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Pyromorphite from
Laxey Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyromorphite
Formula:Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Laxey Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:459741
Long-form Identifier:1:3:459741:4
GUID (UUID V4):9998f4c1-7a1f-42b0-bfe9-4cd8e749d980
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
r------' .--. !i i , i ' i Boundary '---~ IDAHO Bonner_j l--;~u:d{ene\, I , L~ Coeur'cI'Alene...years for its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_...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)
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...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily in the...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
Journal (issue)
index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R
Report (issue)
3 (Index of Colours) ; 4 (I. of Man) ; 5 (Lake District) • : 7 (N. Wales) ; 8 (Central England) ; 9 (Eastern...—42 NW, NE, 56, 60 SW, SE. RUTLANDSHIRE,— this county is wholly included SW. within Sheet 64*. DERBYSHIREt...Table showing Output of Manx Mines, 495. 493-498 Mining Details 499-549 - List of Mines and Trials described...Description of the Workings Beckwith's Mine, 504. Cross's Mine, 508. Dixon's Mine, Foxdale {Old Foxdale) and associated...Hodgson's, Faragher's, or Louisa Mine, 513. East or Central Foxdale Mine, 514. Ellerslie, Bishops Barony
3 (Index of Colours) ; 4 (I. of Man) ; 5 (Lake District) • : 7 (N. Wales) ; 8 (Central England) ; 9 (Eastern...—42 NW, NE, 56, 60 SW, SE. RUTLANDSHIRE,— this county is wholly included SW. within Sheet 64*. DERBYSHIREt...Table showing Output of Manx Mines, 495. 493-498 Mining Details 499-549 - List of Mines and Trials described...Description of the Workings Beckwith's Mine, 504. Cross's Mine, 508. Dixon's Mine, Foxdale {Old Foxdale) and associated...Hodgson's, Faragher's, or Louisa Mine, 513. East or Central Foxdale Mine, 514. Ellerslie, Bishops Barony
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made dramatically apparent to us as spectacular mountain ranges, erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and even...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Metamorphic rocks form deep within Earth, often beneath mountain belts. When igneous or sedimentary rocks are heated
Catalog/List
of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in
Journal (issue)
Haywards Heath Methodist Church Hall, 100 yards south of Clair Hall, Haywards Heath from 7.30 - 10.00...interest were: Stolzite (PbWO4) from Brandy Gill mine and Wulfenite (PbMoO4) from Poddy Gill. Generally...wulfenite occurs as small orange crystals with green pyromorphite. Elyite from Dale Beck. Patches of minute pale...with a crude hexagonal outline - from the Carrock mine The very rare tsumebite from Roughton Gill. Pale-green...crystals of brochantite. Duftite from Brandy Gill Mine. Dull grey-green coloured crystals with acute terminations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Russell made his first visit underground in a working mine, at Wheal Providence, Lelant, near St. Ires, Cornwall...refused to allow him to go underground in Botallack mine, St. Just, about the same time, but he went down...almost every mine in Great Britain and Ireland, and to go underground in every metalliferous mine in the British...during his long life, with the exception of the Laxey and Foxdale mines in the lsle of Man--a remarkable...and took up an appointment with the London and South Western Railway (later part of the Southern Railway)
Report (issue)
World European Economic Community United Kingdom South-West England 16 17 17 18 19 19 28 32 33 39 43 44...Bibliography 97 ll,LUSTRATIONS Fig 1 Former silver mining areas and silver occurrences in the United Kingdom...22 Fig 2 Location map of selected mines in the South-West of England 27 Fig 3 Process flow sheet at...Fig 8 United Kingdom production of silver, by county: 1861-1870 85 Table l World primary silver resources...resources 16 Table 2 Selected EEC mining operations with silver-bearing base metal concentrate production
Catalog/List
Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE...Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite ...
