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Wulfenite from
Defiance Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Defiance Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:862698
Long-form Identifier:1:3:862698:1
GUID (UUID V4):554f8a0a-cb70-4fd3-9a6a-71a6eb84b33a
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
1.6km (1.0 miles) Thompson Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) St. Charles Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) Zinc Hill Mine (Utacaia group; Colorado group; Darwin Zinc prospect), Zinc Hill, Zinc Hill Mining District, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Empress Mine, Zinc Hill, Zinc Hill Mining District, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Santa Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) Big Four Mine (War Eagle; Perry Lead Mine), Panamint Butte, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo County, California, USA
32.3km (20.1 miles) Shirley Ann group, Big Dodd Spring, Ubehebe Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo County, California, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) Ella Mine (Ella group), Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
85740 Articles The mines and minerals of Darwin, California ............................................... 5 by C. S. Stolburg Minerals of the Pereta mine, Tuscany, Italy ..................................and M. Tazzini Alteration minerals of the Cetine mine, Tuscany, It a ly ................................ Sabelli and G. Brizzi Siegenite from the Buick mine, Bixby, Missouri .................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Depostts of the Darwin Quadrangle Inyo County, California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...PROFESSIONAL Prepared in cooperation with the of California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines... Geology and Ore Deposits ofthe Darwin Quadrangle Inyo County, California By WAYNE E. HALL and E. M. MAcKEVETT...8 Prepared in cooperation with the State of California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of...____________________________ _ Old fanglomerate marginal to Darwin Wash ___ _ Lakebeds.--------------------------------Recent
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1938 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 5478! LIBRARY UNIVERSITY C- CALIFORNIA D:\ViS 1 DIVISION OF...Geologist C A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Reid J. Frank Sanborn, District Mining Engineer District Engineer Mining Engineer Mineral Technologist
Book
353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...178-180 ABSTRACTS [Abstracts of the] FM-TGMS-MSA Wulfenite Symposium (chairman: K. Wenrich) 21:98100 Abstracts...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
36849-5305 WULFENITE Downloaded by [Virginia Tech Libraries] at 04:18 15 March 2015 San Francisco Mine, Magdalena...specimen of wulfenite ud assodIIted mimelile W85 mined In lbe early 1970s al the San Fruclsco mine (also known...known 85 lbe Cerro Prieto mine), Magel. . ., Sonora, Mexico. The largest crystal is 4 em across, ud Ihe...specimen was originally sold by mineral . . . . Wayne Thompson 10 coIeelor Keith Proclor, no displayed h In his...Steve S...., wIIo later traded h back 10 Wayne Thompson. II 120 ROCKS a.NERALS was then sold to G.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals, including azurite, malachite, smithsonite, wulfenite, pyromorphite, and mimetite. Of these, the acquisition...anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, wulfenite, willemite, vanadinite, descloizite, caledonite...Preble Hill mine near Garland, Maine; the old lead mine near Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Sterling Hill, New Jersey; and the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, and the well-known Wheatley and nearby...nearby mines, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania (Slot0 1989). In the western United States. where
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...iron mine at Andover, and as an accessory mineral at Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey;
Journal (issue)
•. Personally Speaking 3 T5I California Convention 4 Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha Counters 5 Berkeley...Notes 25 Cover Picture: Darwin Falls Canyon BELOW THE FALLS LOOKING WEST, NEAR Darwin (courtesy Calif. Div...FIND WITHIN OUR PAGES. 3 r NEWS BRIEFS '51 CALIFORNIA CONVENTION SLATED FOR OAKLAND Just prior to...authorita­ SOURCE THAT THE 1951 CONVENTION OF THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION WILL PROBABLY BE HELD AT OAKLAND,...matter has not YET BEEN PASSED. tive The last California convention in the bay area v/as held in BerKELEY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found with smithsonite...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...(Graham or Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire. It...Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, and in the zinc ores at Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T... MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...TORONTO LONDON MELBOURNE* Copyright © 1983 by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Library of Congress Catalog...Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand...Birchmount Road Scarborough, Ontario Publishing M1P Van Nostrand Reinhold 17 Queen Street 2E7, Canada Australia
