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Molybdenite from
White Knob Quarry, Lucerne Valley, Lucerne Valley Limestone District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Knob Quarry, Lucerne Valley, Lucerne Valley Limestone District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1300884
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1300884:4
GUID (UUID V4):4f3e7e0d-76fd-464d-bd37-89a2a43a5328
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
23.1km (14.3 miles) ā“˜Unnamed skarn occurrence [1], Baldwin Lake [town], Baldwin Lake District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ā“˜Unnamed Mo occurrence [4], Doble (Bairdstown), Baldwin Lake District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) ā“˜Red Hills prospect (L. Shouse Mines), Ord Mountain, Ord Mountains, Ord Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) ā“˜Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) ā“˜Unnamed Mo occurrence [2], Norco, Riverside County, California, USA
72.8km (45.2 miles) ā“˜Cole deposit (Neal), Mount Baldy, Mount Baldy District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
87.1km (54.1 miles) ā“˜Cogswell deposit, Cogswell Reservoir, Los Angeles County, California, USA
92.5km (57.5 miles) ā“˜Winter Creek Mine (Winter group; Winter Creek Mine group; Winter Creek prospect), Santa Anita Creek, Santa Anita Canyon, Sierra Madre, Los Angeles County, California, USA
96.8km (60.1 miles) ā“˜Monte Cristo Mine (West Vein lease), Monte Cristo Canyon, Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
98.7km (61.3 miles) ā“˜Unnamed W-Mo deposit, De Luz, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included, because they...H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers...Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin.........Prof. W. 0. Hotchkiss...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................Some mineral aggregates, such as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included because they...mineralogic reports, especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota,...Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals of California: California State Min. Bur. Bull. 67, 1914. George
Journal (issue)
Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded a campaign in 2014 to propose exactly...to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary sponsor...cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. 6 Supplement to The...Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and chalcocite. Many lessersulphidessuchas molybdenite,pentlandite, marcasite,cubanite,enargite,tetrahedrite... pentlandire, cubanire, corellite,millerite,molybdenite, marcasite,tetrahedrite, bismuthinite,bournonite...Russia (xoo) .................. Alamo District, Lower California ,.ā€¢ ā€¢ ,.ā€¢ 0 x x x x x x x x x... Sweden (7o) ................... x Boundary District, B.C. (53) ........... x x Brittania, B.C. (H3)...Christmas District, Ariz. (ā€¢x2) .......... x Clifton-Morenei, Ariz. (54) ............. Carroll County, Md
Report (issue)
and Geophysics, Boise State University Craig M. White ....................................... Director...South-Central Idaho: A Field Guide to the Lost River, White Knob, Pioneer, Boulder, and Smoky Mountains 5 Paul...Stratigaphy and Structure of the Milligen Formation, Sun Valley Area, Idaho 1.53 Robert J. W. Turner and Bruce...Carrietown Counties, Idaho Silver-Lead-Zinc District, Blaine and Camas Robert S. Darling Vii 193...Fart A. Glacial Deposits of the Big Wood River Valley 203 Suzanne Pearce, Gunnar Schlieder, and Edward
Report (volume)
Creek Formation and the Upper Mississippian White Knob Limestone. The Mackay mineralized area includes polymetallic...Mountain Section, Geological Society of America, Sun Valley, Idaho (Link and Hackett, 1988), and on December...Hill and Warm Springs mining districts, Blaine County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet...Deposits in the Lake Creek Mineralized Area, Blaine County, South-Central Idaho By Bradford R. Burton and...Mineral Deposits in the Washington Basin Area, Custer County, South-Central Idaho By J. Brian Mahoney H. Mineral
Report (volume)
commodities 78 ~anganese 78 Semiprecious gemstones 78 Limestone 79 Iron 79 Graphite in metamorphic rocks 79 Pegmatite...Boulder-Pioneer Wilderness Study Area, and the White Cloud-Boulder Roadless Area. The U.S. Geological...Mountains; and the southwestern tract covers the White Knob Mountains, Copper Basin, and the eastern part...sedimentary quartzite, argillaceous quartzite, local limestone and sandstone, and minor interbedded volcanic...deposited at this time ranged from dominantly limestone in the east, through clastic rocks, to dominantly
Report (issue)
