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Galena from
Whale Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whale Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:693110
Long-form Identifier:1:3:693110:0
GUID (UUID V4):5c17ff67-a96a-488b-a91a-b459f1fd2e4b
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
1.7km (1.1 miles) Kirby Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Bill Nye Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Mobile Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Shenandoah Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Smithsonite Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Spelter Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Hodoo Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Sample Site 1145, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Hoosier Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Tiffin Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
References
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Journal (issue)
at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2) The Moravian Territorial...km2), but with a rich and world- famous history of mining and associated mineralogy. In the city of Brno...Chlorargyrite, on and impregnating Sandstone, Silver Reef District, Washington Co., UT, 6 x 5 x 3 cm. Author’s specimen...Sandstone. Figure 3: Geologic map of the Mining District showing the outcrops of the Springdale Sandstone
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...'Ike Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain...Mountain District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite
Journal (issue)
vs. Mottramite from the Whale Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...the Whale Mine, a rather obscure and defunct locality in the Goodsprings Mining District of Clark County...County, Nevada. The Whale Mine consisted of underground workings about 400 feet in length and with an approximate...tunnel yielded hemimorphite. The eastern part of the Whale group of claims has 12 short tunnels and shafts...Specimens labeled as “cuprodescloizite” from the Whale Mine date back at least as far back as the late 1940s
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
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actually are. Galena, quartz, calcite and pyrrhotite are all found in various amounts. Only galena seems to...had the good fortune isiting the old and famous mining town of Freiberg, Saxony, thanks largely to the...were made around I 168, the Erzgebirge [Ore-Mountains) mining started in this area and led to the foundation...Northern Germany. Over the course ofFreiberg's long mining history with . ,._ -.... several highs - especially...Bergakademie [School of Mining] Saxony was established in 1765. Long before that, a "mining office" for Saxony
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
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Goodspringsdistrict, Nevada ..................................... Upper MississippiValley district ..................................... Southern Appalachian district ..................................... Theoretical.......................................... 1100 Galena and anglesite....................................................................... Wulfenite-Galena-Molybdenite ................................. ...and hemimorphite in the Southern Appalachian district, and the predominanceof smithsoniteover hydrozincite
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not presently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends...groups of vanadate deposits, those in the Otavi district, Namibia (formerly South-West Africa), and those...Wulfenite was an ore mineral at the St. Anthony mine, Arizona (Creasey, 1950), and in some deposits in
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OURAY, COLORADO 6 Howard Neal GOODIES AT GOODSPRINGS 8 Mary Frances Strong TARANTULA! 12 Timothy...three states. Bisbee and the fabled Copper Queen mine were responsible for its primary construction. Volume...Myrick's Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California Vol. 7, and Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California...to form the Sunset Route. This gave impetus to mining and agriculture and in turn intensified the construction..." In the Ute language the word meant "hot water spring." Long before any white man set his eyes upon the
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Report (issue)
to visit a number of widely separated mining districts in Nevada and northeastern California. The work...days of September were spent in the Yellow Pine district, Nevada's new and largest zinc camp. This report...and people of the district did much to expedite the work. The mining men of the district extended many courtesies...ACCESSIBILITY. The Yellow Pine mining district, sometimes called ,the Good Springs district, is in the southwestern...part of Clark County, Nev., near the California line. It covers the southern part of the Spring Mountain
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Fossil-Belemnite Soil-Greenwich Loam Series 29 30 31 * District of Columbia Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified...aD 60 Stone-Petrified Wood Fossil-Prehistoric Whale Soil-Natchez Silt Loam Series 79 80 81 62 63 63...63 * Missouri Rock-Mozarkite Mineral-Galena Fossil-Delocrinus missouriensis Dinosaur-Hypsibema missouriensis...Fossil-Mammoth Soil-Holdrege Series River-Platte River * Nevada Fossil-Ichthyosaur Metal-Silver Precious Gemstone-Virgin...Fossil-Allosaurus Rock-Coal Mineral-Copper Mineral-Galena Rock-Red Granite Soil-Antigo Silt Loam Series Fossil-Calymene
Report (volume)
of Lead and Zinc Deposits in Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) District, Nevada By CLAUDE C. ALBRITTON, ]R.,...-------------------------Geology of the Goodsprings district, by Claude C. Albritton, Jr_________ In...column__________________ Position of ore bodies within mine areas______________________ Yellow Pine and Prairie...Summary_________________________________________________ Potosi mine, by Arthur Richards, Arnold L. Brokaw, and David...31 31 32 34 39 41 41 41 44 IV CONTENTS Potosi mine, by Arthur Richards, Arnold L. Brokaw, and David