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
firm co-ordinated a major show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and Art (as it was then...long and happy association with the Los Angeles County Museum, eventually to take forms more mineralogical...later, phosphate pegmatites in New Hampshire and South Dakota, as studied by prominent mineralogists including...shifted, perhaps multiple times, since the days of mining. To keep building her mineral collection she has...13. Brucite, 15.4 cm, from Wood’s Chrome mine, Lancaster County, ­Pennsylvania. Kay Robertson collection;
Book
of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...and W.H. MILLER, F.R.S., F.G.S. London , 1852. Mining Almanack, compiled and arranged by HENRY ENGLISH...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases
Catalog/List
2txH-xi". £1.25. _ 2. ANDRADITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Lustrous, sharp...Andradite. ltJMine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. A well formed translucent...l-txlxl". £4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl" cavity...Limonit ic Gossan. 2xlxl". £1.50. 8. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Gllway, Eire. Bright blue well formed crystals...2xl-b<1". £3.25. BARYTES. Carbonate Shake, Murton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1 "C~Oic7' transparent
Report (volume)
COPPER ORES OF TlIE MIDLANDS, WALES, THE LAKE DISTRICT AND THE ISLE OF M~i\N. BY HENRr· DEWEY AND T...from Mr. Lamplugh's memoir : that of the Parys Mountain mines from the memoir on Anglesey by Dr. Greenly...this information. Our thanks are due to numerous mine managers for assistance while visiting their mines...WORKED IN THE LOPES AND VEINS (contd.) : THE LAKE DISTRICT, pp. 60-78; pp. 78-82; ADDENDA, pp. 82-83 ...lvlerioneth and Carnarvonshire ,, IV.-Section of Clogau :Mine, l.vlerioneth " V. -Sketch Map of the Coniston
Book
houses the mineral collection. Upper right: Pyromorphite crystals from Pribram. Czechoslovakia. Natural...Mineralogical Record P. 0. Box 1656 Carson City, NV 89702, USA N. Bariand 90/91; British Museum (NH) London 110/111...representing 100-200 mineral species: an exception is the mining museum of Kongsberg, Norway, showing only a single...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part...comparative ethnology include areas of North and South America and of Polynesia for comparison. The Museum
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...description. Photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt. South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof...the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of...you belong to, and where you come from. American mining schools and professional organizations have long... centering on some of the nostalgic aspects of mining in Arizona and beautifully illustrated with paintings
Book
long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted
Book
conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper , allegedly...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...deposits. The main mining areas are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia...Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour: characteristi c ye llow Lustre; opacity: metallic; opaque...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:
Book
conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper, allegedly the...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...deposits. The main mining areas are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia...Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour: characteristi c ye llow Lustre; opacity: metallic; opaque...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:
Catalog/List
...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo­ rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite
Journal (issue)
2 EDITORIAL David Green COVER:Lenticular pyromorphite crystals from Iron Crag, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria...articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...England. Frazer's Hush mine in Weardale is scheduled to close shortly and South Crofcy in Cornwall has...unfortunately this was too little too late to save the mine. A few hand specimens of siderite displaying drusy...wolframite were collected just before the mine closed. South Crofcy will perhaps be best remembered for
Journal (issue)
D .H .M. Alderton 17 The Mineralogy ofWapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire F. fnce 25 13 NOTES...N. Hubbard 35 Strontianite from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria M . Wood 35 Secondary copper...copper minerals from the Knockmahon area , County Waterford, Republic of [i'eland S. Moreton 36 Book Reviews...subsequently took up an appointment with the London and South Western Railway. This continued the family connection...Arthur made his first visit underground in a working mine, at Wheal Providence, St. Ives, Cornwall, being
Journal (issue)
Phoenix Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd. share certificate — see aditnow.com mining library p 28. CONTENTS...Ince 8 SO VERY FOOLISH: THE HISTORY OF THE WHERRY MINE, PENZANCE - Roy Starkey 27 BMS REFERENCE COLLECTION...FROM INSIDE A BLACK BOX David Roe 13 ADIT NOW MINING LIBRARY - Roy Starkey 28 15 BRITISH MICROMOUNT...Droitwich—Twinned with Bad Ems Roy Starkey 30 HERODSFOOT MINE & LISKEARD MUSEUM - Roy Starkey 31 NOTHING TO...MINCO NORTH PENNINES PROJECT - Roy Starkey 19 SOUTH CROFTY UPDATE - Roy Starkey 20 SCOTGOLD – CONONISH
 
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