mine in the Alder Creek mining district, is situated in the White Knob Range, about six miles by road...road southwest of Mackay, in southeastern Ouster County, Idaho. Mackay is the terminus of a branch of the...stock, which has been intruded into the Brazer limestone, of Mississippian age. Near the Empire mine the...in the adjacent limestone.- Tongues and dikes of granite porphyry transect the limestone, and several large...large blocks of limestone are wholly included within the granite porphyry." Irregular masses of garnet-diopside
Report (issue)
is shown in PI. III. The Butte, Mont., copper district is the greatest silver-producing camp of the entire...milling ores used is increasing each year. The California ores, like those of Ducktown, Tenn., are basic...at Ducktown, Tenn., and at the mines of Shasta County, Cal., while the smelting ores of Butte are well-known...been made to treat such ores, particularly in the San Pedro mines in New Mexico, success has not been attained...pyritic ore in shear zones in igneous rocks (Shasta County type). (e) Lenticular deposits (similar to d in
Report (volume)
............................................ California......................................................... California, northern counties....................................... California, southern counties...districts............... Map of northern counties of California, showing location of mining districts.......................... Map of southern counties of California, showing location of mining districts..........offices of the Survey at Denver, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco (Messrs. Chester Naramore, V. C. Heikes
Report (issue)
IĀ°x2Ā° quadrangle and ore deposits of the Atlanta district, Idaho .................... Snee, L.W. , and Kunk...Link, P.K., Lake Creek mineralized area, Blaine County, Idaho ...................... Doyle, M.A., Geology...Geology and ore deposits of Garfield Canyon, Blaine County, Idaho ...................... Mahoney, J.B., Geology...mineral deposits of the Washington Basin area, Custer County, Idaho ................ Mahoney, J.B., and Horn...Geology and mineral deposits of the Vienna mining district, Blaine and Camas Counties, Idaho .... 1 3 17
Journal (issue)
reduce maintenance to a Fifth Machinery St., San Company Francisco 7, Calif. ATLAS COPCO SSOR...Jersey COlfax 1-6800 930 Brittan Avenue San Carlos, California LYtell 1-0375 Biggest ā€œEUCā€ Rear-Dumps...heavy off-highway service in construction, mine, quarry and industrial tons For work under large loading...EDITORIAL AND EXECUTIVE 500 Howard Street San Francisco 5, California EXbrook 7-1881 Field OFFICES G. eorge...United Kingdom Operations Murray Hill 3-9294 District BUYERS J-/26 Denny York City Office 370 Lexington
Report (issue)
area, including Borah Peak, Pioneer Mountains, and White Clouds 14 Assessment of potential for undiscovered...Radioactive black sand placers in Long Valley and Bear Valley are known major resources of thorium, rare-earth...These are vein stockworks and disseminations of molybdenite in or near hypabyssal rocks of Eocene age. They...Ore bodies range from small isolated pods of molybdenite to bodies containing as much as several hundred...deposits Vein stockworks and disseminations of molybdenite within or associated with compositionally zoned
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the contact between Upper Mississippian White Knob limestone and the granite porphyry phase of the Mackay...alteration. Other ore minerals include minor molybdenite, bornite, pyrite, galena, arsenopyrite, native...>600Ā°C. Massive endoskarn and exoskarn replacing limestone inclusions in granite porphyry formed at 500Ā°...Cu-Zn skarn deposit, the Empire mine, in Custer County, Idaho, and discusses its genesis and implications...the largest deposit in the Alder Creek mining district. It is approximately 5.3 km southwest of the town
Book (edition)
in . 247 Limestone Definition and origin Chalk Lithographic stone Hydraulic limestone Lime Uses Dolomite...lead-zinc ores of the Mississippi Silesia localities Valley. CHAPTER XXIV Metalliferous Deposits Formed Near...Washington Sumatra ā€” The base-metal veins ā€” The San Juan Colorado ā€” General features ā€” Telluride ā€”Silverton...telluride of region, district district district district district district Nevada. CHAPTER XXV...Alā€”Interior types ā€”Paragenesis ā€” Gold-quartz veins the California and Victoria the Sierra typeā€” Principal characteristics
Report (issue)
10- - 14 32 ** . 11 39 12 42 % White Knob Limestone 13 ----- 42 *. 14 Age and paleontology...mining district I5~ - -- Copper Basin mining district --- 16 Little Wood River mining district - -... Tables Table 1. Chemical analyses of White Knob Limestone from near Mackay -- 5- 2. . . 45 ...Dolomite, Grand View Dolomite, and Three Forks 5 (Limestone, all of Devonian age, are the oldest rocks exposed...widespread; they are represented by the White Knob Limestone in the ! 12 |eastern part of the quadrangle
