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Sphalerite from
Midnite Mine, Wellpinit Area, Springdale Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Midnite Mine, Wellpinit Area, Springdale Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:111833
Long-form Identifier:1:3:111833:9
GUID (UUID V4):7047f85c-eb1a-49d2-b665-9fd10c461a38
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
6.0km (3.7 miles) Orazada Mine, Springdale Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) Valley View mine, Lincoln County, Washington, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) Spokane Molybdenum Mine (Pitney Butte Mine; Egypt Mine), McCoy Lake, Deer Trail & Cedar Canyon Mining Districts, Lincoln County, Washington, USA
8.9km (5.6 miles) Aichan Bee Mine, Deer Trail Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) Fouress (4-S), Pitney Butte, Lincoln County, Washington, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) Queen Mine, Deer Trail Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Brooks Mine, Deer Trail Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) Deer Trail Mine, Deer Trail Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) Plata Rica Mine, Deer Trail Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) Cleveland Mine, Springdale Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
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Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...upon milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A....publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata­ logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall
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URANIUM • "- MINERALIZATION No. AT THE MIDNITE 2 MINE, S-PO---KANE, WASHII•GTON JONAT. HAN BARRINGTON...ABSTRACT The Midnite Mine is locatedapproximately 35 air milesnorthwestof Spokane, Washington, neartheconfluence...environment. INTRODUCTION T•E M,.idniteMine of the Dawn Mining Companylies about35 air miles northwest of Spokane...Spokane, Washlhgi}3fi-i-'-fie-sF--th•--3-1l•age of Wellpinit,on the SpokaneIndian Reservation. Several open...of uranium mineralizationoccurredin 1954 when the area was prospected with Geigercounters. Outcropsof the
Report (volume)
Mineral Deposits of the Turtle Lake Quadrangle, Washington By GEORGE E. BECRAFT and PAUL L. WEIS GEOLOGICAL...Commission UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON 1963 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...features_______ ________ _____________ ___ __ ____ ______ Midnite mine_ _ _________ _______ ___ _________ ___ ______...______________________ ·-______________________ Big Smoke mine ______________________ ·_____________________ Deer...mine____________________ _____ _______ ________ __ Fouress (4-S) mine ___ ·-____________________________________ Matherly
Report (volume)
Reconnaissance for Radioactive Minerals in Washington, Idaho, and Western Montana 1952-1955 By PAULL...Commission UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1958 ,- '• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF...1922Reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in Washington,. Idaho, and western Montana, 1952-1955, by Paul...Weis, Frank C. Armstrong, and Samuel Rosenblum. Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1958. iv, 7-48 p. plate...Documents, U. S. Gonrnme'b.t Prlnt'lna Office Washington 25, D. C. - Price 35 cents (paper cover) CONTENTS
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GEOLOGICAL-SURVEY UUrUUHIC Geology of the Midnite uranium mine, Stevens County, WashingtonA preliminary report...Geological Survey and Norman J. Lehrman Dawn Mining Co., Ford, Washington Open-file report 75-402 1975 This...dgments Geologic setting Geology of the Midnite mine area Stratigraphy and structure Petrology of host...Page Figure 1. Index map showing location of the Midnite mi in 1 1no iv _ » « « « «*.«*.«.«*.«*. ._>...Generalized geologic map of part of southern Stevens County showing relations of Precambrian and intrusive
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Geology of the Magnesite Belt Df Stevens County Washington 'y IAN CAMPBELL and JOHNS. LOOFBOUROW, ]R...deposits JNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1962 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...Geologic map and sections of the magnesite belt, Stevens County, VVash ______________________________________...Page TABLE 1. Analyses of Edna dolomite from Stevens County, VVash _______ F-12 2. Analyses of Stensga...GEOLOGY GEOLOGY OF THE MAGNESITE BELT OF STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON By IAN CAMPBELL and JoHNS. LooFBoURow
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WILDERNESS Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study Area The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (Public...Wilderness Study Areas, California Desert Conservation Area, Inyo and Kern Counties, California. CONTENTS...Wilderness Study Area 2 Mineral resource potential of the Little Lake Canyon Wilderness Study Area 2 Introduction...Acknowledgements 5 Appraisal of identified resources 5 Mining and mineral exploration history 5 Mines, prospects...Conclusions for the Owens Peak Wilderness Study Area 10 Conclusions for the Little Lake Canyon Wilderness
