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Aurorite from
Potosi Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Aurorite
Formula:Mn2+Mn34+O7 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aurorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Potosi Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:279007
Long-form Identifier:1:3:279007:7
GUID (UUID V4):16861da1-4b26-4c94-b714-1c29b07b6d43
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has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...(Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver Downloaded...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent
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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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no other group of minerals has more associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great...recovered as a byproduct of low-grade copper and lead mining. This fact, coupled with the historically low price...copper were the first). The earliest known siIver mining occurred in Cappadocia in Asia Minor and is dated...ornamentation and jewelry. Excavations at Ur, an ancient city on the Euphrates River, have recovered some extraordinary...probably reflects the fact that the earliest silver mining amounted to gathering the metal in its native state
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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
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Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt...Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg-
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Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France...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...excellent collection of minerals from the New York City area grew quickly to prominence. It was placed on
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alkalis, near (Na,Ca,K)12(Si,Al)1r from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The...and density M.H.H.]. [A.M. 52-1584; 3an. 97-75.] Aurorite. A. S. Radtke, C. M. Taylor, and D. F. Hewett...Minute grains in calcite from the Aurora mine, Hamilton, Nevada, give X-ray powder data near that of chalcophanite...composition is close to (Mn,Ag,Ca)Mn3OT.3H20; the name aurorite, from the locality, is proposed for the Mn2+ analogue...chalcophanite, the natural material being an argentian aurorite. [A.M. 52-1581 ; 3arL 97-70 ; Bull. 91-97.] Babeitit
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United States by Bookcrafters, Fredericksburg, Virginia. PREFACE The end of 1994 marked the close of...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
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Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado
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(Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H. Paar
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Bettie S. Hackman, Virginia M. Jussen, Elisabeth S. Loud, Mildred C. Mead, Virginia S. Neuschel, and Dorothy...of the Mineralogical Canadian Mining and Metall Bull. - Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin. Canadian...Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Canadian Mining Jour. - Canadian Mining Journal...the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club. West Virginia University. Morgantown, W.Va. Caves and Karst...of High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1. Lubbock, Tex. Cushman Found. Foram. Research
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cultural standpoint. These are localities rich in mining history and regional flavor; the old drifts and...Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris,...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...2 Germany An historical perspective on silver mining in G erm any.................. by W. Lieber and...Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson
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South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Rapid City, South Dakota GEORGE ROBERT RAPP, JR. Associate...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Philip Goodell- Asst. Prof., City College of the City University, New York, for his help with...Currier Susie Davis Ray DeMark Paul Desautels Virginia Deshler Mary Dodds Adolph F. Dosse Steve G. Dulla...Copenhagen, Denmark Washington State University City College of the City University of New York Mineralogical Museum
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......... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ..................................Alexander The Morenci and Metcalf mines, . Gila County, Arizona ........................................& W. E. Wilson Mineral collecting at the Magma mine, . . Superior, Arizona ..........................Presmyk & M. Hay Treasures of the Magma mine, Pinal County, Arizona ...............................
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...The place of origin of a mineral or rock specimen. lode A primary mineral deposit in a vein or rock mass...in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©
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white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum (yellowish...grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum (yellowish...shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A 60 μ C B...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic...dolomite (milky internal reflections); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic
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Inc. 6651 N. Campbell Ave. # 102 Thcson, AZ 85718, USA ISBN-13 :978-3-642-77186-6 e-ISBN-13:978-3-642-77184-2...manager knows that the success of an exploration and mining venture depends on a number of factors, imponderable...smelter specifications at recoveries which repay the mine owner, deposits are being exploited in more remote...undeveloped parts of the world and underground mining has gone to greater and greater depths. This has...itself now meets with the general approval of the mining community. Still, should the readers discover inaccuracies
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Bettie S. Hackman, Virginia M. Jussen, Elisabeth S. Loud, Mildred C. Mead, Virginia S. Neuschel, and Dorothy...Calif., 1969, Proc.: New York, Soc. Mining Engineers, Am. lost. Mining, Metall. and Petroleum Engineers...Adams, SamuelS. Geology in potash mining and exploration [abs.]: Mining Eng., v.22,no. 1,p.41, 1970. 04574...Adams, SamuelS. Ore controls, Carlsbad potash district, southeast New Mexico, in Third symposium on salt...04914 Addle, George G. The Metaline district, Pend Oreille County, Washington, [Chap.] 6 in Lead-zinc
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Netherlands. Special regulations for readers in the USA — This publication has been registered with the Copyright...made in the USA. All other copyright questions, including photocopying outside of the USA, should be referred...J ■ I p r e s e n t l i m i t of 1 underground mining ■ ■ 1 1 •H CO CO cd •H cd \ i 4-1 •H c ...sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...Batholith near Arequipa, Toquepala-Cerro Verde district; in the centre, Morococha and in the north, Michiquillay)
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Netherlands. Special regulations for readers in the USA — This publication has been registered w i t h the...made in the USA. A l l other copyright questions, including photocopying outside of the USA, should be...u n d e r g r o u n d 1 of QJ · · u , Ό mining 1 1 IL··I _ l ~ U C > cd rH cd 3 1 "1...sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...Batholith near Arequipa, Toquepala-Cerro Verde district; in the centre, Morococha and in the north, Michiquillay)
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California. Howard T. Evans: U.S.G.S., Reston, Virginia. Ellen W. Faller: Dept. of Geology and Geophysics...Long Island, New York. Victor Yount: Warrenton, Virginia. Josef Zemann: Institut fur Mineralogie der Universitat...Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA...PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming WA WV WI WY Provinces, Canada
 
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