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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Caledonite
Formula:Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Comments:Also confirmed by XRD. Associated with hinsdalite, stolzite, and alunite
Habit:prismatic
Colour:blue
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Linariteⓘ1 photo of Caledonite associated with Linarite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Caledonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:37272
Long-form Identifier:1:3:37272:1
GUID (UUID V4):dee54225-31a4-497c-9705-421804095bf4
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m'vadla Gold, Silver, and Copper Deposits and Their 11Iclllrrerals DAVID VON BARGEN N112 W18695 Mequon...been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861) and...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic... Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver Downloaded by...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first
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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
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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
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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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