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IsotopeSystematics and Age of Uranium Mineralization, Midnite Mine, Washington K. R. LUDWIC, J. T. N•,SH, •,ND C. W....Colorado80225 Abstract Uraniumoresat the Midnite mine, nearSpokane,Washington,occurin phyllitesand calc- silicates...zirconsfrom the porphyriticquartzmonzonitein the mine indicatean ageof about 75 m.y., hencethe presentorebodieswere... THE Midnite mine, located in easternWashington The geologicframeworkof the Midnite mine area about65...similarnaturehasbeenlocated(Robbins, 1978). The Midnite mine deposithasbeen var- plementedby more detailedobservations
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Commission UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON 1963 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402 1, Introduction to the Geology...455-A UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 ._ - CONTENTS Page Page Abstract...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
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material from the Environmental problems caused by mining and abstraction activities for industrial minerals...Center Inc., 27 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA, stating the ISSN 0943-0105, the volume, and the...Dept. 333 Meadowlands Parkway Secaucus, NJ 07094, USA North America. Recommended annual subscrip- tion...Secaucus, Tel. (201) Fax (201) All other NJ 07094, USA 348-4033, Telex 0023-125 994, 348-4505 countries...International, 300 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA Production PRODUserv Springer GmbH & Co. Produktions-Gesellschaft
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detailed investigations of single ore deposits, or of mining districts, to large-scale regional syntheses,...responsible for gold deposition, Alleghany district, Sierra County, California, 26 McMillan, W. J., and Johan...Upper Cretaceous turbidite sequence, Hope-Sunrise district, southern Alaska, 5 Radtke, A. S., Wittkopp, R...of gold-bearing quartz veins of the Alleghany district, California (abs.), 25 Robyn, T. L., Henage, L...mineralization of the Washougal mining district, Skamania County, Washington, 15 Shreiner, Alexander, Jr
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Commission UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1960 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. Price 75 cents (paper eover) CONTENTS...with entries listed according to author, geographic area, and subject. INTRODUCTION Uranium-bearing veins...most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico
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Commission UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1965 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 30 cents (paper cover) CONTENTS...between footwall and hanging wall seams, Carroll mine.______--_-_____________________________________...__ 47. Cross section through Crooks Gap area, Fremont County, Wyo__ __________-______-___--_--__------------_...roll, Rex No. 1 mine- ______ 50. Fault in back of stoped-out ore roll, Rex No. 1 mine- ___---___-_---
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45 Bancroft district................................................47 Mont Laurier area............................................52 Charlebois Lake area.............................................52 Rossing..................................61 Beaverlodge district.............................................61... 5. Stratigraphic sequence for the Rabbit Lake area................ 16 6. Cross section of the Rabbit......24 11. Geology of basement rocks, Key Lake area.......................25 12. Paragenesis of the
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regarding internal and external communications by the mining industry. The fact that our technological society...problems that we encounter day to day. One whole area of problems and questions is involved in what is...use of visual aids has long been a pet peeve of mine and I'm sure to many in this audience. The proper...ahead. But is the world's population ready? Is the mining industries public image high enough to assure adequate...appears today to be a sobering lack of general mining awareness by the public. Few people realize that
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Lake-Blind River area, Canada (average grade 0.12 percent U30s), and at the Witwatersrand basin area in the Republic...principally as a byproduct or coproduct of gold mining; and in medium-grained sandstones in the Colorado...western Idaho and eastern Washington, (2) Canadian Shield-Bancroft district and nearby areas, (3) eastern...areas (Keevil, 1943) (e.g., Blind River-Elliot Lake area and other areas in Canada; Greenland, Australia...Lake, Canada; Lake Frome, South Australia; Arlit area, Niger; and Colorado Plateau, U.S.A.), or gulf-type
