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Melanterite from
San Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain camp, Lodi Mining District, Lodi Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melanterite
Formula:Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain camp, Lodi Mining District, Lodi Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:692347
Long-form Identifier:1:3:692347:1
GUID (UUID V4):0e1d8bfe-7de5-4cb5-b9b2-3fefdfb33162
Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite
96.6km (60.0 miles) Watt mine (Cambrian mine), New York Canyon, Reese River Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
97.9km (60.8 miles) White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy San Rafael Mine Downloaded by [Laurentian University] at 10:24 05 October 2014 Nye County, Nevada...Nevada MARTIN JENSEN 470 W. Riverview Circle Reno, Nevada 89509 mineralpro@hotmail.com TONY NIKISCHER Excalibur...HERRMANN Lithosphere Minerals 2331 Ruddy Way Sparks, Nevada 89441 lithosphereminerals@yahoo.com   96*2:...specimens from his collection he San Rafael mine, in north central Nevada, is a relatively little known...occurrence. The San Rafael mine, at the old camp of Quartz Mountain in the Lodi district, is situated in
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 (article/letter/editorial)
February 2015 Cover Photographs January/February: Quartz, several localities; John Lucking, Jeff Scovil...September/October: Silver crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk specimen...Acanthite, Nevada, 514 Actinolite, Quebec, 498 Adamite, Nevada, 514 Agardite–(Y), Nevada, 515 Agate (fire)...Anglesite, Colorado, 413; Nevada, 515 Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook,...456–58 Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, 280 Arkansas, wavellite, 346–50 Arseniosiderite, Nevada, 515 Arsenopyrite
Report (issue)
Bullock Nature displays her most common mineral, quartz, in this beautiful crystal cluster. CONTENTS.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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)
Mineralogist OIAF GEOLOGIC BFL^NCH Ferry Building, San Francisco San Francisco P. JENKINS Chief Geologist ...°\ x *T U L A R E I s_ i»KCBSFltLO •Z R f SAN, BERNARDINO \ SSANTA BARBARA j^^'»-f"''*\L0SAN6tLCS...1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since
Report (issue)
c = 7.656 Z = 18 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cetine mine, Italy. 12.10 (100), 4.57 (53), 6.98 (42), 4.07...Occurrence: An uncommon dehydration product of melanterite in oxidized portions of rocks and sediments containing...regions; rarely a volcanic sublimate. Association: Melanterite, amarantite, hohmannite, krausite, coquimbite...the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. In the USA, in California...Calico Hills, San Bernardino Co., at Island Mountain, Trinity Co., and in the Redington mine, Knoxville
Report (issue)
W. T. Schaller, Afwillite NMNH 95237 Dutoitspan Mine, Kimber¬ ley, South Africa Dutoitspan Ammonioborite...Geological Survey, 1950) Trinity Anemousite County, California. Contributions to Mineral¬ (discredited...Vonsen, 1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition and...Aluminocopiapite Utah NMNH K. J. Murata, Trinity County, California M. C. Bandy, 1938. Utah. J. M. Axelrod...Aluminocopiapite NMNH 93834 Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976)
Book (edition)
CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MINl^S AND MINERALS...LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite, banded in brownish...white to nearly colorless. Beaver Lake District; azurite. 0. K. Mine; bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...limonite, malachite, molybdite, pyrite. Bradshaw District; aragonite, aurichalcite, cerussite, cuprite,... Cactus Gulch; chalcopyrite, garnet, limonite, quartz, crystals enclosing tourmaline. English Springs;
Book (volume)
land rises abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi. Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne...rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...the Black Hills pegmatites have measured from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW HYDROUS POTASSIUM FERRIC SULFATE FROM THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH* A. Rosrnzwrrc, UniaersityoJMinnesota...ferric sulfate from the Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Swell, Utah, has the composition KFe(SOn)z...roemerite, alunogen, copiapite, fibroferrite, melanterite and other sulfates, which comprise the cementing...sulfate minerals from the Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Swell, Utah, submitted to the authors...Minnesota during the summer of 1953. The Dexter No. 7 Mine is locatedalong the southeastrim of Calf Mesa, which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U. S.) that has been opened up...Liggett military reserjade deposits in (Monterey County) Cali- vation are some of the very few found on...perfect, apparently pseudo-rhombohedral, TRIBUNE, San Luis Obispo, Calif." averaging 1". "Last summer,...Middlesex signed to conserve the stone for removal County, Conn., was sent in by Richard by legitimate collectors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades...exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone...article does not give permis- Lincoln district: The Creole mine, located at the south end of the Mineral...IRON X i xAntimony Big Zndia X % GARFIELD SAN JUAN x Orderville WASHINGTON Figure 1. Selected
