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Chalcocite from
Baltimore Mine, Boulder Mining District, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baltimore Mine, Boulder Mining District, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:496177
Long-form Identifier:1:3:496177:2
GUID (UUID V4):b892aa71-01c7-414d-891a-81bfbf0e6bd8
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
7.1km (4.4 miles) Salvail Mine (Bernice Mine; Three Horns), Colorado Mining District (Prickly Pear Mining District; Corbin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Daily (Atlas; Dailey), Colorado Mining District (Prickly Pear Mining District; Corbin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
9.6km (5.9 miles) Montana Tunnels Mine (Part of Corbin Copper Claims), Colorado Mining District (Prickly Pear Mining District; Corbin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) Shamrock Copper Prospect, West Basin Area, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
29.2km (18.1 miles) Golden Anchor Mine, Ontario Mining District (Elliston Mining District), Powell County, Montana, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) Oro Fino, Boulder Mountains Area, Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) Clinton Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) Blue Bell Mine (Marsh), Pipestone Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
38.3km (23.8 miles) Homestake Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) Continental Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
References
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Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown...Prof. E. B. Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside the Co. line in...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
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....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (issue)
Deposits of the Jefferson City QuadranglJefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montana By GEORGE E....1922Geology and mineral deposits of the Jefferson City quadrangl~, ·Jefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montarra...deposits of the Jefferson City quadrangle, J e:fferson and Lewis and Cl ark Counties, Montana. 1963. (Card...2) 1 1. 'Geology-Montana-.Jefferson City quadrangle. 2. Ore-depositsMontana-Jefferson C:ity quadrangle...quadrangle. 3. Mines and mineral resources-Montana-Jefferson City quadrangle. I. Pinckney, Darrell Mayne, 1925-
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YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED...______________________-__-_________--_------___-_ Ophir district.________________________________________________...__________---__--_-___ Austin district._.____..._..._._.____._____.____.___-.___._____ Marysville district.___________...___________________________________________ Gould district._______________________________________________ Stemple...._ Heddleston district.___________________________________________ Wolf Creek district.._..........__
Report (volume)
mines_______________________________________ Boulder CountY----------------------------------~-----------Jamestown...Generalfeatures--------------------------------------Blue Jay mine, by R. U. King__________________________ Fair Day...mine________________________________________ Nations Treasure mine, by R. U. King___________________ Victory group...IV Description of principal mines-Continued Boulder County-Continued Other areas __________________________...___________ Shirley mine _____________ ----- __ ------------__________ Sisk mine, by F. B. Moore____
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Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
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
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stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite, colusite, covellite, digenite, djurleite, and...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...see the extensive collections at the museum of Montana Tech. For those inclined toward history as well
Journal (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...on canvas, painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals:
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Type composed by The Geological of America, Boulder, INC. Place Colorado Printed in the United... 72-178773 References OF AMERICA, Penrose Boulder, of America, Number 8137-1131-2 Published ...et no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee...323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope tick Rock DIsEEIcL sCoLoradO)...324 DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock District, Utah—Arizona
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ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by R.G. Tysdal 1 , Steve Ludington2 , and...ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-683-A...in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...lands within parts of five counties: Broadwater, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell, and Lewis and Clark. * Gold...was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the
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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...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
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and Rincón, California; in the Petaca district of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; from the Harney Peak region...of South Dakota; the Reagan mining district, Kern range, White Pine County, Nevada. SULFUR, S, occurs...found in the Ben Nevis ville, Union County, Georgia. It has been mine on San Augustin Peak, Organ mounmined...tains, New Mexico, with argentite in a Randolph County, Alabama; and from a sulfide zone near the center...Mexico. SILVER, Ag, is even rarer than gold. CHALCOCITE, cuprous sulfide, is a Rare minute blebs of a
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Etowah Co. H KMATITE BESSEMER, Jefferson Co. Hematite BIRMINGHAM, Jefferson Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby...Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline...Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount...Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE I I COAL CITY
Book (volume)
in elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds
Book (volume)
ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...(1933) AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME TRANSACTIONS MINE PLANT VOLUME 112, MILLING METHODS (1933) (1934)...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 47. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 97-108; Transactions...nos. 1-6. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 68-70. San Francisco, Cal...Summary report for 1914. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 33-44; Transactions...Transactions, vol. 17. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 36. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian...Colorado, University of: Studies, vol. 11, no. 4. Boulder, Colo. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences:
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 45. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, UOS. 73-84; Transactions,...4th ser., vols. 35, 36. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 15th Ann. Session;... 265-454. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau : Bulletin, no. 63. San Francisco, Cal....Transactions, vol. 10, pt. 1. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Quarterly Bulletin, no. 22; Journal...General Index, vols. 1-10. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 34. Toronto and Montreal. Canada
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept. 17, 1953...his letter, dated Aug. 19, 1953, writes:— "An old mine near here had cavities in it that contained a sandlike...Reservation north of this community (in Apache County) with "high hopes" of finding the legendary diamond...found at the Red Ledge chromite mine in the Washington mining district of Nevada Co., Calif. It consists...clear, but presumably it was around 1949. Red Ledge mine was originally developed as a gold-bearing property
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Project 28-30 Our Affiliates 31 Mimetite, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Mexico, 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, Alex Schauss...experiencing remnants of winter while the rest of the county can feel spring in the air. This means it’s time...answer that question and show you why the Milpillas mine is one of the great contemporary mineral localities...in whatever space is available. For example, chalcocite (CuS) often forms an enriched “blanket” just...pay for all of the infrastructure required for a mining company to process the deeper, lower grade hypogene
 
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