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Covellite from
Mohawk Mine, Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mohawk Mine, Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:138299
Long-form Identifier:1:3:138299:0
GUID (UUID V4):070b87be-b41e-441b-8fc5-b7c6a32ef1a4
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
0.4km (0.3 miles) El Dorado Mine (Duffay Mine), Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Murdock Mine [2] (Plumas Jumbo Mine), Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Lodi No. 4 Mine (Lodi No. 4 claim), Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
45.3km (28.1 miles) Burrus Mine, Burrus vein system, Pyramid Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
63.5km (39.5 miles) Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
69.5km (43.2 miles) Rocky Hill mine, Galena Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
77.9km (48.4 miles) Andes Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
78.1km (48.5 miles) Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
78.7km (48.9 miles) Hale & Norcross Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
g{x Spring Creek Area Last Chance Mining District Plumas County, California Gail E. Dunning 773 Durshire...Sunnyvale, California 94087 Joseph F. Cooper, Jr. 430 Van Ness Avenue Santa Cruz, California 95060 First...between 1905 and 1909, the mines of the Last Chance mining district produced significant quantities of copper..._______________________________ INTRODUCTION California has a long history of being a significant producer...One of the former major producing areas was the Plumas copper belt that includes the Engles, Reward, Superior
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 1952 136 SUPPLEMENT DIVISION OF...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 1952 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN By Joseph Murdoch •...Bulletin 136 and Supplement No. 1 Descriptions of California minerals and mineral localities Bibliography...Bulletin 136, the current revision of Minerals of California was published, it was planned to issue, from...inspection and use. The amount of new literature on California minerals, and the number of new-found occurrences
Report (issue)
nomenclature. 1. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction.............deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...in the Sierra Nevada, California (Clark, 1970); Klamath Mountains, California-Oregon (Hotz, 1971); and...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent...pyrite is the most abundant sulfide in mines California. Junner (1921) made the same mines in Victoria
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Journal (issue)
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY" -T —• - Vol. XXXVII No. 1 — i ■&- February, 1990 QUARTERLY THE MINERALOGY...MINERALOGY OF THE MOH/WK MINE _ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA r O' " •: u. o~r William S. Wise ■rrz... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Barbara Cram Riordan, Chairman, Third District Larry Walker...First District Second District Marsha Turoci John Mikels Fourth District Fifth District COUNTY OF SAN...SAN BERNARDINO Harry M. Mays, County Administrative Officer Albert R. Reid, Administrator, General Services
Report (issue)
^^titOrpi^ Ir^j, Oiioi ,^irornis ,, STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...FRANCISCO Chief DECEMBER 144 COPPER IN (In CALIFORNIA Three Parts, Including Outline Geologic Map...States Department of the Interior Department of Mining, Stanford University liCD LIBRARY 1948 : ...Honorable Earl Warren Governor of the State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...herewith Bulletin 144, Copper in California, prepared under the direction of Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief of the
Journal (issue)
with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard A. Kosnar...(1929) is considered to be the classic for the district. Many of these works are currently out of print...and research will serve as an overview of the district and as a framework from which interested persons...location and associated geology of the mines in the district. Historical and production information is summarized
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................which includes much more information than the one last published. This bulletin may be regarded as a thoroughly...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
Report (volume)
similar lists have been published by the Survey in the last quarter of a century. During that period, however...increase in production have taken place during the last quarter of a century. Aluminum was not made in the...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
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Report (issue)
DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970...By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...Geology, Sacramento, California UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.C DAVIS '~'^ JUL 'I 'i GOV INFO or"! BULLETIN 193...and gold mining of publications have no single report or to the gold deposits in California. Although...Although on treatise a vast California, there in of the knov/n gold-bearing districts in the state.
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Mammoth- St. Anthony Mine TIGER, ARIZONA The Mohawk mine. Photo courtesy Arizona Historical Society...Location The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine is located at Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, Section 26, Township...later to be named the Collins vein in 1879, the Mohawk claim in 1881, and the Mammoth, plus several other...who named the new mining area the Old Hat Mining District. In the early 1880s a mine was started on the...developing into the town of Mammoth. The ore from the mine was hauled the three miles by 20 mule team wagons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JanuaryEebruary: Cerussite and fluorite, Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo. MarchlApril:...MarchlApril: Wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona. Vienna Natural History Museum specimen, 0. Medenbach...Medenbach photo. May/June: Legrandite, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural Science... chalcopyrite, and quartz, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey...photo. NovemberDecember: Silver, Bulldog mine, Mineral County, Colorado. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcomb
Journal (issue)
of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...have been sweeping changes and advancements in the last 25 years or so. Many new instrumental techniques...COLLECTIONS Open Mid-May to September (Otherwise By Chance or By Appointment) W endy & Frank Melanson (613)
Report (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest
Book
T. J. Bornhorst, P. Brandes, R. Clark (Cliffs Mining Services Co.), B. C. Cornilsen, R. V. Dietrich...helpful suggestions throughout the project; to Ashton Mining of Canada, Inc. and Crystal Exploration, Inc.,...APPENDIX I: MICHIGAN MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITS FEATURING MINING, MINERALS, ROCKS, AND FOSSILS .......................243 APPENDIX II: MINERAL SPECIES LISTED BY COUNTY ...............................248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS...Oronto Group a.. 3: co w C: _J 0 0 Marquette Iron District, Baraga and Marquette Counties diabase dikes
Book (volume)
Alleghenies, culminate in Harney Peak in southern Pennington Co. At 7,242’ this peak is the highest point in America...artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the geologically notable granite...dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of gems and minerals. The...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...Section, covering a somewhat larger area around Harney Peak. The northern section is characterized by vein deposits
Report (issue)
standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Park, California CONTENTS Page Introduction Geologic summary...About 200 km northeast of the quadrangle in Gila County, Ariz., the Dripping Spring Quartzite, one formation...resemble gneisses farther west in Arizona and California that contain disseminated gold mineralization...Such rocks crop out extensively in the Granite, Mohawk, Sierra Pinta, and Cabeza Prieta Mountains and...deposits from Ajo to deposits in the MiamiInspiration district including the Casa Grande, Sacaton, and Poston
Report (issue)
(CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur...eventually led to one of the biggest and most important "mining booms" in this country's first century. Despite... the 1845 discovery of the Cliff Mine ( first in the world to mine native copper as its sole product)...instilled confidence in North Country mining and initiated the modern mining era. Choice 'Lake Copper' furnished...never documented by geologists working in the district during its decades of maximum activity. Hence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high
 
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