Report (issue)
generics in map names may help define these meanings. A knob, top, bald, mountain, lead, and butte, for example...Rio Grande, Palo Alto, Canaveral, Sierra Nevada, San Bias, Sangre de Cristo, Ojo Caliente, and Colorado...locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity
Book (volume)
termination of veins 87. 88. .... platinum district Mountains. Pyroxene-olivene-magnetite rock, showing...Ural 532 551 554 569 90. Ural 571 573 in limestone pegmatite into gneiss; Georgetown, Colorado....dome Magmatic differentiation of molybdenite; Hxmt mine, Renfrew County, Ontario Sudbury, Ontario. Intrusive...of 93. 94. 95. 96. Haggerty mine, Encampment district, Wyoming Bonanza, Zacatecas, Mexico. Surface geology...geology 98. Beatrice ore chimney. Bonanza district 99. Providencia tunnel. Bonanza mine 100. Bonanza
Report (volume)
Buffalo, N. Y. California Academy of Sciences: Proceedings, 4th ser., vol. 1, pp. 1-6. San Francisco, Cal...Cal. California Journal of Technology, vols. 8-10. Berkeley, Cal. California Physical Geography Club:...Club: Bulletin, vol. 1. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Report of Board of Trustees for 1902...1904, and 1906; Bulletins, nos. 21-49. San Francisco, Cal. California, University of, Department of Geology:...10,11, 12, pp. 1-94. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 1, nos
Book
United States Geological Survey, with headquarters at San Francisco. At this time Becker, who had recently...ode, was at work upon the mercury deposits of California and was preparing soon to undertake a systematic...apparently, to progress from one westei:n mining district to another, sioce thus new features a nd new relationships...The gold-qunrlz veins or .Nevada City and Grass Valley districts, Cal. 11th Ann. Rcpt. pt. 2, pp. HW2...in the geological resurvey of the Cripple Creek district, Colo. Geol. S urvey Bull. 254, 1904. 36 pp. (With
Book (edition)
criticising the manuscript. Thanks are due to Dr. David White of the Geological Survey, for criticising the data...anthracite region 10. Structure section in Tazewell County, east of Richlands, southwest 8. 9. 12. 13. ...house and tipple, bituminous coal mine, Spring Valley, 111 Northern Interior coal field Composite section...showing distribution of oil fields 103 Map of California oil fields and pipe lines North-south section...structure of western field of Los 104 Angeles district 106 Section of Spindle Top oil field near Beaumont
Book (edition)
Lithographic eral deposits limestoneā€” Definition and origin stone^Hydraulic limestone ^Lime Usesā€” Dolomite...lead-zmc ores of the Mississippi valley Arkansas Upper Mississippi valley- Virginia and Tennesseeā€” Southeastern...Southeastern Missouri Genesis of the Mississippi valley depositsā€” Northern Rhodesia. ('ā€˜haractenstic ā€” ...veinsā€”Occurrence veinsā€”Cripple Creekā€” Gold veinsā€” The San Juan Republic, Washington ā€” Sumatraā€” The ā€” Telluride... region, district district-ā€œ' ā€” ā€” ā€” Rico districtā€”Lake City districtā€” Creede district Summary C'asapaica
Report (volume)
mainly sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, shale, limestone, dolomite, and conglomerate of Ordovician, Silurian...One deposit of submarginal resources in the Alta district (pl.1, index map) consists of more than 1.4 million...silver per ton (34-216 g/t). In addition, the district has small submarginal resources of molybdenum...fluorite. Submarginal resources of the Warm Springs district, in the Homestake and six other prospects, total...(14-120 g/t). Four deposits in the Little Wood district have 90,000 tons (82,000 t) of inferred resources
Book (edition)
Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains by...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...problems are with mine names and occasional1y mining district names. Mining districts, generally are not now...the Coeur d'Alene District is the name presently used for the entire silver district that runs from Kellogg
Report (volume)
Geology of Part of the Alder Creek Mining District Custer County, Idaho GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1252-A... Geology of Part of the Alder Creek Mining District Custer County, Idaho By W. H. NELSON and C. P. ROSS ...and metamorphic rocks of the Alder Creek mining district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...Formation. ______________________________________ White Knob Limestone_______________________________________...GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE ALDER CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO By W. H. NELSON and C. P. Koss ABSTRACT
 
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