 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like...digenite, djurleite, and enargite rank among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record |  | | 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...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: |  | | 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...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 20013 pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all...group is the subject of this column—enargite. The name enargite is derived from the Greek έναργ ής...(001). Enargite also occurs in granular or massive habits. One of the characteristics of enargite crystals...are the striations along prism faces. Although enargite has perfect {110} cleavage, it also has distinct...indistinct cleavage. Twinning is common on {320}, and enargite may occur as interpenetrating trillings having |  | | Report (issue) | | 74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \¥ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining ................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........· ......... ·................................. ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. ·......... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SIGNIFICANCE R.q.yuoNp Nprsow, Montana Schoolof Mines, Butte, Montana INTRoDUCTIoN Considerable interest...locally, but also in researchlaboratories outside of Butte, in the mineral "colusite," a sulfosalt of copper...obtained at Montana School of Mines. Mr. Reno H. Sales, Chief Geologist of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company...the Leonard mine, colusite has been recognized on various levels of the West Colusa, Tramway, and Mountain...Mountain View mines at Butte. fn these mines it is valued only for its copper content, recovery of the tin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PARAGENESIS BUTTE OF THE ORE DISTRICT, MINERALS IN THE MONTANA. JAMES C. RAY.1 INTRODUCTION...materialrecentlycollectedby the writer in the Butte District. I am deeplyindebtedto the managersand geologists...Messrs. N.H. Emmons and E. A. Hewitt, of the North Butte Copper'MiningCo.; and Mr. Case,superintendent of...the following mines' Tramway, Badger State. Moose,Speculator, Berkeley,Silver Bow, Elm Orlu, Gagnon, MountainView...MountainView, Leonard,Belleof Butte,FractionLease(Clark Fraction). The study of the abovespecimens was |  | | Book | | enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground...oFtne ato aa Gem Ghd nQkTeane Uva a nes ly ia" mine Ui nrobs inesob cere ts ou ioe tok us 'aaieomolitt...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley Caballo Mountains...Mountains Chloride District Hansonburg District Socorro Area New Placers District Grants Area Nacimiento |  | | Report (issue) | | 538(6) Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tramway mine, Butte, Montana, USA. 3.07 (100), 1.881 (60), 1.600 (40)...63 1.4 31.2 Total 99.71 100.1 100.49 (1) Butte, Montana, USA; corresponds to Cu25.26 V1.50 (As4.31 Sn1...Association: Pyrite, tetrahedrite–tennantite, enargite, luzonite, stannoidite, goldfieldite, germanite...Distribution: In the USA, in Montana, from the Leonard mine [TL] and other mines, Butte, Silver Bow Co.; in Arizona...Arizona, from the Magma mine, Superior, Pinal Co., and the Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co.; from Red |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and,chalcoci, te as they occurin the Leonard Mine, Butte, Mont. A's I have also studiedtheseoresI may...2,20o-foot levelsof the Leonard mine came from a part of the district in which bornite occurs muchmore...especiallynear the shaft, and x Sales, Reno, "Ore Depositsat Butte, Mont.," A. I. M. S., Vol. XLV1. I79 I8O DISCUS310N...DISCUS310N. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XI. Fro. I. Tramway Mine, Butte, Mont., 2•oo-ft. level. Mag.----93 diams...partial replacement of bornite. Fro. 2. Tramway Mine, Butte, Mont., 2,2oo-ft. level. Mag.--800 diams |  | | Report (issue) | | 1 COUNTY REPORT HYSICAL >ci 8 PHYSICAL •CI. .Lib. IES TN 24 C3 1ERAL RESOURCES OF A34 1 IPINE...IPINE COUNTY, CA! IA -*ci?2®^?^a£~Vfes^A^Gw^i I ver Mou nta i nV-*- Digitized by the Internet...ALPINE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA by WILLIAM B.CLARK With sections on the Zaca gold-silver mine and the...the Leviathan COUNTY REPORT sulfur mine by James R. Evans 8 1977 CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND...2 i DOCS. -US Frontispiece. Typical Alpine County scenery. View looking southeast across Twin Lakes |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...significant mineral localities in C o l o r a d o ,by county. In addition, there is a complete listing o f all...type localities, and an alphabetical cross-index by mine name. T INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1976 a group...LOCALITY INDEX BOULDER COUNTY Caribou Mine Caribou (near Nederland), Caribou District (Silver, Uraninite, Galena |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | /i MINING AMERICA’) A Pictorial Postcard History Downloaded by [University of Glasgow] at 14:46 04 January...January 2015 TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road Ouray, Colorado 81427 All postcards from the author’s...become popular in recent years is the collecting of mining-related picture postcards. Postcard collecting...nostalgic link to the past. They also document our mining heritage, featuring everything from early prospecting...gold dredges to hydraulic mining in the western states. Their depiction of mine illumination, methods of |  | | Report (issue) | | 250 years, men have sought to extract gold and silver from these mountains. However, it was not until...of their mineral wealth. In addition to gold and silver, the region produced economic quantities of lead...zinc, tungsten, and copper. In 1896 world-renowned mining engineer Thomas ''T.A." Rickard called the San...San Juans one of Colorado's four great mining regions along with Leadville, Cripple Creek, and Central City...during the eighteenth century, were the first to mine in the San Juans. One of the earliest recorded expeditions |  | | Report (volume) | | ................