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late Paleozoic and Mesozoic sediments covered the area, and marinesedimentsof the Pierre Shalewere being...Paleozoiccoverstrippedoff. RenewedmoveThe Schwartzwalder mine is located in the Front ment alongfaultsof Proterozoicorigin...uranium-bearingveins km to the north of the Schwartzwalder mine. The intrusivebody closestto the Schwartzwaldermine...0361-0128/85/457/1858-1452.50 southeast of the mine. 1858 SCHWARTZWALDER H, AGE & Pb ISOTOPES T•...The mineralized veins in the Schwartzwalder 1859 mine content(an indicatorof commonPb content)of the
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The distributionof lnanganesedepositsin the study area and the thicknessof radiolariteunderlyingsome deposits(Fig...1942, Manganese depositsin Costa Rica: Am. Inst. Mining Metall. Petroleum Engineers, Tech. Paper 1445,...mineral depositsis typified by the Alamogordo district in the SacramentoMounthe Magdalenaminingdistrict...type tainingdisseminated have essentialgalena, sphalerite,and pyrite, with pyrite in arkosic sandstones...andfinalgalenaformation (t.o)at 25 m.y. nilnor pyrite. Sphalerite is found only at Hanson- source was contaminated
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Idaho UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE............ Carbonate rocks in the Bayhorse mining district..............................................Hobbs.................................... Bayhorse district subterrane.................................................................................... Mining activity...................................................................... Golden Sunbeam mine area..............................................
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informed on ore-dressing developments throughout the mining world. AEROFLOAT® Promoters AEROFLOC® Reagents...COMPANY MINING CHEMICALS DEPARTMENT 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 20, N.Y. MINING WORLD Mining Wor ... Including the Export Edition WORLD MINING Published VOLUME monthly except in April when publication... Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary operates 440-ton per day mill it Ford, Washington. It is one...electrolytically precipitate the mercury. locked place Mining How The Russians Muck By Dr. Grorce Rost Out
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OCTOBER' 1965 OF PAUL FRANCIS KERR Surtey, Washington,D. C' X{enlonro Hoornn, U. S. Geological The...28, 1938. A report of the 18th annual meeting, Washington, D. C., December 1937. (with Hucn E. Bunrn)....ineralogy, 1933). Brazilian qttartz a strategicmineral: Mining tt Metal,lurgy23r374-375, mineral 19421, Portuguese...GeologicalSociety of America, and the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers,February 1946. B a... Mineralogical methods in mineral exploration: Mining Engineering L, 2 2 2 5 .i l l u s . .1 9 4 9 .
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GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES DIVISION OLYMPIA, WASHiNGTON 98504 METAL MINES OF WASHINGTONPRELIMINARY REPORT...DERKEY NANCY L. JOSEPH and RAYMOND LASMANIS WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN...Earth Resources standards and nomenclature. 1, WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF Natural Resources Brian...DERKEY NANCY L. JOSEPH and RAYMOND LASMANIS WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN...standards and nomenclature. • CONTENTS Page Page County and site name Kelly Camp Kettle Key East Knob
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each area. Entire chapters are devoted to several key fluorescent minerals including sphalerite, scheelite...Fluorescence:Activators..-...o0sticetece see ace rae ae Al Sphalerite <.:sucmcscachedtest ects eaten atauen coset renseeates...themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...to explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent
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each area. Entire chapters are devoted to several key fluorescent minerals including sphalerite, scheelite...themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in ...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...lamp—the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from
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coffinitc+ carbonates+ adularia+ Fe sulfides.The F• mine,in Salamanca province,is not onlythe largest knowndepositof...la Yegua,andthe Saelices group (including theF• mine),2 = VillaviejadeYeltes,3 = CeclavlnandAcehuche...annualproductionof 200 metric tons of UaOs. Current F(• mine reserves are in excessof 16,000 metrictonsofUsOs(Arnaizet...calc-silicate rocks have uranium Mineralization Fd mine The F• depositwas originally mined in the oxicontentsof...andmarcasite,accompaniedby minoramountsof galena,sphalerite,chalcopyrite,and quartz(generallyjasperoidaland
 
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