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Epidote from
Timber Butte, Boulder Batholith, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Table/Butte
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Timber Butte, Boulder Batholith, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:291102
Long-form Identifier:1:3:291102:1
GUID (UUID V4):353b27a4-f26b-435f-8bc6-60f55ef21e00
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BUTTE PEGMATITE BELT Silver Bow and Jefferson Counties, Montana E618 By R A Y M O N D L A S M A N I...specimen was added to my collection from the Butte, Montana Pegmatite Beit. During boyhood days, I took...tapering smoky quartz crystal, labeled as from Butte, Montana. The outer surfaces of the crystal were slightly...the mines at Butte. I arrived on June 8th, and by the next morning was up at the Montana College of Mineral...that the smoky and amethyst quartz crystals of Butte do not originate from the "Richest Hill on Earth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...motto, Ora y Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools...copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc, vermiculite, and zinc is impressive. The...The middle third of the state is known as the Montana alkali province where the sediments have MICHAEL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PEGMATITES OF E. WM. MONTANA. • HEINRICH. CONTENTS. PAGE Abstract ........................................................................ Timber Butte pegmatites................................................................................. Montana pegmatite................................................. .. 332 332 333 334 334 ABSTRACT. Montana pegrnatitesare oœthree main age groups: pre-Beltian...unmetamorphosed types; Laramide, associatedwith the Boulder batholith; and Tertiary, related to scatteredalkalic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana, Treasure State for the Crystal Mineral Collector By GERALD J. NAVRATIL Bex 70, RFD 7, Middleburg...crystal mineral localities within the state of Montana. Quite accurately the state has been officially...to the mineralminded public. The well-publicized Butte copper district has been ignored since the writer...Amcnnpijiite: In the Emery Mining district (Powell County) the mineral is found in wellformed crystals in...Crevasse Mountain Mining district near Jardine (Park County). At the Kennebec mine in the Crevasse Mountain
Report (volume)
574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER N. WINCHELL ................. 75 Outlying mines in Beaverhead County.................................. 76 Polaris district.......'..................................... 139 Silver Star district. ..................................................:.................... 146 Dry Boulder Creek......................................................... 168 Elkhorn district (Beaverhead County).................................. 168 Location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Amethyst Mine RUSS HAGE 701 Lolo Street Missoula, Montana 59802 dukbstr@aol.com MICHAEL A. MENZIES Unit...Canada T3B 4T7 mmenzies@shaw.ca Jefferson County, Montana P erched high on the south-facing side of...steep ridge just east of the continental divide in Montana is the Little Gem amethyst mine. It is an imposing...the southern boundary of the Boulder Batholith in southwestern Montana. Map prepared by William Besse...southern extremity of the well-mineralized Boulder Batholith where those prospectors were seeking mineable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origins of Water in the Boulder Batholith and the Butte Ore Deposits,Montana* SIMONM. F. SI•EPP^m) Arm...variationsare probably primaryfeaturesof the magmas. At Butte, theisotopic dataforhydrous alteration minerals...hydrogenisotopecompositionof Main Stagealterationmineralsat Butte is very low and extremelyuniform (SD------140__+...oxygenisotopestudiesof argillic alterationin the Butte ore deposits(Sheppard et al., 1969) havetentativelyindicatedthat...Thus the early Tertiary Butte ore deposits,and the Late CretaceousBoulder batholith as well, appear to be
Report (issue)
QuadranglMontana By GEORGE E. BECRAFT, DARRELL M. PINCKNEY, and...Lewis and Cl ark Counties, Montana. 1963. (Card 2) 1 1. 'Geology-Montana-.Jefferson City quadrangle...C:ity quadrangle. 3. Mines and mineral resources-Montana-Jefferson City quadrangle. I. Pinckney, Darrell...____________________ _ Rocks of the Boulder batholith __________________ _ Butte quartz monzonite _____________________...___________________________ _ Cataract Creek, Boulder, and Amazon districts_ Comet-Gray Eagle shear zone
Journal (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...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:
Report (volume)
Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED STATES...than the Boulder batholith._____________________ Quartz monzonite and aplite of the Boulder batholith_______...___________________________________ Rocks younger than the Boulder batholith.__________________ Ore deposits._________................_....._.............._ Basin and Boulder districts____.--_________-_------_-__---_-_Elkhorn... Page PLATE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Area of the Boulder batholith and traces of overthrust faults. In
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...through," he says. "Passing through. Flowers fade, timber crumbles, metal corrodes, but these stones will...gem minerals. A sharp sliver of agate, such as Montana moss agate, is also useful to test minerals near...CHIASTOLITE L_V FELDSPAR EMERALD (orthoclote) EPIDOTE l^^l "^fe? GARNET IDOCRASE RUBY V. IOLITE ...the sapphires in the Missouri River near Helena, Montana, and the star garnets of Idaho. Distribution in
Report (issue)
74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \¥ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........· ......... ·..................... . . . CnAP'rER IlL-Descriptive geology of the Butte district ........................ , . . . . . ................................................ ~ Butte quartz monzonite................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rocks of the Boulder batholith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (volume)
brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho;...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2.52 ct), yellow (4...large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning and is expected to produce large quantities
Report (volume)
values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury, etcetera. The Corporation...DIRECTORS OF THE ANACONDA COPPER MINING Co., WHOSE BUTTE MlNES YIELD 10% OF THE WORLD'S COPPER SUPPLY...Author: Copper Mines of the World; Geology of Butte, Montana; Nature of Ore Deposits, etc. VOL. XIV Supplementing...the U. S Yearly Average — Metal Prices Prices of Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc, 1850-1919 31 31 31 32...JX-1. Traylor Smelting Furnaces for copper or silver-lead ores, are built with Traylor patented water
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...mines in betray a gold deposit Arizona and Montana, (Left) Quarry of In Val di Serra. Trentlno...have behind extensive sometimes bits of native silver, zeolite, calcite, get stones for his temples
Book (volume)
Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...oligoclase feldspar (5.04 et), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2 .52 et), yellow (4...large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning and is expected to produce large quantities...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...AR; Richard W Hughes, Boulder, CO; Duane L. Johnson, Rocky Mountain Soapstone, Butte, MT; Chris I. Johnston
Report (volume)
Rattlesnake Quadrangle Bearpaw Mountains Blaine County, Montana By B. C. HEARN, JR., W. T. PECORA, and W C...Telegraph Creek Member_-___-__-_---___-__-_-_________ Montana Group_---___--___-_-__----__---__---_---_-___-__...__-_____-___--_-_-_-___-____________-_ 28 28 28 Myrtle Butte rockslide._____---__----_--__-___--__-________ ...--_-_-__-____ Taylor Butte dome-_----__--_--_----_--_-_-----_---__Timber Butte intrusion.._____________________________...In pocket FIGURE 1. Index map of north-central Montana showing location of Rattlesnake and adjoining quadrangles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
typical contact metamorphic type, carrying garnet, epidote, scapolite, etc. The ore here is primarily magnetite...joining with Henderson and Ferguson on a trip to the epidote localities of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, where...moved to the vicinity of Butte, to try and locate a pegmatite on Timber Butte Hill from which two fine
Report (volume)
values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury, etcetera. The Corporation...Machinery Steam l.imiiuSteam HoistH Steam Turbines Timber Treating and Preserving Machinery WISCONSIN. ...Author : Copper Mlines of the World ; Geology of Butte, Montana ; Classification of Ore Deposits, etc. Copyright...Uranium, Vanadium Selenium :— Occurence and Uses Silver :— Prices, Production Steel Tin: — Occurrence,...the principal source of cyanide used for gold and silver ore extraction throughout the American continent
Book
long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens
Report (issue)
examples from east-central Idaho and southwestern Montana Anthony J. Crone and Kathleen M. Haller 110 Historical...Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA ^Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province, Chengdu...Dinfu, 1982, Seismic faults of Xialatuo, Luhuo County, Sichuan Province [in Chinese]: Seismology and...100 o San Andreas System (Calif., USA) BO Garlock Fault (Calif., USA) A A Dead Sea a Other Faults (Israel)...of Geological Sciences University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Geoffrey King U. S. Geological
Book
topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...minerals that led to rich mines rn Arrzona and Montana 7 - (Left) Quarry 1n Val di Serra, Trenhno...containing pieces of copper sometimes bits of native silver, zeollte. calcite. and quartz crystals, and' masses...underground. At the other great copper center, Butte, Montana. former underground mines have been opened...the ore that made Leadv1lle one of the world s silver bonanzas Minerals long exposed to weathering take
Journal (volume)
long period , the Howell , then known as the of silver and lead , and because of the finan bonate, were...day, the Howell then wild and wooley west, when silver district, and especially so when the opinion would...the face is now showing manganese and traces of silver and lead . At the present time a drift is being...better than 44.2 per cent lead and 36.8 ounces silver to the ton . In addi tion , considerable zinc...gave returns of 58 per cent lead and 50 ounces silver. It is the opinion of the management that three
Report (issue)
. 213 Cenozoic Stratigraphy of Western Owyhee County, Idaho, by E. B. Ekren, D. H. McIntyre, E. H. Bennett...Tuff Volcanic Rocks Near the Idaho-Nevada Owyhee County, Idaho, by John Bernt and Bill Bonnichsen Chapter...of Big Southern Chapter 7-Basaltic Volcanism, Butte, Idaho, by D. B. Spear and J. S. King Eastern Snake...of Tertiary-Quaternary Volcanic Rocks in Caribou County, Idaho, by D. W. Fiesinger, W. D. Perkins, and...tuff of Ellis Creek, like certain tuffs in Owyhee County (see Ekren and others, 1982 this volume), was erupted
Journal (volume)
Moines , Iowa Detroit, Mich. ( Office of Agent) Butte, Mont. Cbarleston , W. Va. Cbarlotte , N. C. Chattano...York Office, 42 Broadway PURCHASERS OF Gold , Silver, Lead and Copper Ores ORE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT...Cumberland PLANTS AT Murray, Sandy, Park City and Silver City , Utah Address all communications to the Compony..., at the front door of the Court House of Iron County, in the City of Parowan , Utah , on the 26th day...TALISMAN ” group of mining claims. Also the Gold and Silver Amalgamation Stamp Mill , situated on said Jennie
 
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