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Chalcocite from
Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3390
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3390:9
GUID (UUID V4):30b89ab2-5d3a-41a1-97c1-5dace4fcc3a3
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
21.2km (13.2 miles) Old Van Buskirk farm (Dana Hill), Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) Benson Mines, Benson, Star Lake, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fowler Orebody, Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 Mine Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York I n 1991,... the Zinc Corporation of America’s (ZCA) mining operation to recover sphalerite from the stratabound...stratabound Fowler orebody near Balmat in St. Lawrence County, New York, encountered an altered area of unusual...Access to mining operations in the Fowler orebody was gained by a vertical shaft at the Zinc Corporation...of Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York. ZCA also operated the adjacent No. 3 mine at Balmat, the Hyatt
Book
MtN€RfllS of New Vork Stole David €. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...Harold L. Ailing's the mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sum­ mary of published knowledge
Journal (issue)
METEORITICS • • • REQIONAL (iEOLOQY pALEONTOLOQY 0Lo&NEW WORLD EXPLORATION S,x catalogs issued yearly covering...MATRIX Publishing Services Inc. 1940A Carlisle Road York, PA 17404 Telephone number: 717/764-9673 FAX number:...E-mail: matrix@redrose.net FOUNDERS OF MATRIX Lawrence H. Conklin and Jay L. Lininger STAFF: EDITOR AND...MINERAL FEATURE The Mineralogy of St. Lawrence County, New York: A Historical Sketch by Jay L. Lininger...Zebulon Howell Benton: The Man Who Would Be St. Lawrence Mining King by Schuyler Alverson 108 HISTORIC
Book
T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...Harold L. Alling's geology students on a trip to the mining districts and the high peaks of the Adirondack...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
“diamond”), Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo...cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Acanthite, Colorado, 442; Utah, 56 Actinolite, New York, 211 Adamite, Utah, 57, 452 Aegirine, Canada,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal alteration patterns: Canadian Inst. Mining Metallurgy Bull., v. 72, p. 82-89. Gilmore, P....the massivesulfidemineralization in the Noranda district, northwestern Quebec: Geol. Assoc. Canada Proc...anomalyat the SenecavolcanoHandbook of geochemistry: New York, Springer-Verlag, v. 11-3, p. 37E1-37E10. genic...in the minerals from some Kuroko deposits: Soc. Mining GeologistsJapan, Spec. Issue 6, p. 385-388. Watanabe...Program with Abstracts, p. 26. OF SUPERGENE COPPER-ZINC-SILFER MINER.4L[Z.4TION DEPOSIT, QUEBEC westernQuebec
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...on quartz, 54-56 Altaite, Missouri, 96 Analcime, New Jersey, 324; Washington, 273 Anglesite, Bolivia,
Report (issue)
sulfur mines in the United States and by opening new mines, by greater recovery of byproduct sulfur (in... Various metalliferous deposits (mostly copper, zinc, lead, iron, gold, and molybdenum) that contain...contain some copper and zinc sulfides), metalliferous' deposits (including copper, zinc, lead, iron, gold,...decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...available as potential byproducts from copper, lead, and zinc deposits, coal, industrial and refinery gases, and
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to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...in the museum’s creation. Dr. Weis grew up in New York, and as a child was fascinated with rocks, minerals...professor. In 1955 Dr. Weis began teaching at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Ten years later...history are welcomed additions to my “mineral and mining memorabilia” collection. If you have some of these...become a reality. Figure 5 (Left) - Wisconsin Mining Display. Both are author’s images. Figure 6 (Right)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a sooty coating very similar to that of some chalcocite specimens. In polished section the color is gray...freibergite, with silver substituting for copper. Zinc and mercury may also substitute for copper in some...rare minerals zinkenite, jamesonite, hübnerite, chalcocite, bismuth, bismuthinite, cassiterite, and molybdenite...time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs with rhodochrosite,...cm for complex groups. The mineral is relatively zinc rich and iron poor from this locality (Eckel 1997)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 12:13 05 June 2016 Milliken Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri I n part because of its unusual specific...minor amounts of silver, copper, bismuth, iron, zinc, cadmium, and even gold and platinum; however, most...pseudoniorphs after galena. Galena pseudomorphs after chalcocite, covellite, and even wood have also been reported...mines of the Creede district, Mineral County; the Camp Bird mine in Ouray County; the Eagle mine at Gilman...Gilman, Eagle County; mines of the Leadville district, Lake County, including the currently productive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Excluding Tourmaline) in the Adirondack Region of New York State David G. Bailey 1, *, Marian V. Lupulescu...Clinton, NY 13323, USA New York State Museum, Research and Collections, Albany, NY 12230, USA; marian.lupulescu@nysed...Geology, State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USA; robert.darling@cortland...12180, USA; singej2@rpi.edu Center for Mineralogy, New York State Museum, Albany, NY 12230, USA; sccham2@yahoo...like that of the Adirondack region of northern New York State, uncommon rock compositions combined with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrrhotite,sphalerite,galena,arsenopyrite,bornire, and chalcocite. Many lessersulphidessuchas molybdenite,pentlandite...pyrrhotite,sphalerite,arsenopyrite,galena, bornire,chalcocite, pentlandire, cubanire, corellite,millerite,molybdenite...Ak-tyus, Russia (xoo) .................. Alamo District, Lower California ,.• • ,.• 0 x x x x x... x x Atlin, B.C. (x4) ...................... Balmat, N.Y. (9) ..................... x x x x x x x... Sweden (7o) ................... x Boundary District, B.C. (53) ........... x x Brittania, B.C. (H3)
Report (issue)
