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Goethite from
Elk Creek, Roubaix, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:α-Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Elk Creek, Roubaix, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:385222
Long-form Identifier:1:3:385222:4
GUID (UUID V4):b05aa891-3717-46e3-8784-cf1def0a84b1
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 South Dakota is perhaps best known for its pegmatites, which...Hills are responsible for the accessibility of South Dakota’s itbundant and diverse mineral locations...secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in the late 1800s and early...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues
Report (issue)
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Nils Boe, Governor MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS by WILLARD LINCOLN ROBERTS...Associate in Mineralogy Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and GEORGE RAPP...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology With the Editorial...Mineralogy South Dakota School of Mines and Technology BULLETIN NUMBER 18 of the South Dakota School of...of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota PUBLICATIONS STAFF F. L. Partlo J. T. Thomas President
Report (volume)
National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1580 SOUTH DAKOTA WYOMING I -«*&...Geology of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming We st from. Washington SHOWING...Geology of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming By ED DEWITT, J. A. REDDEN, ANNA...Morrison Formation, and Inyan Kara Group 36 Skull Creek Shale, Newcastle Sandstone, and Mowry Shale 36 Belle...Mineral resources locatable commodities 50 History of mining and exploration 50 Metals 51 Industrial minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces The state...Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hills of South Dakota THOMAS J . C A M P B E L L and WILLARD L . ROBERTS Museum of Geology South Dakota...Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 more comprehensive description of the...occurrences as the Black Hills area of western South Dakota. These occurrences are quite diverse, ranging...the recently added South Dakota room in the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and...Thomas Campbell is a graduate student at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. His major in­
Journal (issue)
malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear in the specimen market...zone. In the limonite zone Ni is contained in goethite or hematite and in the saprolite zone Ni is contained... specimenand image. Bibliogra-phy of Colorado Mining History Fig. 3: A close-upview (about 15x) showing...drawn from an unpublished worldwide bibliography of mining history records and Art's comprehensive private...engaged in underground mining might not be aware of. With the rapid development of mining in the west during
Journal (issue)
pocket in 1955 at least 25 others were found as mining progressed. The contents of these, which ranged...the 210-foot level slightly below and along the south side of the main ore zone. The wulfenite in this...Colorado, and their most publicized effort, the mining of variscite nodules at Fairfield, Utah (the type...so Frank was quite familiar with techniques for mining it. After a careful examination of the quarry,...museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens
Journal (issue)
U. Burchard Famous mineral localities: Elk Creek, South Dakota .........................................be gratefully acknowledged in print. Write to Lawrence H. Conklin, 17 St. John Place, New Canaan, CT...1816. And South Paris, where Perry lived, was in the center of early Maine pegmatite mining. However,...Carter, Superintendent o f the National Tin and Mining Company of the U.S., in Paris Hill, Maine, covers...945-0772 Fine Mineral Specimens F. John Barlow 2000 South Memorial Dr. Appleton, Wisconsin 54912 (414) 739-1313
Report (issue)
Geochemistry of Standard Mine Waters, Gunnison County, Colorado, July 2009 Open-File Report 2009–1292... Geochemistry of Standard Mine Waters, Gunnison County, Colorado, July 2009 By Philip L. Verplanck, Andrew...Geochemistry of Standard Mine waters, Gunnison County, Colorado, July 2009: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File...................................4 Topography of Elk Basin and vicinity................................. Geochemistry of Standard Mine Waters, Gunnison County, Colorado, July 2009 By Philip L. Verplanck, Andrew
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
looking northwest acro88 the cliff’s of Glen Cove to South Park and the Tarryall Mountains. Researchers have...anotlrer by the northeust-southwest-treiiiliii~ Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shc;ir Zoiic. The older northernmost province...into piw tions of eastern Utah and western Soutli Dakota. This northern province. referred to ;IS the Wyoming...(Graff 1978; Karistrom 1978; Lanthier 1978). Farther south in Colorado, sediments accumulated in decper-water...collision of plates, which has been named the Boulder Creek Orogeny. The metasediments and metavolcanics were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Coosa County there is an outcrop that carries considerable tin and there has been some mining since 1940..."Cassiterite is the only tin mineral found in the district. The crystals are black or a dark mahogany color...crystals are largely found in the pegmatites of the district. "In the general area the following minerals are...Ariz., reports the finding of a rare occurrence of galena with chrysotile. His letter, dated June 5, 1952...are sending what we think is a rare occurrence of galena in asbestos (chrysotile) from Chrysotile (Gila