/................:. Methods of mining and treatment of ores....-....--. ...... ............. ................ ...... ....... Lodes of Silver Lake Basin... ..................... ................. .................... ............... Silver Lake mine..... . -.-.-..--....-.---..-.-. ............Iowa mine ........ ....^..................... ^. ...................... 157 Royal Tiger mine.........Buckeye mine .....................----...-- ......................... 160 Titusville. mine ... ... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rush Creek Mining District MARION COUNTY, ARKANSAS A Synoptic View Situated in a part of the Ozarks along...Buffalo National River, the old mines in the Rush district are rediscovered by newcomers each tourist season...is hoped that histori cal evidence relating to mining will now be preserved for the interest and education...prospects in northern Arkan sas, the Rush Creek mining district is recognized as the most important zinc-producing...community can be seen through out the Rush Creek Valley in the form of abandoned mines, tailings—now partially |  | | Catalog/List | | Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE...Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite ... |  | | Book | | i0000malo_g608 The Battle for Butte The Battle for Butte MINING AND PoLitics ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER...Malone Montana Historical Society Press Helena Cover photograph: Anaconda Hill, Butte, Montana, circa...circa 1900 (Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives) Cover design: Finstad Visual Design, Helena,... Montana Printed by Thomson-Shore, Inc., Dexter, Michigan Montana Historical Society Press 225 N. Roberts...Roberts St. P. O. Box 201201 Helena, Montana 59620-1201 © 1981 by the University of Washington Press |  | | Report (volume) | | depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Copper-bearing deposits________________________ 199 Butte, Montana__________________________ 199 Bingham,...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico...__ 233 Shasta County, California______ _ __ 234 Snowstorm lode, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho__ _ 235 |  | Lund, Karen, McAleer, Ryan J., Aleinikoff, John N., Cosca, Michael A., Kunk, Michael J. (2018) Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic lodes overprinted by younger stockwork Cu-Mo ores and penecontemporaneous Cu lodes. Ore Geology Reviews, 102. 666-700 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.05.018 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Accepted Manuscript Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic... M.J. Kunk, Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...journal pertain. Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926-A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 rmcaleer@usgs.gov c U.S...for world-class deposits of the Butte mining district, Montana, USA, is deep pre-Main Stage porphyry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Industries and Manufactures, and products of the soil, mine, and sea.” In 1893, Chicago had a population of...Among the buildings were Transportation, Mines and Mining, Electricity, Manufactures and Liberal Arts, Administration...Exposition was the first world’s fair at which mining was given a building of its own and placed on an...other industrial pursuits. In fact, the Mines and Mining Building Karen and Mark Vendl are geologists who...who collect Colorado minerals and study Colorado mining history. Located in the Chicago area, they have |  | | Report (issue) | | By WALTER HARVEY WEED. INTRODUCTION. Copper mining in the United States has had a marvelously rapid...greatest individual increase that of the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee, Ariz. The following table shows the production...550,000 700, 000 10,000 814,035,719 "Salt Lake Mining Review, Annual Review number, January, 1906. The...Stevens, Horace J., Mining World, Jan. 27, 1905; and information furnished the writer by mine owners and managers...copper mines of the United States yield gold and silver as by-products and many gold mines yield small |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | photographed by Jeff Scovil MAGMA Mine Pioneer District, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona LES PRESMYK PO Box...presmyk@cox.net Figure 1. Superior and the Magma mine are shown in relation to Phoenix and Tucson. John...barytes were uncommon at the mine. Baryte is the mineral for which the Magma mine is most famous. Mark Hay...the first nine years of my mining engineering career working at the Magma mine, during which time I experienced...history. It was a great opportunity to learn about the mine and specimen finds from many who lived through it |  | | Report (issue) | | org/details/reportofstatemin15cali CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO ^LETCHER...Statement xxiii Participation of the California State Mining Bureau in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition...Production General Features I. Alpine County. 5 6 6 , Mining Districts The Mogul and Monitor Districts...The Hercules Company 14 23 Silver Mountain District Silver King District Mineral Water Grover's Hot...27 27 27 , , Bibliography Chapter II, Inyo County. Introduction and Acknowledgments Location and |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology and Ore Deposits ofthe Summitville District San Juan Mountains Colorado By THOMAS A. STEVEN and...Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...the Summitville district and surrounding areas. Geologic map of the Summitville district, and section showing...Mountains, showing the location of the Summitville district._____________________ 2. View looking north across...__________________ 3. South Mountain and Little Annie Mining camp, Summit district, Colorado.____________ __________________ |
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Tramway Mine, Butte Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA