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Montmorillonite from
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Montmorillonite
Formula:(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montmorillonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:96151
Long-form Identifier:1:3:96151:6
GUID (UUID V4):c30a8e24-fc6b-4eb6-9084-6958647ed0ae
Nearest other occurrences of Montmorillonite
23.7km (14.7 miles) Rosebud Canyon clay deposit, Rabbit Hole Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) Hycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
49.3km (30.7 miles) Sec. 2 clay deposit, Willard Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
50.3km (31.3 miles) Sec. 6 clay deposit, Willard Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
50.5km (31.4 miles) Sec. 11 clay deposit, Willard Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
52.1km (32.4 miles) Sec. 8 West clay deposit, Willard Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
52.3km (32.5 miles) Sec. 8 East clay deposit, Willard Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
55.6km (34.6 miles) Lovelock deposit, Muttlebury Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
57.1km (35.5 miles) Crystal Placer deposit, Muttlebury Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) High Hopes Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
a = 13.472(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Majuba Hill, Nevada, USA; identical to mixite. 11.63 (100), 2.920...3.40 46.77 1.37 11.00 Total 98.94 (1) Majuba Hill, Nevada, USA; by electron microprobe, average of five...orebody in rhyolite porphyries and breccias (Majuba Hill, Nevada, USA). Association: Olivenite, clinoclase,... azurite, brochantite (Majuba Hill, Nevada, USA); malachite, montmorillonite (Chessy, France). Distribution:...From the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA. In the Virneberg mine, near Rheinbreitbach
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
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)
Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada A Source of Superb Secondary Copper...(phroth@sunrise.ch) Introduction Since the 1950’s, the Majuba Hill Mine has been recognized by the mineral collecting...minerals from the Majuba Hill Mine. Spherical aggregates of arthurite crystals from Majuba Hill. FOV 3.8 mm...Evanich photo. History The Majuba Hill Mine, located in Pershing County, Nevada, was first located in 1907...1907 by A.J. McCauley of Imlay, Nevada. No work of importance was undertaken until 1914, when the property
Report (issue)
Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been...Study Areas and other areas in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area for which resource...of mineral deposits present in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nev. and
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...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the...or greater earthquake has occurred somewhere in Nevada about once every thirty years. Most faults are...(analogous to a tilted deck of cards). However, some Nevada faults are strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas
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...Mineralogical Club field trip to Penitentiary quarry, Snake Hill, New Jersey, on September 4, 1893 (photo courtesy...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain Lincoln County, Georgia Robert B. Cook, Jr. Department of Geology
Journal (issue)
Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada ................................ U p d a t e o n t h e M in e r a l o g y OF THE MAJUBA HlLL M lN E, P e r s h in g C o u n t y Martin...of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 Interest and collecting activity at the Majuba Hill mine have...(Jensen, 1985). Information on new discoveries at the mine, as well as on certain aspects that were left vague...to the mine is tenuously unrestricted. INTRODUCTION Several companies have held the Majuba Hill property
Report (issue)
MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0047 2U.S. Geological Survey, Unit...Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, an area covering 13.5 million acres in northwest Nevada and...Rock National Conservation Area), and the impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources...part of their Resource Management Plan for the District/Resource Area or for other planning units such
Catalog/List
South Africa,Cobaltian Gersdorffite from Gortdmm Mine Containing unusual elements , Iquiqueite,Galkhaite...grey masses with possible Als1oni1e Fallowficld mine. Ix½ £4 Ba Ca C0/3 micros. Hexham.Nonhumbcrlond..._ _ magnification there arc small cr stals _ __ County. _ AI1zona 60 AMAZO:-;ITE 2x3i nch£5 Madagascar...IxI£4 TiO --- - 37 ANC\'LITE Cc Ix1/, £2.50 Ix I£4 County. Rich pinkish fine grai ned mass in calc i te Dark..._ _ __ ___ _____ _ _ _ _ 21 7 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bol ivia 6x6mm £3 Pure grey metallic mass
Report (issue)
Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California:...shown is the location of the Champion dumortierite mine 23 Figure 5. Location of known mines, prospects...been produced for many years in the Winnemucca District, and to a lesser extent in the Surprise Resource...change or population increases in northwestern Nevada and adjacent California. Development of new mines...construction and for metallurgical use by the gold-mining industry. INTRODUCTION The U.S. Geological Survey
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
Report (volume)
most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico...Buckhorn claims, Nevada; the Midnite and Daybreak mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White...White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor Mountains 327 328 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF URANIUM...deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According to Nininger (1954, p. 43), as
Report (issue)
2° quadrangle, Nevada, with indexing by county, commodity, mine name, mining district, and selected major...resources of the Winnemucca 1° x 2° quadrangle area, Nevada, were collected in support of a series of U.S....Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada: Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, and Pershing Counties. Table 2 lists...Table 3 is a listing of references by mine and mining district names. Finally, Table 4 indexes the references...for the five Nevada Counties that occur in the Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada. COUNTY REFERENCES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. . Amon, W. F., Jr.. 513 Analcime from Benton County, origin of spheroidal clusters of. (Staples). 574...Franklin, N.J. (Holmes). . 198 Artinite from Luning, Nevada. (Hurlbut). 365 Axelrod,J. M.. . 193 Axinite. (Optical...(Palache, Berry). .203, 243 Clinoclasite from Majuba Hill, 259 N e v a d a(. G i a n e l l a ). . . . ...Composite pegmatites of the Franklin-Sylva mica district, N . C a r o l i n a(.H e i n r i c h ) . . ....595 Gianella, V. P. Cl.inoclasite from MajubaHill,Nevada....... 259 Giorgiosite. (Cailldre) 409 Gnomonic
Report (issue)
predecessor organization, the Manhattan Engineer District ; and, to a lesser extent, by staff members of...United States. The pre-1940 history of uranium mining and geology is concerned largely with veins in...Sierra Ancha region, Arizona ; and the Marysvale district, Utah. All the Western States, including Arizona...Arizona, California, Colorado~ Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and FRANK W. OsTERWALD Oregon, Utah...comments on the history of uranium geology and mining. The other chapters deal principally with pertinent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
positsfrom a slightlydifferent focus--the major ele- Nevada, and southeasternCalifornia, are related in ment...bothtypesof systems producebroadlysim- orado, Utah, and Nevada are associatedwith similar ilar silicatealterationassemblages...systems may be dividedinto two groupswith signifHall, Nevada, depositsare mesozonalcalc-alkaline icantlydifferent...knowndeposits The radiometricallydated Utah and Nevada prospectsrange from 18 to 25 m.y. and span the...(). Clay minerals includekaolinite,dickite,montmorillonite, andpyrophyllite. Suggested in partby Wallaceand
Report (issue)
oxidized zinc and zinc-lead ores in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California______________ 3. Types of supergene...willemite, and zincite at Franklin Furnace and Sterling Hill, N.J., have been by far the most important source...geologically unique deposits of Franklin and Sterling Hill, N.J., have been a major source, although recently...recently production has been increasing in Utah and Nevada. The term "oxidized zinc deposits" is used in this...and willemite deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, N.J. Chemists, unlike geologists, define "oxidized"
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrences in the United States. Part l: Arizona., Nevada, and New Mexico," by Margaret Cooper of the Division...AND GRANITIZED ROCKS IN TIIE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMEI COUNTY, IDAIIO co,,,"u ri,'"ilT3i,}, ffi;" ,Tewyork...The pre-Cambrian Belt strata in the Yellowjacket district, Idaho, have been invaded by three unrelated groups...ON QUARTZ IilLL, CENTRAI GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO 329 CTTY DISTRICT, F. C. ARMSTRONG Denver, Colorado...Colorado The Central City district, in the northern half of the Colorado Front Range mineral belt, has been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrences in the United States. Part l: Arizona., Nevada, and New Mexico," by Margaret Cooper of the Division...AND GRANITIZED ROCKS IN TIIE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMEI COUNTY, IDAIIO co,,,"u ri,'"ilT3i,}, ffi;" ,Tewyork...The pre-Cambrian Belt strata in the Yellowjacket district, Idaho, have been invaded by three unrelated groups...ON QUARTZ IilLL, CENTRAI GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO 329 CTTY DISTRICT, F. C. ARMSTRONG Denver, Colorado...Colorado The Central City district, in the northern half of the Colorado Front Range mineral belt, has been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Berry, L. G. The space Allophanes from Lawrence County, group of conichalcite. 557 f n d i a n a(. W h...Mount MarcY 330 81oss,F.D...... quadfalrgler Essex CountY' Blggild, O. B. The Mineralogy of N.Y. (Jafre)...Liudgrenite and cuprotungstite from the Seven Devils district, Idaho Carbon 14 measurements on geological samples...between ionic substitution and swelling in montmorillonite, (Foster). . .. 99+ Clintonite as a contact-metasonratic...Cuprotungstite and lindgrenite from the Seven Devils district, Idaho. (Cannon, Grimaldi). . . 903 C u r t i
Journal (issue)
Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner.... and Peter Keller, curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, were instrumental in...“ The Snail” rhodochrosite specimen (N’Chwaning mine, South Africa) belonging to Pala Properties. All...may be purchased through various mineral dealers. MINE LAMP COLLECTORS UNITE! For some reason, it’s unusually...95383) are compiling a list of miners’ lamp and mining memorabilia collec­ tors, which they will circulate
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...ELBAITE crystal, 7.3 cm, from the Alto Ligonha district, Mozambique. American M useum of Natural History...20:191-200 MALAWI Zomba district, 25:29-35, 38 MOROCCO Bou-Azzer, 9:69-73 Toussit mine, 11:59-61, 15:347-350...15:347-350 NAMIBIA Kombat mine, 22:421-425 Tsumeb (special issue, vol. 8, no. 3) Tsumeb, 13:137-147, 13:155-157...Museum for Tsumeb, 10:116-118 The Onganja mining district, 27:85-97 The Otavi Mountain Land, 28:109-130
Report (volume)
Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal...of Sedimentary Petrology_...__._ Mines Magazine Mining Engineering ........___..._...._____ Advances in...Tallahassee, Fla. GA Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 425 State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. IM...and Geology, Butte, Mont. NEV Office of Director, Nevada Bureau of Mines, Reno, Nev. NJ Geology Library
Report (issue)
mineral deposits to Tertiary volcanic centers in Nevada, by J.P. Albers and F. J. KleinhampL_______ Quaternary...and F. F. Wright___________ Rutile in the Harford County, Md., serpentinite belt, by Norman Herz and L....___ Phosphate occurrences in Nye County and adjacent areas, Nevada, by C. L. Rogers, F. J. Kleinhampl...actinolite in latitic dike rocks, Bingham mining district, Utah, by W. J. Moore_____________________...methods to placer investigations in the Fairbanks district, Alaska, b.v L.A. Anderson and G. R. Johnson-
 
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