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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mimetite
Formula:Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mimetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whale Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:287496
Long-form Identifier:1:3:287496:8
GUID (UUID V4):cdfd0f64-ba64-498f-a985-60c5ae054e40
Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite
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
3.5km (2.2 miles) Singer Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Fredrickson Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Argentena Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Yellow Pine Mine (Yellow Pine Lead Zinc Mine; Hilo; Radio; Como; Hermes), Goodsprings, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Prairie Flower Mine, Yellow Pine Mine (Yellow Pine Lead Zinc Mine; Hilo; Radio; Como; Hermes), Goodsprings, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) Monte Cristo Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
11.5km (7.2 miles) Milford Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
37.5km (23.3 miles) Mohawk Mine, Mohawk Hill, Clark Mountain District (Clark District), Clark Mts (Clark Mountain Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
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...the School of Mining. The scientific and economic impact of the Freiberg Mining district is based on rich
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...9(2) Å3, Z = 2, is a new mineral from the Capitana mine, Copiapó, Atacama Province, Chile and has been identified...numerous other deposits world-wide. At the Capitana mine, it occurs as transparent, colorless, tapering hexagonal...secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of the Capitana mine, a Cu-Pb-Ag deposit, where it closely associated...compositions of natural members of the pyromorphite-mimetite-turneaureite-chlorapatite system suggests the
Report (issue)
30 2.23 Total 100.02 100.00 (1) Bisbee, Arizona, USA; average of three analyses. (2) Pb(Cu, Zn)(VO4 )(OH)...base metal Association: Descloizite, duftite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite, azurite, dioptase. Distribution:...Andrew, Cheshire, England. In the USA, at the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., from Bisbee,...the Total Wreck mine, Pinal Co., in the Apache mine, near Globe, and from the 79 mine, near Hayden, Gila...Mayflower mine, Socorro Peak district, Socorro Co., New Mexico; from the Whale mine, Goodsprings district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Goodspringsdistrict, Nevada ..................................... Upper MississippiValley district ..................................... Southern Appalachian district ..................................... Theoretical...and hemimorphite in the Southern Appalachian district, and the predominanceof smithsoniteover hydrozincite...and hemimorphite in the Upper Mississippi Valley district can be explained by the pH of the ground waters...Goodspringsmining district of Nevada, the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc and lead district, and the Southern
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
Report (issue)
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
Journal (issue)
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
Journal (issue)
by The Mineralogical Record, lnc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus...money. lnspired by promotional brochures touting "mountains füll of rich gold and silver ores, sulphurets...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines
Catalog/List
gotten around to putting out another catalog with a whale of a list of single specimens to choose from. These...last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...species that is actually a combination of mimetite and pyromorphite, another old collection selection in limited...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted
Catalog/List
ppeddler@metigoshe.ndak.net IT HAS BEEN A WILD WINTER, BUT SPRING HAS SPRUNG! OVER 60 NEW AND EXCITING ADDITIONS...free to send it our way. We wish you an a great spring and summer season, and hopefully our next winter...catalog for these 20 specimens is $138.80! The super spring special price: Only $100.00 per set. SUPER#2; The...One each of the five wulfenites and wulfcnitc/mimetite combinations listed in our catalog. Includes the...quality of each type, totaling $59.95 in the catalog! Spring special priced at just $45.00 per set! SUPER #3;
Book
and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...SWITZERLAND ^ david WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno, Nevada, u. S. A ^ C. DOUGLAS woodhouse, Professor, University...Sydney, AUSTRALIA ^ M. dusterud, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY ^ PAUL fraenkel, collector...they are basic or rock-forming minerals of the mountains about us. This list was mailed to hundreds of...but selection was by quality, not locality. The Mining Location Map on pages 24 and 25 indicates the country
Journal (issue)