Geological Society of America 419 West 117 Street, New York 27, N. Y. The Memoir Series of The Geological...Tete sek ine ee eee Rien ane a ty ai mee ae 5 Slee ST OCA SRN Rare ereee ee ARLS nye EC Aa mt ein) a (sag...NevadaiGity —'Grass: Valley) iter ore ae ee Shasta County a eee cere asses ee avs Oe ee COlOTAMGS ee Pie...ieee GOMER. cinosMokacnatovaeo-o Hite < eae Io St ne ee te cee Montana eee. case cree raters Sana...a ae aeco aOR OR I EAL) Pee RR EN Ne rece een noe St Roleombennitono ba jadGalitornia ia men scien ocunastrs
Journal (issue)
KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...2023 Articles The Bairendaba Deposit, Keshiketen District, Inner Mongolia, China..........................363 by C. J. Stefano The Nakhlak Mine, Anarak District, Esfahan Province, Iran..............................................................411 What’s New in Minerals Tucson Show 2023 by T. P. Moore........only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription
Report (issue)
Deposits of the St. Lawrence County Magnetite District Northwest Adirondacks New York GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Deposits of the St. Lawrence County Magnetite District Northwest Adirondacks New York By B. F. LEONARD...____________________________ Rocks of the St. Lawrence County magnetite district. Metasedimentary rocks and migmatites____...of occurrence in the district ____________ Mineralogy of skarns in the district-..._______ Nomenclature...composition of minerals._______ Introduction of new minerals...-.________ Chemical character of the ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the famous mercury mines of Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas. Of these five species, only atacamite is...instrumentation from the Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 mine at Balmat, New York, and in association with...with granophyllite at Franklin, New Jersey. It has also been reported from the old copper mines in the...the vicinity of Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, and the Wheatley mine near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania...at the Laurium and Wolverine mines of Houghton County; as bladed emerald-green crystals on fracture surfaces
Book (volume)
ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...METALLURGY OF LEAD AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION...American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. NEW YORK __ 1968 Copyright
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
orebodies may crystallize from sulfide melts is not new. It is well known that orthomagmatic ore deposits...relations observed at Broken Hill, Australia (Lawrence 1967) and Bleikvassli, Norway (Vokes 1971). In...our recent examination of the Broken Hill orebody, New South Wales, Australia, we found many features that...hydrothermal and melting processes have been suggested (Lawrence 1967, Vokes 1971, Cook 1992, Marshall et al. 2000)...lowest-temperature melt forms at 510°C in the assemblage chalcocite–galena (Craig & Kullerud 1968a). Addition of
Report (issue)
Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This bulletin was published as separate...separately published chapters] Oxidized (A) (B) ( 0) zinc deposits of the United States: Part 1. General geology... Part 2. Utah. Part 3. Colorado. 0 Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States Part 1. General Geology... Descriptions of the many varieties of oxidized zinc deposits of supergeneland hypogene origin UNITED...Oxidized zinc deposits of the United States _____________ In pocket 1. Oxidized zinc or lead-zinc deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby ‘County, Alabama. Dan Behnke photo. MayIJune: Stibnite... Beaver County, Utah. Private collection, Jeffrey Scovil photo. Barite, Colorado, 329; New Mexico, 109;...Bindheimite, Utah, 41 1 Bismuthinite, New Mexico, 109 Bismutite, New Mexico, 109 Bladh, K.W., John Williams...Limestone Quarry, Washington County, Ohio, 251-59 Bornite, Colorado, 329; New Mexico, 109 Brandow, S.L....Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30 Brookite
Report (issue)
Sheridan and W. H. Raynond........................... Zinc-rich massive sulfide deposits, northern Cordillera:......... A prospecting model for Stratabound lead-zinc(-barite-fluorite) deposits ("Mississippi Valley-type"...of the Southeast Missouri base metal and barite district, by A. V. Heyl..................................Zn-Pb in marbles of Grenville Complex, Balmat-Edwards, New York, by C. E. Brown................................. 172 Model of Central Pennsylvania lead-zinc mineralization, by S. S. Howe..................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesis, and Exploration Guides for Nonsulfide Zinc Deposits MURRAY W. HITZMAN,† Department of Geology...80401 Abstract Nonsulfide zinc deposits, popularly but incorrectly termed “zinc oxide” deposits, are becoming...becoming attractive exploration targets owing to new developments in hydrometallurgy. They are divided...deposits are the most common type of nonsulfide zinc deposit and are distributed worldwide. The vast...of carbonate minerals with the acidic, oxidized, zinc-rich fluids derived from the oxidative destruction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
textural and mineralogical changes, 2) generation of new or additional phases, 3) redistribution of major...level at which recovery and recrystallization occur. New grains are thus made available for deformation. Secondary...experiments have indicated this order to be c) chalcocite, bornite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite (Davies...MEYER (1951) described transformations of pyrite-chalcocite Metamorphism and its Effects on Sulphide Assemblages... adjacent to a post-ore dyke at Butte. Where chalcocite was silver-bearing, native silver was exsolved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silver, Wolverine mine, Kearsarge lode, Keweenaw County, Michigan. William Severance specimen, Jeff Scovil...(Hallelujah Junction), Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada. Paul Geffner specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Millerite, Sterling mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York. National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian...Chapman Mineral Collection, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, I. T. Graham, R. E. Pogson...Allanite-Ce, New York, 497 Almandine, Australia, 20; Connecticut, 143; New York, 495 Amazonite, New York, 460
 
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