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Agate from
Owyhee County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Plume Agate1 photo of Agate associated with Plume Agate at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:981138
Long-form Identifier:1:3:981138:6
GUID (UUID V4):2c71a03a-adb3-483d-a679-8127a957fee9
Localities for Agate in this Region
Graveyard Point, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Sheep Creek West Wilderness Study Areas, Owyhee County, Idaho U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1720-B...Sheep Creek West Wilderness Study Areas, Owyhee County, Idaho By VIKI A. LAWRENCE, DAVID H. MclNTYRE,...BONNICHSEN, MARGARET D. JENKS, and JOHN L. BERNT Idaho Geological Survey U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...WILDERNESS STUDY AREASBRUNEAU RIVER-JACKS CREEK REGION, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL,...Creek West Wilderness Study Areas, Ovvyhee County, Idaho. (Mineral resources of wilderness study areas
Book
MINERALS^ of Idaho with field trip j& maps by John A.flÂŁ.jkwith Gem Minerals of Idaho, designed for...for beginners and for those collectors visiting Idaho for the first time, is a guide to some of the...open and collecting. garnet diggings of Latah County and the Spencer Opal Mine, charge a digging fee...mineral-forming forces than makes Idaho a gem hunter's para- has experienced more Idaho," a fact that dise. L... usually six to ten percent. GEM MINERALS OF IDAHO 44 pin-fire white opals are valuable and those
Book (edition)
were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...great lava flows of Idaho, Oregon and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified...petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which believed to have been de- posited from...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn up almost
Book (edition)
areas. Price: $2.00. THE AGATE BOOK-by H. C. Dake. A special book for the agate hunter, collector and cutter...subvarieties of agate. The first complete book on agate with 50 photos showing various types of agate, localities...of OREGON e WASHINGTON BRITISH COLUMBIA • IDAHO BY H. C. DAKE Editor Emeritus, With THE MINERALOGIST...Localities Beaches Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties...Regions The Agate Flats The Agate Province Oregon "J ode" The Agate Desert Green Springs Agate in Many Colors
Report (issue)
little play of colors :. Milk opal; resin opel; agate opal; opel jasper ; prese opal;: rose opal or quinzite;...situated in what is known as Virgin Valley , Humboldt County , Nev . , and aze near the Oregon State line ....O'Donn ell,, about 5 miles northwest of Moscow, Idaho. Some very fine opals were obtained from this locality;...a clear variety of opal, at Crab Tree, Mitchell County, N.C.., 2 miles from the Asheville road, in the...the Owyhee Range, Owyhee County, Idaho; east of Johannesburg, Calif., and in San Bernardino County, Calif
Journal (issue)
agencies from private industry and federal, state, and county government. The study area is located in the southern...margin of the Oregon-Idaho graben and the middle Miocene calderas of the Lake Owyhee volcanic field by Mark...lavas were erupted from a ern flank of the Oregon-Idaho graben (Ferns and others, north-south belt of vents...through the Lake Owhyee vol1993a,b) in Malheur County, beginning in Jordan Valley and ending in Ontario...and others, 1990) in the Oregon-Idaho evolution of the Oregon-Idaho graben, primarily the middle graben
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
r------' .--. !i i , i ' i Boundary '---~ IDAHO Bonner_j l--;~u:d{ene\, I , L~ Coeur'cI'Alene...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I...Power i..r v. ) 't,.,. 1. r': ~ Caribou Idaho 83816-2043 , • c-vz..J. '. 2",_J'-1 '\ o, ...INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that may have produced well-crystallized...localities for minerals that were first discovered in Idaho. Unfortunately for the field collector, most of
Book (edition)
juty a2 Sketches IDAHO Second of GEOLOGY Edition Parker, Boise, Idaho EDWARD F. RHODENBAUGH...RHODENBAUGH, M.S Sketches IDAHO of GEOLOGY Second Edition by Edward F. Rhodenbaugh, M.S. I stand upon...stand upon the summit of my years. Eo R. Boise, Idaho 1961 Printed and bound in the United States of...of America The CAXTON PRINTERS, Caldwell, Idaho 93001 Ltd. by THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED...BoIs—E HIGH SCHOOL, GOODING COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, SOUTHERN BRANCH, AND BOISE JUNIOR COLLEGE Through
Book (volume)
guide to more than 1,000 specific locations in Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...Virginia VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...TREASURES VOLUME ep The Northwestern Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...Principal Abbreviations and Mineral Location Numbers Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible
Journal (issue)
Oil Company has plugged and abandoned Columbia County 24-28, located in sec. 28, T. 6 N., R. 5 W. Total...35-1, located in sec. 35, T. 4 S., R. 1 W., Marion County. Because of mechanical difficulties, the operator...Geology); the Castle Creek zeolite deposit in Oreana, Idaho; the Lovelock zeolite deposit in Lovelock, Nevada;...near Sheaville, Malheur County, Oregon, about 72 km southwest of Boise, Idaho. The Sheaville field trip...2). This southeastern part of Oregon is in the Owyhee Upland physiographic province, a moderately dissected
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...ClIRYSOCOLLA AUBREY GROUP, in Northern Arizona Agate, (in Kuibab limestone) BIG BUG CREEK, Yavapai Co...Cruz Co. Opal SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS, Santa Cruz Co. Agate SHANNON MOUNTAIN, Greenlee Co. Chalcedony SILVER
Journal (issue)
