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Quartz from
Vega Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vega Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1543213
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1543213:3
GUID (UUID V4):670e8fde-0a44-4c39-b1a3-6d0b4f199eea
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.6km (0.4 miles) April mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Western Soldier mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
1.0km (0.7 miles) Homestake mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Last Chance Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Mary mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Great Gulch Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Esmeralda Prospect, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Drinkwater Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Soda Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Golden Eagle Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of the Owens Peak and Little Lake Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, Inyo and Kern Counties...*'-<.' **f?i Peak and Little Lake Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, Inyoand...M. F. and others Mineral resources of the Owens Peak and Little Lake Canyon Wilderness study areas, Inyo...no.: I 19.3:1708-B 1. Gold ores California Owens Peak Wilderness. 2. Gold ores California Little Lake...Canyon Wilderness. 3. Tungsten ores California Owens Peak Wilderness. 4. Tungsten ores California Little Lake
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OP MANGANESE ORE IN NEVADA. By J. T. PARDEE and E. L. JONES, Jr. INTRODUCTION. Manganese is...is rather widely distributed in Nevada. In addition to the small amounts that occur in rocks' generally...the metalliferous, quartz lodes and in deposits of other types. Manganiferous silver ore has been produced...produced for many years in Nevada, but manganese ore for use in the manufacture of steel was not mined in...conspicuous example. The amount of manganese ore mined in Nevada in 1916 was small, but thereafter production increased
Report (issue)
W ALC01'T, DIRECTOR OR.E .DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAl)RANGLE, NEv1IL~ BY •I JOSIAH EDWARD...The Dividend group of prospects in the Windypah district. .. _.... _._................ 117 117 Genetic.... . . . . . . . . 118 Genetic relations of the silver mines of Mineral Ridge __ ..... . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Comparison of Silver Peak deposits with other ores......... . . . . . ...OF THE THEORY OF METALLIFEROUS VEINS OF MAGMATIC QUARTZ..... 129 129 Crystallization of granite ......
Report (issue)
and 3, respectively. Arituzar Mine Calichar Caftuelas Daniel Mine San Marcos Volcanclto Salar Centenario...Mucar Laguna Guacha|ayte Laguna Guayatayoc Baratoyoc Mine Grupo Cordoba Laguna Vilama Adriana Lari Los Bayos...Bayos Tropa Pete 3erta Prospect 3lanca Lila Mine Boratera de Antuco Celti Occurrence Coyaguaima Archibarca...Archibarca Archibarca AREA/ DISTRICT S S D S S c s 3 S S S D S S S S S S DISTRICT or SITE? 1000314 AR08059...Pozuelos Margarita San Mateo Mine Salar de Pucar Salar de Rio Grande Betina Mine Boratera Blanca Lila Coronel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tucson,Arizona85721 Abstract In the Wallapai mining district, porphyry-stylecopper-molybdenummineralization...(AM) veins of quartz + K-feldspar+ anhydrite + pyrite + biotite + molybdenite,(2) quartz-molybdenite ...chalcopyrite+ chlorite+ rutile, (4) quartz-pyrite(QP) vei.nsof quartz+ sericite+ pyrite, andquartz + pyrite...polymetallicquartz(PMQ) veins,with a gangueassemblage of quartz + sericite+ calcite + kaolinitc(?)+ epidote + chlorite...liquid-richfluid inclusionsin vein quartz showsthat the molybdenite-bearing anhydriteand quartz veinsformed at 360ø
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Journal Pre-proofs Genesis of the telescoped Eocene silver and Oligocene gold San Dimas de‐ posits, Sierra...Urquiza, L. Mata, Genesis of the telescoped Eocene silver and Oligocene gold San Dimas deposits, Sierra Madre...Elsevier B.V. Genesis of the telescoped Eocene silver and Oligocene gold San Dimas deposits, Sierra Madre...4First Majestic Silver Corp., Tayoltita, Dgo., Mexico Abstract The San Dimas district is a world-class...excellent opportunity to determine the source of silver and gold, the evolution of the hydrothermal fluids
Book
Pale-blue turquois; Gove Turquois mine, near Cottonwood, San Bernardino County, Cal. Fie. . Turquois matrix;...Turquois mine, m Nye County, near Millers, Nev. Fia. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye County, Nev...Azure mine, Burro Mountains, N. Mex. Fic. . Cobweb turquois matrix; Southwest Turquois Co. mine, Mineral...Myers and Bona Turquois mine, 13 miles north of west of Millers, Esmeralda County, Nev. -7. Split veinlet...student at Yale University; Los Angeles Gem Co. mine, Mineral Park, Ariz. Fia. Fi. Fic. Fic. Fic. ia
