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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Jarosite
Formula:KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments:Precedes phosphate minerals
Habit:hexagonal plates
Colour:yellow-brown
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Lipscombite4 photos of Jarosite associated with Lipscombite at this locality.
Chlorargyrite2 photos of Jarosite associated with Chlorargyrite at this locality.
Ferribushmakinite1 photo of Jarosite associated with Ferribushmakinite at this locality.
Strengite1 photo of Jarosite associated with Strengite at this locality.
Arsentsumebite1 photo of Jarosite associated with Arsentsumebite at this locality.
Pharmacosiderite1 photo of Jarosite associated with Pharmacosiderite at this locality.
Apatite1 photo of Jarosite associated with Apatite at this locality.
Hematite1 photo of Jarosite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Goethite1 photo of Jarosite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Jarosite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Jarosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (15 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:235323
Long-form Identifier:1:3:235323:4
GUID (UUID V4):f5ac0fa9-c2c9-4b5f-a71c-75bed58d8a9c
Nearest other occurrences of Jarosite
7.4km (4.6 miles) Golconda Summit, Golconda Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) Golconda Mine, Golconda Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) Sequoia pit, Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
25.2km (15.7 miles) Marigold mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) Summer Camp pit, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) Dutch Flat mine, Dutch Flat Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
32.4km (20.2 miles) Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) Gracie Mine (Elder Creek Mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
37.7km (23.4 miles) Lauritzen Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F2·2H2O Fluorowardite Crystal Data: Tetragonal. Point Group: 422. As tetragonal bipyramidal crystals,... X-ray Powder Pattern: Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. 4.766 (100), 3.099 (75)...3.98 13.45 100.00 (1) Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA; average of 8 electron microprobe...gorceixite (F-rich), iangreyite, iodargyrite, jarosite, kidwellite, kintoreite/plumbogummite, krásnoite...phosphate stope, Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Name: The fluorine
Report (issue)
O Fluorwavellite Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point Group: 2/m 2/m 2/m. Prismatic crystals display {010}...9946(3) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Silver Coin mine or Wood mine, USA (unspecified). 8.53 (100), 3.223...26.11 1.93 100.00 (1) Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA; average of 9 electron microprobe...)2 (OH)1.98 F1.02 ·5H2 O. (2) Wood mine, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA; average of 9 electron microprobe...iangreyite, jarosite, lipscombite, metavariscite, turquoise, variscite (Silver Coin mine). Distribution:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, and the Wood mine, 5 miles...miles NE of Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee; at both occurrences it is a low-temperature secondary mineral...H) for the Silver Coin mine and Al2.98(PO4)2(OH)2.11F0.89·5H2O (+0.06 H) for the Wood mine. Fluorwavellite...Pcmn, with the cell parameters determined on a Wood mine crystal: a = 9.6311(4), b = 17.3731(12), c = 6.9946(3)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phosphate analogue of carminite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada, USA A. R. KAMPF1,*, P. M. ADAMS2, S...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA 126 South Helberta Avenue...Avenue #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA Geosciences, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne...Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA [Received 28 May 2015; Accepted 10 September 2015;...mineral from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA, where it occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California...locality of meurigite-Na is the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Nevada, where it occurs as radial...fibers (thin laths) to 0.4 mm in length. At the Silver Coin mine, meurigite-Na occurs very late in a paragenetic...strengite/ variscite, crandallite/perhamite, and jarosite. Meurigite-Na also occurs at Tom’s quarry and...phosphofibrite, new mineral, crystal chemistry, Silver Coin mine intRoduction One of the authors (P.M.A.)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA Department of Mineralogy...Helberta Avenue, #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA Geosciences, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne...(IMA2009 087) from the Silver Coin mine, Nevada, USA and the Krásno ore district, Hornı́ Slavkov, Czech...Czech Republic. At Silver Coin, iangreyite occurs as thin, colourless to white or cream, hexagonal tablets...there is perfect cleavage on {001}. The density (Silver Coin), measured by the sink-float method in an aqueous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluorine analog of wardite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada Anthony R. Kampf1,*, Paul M. Adams2...Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...mineral from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, U.S.A., where it...spectroscopy; electron microprobe analysis; Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada Introduction Wardite, NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O...well-known Clay Canyon deposit near Fairfield in Utah County, which is also the type locality for englishite
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)
