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Chalcopyrite from
Sandstorm mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sandstorm mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1248386
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1248386:2
GUID (UUID V4):3fd67fb3-dc2e-43b8-b4f5-26ed9f6e353c
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
1.6km (1.0 miles) Goldfield Mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Gold Crown Mine, Montezuma Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Jumbo Extension mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Combination Mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Great Bend Mine, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) Florence Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Atlanta mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
19.4km (12.0 miles) Savage mine, Montezuma Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
25.2km (15.7 miles) Copper Bell Shaft, Cuprite Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (issue)
PAPER 66 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA BY FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME ASSISTED IN THE..._____ . ___________________ . _. Situation of the district.-~ ............... _..... ______ .. ________________________...______ ..... __ ........... _·_..... History of mining ....................... ............ . __ .. _... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandstorm rhyolite ....................... _. ____ . ___.......... ............... . Correlation of the Goldfield rocks with those of the surrounding region_ .
Report (volume)
ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG, AND FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME NOTES ON THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT G. H. GARREY..................................... Gold field district............................................................................................... Mining development..................................................................................... Mine maps......;........................................ 20 22 22 22 25 25 28 34 37 38 39 Bullfrog district.............. ...............................
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
Report (issue)
Deposits-Part I The Goldfield Gold District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY ...Precious-metal District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY The Republic Gold District, Ferry...Ferry County, Washington By MORTIMER H. STMTZ and ROBERT C. PEARSON The Comstock Lode Precious-metal District...District, Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada By WILLIAM C. BAGBY and ROGER P. ASH LEY U.S. GEOlOGICAl...1857H 1 Gold ores-Nevada 2 Gold ores-Wash1ngton-Ferry County 3 Hydrothermal deposits-Nevada 4 Hydrothermal
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
assemblage and include the Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, Bodie, Paradise Peak, and Rawhide deposits...Famous districts include Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, and Bodie, and significant production...showed that lowsulfidation deposits in northern Nevada could be divided into two subtypes based on their...ve Ri Yellowstone Hot Spot Wyoming 0 Ma 40° Nevada S ie GREAT BASIN rra NNR Utah Ne da va California...tectonic features. Heavy line indicates the northern Nevada rift. The heavy star at the north end of the rift
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...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gas Data from Goldfield and Tonopah Epithermal Au-Ag Deposits, Ancestral Cascades Arc, USA: Evidence for...Gas Data from Goldfield and Tonopah Epithermal Au-Ag Deposits, Ancestral Cascades Arc, USA: Evidence for...Data from Goldfield and Tonopah Epithermal Au-Ag Deposits, 2 Ancestral Cascades Arc, USA: 3 Evidence...Laboratory, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, USA *Corresponding Author: amanning@usgs.gov Phone:...high-grade Goldfield and Tonopah 37 epithermal Au-Ag deposits in southwestern Nevada, USA. Ar and Ne
Report (issue)
the Summitville mine................... 29 INTRODUCTION The Summitville mining district has received...environmental problems related to mining activities. Summitville Consolidated Mining Company, Inc. (SCMCI), a...open-pit gold mine at Summitville during the period from 1986 to 1992. Although mining ceased in the...environmental impacts resulting from the abandoned mining operations. Of short term concern is the presence...pond. Acidic, metal-rich mine waters emanating from several sources on the mine site are long-term concerns
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ASSOCIATION THE OF GOLDFIELD ALUNITE DISTRICT, WITH GOLD IN NEVADA. • FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME...on Calico Peak near Rico,4 in the NationaI Belle Mine near Silverton, 5 and at CrippleCreek,ø all in Colo•...TresCerritos, Ma[iposa County,California. • Mr. W. Lindgren2 found alunite in the Ryerson mine near Morenci,...oxidized ore, and, like the kaolinite of that district,is probablySecondary with referenceto the original...in geneticrelationwith ore-veins." In the Goldfield district alunite is so abundant and so gener- ally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1994 The Candelaria silver deposit, Nevada - preliminary sulphur, oxygen and hydrogen isotope...Abstract. The pre-Cenozoic geology at Candelaria, Nevada comprises four main lithologic units: the basement...a r i a A g ( - P b - Z n - S b - A s - A u ) district is one of N e v a d a ' s foremost historic a...geology Candelaria is located in Mineral County in central western Nevada (Fig. 1), and within the Walker Lane...Range physiographic province (Stewart 1988). The district comprises four principal pre-Cenozoic lithologic
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................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
Journal (issue)
rodeo, Reno, Nevada. July 2 —Rodeo and horse show, Fillm e, Utah. July 2 —Sevier county fair and rodeo...e r d e By RICHARD VAN VALKENBURGH TRAVEL LOST MINE CONTEST PERSONALITY 5 W h e r e Wild Buffalo R...20 21 O n Turtle Mountain Trails LETTERS BOTANY MINING NEWS DESERT QUIZ HOBBY LAPIDARY COMMENT BOOKS ...Papagos secretly carried the treasure to the Esmeralda mine and buried it deep in the underground workings...Father Kino take silver from a rich mine which he called La Esmeralda? The legend persists that he did,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