2021 10 THE ESSENCE OF Iridescence 38 WULFENITE-MIMETITE Understanding the “Rainbow” In the Mineral World...quartz matrix, West Colusa Mine, Butter Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, courtesy Heritage...courtesy of Jim Brace-Thompson; thunderegg from Oregon mine, courtesy Lori Coleman, owner of Spanish Stirrup...Rhodochrosite with Quartz & Sphalerite Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine Sweet Home lode and Pulaski lode [Patents...106 and 107]) Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park Co. Colorado, USA 5.71 x 3.73 x 2.96 inches (14.50
Catalog/List
E-Mail: ppeddler@metigoshe.ndak.net HALLELUJAH, SPRING IS HERE! 1997 CATALOG #2 Hello again and we sincerely...with flying colors and that you are enjoying the spring and looking forward to an enjoyable summer and...show schedule, and have finally finished up the spring catalog. Once again we have a wide variety of...popular and priced at $7.95 each! ARAGONITE - NEVADA: Pioche, Nevada: Excellent botryoidal, stalactitic and...00 each. AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2017 174 MINERALÓGICA!. SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A report on 1950 activities to the...Committee. Speaker was Major General Julian S. Hatcher, USA (ret.), who spoke on his collecting experiences in..."Antarctic Regions" at the home of James H. Benn, Silver Spring, Md. August 19—Dr. W . F. Foshag, "Origin of Jade"... April 29 at the home of James H. Benn, Silver Spring, Md. Membership. There were 10 new members admitted...None Deceased: Mr. T- H. Brodrick; Mr. Black, Mr. Clark, and Mrs. L. W. Klopfer. Mineral Minutes Twelve
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Record, Inc. © 2019 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus...scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Amethyst scepter, 17 cm, from Petersen Mountain, Nevada; Brianna and Brendan Traw collection. Barite, 7 cm...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific
Book
professor of mineralogy at his alma mater, the mining academy at Freiberg. In 1815, he published Über...been described in a stream receiving acid (C) (D) mine drainage rich in SO4 2 ions (Brady et al., 1986)...provided by synsedimentary hydrothermal or hot-spring input into the rift basin area. Chert with spherulitic...evaporative concentration and cooling of highly alkaline spring water, causing early replacement of microbial mats...appears to indicate an evaporitic-pyroclastic-thermal-spring environment associated with rifting at about 2
Book
and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...SWITZERLAND j& DAVID WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno, Nevada, U.S. A ¥% C. DOUGLAS WOODHOUSE, Professor, University...Sydney, AUSTRALIA Ye M. DUSTERUD, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY }& PAUL FRAENKEL, collector...they are basic or rock-forming minerals of the mountains about us. This list was mailed to hundreds of...but selection was by quality, not locality. The Mining Location Map on pages 24 and 25 indicates the country
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
Catalog/List
many of the miners working the Arizona copper district, and for years had been purchasing specimens directly...advantage of them while you can. AURICHALCITE; 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona: This is a zinc/copper carbonate...acicular crystal sprays and is very uncommon. The 79 mine is listed in every book I have as being one of the...Mtn STSvEM, AZURITE; Morenci Mine, Morenci, Arizona: The Morenci Mine is world renown for its turquoise...00 each (easily worth twice this much!). BISBEE MINE MIX; Bisbee, Arizona: This collection contained
Report (issue)
'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N... wA A 7 PROSPECT 15N 02E 27 MU AMOLE DISTRICT BANNER DISTRICT BLUE HELL GROUP 19N 215W 101 35-03-A wA...CUA AG BORIANA MINE 18N 115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE...CHILDS-ALOWINKLE HUN CINNABAR MINE 02N I14-19-18w 09 33-32-154A CUPRITE MINI 175 16E 28 31-55-314 110-42-30w CU AG...35 35-25-254 114-10-31W AU AG MO V EMPIRE MINE ESPERANZA MINE GROUP 185 12E SO.31-52-204 111-08-08W PB
Book
states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area...area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico. Treatment...some other parts of Great Britain; in the Ural Mountains, in Czechoslo¬ vakia and Romania; in the Alps...Australia. In the USA gold is often obtained by individual prospectors by placer mining. It is found along
Journal (issue)
crystal with oblique termination found at the Bumpus mine in Albany, Maine by John Rogers. ----r JANUARY...plates. Many are associated with yellow green mimetite on limonite. lxl" 75...he organized the Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia, and was its president for four years...annual affair will be staged again at the Pima County' Fairgrounds at 4700 South Sixth Ave., Feb. 18-19-20...crystal with oblique termination found at the Bumpus mine in Albany, Maine by John Rogers. The smaller specimen
Journal (issue)
Cluster of Amethyst Crystals Ellis Jones Amethyst Mine, Due West, S. C. (See page 890 for story of the...plates. Many are associated with yellow green mimetite on limonite. lxl" 75tf, 1x2" $1.50, 2x2" $2.50...Tucson Gem and Mineral Society will be­ held at Pima County Fairgrounds, 4700 S. 6th Ave., Tucson, Ariz. Gc-n...844, Jackson, Miss. 39205. March 4-6, 1966—Gila County Gem & Min­ eral Show, Miami, Ariz. Chairman: Ernest...San Antonio Rock & Lapi­ dary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman: Fred Stevenson, P
 
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