Report (volume)
Utah 5 Lance Creek, Wyoming 5 Lone Tree deposit, San Rafael Swell, Utah 5 Maybell, Colorado 5 Palangana salt...5 Poison Basin, Wyoming 5 South Texas 6 Temple Mountain, Utah 6 Deposits in the Todilto Limestone Member...petroliferous materials 8 Copper Mountain, Wyoming 8 Crooks Gap, Wyoming 8 Gas Hills, Wyoming 8 Lisbon Valley...associations with petroliferous materials 10 Anderson mine, Date Creek Basin, Arizona 10 Cameron, Arizona 10...Basin, Wyoming 11 Monument Valley, Arizona 11 Orphan mine, Grand Canyon, Arizona 12 Tallahassee Creek, Colorado
Report (issue)
said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...and Geology mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME...BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines and Geology Francisco, 1966 CA 94111...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch
Book
P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining at the College of California, parent to the University...California, and published in the fourth and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning in 1914 with a volume...mainly in the Sierra Nevada and the Klarnath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions , together with...are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...Meridian (M.D.M. Mount Diablo Meridian;S.B.M. - San Bernardino Meridian; and H.M. - Humboldt Meridian)
Report (chapter)
closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...of metal-sulfate salts, in connection with the mining of metals, was a phenomenon well known to the early...efflorescent salts atramentum sutorium virida or melanterite (also called melanteria) and atramentum sutorium...Secundus, 23-79 CE), the names “green vitriol” for melanterite and “blue vitr iol” for chalcanthite were in...rocks, coal deposits, metallic ore deposits, and mine wastes. The composition of the salts reflects the
Report (issue)
;wIFORNIA STATE Mii^ix^v BtmiiAU FERRY BUILDING - SAN FRANOSCC im^ ibiiiiiiliiii .III— Bb^aa^Aai^^...FERRY BUILDIN(;. MININC; BUREAU SAN FRANCISCO FLETCHER HAMILTON San Francisco] State Mineralogi8l ...particular service in co- operating with the State ^Mining Bureau in making possible this addition to our...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then quently...the thirty years which elapsed since the State Mining Bureau. appearance of the second list, our knowledge
Book
^ '“ P r . . . I West Orange SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 9048 00992838 7 257989 R q549...P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining the at College of California, parent to the...mineralogist of California, and pub- and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning volume prepared...been found mainly in Nevada and the Klamath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions, together with...species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines
Report (issue)
27.254(8) Z = 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Konomai mine, Hokkaido, Japan. 3.54 (10), 3.41 (9), 5.57 (7)...especially in arid climates, where it may also be a post-mining product. Association: Halotrichite, pickeringite... krausite, jarosite, goldichite, botryogen, melanterite. Distribution: From the Solfatara di Pozzuoli...Campania, Italy. Large crystals in the Rio Tinto mine, Huelva Province, Spain. In Slovakia, at Smolnı́k...Kremnica (Kremnitz), Czech Republic. At the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains, Germany. In the Rozdol
Report (issue)
262(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Középső-György mine, Hungary. 4.78 (100), 3.484 (75), 6.02 (35), 4.29...44.51 Total 99.25 100.00 (1) Középső-György mine, Hungary; after subtraction of ferrohexahydrite...volcanic fumaroles and hot springs. Association: Melanterite, copiapite, gypsum, epsomite, alunogen. Distribution:...Naples, Campania, Italy. From the Középső-György mine, Recsk, Mátra Mountains, Hungary. At Falun, Sweden...Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany. In the USA, from the Alum Mountain district, Grant Co., New Mexico; at the Sulfur
Report (issue)
Symposium FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK #4 Red Mountain. Hardshell and Nearby Mining Districts March 19, 1986 Leaders:.... ITINERARY FIELD TRIP 4 RED MOUNTAIN, HARDSHELL, AND NEARBY MINING DISTRICTS Leaders: Coordinator:...alteration-mineralization of Kerr-McGee's Red Mountain deposit 11: 30-12: 00 noon Return to old townsite... Drivers: 4. Red Rec#: Name: 148 Loren Mountain~Hardshell {March 19) t~arch Red Mtn 4. $ 25:...---------------- 11, 1 ~ FIELD TRIP 4 RED MOUNTAIN, HARDSHELL, AND NEARBY MINING DISTRICTS March 19, 1986 Leaders:
Report (issue)
Governor Ferry Building, OlAF San Francisco Bulletin P. 154 OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY COUNTIES HISTORY...herewith Bulletin 154, Geologic Ouidthook of the San Francisco Bay Counties— History, Landscape, Geology...across the l)ro«(l while expanse of the City of San Francisco. The lonp black strip cutting east-west...white Alcatrpi Island is between Angel Island and San Francisco. In the extreme distance Mount St. Helena...of the San Andreas fault; part of Moiitara Mountain is in the extreme lower left cSan Bruno Mountain
 
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