Northern Arizona, Flagstaff; Aug. 28-30—Coconino County Fair, Flagstaff; Latter part of August—Hopi Snake...Clyde Forsythe Silver City, Idaho Robert F. Harrington The Desert of Owyhee Earl J. Larrison Tony the Pony...Tourmalin* Mixed Tourmalin* Watermelon I Green Most Agate GP-94Z GP-99Z GP-100Z GP-25Z Turquoii* Aventurine...City -- Queen of the Owyhee The ghost of Silver City marks the place on Idaho's Owyhee Desert where one...man who commented that even the sagebrush in Owyhee County shows the torture of growth under rigorous conditions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."—note from James H. Richardson...on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray tourmaline...O - A thin slab of polished, light brown plume agate (very nice) was received recently from Manuel T...Graveyard Point In Owyhee County, Idaho, in 1957."—on label accompanying the agate. ILLINOIS—Brownish...odd pyrite concretion which he found in Baltimore County, Md. It consists of dark bronzy-black pyrite imbedded
Book (edition)
Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...PISTOLS Idaho Minerals Idaho Minerals The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special...Rerun Publishing P .O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Ale ne, Idaho 83814 Copyright © 1989 by L.R. Ream Publishing...R Ream Publishing P.O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are...information and specimens available to others. vi IDAHO MINERALS Acknowledgements A book of this magnitude
Report (volume)
See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Report (volume)
.............................................. Idaho...................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (issue)
strata in the Steele Energy Keys no. 1 well, Wheeler County. This study, done by Conoco Oil Co., concludes...the Standard Oil Kirkpatrick no. 1 well, Gilliam County. The report, done by Unocal Oil and Gas, concludes...no. 17-1 well, Crook County, and Oregon Petroleum Clarno no. 1 well, Wheeler County, by Unocal Oil and...Fenix and Scisson Old Maid Flat well, Clackamas County, by Shell Oil Company. The report finds that the...and natural-resource potential of portions of the Owyhee region in eastern Oregon and the Coast Range in
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals. Fashion... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may...cat's- more but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that
Book
North American Neogene Avian Localities Late Agate Fossil Quarries Formation: State: Upper Harrison...the Arikareean mybp on the Harrison Fm., Agate and Ash in the therefore a date. References:... previously 25 Fm.), had been not of the Agate Upper in the believed. Harrison Pyramid Hill...Radiometric General to the Sheep Creek Fn. County. Nebraska, NALMA equivalent Dates: References:...described University, only (1964b) 1933, a county as coming Formations. that (even these though
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^...Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old locations suddenly are brought back...stones will remain." On my own table is a section of agate, cut and polished, its concentric rings of rose...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of color, as in opals. Fashion plays
Report (issue)
during a phreatomagmatic eruption. It lies on Lake Idaho sediments. (Middle right) Big Southern Butte in...McCurry Idaho Geological Survey University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho Bulletin 30 2002 Idaho Geological...River Plain As an Extensional Strike-slip Duplex, Idaho and Oregon By Peter Hooper, Jenda Johnson, and Chris...Tectonic History of the Western Snake River Plain, Idaho and Oregon By Spencer H. Wood and Drew M. Clemens...Beds National Monument, Central Snake River Plain, Idaho By Paul Karl Link, H. Gregory McDonald, C. Mark
Report (issue)
SSth Annual Report MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO for 1953 GEORGE A. McDOWELL EDWARD - - - Inspector of... , 95th Annual MINING Report INDUSTRY OF IDAHO for 1953 ] ' i GEORGE EDWARD VIOEE A. McDOWELL...Mines hes yie e =) st Secretary University of Idaho. Hub of the campus is the Administration building...LEN JORDAN, of Idaho. Sir: In compliance with the provisions of Section 47-111, Idaho Code Annotated...Protecti ors A Clete eee eee es eee eee Safety in the Idaho Metal Mining Injury Operations Record for Mining
Catalog/List
variety of Quartz has been referred to as “Grape Agate” since it hit the market, and that term is deinitely...Chalcedony, variety of Quartz, is known as “Grape Agate” for obvious reasons, and this exceptional example...any display case. While smaller pieces of “Grape Agate” are abundant, larger representations, especially...Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co. Illinois, USA Out of the prestigious “Ross C. Lillie Collection...Magdalena Magdalena District, Socorro Co. New Mexico, USA This spectacular specimen is, obviously, a larger
Journal (issue)
Tradition tells us that l\Iine Ln :\fotte, in ll'adison County, )lissouri, wns first worked by the Spaniards,...kangaroo discovered a bright bit of opal fl.oat in the county of Yungnulgra about sixty-five miles northwest...opal mining conditions in Virgin Valley, Humboldt County. Honduras It is impossible here to describe all...the opal, and it is also claimed by the state of Idaho. January 20, 1933. G . FREDERICK SHEP H E RD. Oourttay...from t h e opal fields of Virgin Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada. It is said that th is mass was originally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tion in which the iolite occurs looks like Owyhee County, Idaho, stibnite in leada white crystallized schist...minerals (all pebbles) received from Mr. Lewis were:— Agate: brownish, cellular masses; also reddish-brown lustrous...Among the specimens received (all quartz) were:— Agate—gray masses; also dark brown pebbles. Chalcedony...(not all good quality) jaspers of all colors, agate and agate jasper combinations, and the wonderstone. The...Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio. OKLAHOMA—In Comanche County, 7 miles N. W. of Cache, Okla., in the south edge
 
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