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
grained and intimately intergrown with hematite, goethite and minerals of the crandallite group. The different...sources account for only for 7 and 1%, respectively. Mining at the CatalĂŁo-I carbonatite was discontinued in...evaluated [e.g. Aley and Upper Fir (Canada); Elk Creek (USA)] or re-evaluated [e.g. Oka (Canada); Fen (Norway);...and a low grade niobium mine was operated by St. Lawrence Columbium at Oka (Quebec) between 1961 and 1976...Taseko Mines Ltd., at the Aley carbonatite. In the USA there has been only limited exploration for Nb in
Book
Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
Book (volume)
Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...boundary with Wyoming. In the far western counties of Lawrence, Meade, Custer and Pennington the land rises abruptly...rising granite mass intruded the famed Cretaceous Dakota sandstone, which underlies most of the Great Plains...continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave reworked...the fascination of these pegmatites. 437 South Dakota The commercial production of minerals, principally
Book
Colo. Fairplay, Colo. R. J. Raymond, United States Mining and Mineral Commissioner: Prof. J. F. L. Schirmer...Peaks; crystallized at Bergen's ; Ranch, Jefferson County; on Boulder Peak. Agate,— See Quartz. — At Quartzville...Quartz Hill, Central Almandite. See Garnet. Boulder County. City Gold — Allophanite. —Franklin Mine, in Gilson...; and Wells's district. Hill. It occurs in various mines of the Sunshine district ; minute crystals...in the KeyBoulder County. AMBER.— (One specimen found near the head of Cherry Creek. This may, however
Journal (issue)
stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and...Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek, Pikes Peak and Gilman, among many others, have
Book (volume)
Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite (fluorescent), , Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS
Report (issue)
Hydrogeology of the Standard Mine in Elk Basin, Gunnison County, Colorado Open-File Report 2010–1008...Geological Survey Front cover: Photograph of upper Elk Basin looking east from the cirque ridge. Characterization...Hydrogeology of the Standard Mine in Elk Basin, Gunnison County, Colorado By Jonathan Saul Caine, Andrew...hydrogeology of the Standard Mine in Elk Basin, Gunnison County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File.............2 Topographic map showing location of Elk Basin study area, Colorado......................
Book (volume)
Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite (fluorescent), , Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS
Book
logyoO0000grie &N ROADSIDE % JEOLOGY of South Dakota John Paul Gries Mountain Press Publishing...Gries, John Paul, 1911- Roadside geology of South Dakota / John Paul Gries. p. cm. Includes bibliographical...(pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Geology—South Dakota—Guidebooks. 2. South Dakota— Guidebooks. I. Title. QE163.G68...interpreting the details of the surface geology of South Dakota. My model is Nathaniel Horatio Darton, geologist...depth to groundwater in the western half of South Dakota. Even in this day of gadgetry, field studies
Report (issue)
. . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY .................Monagite. ........ 9 Smoky Quartz, Goethite and Graphite, 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite...Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper Mica and Beryl , ........ , . # . . ...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline
Book
be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals...recrystallize as entirely different but stable minerals. Galena It is common for more than one mineral species...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...10 ct RIGHT: Round brilliant-cut white diamonds, South Africa and Canada « 2.00 ct and 3.06 ct leaves
Journal (issue)
Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special...Max Kaminski Daniel Ulibarri Jim & Imelda Klein Lawrence E. Violett Harris Kominski Chris Whitney-Smith... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical
Book (volume)
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming ~ AllanW...Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia... Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming VOLUME 4:...Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming by Allan W...Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington vi Contents Wyoming 5505
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* isometric * iron sulfide Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas This book published simultaneously in the...Pyrite * isometric ° iron sulfide Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana The intergrown crystals of this specimen...the specimen of galena (6). 3. Diamond ° isometric * carbon Kimberley, Union of South Africa This deformed...* isometric ° zinc iron oxide Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey : This crystal also shows a dominant...with twenty-four trapezium-shaped faces. all 6. Galena * isometric * lead sulfide Neudorf, Harz Mountains
 
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