Report (volume)
for Radioactivity in the Metal-Mining Districts of the San Juan Mountains Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY --*_-...m Radioactivity in the Metal-Mining Districts of the San Juan Mountains Colorado By C. T. PIERSON, W...for radioactivity in the metal-mining districts of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, by C. T. Pierson,...412-413. 1. Radioactivity. 2. Uranium ores San Juan Mountains. i. Title. (Series: U. S. Geological Survey. Bulletin..._______________ CeboUa district..______________________________ Upper Uncompahgre district. ______ _________________________
Report (issue)
INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY., ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist Bulletin 187...research and provide information about exploration. mining. and metallurgical processes that are needed in...Technology Branch J. Brent Hiskey Assistant Director Mining and Mineral Resources Researchlns~tute Orlo E...Affirmative Action Employer. INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist...produce copper. The Warren (Bisbee) mining district, which includes this mine, yielded 167,242,000 tons of ore
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
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A GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM LODE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The discovery of platinum-bearing...platinum-bearing gold ore at the Boss mine, in southern Nevada, was brought to the attention of the Geological...LOCATION. The Boss mine is situated in the Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nov., near the extreme...part of the State. The main settlement of the district is Good Springs, distant 8 miles from Jean, a...east side of a desert range known as Spring Mountain, but the mine is situated on.the west slope, 12 miles
Report (volume)
nos. 1-8. Boston, Mass. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 109-120; Transactions...Mineralogist, vol. 1. Philadelphia, Pa. American Mining Congress: Report of Proceedings, 18th Annual Session...nos. 1-7. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, no. 71. San Francisco, Cal. California...Summary report for 1915. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 45-56; Transactions...Transactions, vol. 18. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 37. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian
Journal (issue)
CRYSTALS IN ASSOCIATION SUCH AS SPHALERITE CRYSTALS, GALENA CRYSTALS, ETC., ALL IN PRE-PACKED CASES AND READY...FLUORITE CRYSTALS SUCH AS SPHALERITE CRYSTALS, GALENA CRYSTALS, BARITE CRYSTALS, CALCITE CRYSTALS, QUARTZ...visit a new working gold mine in South Carolina and so he rushed down before the mine superintendent would...subscriber, Mrs. Maggie Clark of Columbia, S.C., had arranged the visit to the mine and the Editor is deeply...grateful for her kind interest and cooperation. Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Louis Dezserand were the welcoming committee
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Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND DOOR PRIZES HOURLY DEALERS...Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard S. Mitchell and Arthur...Classified Advertisements VIRGINIA! The Rutherford Mine, Amelia Court House and certainly Mineral, Virginia...CRYSTALLIZED TURQUOISE from near Lynch Station, Campbell County, is Virginia's unique contribution to the mineral...Noteworthy Minerals from Virginia by RICHARD S. MITCHELL Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
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secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl...and additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction
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MAGAZINE OF THE WEST CTOBER 1964 . ' s*rLOST GOLD MINE SECRET REVEALED 3 . ' . . • A provocative, informing...22 Romance of the Blue Shell By JUANITA RUIZ 24 Nevada Underground By WILLIAM KLETTE 26 Secret Canyon...The Manna Tree By DOROTHY ROBERTSON 37 Goodsprings. Nevada By LAMBERT FLORIN by POSSESSION OF PETRIFIED...law specifically excluded petrified wood from the mining laws, and directed the Secretary of the Interior...Gold Hill, Rosamond, Calif., Oct. 3-4. San Diego County Gemboree at Del Mar, Calif., Oct. 10-11. Fiesta
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Denver, of all other McMahon, unpublished Mining District, in reproduction. map Colo. places Albuquerque...“‘colored red’’) conjures up images of cloud-kissing mountains, vast panoramas of plains, peaks, meadows and...pioneer, gold rusher and Indian days, the Rocky Mountains crawled with fortune hunters. Not a peak, no...that here and there were found good ‘‘color’, and a mine was actually constructed. We at The Rio Grande Press...the gold and silver strikes that built a lusty mining community into Colorado’s second largest city in
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PLEASURE RESORTS. 15904 Tourist’s Guide ROCKY MOUNTAINS. by Rrank Hossett. SECOND EDITION C. New "York:...interests. devoted to the mines. Part fourth is As mining is Colorado’s main industry and source of wealth...could make them. The narrative of gold and silver mining possesses enough of romance and adventure to interest...general reader, and the descriptions of mines, and of mining and milling, together with statements of requisite...1-5 Routes of Travel. 5-19 Elevations of Towns, Mountains, Passes, etc. 5-19 Points of Interest, and how
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...........................................283 Nevada ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
 
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