Report (issue)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not presently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends...They consist of base-metal vanadate minerals and wulfenite, the molybdate of lead. These minerals replace...common vanadium minerals in the vanadate deposits. Wulfenite, a molybdate of lead (PbMo0 4), is also common
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...emb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...TORONTO LONDON MELBOURNE ' Copyright© 1983 by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Library of Congress...Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. L35 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand Reinhold...Birchmount Road Scarborough, Ontario Ml P 2E7, Canada Van Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
Journal (issue)
12-5 [evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona... 92651 [714]494-7695 PHOTO BY HAROLD AND ERICA VAN PELT. LOS ANGELES J publisher John S. White -...Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson Slide competition............................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona .......................................213 by J. A. Crowley The Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona ..............................219
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
descriptions of new mineral localities in southern California, and observations on some Iocalities previously...minerals collected from the Defiance Mine. No new minerals for California were found, but several in the...products. The geologyand ore deposits of the Darwin district have been described by Knopfr and Kelley,2...com- * Notes on some minerals from southern California: I.,,4 m. Mineral,.,23r349-355 (1933) ; IT.,...(1940). 1 Knopf, Adolph., The Darwin silverlead mining district, California: U. S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 58O
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arizona Wulfenite KEN BLADH Geology Department Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio 45501 kbladh@wittenberg...world-class (best-of-species) specimens of wulfenite. Arizona wulfenite specimens of all sizes—museum/cabinet...10   ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1. Wulfenite, Defiance mine, Cochise County. Les and Paula Presmyk specimen...order, the Defiance mine, the Glove mine, the Hilltop mine, the Mammoth–St. Anthony mine (Tiger), the...Yuma mine, the Red Cloud mine, the Rowley mine, the Silver Bill–Mystery mines, and the 79 mine (fig.
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
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Journal (issue)
................................. 85 by J. R. Thompson Ferroan dolomite from the Vekol m in e .........by D. Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R...by W. Hunt Famous mineral localities: the Hilltop mine ..........................................121 by...by D. K. Miller and W. E. Wilson The Silver Bill mine, Gleeson, Arizona ................................Knudsen Cuprian fraipontite and sauconite from the Defiance-Silver Bill mines, Gleeson, Arizona .........
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, DIVISION...P. JENKINS, Chief Vol. 47 JANUARY 11 1951 CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...OF CM IFO^NIA " ~t%**irt No. 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...Third Floor, Ferry Building, San Francisco 11 District Offices State Building, 217 West First Street...thousand books and scientific journals on geology, mining, mineralogy, chemistry, metallurgy, and related
Journal (issue)
Horace lJ1/. SJoc11tn ................497 ARGONAUT MINE ABANDONED ........................................ANGELES MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP TO THE DARWIN MINES. By John A. Q11inn ................................................. 510 OLD LEAD AND ZINC MINE 'I'o REOPEN ...................................... CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY 9th Annual Convention California Federation of Mineralogical Societies July 16-18...ea,;t and west, and 2 miles north and south. The hills bordering the Cove for111 a rim around the outer
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Report (issue)
IgtmmtSlTY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University...University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details/reportofstatemin15cali CALIFORNIA STATE...STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO ^LETCHER HAMILTON State Mineralogist [December, 1917...PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA Chapters of State Mineralogist's Report Biennial Period 1915-1916 CALIFORNIA STATE...OFFICE SACRAMENTO 19 19 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Cr CALIFORNIA Da v I S CONTENTS. Page Administrative
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W. Bangalor Drive Or0 Valley, Arizona 85737 WULFENITE HAS BEEN A FAVORITE of mineral collectors for...most wulfenite specimens, not only to the mine, but also often to the particular place in the mine and...and even to the period of collection. Wulfenite is known from hundreds of localities, although most are...Chemistry and Color In chemical composition, wulfenite is a combination of the rather common metallic...molybdate [PbMoO,]. Like other lead minerals, wulfenite is heavy, with a density of 6.88 gm/cc ‘when pure
 
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