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Calcite from
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:825729
Long-form Identifier:1:3:825729:1
GUID (UUID V4):68db91e3-14ae-497c-8cd8-b2c63bd9eb8d
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
5.0km (3.1 miles) Sunrise Mine (Queen Mine), Henderson Mining District, Granite County, Montana, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) Bunker Hill, Henderson Mining District, Granite County, Montana, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) Last Chance Claim (Last Chance Tailings), John Long Mountains Area, Granite County, Montana, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) Philipsburg, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) San Francisco Mine (Frisco Shaft), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Midnight Mine (Imperial), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Gold Hill Mine (Gold King Mine), South Boulder Creek Mining District (Princeton Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
14.7km (9.2 miles) Horton Mine (Imperial Mine; Midnight Mine; Silver Chief Mine; True Fissure Mine), Durango & Moorlight Group (Durango & Moonlight Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Gem Mine (Part of Trout Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Scratch Awl Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces The state
Report (issue)
PAPER GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE MONTANA BY WILLIAM HARVEY EMMONS AND FRANK...__ 86 Basic intrusives in the Cretaceous on Gold Creek .. __ ._ .. ___ .. __ . __ . _____ ._. __ ......... _.. ....... --_ .. - --_87 Diorite of Foster Creek and Olson Gulch __ .. __ . _. . _. ____ .... _______.... - - - - - - - . - - _90 Diorite of Racetrack Creek ____ .. ____ . ___ .. __ .. _. ________ .. _. _..._______ . _. _.. ____ _ 97 Granodiorite of the Philipsburg batholith. ___ . _. _. _.... __________ . ____
Journal (issue)
& J. N. Alves Minerals of the Black Pine mine, Granite County, Montana ................................spessartine, topaz and pseudobrookite from Ash Creek near Hayden, Arizona .........487 by J. S. White...official gem ,” talc as the “ official m ineral,” and granite, slate and marble as the “ official state rocks...Governor Howard Dean and attended by mining industry representatives, mine owners, representatives from all...California mineral collector, specializing in San Diego County and Baja California spec­ imens through purchase
Book (edition)
to hunt for Diamonds in the American pearls Black light for your minerals 50 Locations in which..."scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...Brazil their pegmatite gems. same material as granite, but so fine constituent minerals are not visible...from them weather the types of agates found in Montana. Metamorphic rocks include those of either of the...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive
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...minerals. Unfortunately, the host rock, a pink granite, lies within a Wilderness Area in the Sawtooth...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)
Journal (issue)
rapidly upon exposure to light to a violet, brown or black color. It is very rich silver ore that is easily...at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2) The Moravian Territorial...km2), but with a rich and world- famous history of mining and associated mineralogy. In the city of Brno...Chlorargyrite, on and impregnating Sandstone, Silver Reef District, Washington Co., UT, 6 x 5 x 3 cm. Author’s specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals....including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Washington County. It has also been found at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as...pearly plates in calcite veins cutting trap rock at Moore, the long-abandoned iron mine at Andover, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
belt, including the deposits of the Blackbird district, have been analyzed for their sulfur, carbon,...values are nearly uniform throughout the Blackbird district, with a mean value for cobaltite (CoAsS, the main...magmatic-metamorphic carbon. The isotopic compositions of calcite in alkaline dike rocks of uncertain age are consistent...32,000 t Cu were removed— came from the Blackbird Mine at the midpoint of the belt in the time periods...(late 2011), construction is underway on a new mining operation that will exploit a reserve within the
Show/Event (guide)
are and I encourage you to visit, “The Stope” a mining-themed doing it again. This year our concert features...cover band, “Shine on Floyd.” bled a collection of mining artifacts for permanent display in the room. The...private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...beer, wine, coffee, guest cases, a sitting area, mining paraphernalia, and a new home for the Mineralogical...CRYSTAL CLASSICS CRYSTAL CLASSICS UK MINING VENTURES UK MINING VENTURES ROCKO MINERALS Ertashar Pacific
Book (edition)
Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...exposureBeryl, black Tourmaline. 146 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Journal (issue)
shell in color. A sparse sprinkling of mm sized calcite crystals is present on this concave inner surface... described from slags at Le Celine di Cotoriano Mine (Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy). I have...Tafelkop in the Goboseb Mountains. Brandberg is a granite intrusion, Goboseb Mountains carry basalt and it...found in Brandberg; a couple of old specimens on granite matrix are in the Naturhistoriches Museum Vienna...aesthetic end we saw the best stibnite from Xikuangshan Mine (Lengshuijiang, Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China)
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)
scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...in the Montana State Capitol rotunda, by F. Pedretti’s Sons, 1902, 84 inches in diameter. Montana Historical
Report (issue)
from. Pyromorphite, 5.8 cm, from the San Andres mine, Villaviciosa de Cordoba, Espiel, Cordoba, Spain...=============================== the San Andres mine, Villaviciosa de Cordoba, Espiel, Cordoba, Spain...of the 5th century B.C., then again by a French mining company in ca. 18701970. A highly evolved local...Shale, Extension 18, Boron open pit, Boron, Kern County, California. Lehigh Minerals specimen and photo...cabinet-size specimens of borate minerals from the great mine at Boron, California—and from the former collection
Journal (issue)
com Calcite comes in diverse crystal shapes. One interesting variety is the barrel-shaped calcite. In...In Keokuk, Iowa area geodes the barrel calcite does not seem to be a dominate crystal shape. One seems...Happen Here! A Visit to the Shin-Otani Manganese Mine, Japan Alfredo Petrov alfredopetrov@earthlink.net...small of a hole in the ground merits being called.a mine. None of these mines is in operation anymore, but...show in April mentioned that a nearby manganese mine was now a museum open for underground tourism, I
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 HEMIMO RPHITE CALCITE :;:domorphs Downloaded by [North Dakota State...encrustation pseudomorphs of hemimorphite after calcite. The hemimorphite is colored yellow by microscopic...The specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...barite mines of Missouri’s several world-class mining districts could have been chosen for this issue’s...might have been a marvelous galena, sphalerite, or calcite specimen exhibiting gigantic, beautifully developed
Book (volume)
California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2.52 ct), yellow (4...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete
Report (volume)
Mayr, E., 2. Davis, M. J., 1. Boulder batholith, Montana: Knopf, Various species: Link, T. A., A., 9. 13..., 3. Curtis H., 1. Earth: Vincenz, S. A. , 3. Granite controversy: Read, Primitive homogeneous, evidence:...the future: Just, E. ing: Burwell, E. B., Jr., 4. Mining geology, retrospect and Index fossils: Stephenson...geomorPetroleum exploration:Morgan,F.A. phology: Flint, R. F., 5. Electric logs: Hamilton, R. G. , 2. Uranium... Landform interpretation, stereoSearch for new mining districts: Nolan, T. B., 1. pairs: Powers, W. E
Book
ROADSIDE % JEOLOGY of Montana David Alt and Donald W. Hyndman ROADSIDE N JEOLoGY of Montana David Alt Donald...Roadside geology of Montana. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Geology — Montana — Guide-books. I. Hyndman...know something about the rocks and landscapes of Montana. We hope our professional colleagues will enjoy...dealing with the four major geologic provinces in Montana. Each starts with its own more specific narrative...Nearly every geologist who has ever worked in Montana contributed something to this book. We read almost
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1) strata-bound sulfide lenses in the Blackbird district, which are cobaltite and, less commonly, chalcopyrite...discordant tourmalinized breccias in the Blackbird district that in places have concentrations of cobaltite...strata-bound magnetite-rich lenses in the Iron Creek area, which contain cobaltiferous pyrite and locally...xenotime. Most sulfide-rich deposits in the Blackbird district are enclosed by strata-bound lenses composed mainly...crystallization of megacrystic A-type granite on the northern border of the district. These ages are used together
Book
uccessor in interest, the American Institute oC Mining and M etallurgical Engineers has made a grant from...attended his efforts- not the spectacular success of a mining executive, but the more lasting success in the...spontaneous movement arose among geologists and mining engineers to express in some appropriate fashion...Board of Directors of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers elected him to H onorary...that would touch wider circles, was desirable. The Mining Geology Committee of the A.I.M.E. undertook to
Journal (issue)
Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root
 
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