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Mimetite from
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mimetite
Formula:Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Comments:Associated with wulfenite
Habit:prismatic
Colour:colorless to yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Wet Chemical
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chlorargyrite3 photos of Mimetite associated with Chlorargyrite at this locality.
Turquoise3 photos of Mimetite associated with Turquoise at this locality.
Rosasite1 photo of Mimetite associated with Rosasite at this locality.
Fornacite1 photo of Mimetite associated with Fornacite at this locality.
Chrysocolla1 photo of Mimetite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mimetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:37288
Long-form Identifier:1:3:37288:2
GUID (UUID V4):c5a412d5-fec9-496b-96e9-7822402c26a2
Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite
38.8km (24.1 miles) Lucky Strike mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
44.9km (27.9 miles) Nevada group, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
77.6km (48.2 miles) Grey Eagle mine, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
95.0km (59.0 miles) Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
References
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South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za TSUMCORITE Tsumeb Mine, Namibia I t is fitting that Tsumeb should have...development, growth, and ultimate closure of the mine in 1996. Tsumeb Corporation Limited (TCL) was founded...World War II, when the Tsumeb mine was put up for sale. Prior to this the mine was owned by Otavi Minen–...Eisenbahn–Gesellschaft (OMEG). TCL operated the mine until 1988 when it was acquired by Gold Fields South...(söhngeite is named in his honor) worked at the Tsumeb mine, and his two publications (Söhnge 1967, 2001) give
Report (issue)
Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. Crystals elongate along [010] and tabular...734(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Betty Jo claim, Nevada, USA. 3.248 (100), 2.970 (69), 2.767 (61), 4.873 (46)...41 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Betty Jo claim, Nevada, USA; by electron microprobe, average of three analyses...claim, Nevada, USA); along a fault through a stockwork disseminated gold deposit (Gold Quarry mine, Nevada...Nevada, USA). Association: Tungstenian wulfenite, pyromorphite, mimetite, cerussite, shattuckite, chrysocolla
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Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. Prismatic to lathlike crystals, elongated...wulfenite, pyromorphite (Tonopah-Belmont mine, Arizona, USA); mimetite, descloizite, willemite, chrysocolla...Mexico, USA). Distribution: From Tsumeb, Namibia. In the USA, in Arizona, in the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Big...Big Horn Mountains, Osborne district, Maricopa Co., and the Rawhide mine, Buckskin Mountains, Mohave Co...Co.; at the Bullfrog #2 claim, near Silver Hill, three km northwest of Magdalena, Socorro Co., and in
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31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...sources dealing specifically with that subject. Three iron meteorite occurrences are included because they...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk
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Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point Group: 222. As roselike aggregates of tabular {001}...(Zn1.03 Fe0.02 )Σ=1.05 (AsO4 )(OH)1.4 . (2) Gejiu mine, China. (3) PbZn(AsO4 )(OH). Mineral Group: Adelite...Association: Tennantite, chalcocite, willemite, mimetite, quartz, goethite (Tsumeb, Namibia). Distribution:... China. From the Toroku mine, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. At the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango, Mexico...Mexico. From the Silver Coin mine, near Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA. At the Michael
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PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group: 3 2/m. Crystals hexagonal or bladed, prismatic...c = 16.75(1) Z = 3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivanhoe mine, Australia. 2.969 (10), 5.71 (9), 2.220 (8), 3.51...0 10.85 Total [100.00] 94.1 100.00 (1) Ivanhoe mine, Australia; by electron microprobe, H2O by difference...85(SO4)0.05]Σ=1.90(OH)5.29∙0.73H2O. (2) Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England; electron microprobe...zone of lead deposits. Association: Pyromorphite, mimetite, duftite, cerussite, anglesite, wulfenite. Distribution:
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PHOSPHATE MINERAL PARAGENESIS AT THE SILVER COIN MINE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA, P. M. Adams. 126 S. Helberta...2, Redondo Beach, CA 90277. The Silver Coin mine was a small silver producer where a diverse assemblage...minerals is given by Thomssen and Wise (2004). The mine has become known for crystalline turquoise and is...krásnoite, fluorowardite, and ferribushmakinite. At the mine, small Cretaceous igneous bodies intrude black cherts...areas are the phosphate, copper, arsenate, and silver stopes, named for their predominant mineralogies
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identify many minerals in my collection. 4 A Point to Ponder Noel Kennon (Reprinted from the Australian...and finding new material, such as:  Current day mining operations – Blast it!  Litigation-minded people...material recently discovered at the Blue Lizard Mine in southeastern Utah has produced a whole set of...the Silver Coin Mine. IMA No. 2015-077 Fluorwavellite Al3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron...Iron Point district, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA (40°55’44”N, 117° 19’26”W), and Wood mine, 5 miles NE of
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
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December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional...occurrence. Clearly, minerals such as pyromorphite, mimetite, other members of the apatite group, and a very...analyses show the presence of minor calcium, magnesium, iron, and/or chromium. Green wavellite owes its attractive...3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen
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Report (issue)
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