair grounds, Imperial, California. HOBBY
 
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