surfacewas the primary objectiveof underground mining in the late 1800s, when over 3,000 kg (100,000...discussion of the geologyof the Summitville dated Mining Company produced approximately depositanditsrelationship...Platorocalderaformedat about dera), the GoldenFleece mine (Uncompahgrecal30 to 29 Ma and associated ashflowspondedwithin...suchasCampBird (Sneffels district),Idarado(Telluride district), and Sunnyside(Eureka district) are about5 to 15... 1917; Stevenand Ratt6, 1960). during open-pit mining support narrowerthanquartz-alunite zones,usuallytoosmall
Report (volume)
so successful. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Mining Machinery Dept. OFFICES For Canadian MILWAUKEE...Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...service from Superior Jaw Crusher Worthington mining equipment the from the standpoint of first cost...most wear, Worthington meets the needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...(all types) Crushers Crushing Rolls NEW YORK Mine Pumps Oil Engines Sampling Machinery Screens Stamp
Report (volume)
California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Hydraulic TurbinpM MILWAUKEE, Metallurgical Machinery Mining Machinery Perforated Oil l-:imini-- Metals I'liiiiliini:...are getting the most in service from Worthington mining equipment — :the most from the standpoint of first...power consumption. Worthington meets needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...Compressor NEW YORK Crushing Rolls Air Compressors Mine Pumps Ball Mills Blast Furnaces Oil Engines Screens
Report (issue)
___________________ -_-----Lode and placer gold deposits, Mohave County _______________________ _ California ________________________...Mother Lode, Amador County __________ _ Tertiary gravels, Nevada City area, Sierra Nevada ________________... _ Aurora district_ ___________________ _ arlin mine __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Copper..._______ Gold Acres and Tenabo districts __________ Goldfield district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _..._---Central North Carolina _-------------Moore County __ ---------- -- ------South Carolina ____ -- __
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pennsylvania 15218, U.S.A. d U.S. Geological Survey, Reno, Nevada 89557, U.S.A. b Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract...the district and is cut and overlain by pyrite–quartz stockwork veins with traces of chalcopyrite and...host subsequent covellite + enargite/luzonite + chalcopyrite mineralization accompanied by kaolinite, and...the geology, mineralogy, and geochemistry of the district (Steven and Ratté, 1960; Stoffregen, 1985, 1987;...weathering of such deposits in both natural and mine-related exposure (Gray et al., 1994). Deposits having
Report (volume)
Rocks, Snowstorm Mountains and Vicinity, Northern Nevada By Alan R. Wallace and E.H. McKee................Terrill Mountains Area, Holy Cross District, Churchill County, Nevada By Stephen G. Peters, Richard F....Eocene and middle Miocene volcanism in northern Nevada blanketed larger areas than has been previously...mapping by Peters and others (chapter D) in western Nevada has established a geologic and structural context...epithermal mineralization in the Holy Cross mining district. This work permits an evaluation of the mineral
Report (issue)
Zi oe Mountatn ~Pass) cs. sim ssicwiy tat.0e 276 Nevada City-Grass Valley ..... 279 New Almad@n 6.6sravs...no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...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...Utah—Arizona ....vccccsnens F. Monticello-Moab-Thompsons District, Utah .....secvceee 326 327 ee eeseeee Gig GE
Report (issue)
El Salvador, Chile; Rodalquilar, Spain and Goldfield, Nevada. Supergene alunite has S^S virtually identical...steam-heated environments, such as those at the Tolfa district, Italy and Marysvale, Utah, and numerous modern...precious-metal ore deposits such as at Buckskin, Nevada. Initial 8 18OsO4 and 834S values are kinetically...by reconnaissance data on samples from several mining districts and predictions about the origin of the...Arribas, Jr., currently studying the Rodalquilar district in Spain as part his Ph. D. program, and Jeff
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pressurewere representedby suitesfrom Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Idaho--in the United States--and from Mexico...is true. In suchores as those from the Juneau district, Alaska; West Australia; California gold belt;...Rogers7 has described a similar anomaly from Rawhide, Nevada, in which, however, sectors are approximately...mentionssimilar quartz occurring with pyrite, chalcopyrite,ilmenite,and titanite in apparently high temperatureveinlets...localities,notably in specimens from the Talisman Mine, Karangahake,New Zealand. In these specimens the
Journal (volume)
Bingham, Utah, Mining Black Sand Page. Abbott, James W A Visit to Ely, Nevada Mining at Bingham, Utah...Greenwater District Ditto Ditto Ditto Abyssinia, Minerals In The Requirements of Modern Mining 70S 52...Charles [64 James W. 82 431 114 Nelll 815 District, British W Columbia, The 783 431 795 736 241...Tube-Mill Lining Forbes Rlckard 511 17 The Boundary District The Mineral Output of. In 1906 Broken Hill, Acid...Proprietary Mine, He Treatment at G. D. Del prat Brown, Walter 8 A Filing System for Mining Engineers llucke
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a p t e w a By HARRY JAMES . . . . . . . . 22 MINING Current n e w s of desert mines 24 NEWS From...founding of this once-important minday, the old Nevada mining ing center, he has shared every phase camp of...been unearthed. Today, after a century of known mining activity, a few prospectors still work the old...the gold rush of an earlier period. California-Nevada state line into the north end of Death Valley,...that it is one of the earliest placer mining centers in Nevada. "No man living," he continued, "can remember
 
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