quartz, barite, jarosite, plumbojarosite, turquoise, and calcite at the Silver Coin mine, Edna Mountains...Mountains, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. The new mineral forms spheroidal, fibrous segregations;...composition (electron microprobe, average of five point analyses, wt %): CaO 0.30, ZnO 15.90, Al2O3 4.77...(PO4)2.00(OH)2.10 was described from the Sapucaia Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil (Lindberg, 1962). This mineral...the Silver Coin turquoise deposit, located in the Valmy district, Edna Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Huber open pit, Czech Republic and the Silver Coin mine, Nevada, USA S. J. MILLS1,*, J. SEJKORA2, A. R. KAMPF3...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA CSIRO Process Science...Helberta Avenue, #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University...open pit, Krásno ore district, Czech Republic and the Silver Coin mine, Nevada, USA. Krásnoite is the...reach 0.1 mm on edge at Krásno and 0.4 mm at Silver Coin. At both localities, krásnoite occurs very late
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...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
Journal (issue)
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 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)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...quartz with sericite, kaolinite, alunite, and jarosite. They have a spotted appearance and are white
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
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"Recent Rare Mineral Finds at Southern California and Nevada Mines". Bob is an active member of the Mineralogical...National Park, on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada range. Here, on a forty-acre property complete...he beg;m working on microminerals of the Sierra Nevada foothills. His basic micromount collection was...was "Micromincrals at Rock Island Dam, Douglas County, Washington" in the May/June 1991 issue of Rocks... To my surprise, the needle showed in XRF to be iron titanium oxide in the same proportions as the ilmenite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional...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...primary pegmatitic phosphates. It is found with iron phosphates in certain ecomonic “limonite” deposits
Report (issue)
ZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 Zinclipscombite Crystal Data: Tetragonal. Point Group: 422. As spheroidal, fibrous aggregates to...X-Ray Diffraction Pattern: Silver Coin mine, Vаlmy, Humboldt Со., Nevada, USA. 3.32 (100), 4.79 (80), 3...82 35.39 4.49 100.00 (1) Silver Coin mine, Vаlmy, Humboldt Со., Nevada, USA; average electron microprobe...vein-type silver and base metal sulfide deposit. Association: Apophyllite, quartz, baryte, jarosite, plumbojarosite...Distribution: From the Silver Coin mine, Vаlmy, Edna Mountains, Humboldt Со., Nevada, USA. Name: The prefix
Journal (issue)
of float copper was found in southern Houghton County and the larger mass was recovered a few miles west...Molybdenite Climax Mine, Lake County, Colorado Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com The Climax Mine, located in...in Lake County, Colorado (Fig. I), is perhaps the world's largest deposit of molybdenum (Mo) metal. The..."molybedamnite" or "molybedumdumite". The Climax Mine has operated on and off for over I 00 years and...expectation would be in vain. Specimens from the Climax Mine typically put real meaning to the term "aesthetically
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in Nevada Martin Jensen Earth Science Consultants Associated 1242 Glendale Avenue Sparks, Nevada 89413...may come as somewhat or a surprise to learn that Nevada could actually be considered a prominent worldwide...have been exposed by recent or currently active mining operations. The following disContinued on page...Gold Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana Mike...small wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana (Sec. 28, T 5 N, R 1 W), some interesting
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quartz and unknowns from the Zaca Mine, Alpine Co., California, USA. Note the “flares” on some surfaces...is being created by impurities, probably largely iron. The lead chlorovanadinate is actually colorless...Vanadinite Apache Mine, Globe, Gila Co., Arizona Fig. 2 Bicolored Vanadinite Rowley Mine, Maricopa Co.,...Arizona Fig. 3 Clear, colorless Vanadinite Macy Mine, Hillsboro, Sierra Co., N.M. 7 Fig. 4 Wakefieldite-(Ce)...Fig. 5 Clinobisvanite and Pottsite Linka Mine, Lander Co., Nevada One reason that vanadium minerals come
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Quarry, along Big Tree Creek in Yacolt, at Wolf Point and various other sites around Mt. St. Helens, and...previously approved mineral chiavennite in which iron replaces the manganese. It is not clear whether...Fe (Si,Al,Be)5 Be2 O13 (OH)2. 2 H2O, Z = 4 The iron-dominant analogue of chiavennite. Type locality:...Garpenberg Norra Mine (north), Hedemora, Dalarna. Jakobsberg Mine, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Dalarna...StackShot rails since they were headquartered in the USA and I would not have to pay customs and Zerene Stacker
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............. 51 Minerals from the Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia B. Beyer & P................ 57 Heulandite from the Illawarra District, NSW P. Carr, M. Perkins, B. Chenhall, f. Pemberton...of interesting mineral discoveries in the western USA. FRANCIS COLLECTION WEB SITES The Mineralogical...collections and research projects. A good starting point for visitors looking for mineral sites on the Web...unearthed the rare calcium hydroxide portlandite, a silver iodide mineral and several more rare phosphates
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mineral from the Grand Central Mine, Tombstone Hills, Cochise County, Arizona: Description and crystal...tellurate mineral discovered at the Grand Central mine located ¾ mile south of Tombstone, Arizona, U.S...schieffelinite, oboyerite, rodalquilarite, cerussite, jarosite, and a new Pb-Cu tellurate-sulfate. Backite is...are in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A. D.B. Bluestreakite* A.R. Kampf...decavanadate mineral from the Blue Streak Mine, Montrose County, Colorado: crystal structure and descriptive
 
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