Report (issue)
northern Sonora and the southwestern United States (Silver and Anderson, 1974; Anderson and Schmidt, 1983)...Barranca Group with graphite, and a gypsum layer (Yeso mine on 1:50,000-scale topographic map H12D51) (Martín...quartzite and minor conglomerate with clasts of quartz and quartzite(?) as large as 2 cm. ViverosMartínez...unconformably on 1,110 Ma Aibo Granite (Anderson and Silver, 1979) and consists, in ascending order, of: El...quartzite and conglomerate with clasts of white quartz. These rocks lie adjacent to Precambrian crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contribution to the understanding of the Cananea copper district Rafael Del Rio-Salas, Lucas Ochoa-Landı́n, Martı́n...Contribution to the understanding of the Cananea copper district, Ore Geology Reviews (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...Contribution to the understanding of the Cananea copper district RI PT Rafael Del Rio-Salas (1); Lucas Ochoa-Landín...of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson Arizona, 85721 USA. (4) U.A. Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma... ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The Cananea mining district constitutes the cluster of deposits that is
Report (issue)
INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL SUMMARIES for NEVADA U.S. Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study...the U.S. Government iMenlo Park, CA 94025 1990 Nevada Briefing Book U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau...BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS IN NEVADA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14....Rock Desert Blue Eagle Blue Lakes Bluebell Bonelli Peak Buffalo Hills Burbank Canyon Calico Mountains Carson...Canyon Delmar Mountains Desatoya Mountains Disaster Peak Dry Valley Rim East Fork High Rock Canyon El Dorado
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kingman,Arizona (Fig. 1), by Wilkinson et al. (1982), Vega (1984), and Lang and Eastoe(1988) have establishedmineral...havebeenappliedto identify Lithologicsetting In the Wallapai district, the Cerbat complex the sulfurisotopesignatureof...1SOTOPE STUDIES 651 •0 Ithaca Peak Stocks Rhyollte Dikes ,,'[-•Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss [] Amphlbollte...on(1981). volcanicunits,includingamphibolite, quartz-feldsparThomas(1949, 1953), Wilkinsonet al. (1982)...gneiss, biotiteandchloriteschists, andminorquartzite Vega (1984). hasexperienced uppergreenschist or loweramphib-
Report (volume)
of the Bluebell and Goshute Peak Wilderness Study Areas, Elko County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...of the Bluebell and Goshute Peak Wilderness Study Areas, Elko County, Nevada By KEITH B. KETNER, WARREN...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREASNORTHEASTERN NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL...of the Bluebell and Goshute Peak Wilderness Study Areas, Elko County, Nevada. (Mineral resources of wilderness...wilderness study areas northeastern Nevada ; ch. C) (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1725-C) Bibliography:
Journal (issue)
crystal with calcite, 6.5 cm, from the Cosq uez mine, Colombia; found in 1998. Scott Rudolph collection............................................... 22 Mine Exploitation (or not) Today ................................................................. 28 Mining Methods .........................................dramatically illuminated by gas jets concealed behind silver reflectors. Twelve thousand people paid a quarter...times, major specimens of euclase, parisite-(Ce), quartz, pyrite and dolomite have also emerged. Episodes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tectonic Framework for Late Cretaceous to Eocene Quartz-Gold Vein Mineralization from the Caborca Orogenic...20192, USA of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder 80309, Colorado, USA of Geology...Colorado School of Mines, Golden 80401, Colorado, USA 6 Departamento de Geodinámica, Universidad del...American Cordillera that hosts orogenic gold-bearing quartz veins and extends from northwestern Mexico into...geochronology of white micas associated with gold-bearing quartz veins along the Caborca orogenic gold belt suggests
Report (issue)
Digital Geologic Map Database of the Nevada Test Site area, Nevada By David A. Sawyer1, Ronald R. Wahl1...connection thereby. 'Denver, Colorado 2Las Vegas, Nevada 3Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 1995... INTRODUCTION Work on geologic compilation of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) map and Pahute Mesa 30' x 60' quadrangle...geologic synthesis of the southern Great Basin in Nevada. One of the central objectives of the program was...has been released (Minor and others, 1993). The Nevada Test Site/Pahute Mesa digital geologic map database
