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Amethyst from
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz8 photos of Amethyst associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:289994
Long-form Identifier:1:3:289994:7
GUID (UUID V4):213274e9-04d4-4904-8af3-436007988a35
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
38.3km (23.8 miles) Ken Snyder Mine (Midas Mine), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
77.4km (48.1 miles) Meikle Mine, Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,
Report (issue)
of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...ALONG THE 1-80 CORRIDOR, RENO TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA R. Cuffney, R. Atkinson and R. Buffa Revised 1990...north-south ranges of central and northeastern Nevada (Fig. I). These belts, or their extensions, contain...vast majority of precious metal deposits found in Nevada to date. Our trip begins in the Walker Lane mineral
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Journal (issue)
Titelpaqin a De Getchell Mine, ten N.D . van Golconda, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA . Foto P . Tambuyser...Bergkristal, van enkelkristal tot museumstukken, Arkansas, USA Amethist, Agaat, Toermalijn, Brazili ë ApophylIiet...pyriet (600 kg) vanaf 10 0 BEF/stuk, loten kwarts, amethyst, calciet, jamesoniet, apatiet, okeniet, ulexiet...kristalletjes gevonde n warden, is zeker de Getchell mine in Nevada, USA, de bekendste . Over deze vindplaats...2. Verder vermelden we nog Mercur, Tooele County , Utah, USA ; Baia Sprie (Felsëanya), Cavnic (Kapnik)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology Vol. 98, 2003, pp. 1189–1211 Lead in the Getchell-Turquoise Ridge Carlin-Type Gold Deposits from...Igneous and Sedimentary Rock Sources in Northern Nevada: Implications for Fluid and Metal Sources* R. M...J. S. CLINE, University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89104 C. MARK FANNING, Research...(SHRIMP) in the Getchell and Turquoise Ridge Carlin-type gold deposits (Osgood Mountains) require contribution...Carlin trend in northeast Nevada. Petrologically similar rocks host the Getchell and Turquoise Ridge deposits
Report (issue)
SURVEY CIRCULAR 1062 .r • San jose tin~silver mine at Oruro, Bolivia, where high-grade ores are hosted...on Mineral and Energy Resources, held in Reno, Nevada, February 11-14, 1991 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR...-Soviet research on mineral deposits in the Noril'sk district is underway. Seventh Annual V.E. McKelvey Forum...mineral resources. Once again, we have selected Reno, Nevada, as the site for the Forum, as the city represents...represents an important center for the United States mining industry. Such an environment should enhance the
Book
ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...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...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
California’s gemstone treasure trove right next door, Nevada would be equally blessed with gem material. However...However, this in not the case. Although Nevada, with more than I10,OOOsquare miles, is the seventh largest...is actually there but has yet to be discovered. Nevada has been extensively explored in the past for strategic...locality of Virgin Valley, outside of Denio in Humboldt County near the Oregon border. Much of what is found...MINERALS (A) Faceted amethyst, 337.60 carats, Petersen Peak. Hallelujah Junction Mining and Exploration Company
Journal (issue)
Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt...Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg-
Report (issue)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GOLD METALLOGENY OF NORTHERN NEVADA Richard M. Tosdal editor Open-File Report 98-338-6...Contributions to the gold metallogeny of northern Nevada Preface R.M. Tbsdfl/.............................Regional crustal structure beneath the Carlin Trend, Nevada, based on deep electrical geophysical measurements...and its relation to gold belts in north-central Nevada: Overview and progress report V.J.S. Grawc/i.....autochthonous rocks that host gold along the Carlin trend, Nevada Augustus K. Armstrong, Ted G. Theodore, Robert
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia........................................chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection of Maudine and...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain Lincoln County, Georgia Robert B. Cook, Jr. Department of Geology...multiply twinned rutile crystals. Active kyanite mining over the past several decades has resulted in a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...faults have raised and occasionally tilted the mountains and lowered the basins. Over the years, these...fig. 1) that are derived from erosion of the mountains and that are tens of thousands of feet thick in...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the
Journal (issue)
Mandarino Famous mineral localities: the Ichinokawa mine, Japan ............. 229 ': Rotors w^c; ; 'v Tampa...Bancroft Mineralogy of the Bandora mine, South Mineral Creek, San Juan County, Colorado ..................... Calcium arsenate minerals new to the Getchell mine, Nevada ..........................................world’s best, were discovered in the Ichinokawa mine more than a hundred years ago. Though collected...mineral collectors. E LOCATION The Ichinokawa mine is located approximately 7 kilometers east of Saijo
Journal (issue)
spent a good bit of time with Walter Lombardo (Nevada Mineral and Book Co.). He has really nice books...for my purpose, and beautiful small cabinet siz amethyst groups of lovely color for $8.00, a whole flat...Minerals) had stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite
Report (volume)
east-west, northwest, and northeast within the district. Hawkins (1982) postulated that the east-west­...scale east-west-trending faults in the Enfield Bell mine are are the Marlboro Canyon, Bell, and Ridge faults...exposed the lower plate as windows in the Roberts Mountains thrust (fig. 58). In most areas, the contact between...Jerritt Canyon district is thought to be a high-angle fault. Exposure of the Rob­ erts Mountains thrust is...cover in the district. REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY Most of the rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district are Paleozoic
Journal (issue)
calcite, 11/2 inches across, Knippa Quarry, Uvalde County, Texas, photo by the author. Tucson 1999 - mouthwash...additional new danburite from Charcas (San Luis Potosi, Mexico). The crystals are white to colorless,...nor post-mining. It came from two localities Posey Mine (San Juan Co., Utah, USA) and Planet Mine (La Paz...Paz Co., Arizona, USA). That from Posey Mine is composed of 5-10 mm veins, composed of fibers perpendicular...have many years of experience in mining and selling gems in Oxford County; Vandall King (the expert on Maine
Catalog/List
catalogue No 98 OCTOBER 2005 postage extra I. AMETHYST typical display piece of mauve pyramidal crystals...sunbust effect , cut and polished slab 2.5 xl .5 Mine de L' Etoile Congo £20 3. LEPIDOLITE, choice display...Franklinite, old time specimen 3x2x2 Franklin New Jersey USA £25 Actually quite attractive and with excellent...NATIVE SILVER thin sheet about lxl.5 inches La Noria mine, San Martin, Zacatecas Mexico £15 , 16. NATIVE COPPER...inch exposed cleavage surface. Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona USA £25 17. GRAPHITE, pure metallic mass
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (edition)
in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from
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 ...
in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from
Journal (issue)
ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition... A. 2(1):21-24 Heulandite from the Illawarra District, NSW. Carr, P., Perkins, M., Chenhall, B., Pemberton...Nickel, E. 1(2):27 Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and...Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell,...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit
Catalog/List
WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations...$15.00 each ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear...and $ 30.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens...00 each YUMA WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red...mounted in 1 1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow
 
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