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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Comments:Detrital
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wild Horse mine, Wild Horse Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:709257
Long-form Identifier:1:3:709257:2
GUID (UUID V4):43a140b7-6d38-42ad-ac25-733fda1f6720
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
81.4km (50.6 miles) Champion Mine (Champion Sillimanite Co. Quarry), Sacramento Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
84.7km (52.6 miles) Iron Canyon placer, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
94.8km (58.9 miles) Sand Springs Dune Titanium Occurrence, Sand Springs Mining District, Sand Springs Range, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
References
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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)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WILD HORSE MESA AREA, NORTHEASTERN BURRO MOUNTAINS, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Virginia...Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801 ginger@gis.nmt...that the mineral deposits at Wild Horse Mesa in the eastern Telegraph district of the northern Burro Mountains...and epithermal fluorite vein deposits in the Wild Horse Mesa area is moderate with a moderate certainty...future. INTRODUCTION The Wild Horse Mesa area in the eastern Telegraph district (Fig. 1; North and McLemore
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
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
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
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
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)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Some Current Research in Eastern Nevada and Western Utah by the U.S. Geological Survey...posters or oral presentations at a meeting in Elko, Nevada, on September 19 and 20, 1991, sponsored by the...the Elko Chapter of the Geological Society of Nevada. The purpose of the meeting was to present some of...activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in eastern Nevada and western Utah. Edited by Charles H. Thorman1...Volcanic Rocks at the Sleeper Gold-Silver Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, by J. Thomas Nash and Mark W. Bartlett
Report (issue)
quarter of the Mountain City quadrangle, Elko county, Nevada by Robert R. Coats, Keith A. Howard, and...and is generally pigeonite. Accessories include zircon, apatite, ilmenite, magnetite; very rarely topaz...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)
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
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...anorthoclase, plagioclase and, in most quartz. Apatite, zircon and magnetite are common accessories. In some of...and is generally pigeonite. Accessories include zircon, apatite, ilmenite, magnetite; very rarely topaz...in west-central part of map area, near Rio Tinto mine. Poorly sorted tuffaceous boulder gravel. Smaller
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
during the course of regular geolog•ic studiesin mining districtsby membersof the United StatesGeological...situated in the Palmetto min- ing district in Santa Cruz County about IO miles north of the Mexican...nonmetalliferousdeposits. 752 ALUNITE IN ARIZONA AND NEVADA. 753 Surveyis of the ruggedlymountainous character...both the orthoclaseand the quartz. Apatite and zircon are presentas accessories. The rock is verticallyslicedby...Blue Rock No. 8, to the southeastof the Three-R mine and belongingto the east-westsystem,is an example
Report (volume)
Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1712-D...Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California By RICHARD J. GOLDFARB, DAVID M. MILLER...Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1712-D...California Desert Conservation Area, San Bernardino County, California. CONTENTS Summary Dl Abstract 1...Acknowledgments 5 Appraisal of identified resources 5 Mining and exploration history 5 Mines, prospects, claims
Report (volume)
Index of Granitic Rock Masses in the State of Nevada By FLORIAN MALDONADO, RICHARD W. SPENGLER, W.F....on 205 areas of exposed granitic rock masses in Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1831 DEPARTMENT...Data Index of granitic rock masses in the state of Nevada. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1831) Bibliography:...Docs. no.: I 19.3:1831 1. Granite-Nevada. 2. Intrusions (Geology) -Nevada. I. Maldonado, Florian. II. United...Clark County 9 Geology 9 Plutons 9 Lincoln County 1S Geology 1S Plutons 1S Southern Nye County 17 Geology
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
Journal (issue)
Dam, from Phoenix, Arizona. Feb. 9—University of Nevada Winter Ski Carnival, Reno. Feb. 9-10—Jaycee Silver...Conference Ski Championship Meet, Reno, Nevada. Feb. 16-24—Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival,...Ski Cup Races, Flagstaff. Feb. 23-24 — Arabian Horse Show, Scottsdale, Arizona. Feb. 27—Desert Sun Ranchers...FRAIZER NEWS From here and there on the desert MINING Current news of desert mines URANIUM Latest developments...Vague about the exact location, he hinted that the mine might be in Arizona. Roberts, who was a friend of
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 (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
Report (issue)
cooling unit of the Wild Horse Mesa Tuff Tw Ths Tdf Tps Tal Ttb Tda Wild Horse Mesa Tuff (Miocene)~Prominently...Providence Mountains. Dated as about 93 Ma by U-Pb on zircon (Ed DeWitt, 1985, oral commun.) Teutonia Adamellite...Cima Dome, where it was dated as 97 Ma by U-Pb on zircon (DeWitt and others, 1984) Live Oak Canyon Granodiorite...others (1982), but dated as about 97 Ma by U-Pb on zircon (Ed DeWitt, 1985, oral commun.). Intruded by Mid...age for biotite is 157.0 ± 3.9 Ma; U-Pb age for zircon is approximately 162 to 164 Ma (Miller and others
Report (volume)
Highly Extended Terranes, California, Arizona, and Nevada 216 TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY OF HIGHLY EXTENDED...EXTENDED TERRANES, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA REFERENCES CITED Crowe, B.M., 1973, Cenozoic volcanic geology...and mineralization in the Trigo Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona. in Frost, E.G., and Martin, D.L., eds...Colorado River region, California, Arizona, and Nevada (Anderson-Hamilton Volume): San Diego, Calif.,...the Muggins Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Yuma County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1702-D
Journal (issue)
Botts, chairman. May 2—Annual horse show, Sonoita, Arizona. May 2—Horse show. State fair grounds, Albuquerque...parades, whisker derby, horse racing, oldtimers' caravan. Las Vegas, Nevada. May 15—All day trip to Santa...Days Celebration. Whisker contest, parade, dances, horse show, May 22; rodeo, May 23. Yermo, California.... Current n e w s of d e s e r t m i n e s 38 MINING G e m s a n d Minerals HOBBY A m a t e u r G...contest, in addition to the winners, were: "THE OLD HORSE CORRAL," by Tudea Tapia Esquerra, Parker Dam, California
Report (volume)
Director ' Bulletin 648 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Clark County.......................................................'.. Gold Butte mining district.................... Lincoln mine........................................ Bennett mine.........................gneiss............................. Gold Butte Mining Co................................. New Era group...prospects...................................... Elko County...............................................
Journal (issue)
has been out of print for a year. From agate to zircon, the book tells where gems, minerals, crystals...authentic history, this book covers ghost towns of Nevada, western Utah and eastern California. Hardcover...illustrated, detailed, informal history of life in the mining camps deep in Colorado Rockies. Fifty-eight towns...examples of the vigorous struggle for existence in the mining camps of the West. 239 pages, illustrated, end...COVER: Spring is popping up all over—and so are the wild flowers. Dar win Van Campen captures the spirit
 
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