Journal (issue)
KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2024 Articles The Berbes Fluorite District, Asturias, Spain................................$145/one year, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...discharge, in New York City’s famous meatpacking district, becoming a production manager for Edmund Mayer...were nestled. Or he might place little jewel-like quartz crystals on specimens of other minerals, creating
Journal (issue)
. . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and...citations on the Harding mine and information about other collections of Harding mine specimens. The museum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
brecciated zones associated mainly with pyrite, quartz, parisite, codazzite and fluorite. Emerald mineralization...districts miniers peuvent atre distingu~s: Le district de Gachald Les formations min6ralis6es appartiennent...gisements de La Vega San Juan, Las Cruces, E1 Diamante, E1 Toro (Fig. 2). Le district de Chivor Le gisement...L'6meraude croft dans des cavit6s g6odiques associ6e au quartz hyalin, calcite II, codazzite (Ca, Ce, La) (Mg...constituent les <> fi 6meraude de la mine de Chivor. Ils rdsultent de l'infiltration pr6f6rentielle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; mustoeg@wwu.edu; Tel.: +1-360-650-3582 Received:...polymorphs of silica: opal-A, opal-C, chalcedony, and quartz. Less familiar are fossil woods preserved with...from dolomite wood that contains quartz-filled fractures (Washington, USA) to silicified wood that contains...Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA. Specimen photos provided by other researchers are...electron photomicrographs were made using a Tescan Vega SEM (Tesca, Brnu, Czech Republic). Mineral identifications
Journal (issue)
.. . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147.... . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 ASTER IATED ROSE QUARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 CLUB AND SOCIETY...inc!ude strings or grains of the copper and even silver. Prehnite also occurs in crystalline form, in geodes...specimens. When you bring home specimens collected at a mine, quarry, or other locality, WASH THEM in water with...COPPER COUNTRY By KIRIL SPIROFF Michigan College of Mining and Technology The Michigan Copper Country is of
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The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- LX x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors
Report (volume)
the Inyo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN-1708-A...the Inyo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California By EDWIN H. McKEE, JAMES E. KILBURN...the Inyo Mountains Wilderness study arear Inyo County* California. (U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1708-A...(CDCA-122), California Desert Conservation Area, Inyo County, California. CONTENTS Summary 1 Abstract 1...the Inyo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California FIGURES 1. Index map showing location
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The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in México...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in México, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- x / Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zone (70ø75 øN). It is devoidof humanactivitysuchas mine operations,urban zones,etc., and hasa low overall...Hold with Hope ... :;?-•.t: / )h•cal Society 0 Vega Sund 72* 72* Land Jameson Land Land FIG....distinguishable from areascomprisingnonVein type--base metal-silver Vein type--tin-tungsten limoniticrocksusingratiotechniquesof...Skarntype--tungsten data. Vein type--base metal-silver-gold for detection of areas of limonitic rocks...appliedto the spectraldata from the test metal-silver- barite Vein type--uranium 5. Triassic 6. Tertiary
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INTRODUCTION DoGTOWN & 7 ONOVILLE 15 HoMER DISTRICT 17 TIOGA 21 PRESCOTT 23 BENTON (BI ind Springs...ak, Indian & Clover Patch Districts) 25 LAKE DISTRICT (Mammoth Lakes) 29 Coso 37 Russ & INYo DISTRICTS...mountains and bitter valleys paralleling the Si e rra Nevada on the east were known to only a few early explor...cede to the United States. Thei r own quest for silver in the southwest had dated back to the days o[...little of its intensity as it spread eastv,vard, and silver and other min e rals were sought out as wealth
 
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