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Sphalerite from
Mohawk Mine, Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, 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 Mohawk Mine, Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:138306
Long-form Identifier:1:3:138306:5
GUID (UUID V4):b643c5ee-4a09-4ec3-bc22-950f31476842
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
31.7km (19.7 miles) Antelope Neck Mine (Antelope Mine), Loyalton, Sierra County, California, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Fravel mines, Peavine Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
39.7km (24.7 miles) Peavine Creek area, Peavine Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
40.7km (25.3 miles) Golden Fleece mine, Fravel mines, Peavine Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
42.7km (26.6 miles) Ruth vein, Ruth vein system, Pyramid Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
43.6km (27.1 miles) Unnamed Prospect Section 29 (MRDS10043866), Peavine Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
44.1km (27.4 miles) Unnamed base metal prospects, Burrus vein system, Pyramid Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
44.1km (27.4 miles) Section 21 prospects, Pyramid Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
44.2km (27.5 miles) Jumbo Mine, Ruth vein system, Pyramid Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
44.2km (27.5 miles) Unnamed Prospect Section 31 (MRDS10043865), Peavine Mining District, Washoe 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)
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...likely to be present include pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and arsenopyrite (Berger, 1986). These minerals...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent
Journal (issue)
by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ................................ 309 by P. M. Adams Columns Book Reviews ...................................................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo
Journal (issue)
by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ............................... 309 by P. M. Adams Columns Book Reviews .....................................................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo
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
Report (volume)
Georgia have been the major sources of barite since mining began there in 1872, 1902, and 1914 respectively...between 1923 and 1948. Most of the deposits in California have been worked between 1923 and 1948. EXPLANATION...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL RESOURCES production, mining and treatment of ore, as well as some descriptions...states. State references describe deposits and mining and milling techniques practiced within a particular...mineralized with barite and small amounts of galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and calcite. Deposits not described
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
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
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
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 (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)
LODE MINING IN THE QUARTZBURG AND GRIMES PASS PORPHYRY BELT, BOISE BASIN, IDAHO. By E. L. JONES, Jr....considered advisable because of the recent important mining developments along this belt and because of frequent...the Boise Basin as a whole. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The mining men of the Boise Basin extended many courtesies...Boise Basin are shown by mine symbols and numbers. i Lindgren, Waldemar, The mining districts of the Idaho...LOCATION. The Boise Basin, which lies in Boise County, Idaho, is an intermontane depression near the
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
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
Book
3677 San Gabriel Pico Rivera, Company Parkway California 90660 Ohio Copyright Gem © 1988 Guides...our knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting....withdrawn because of reclamation projects in old mining areas, because new construction covers up old sites...Surveys, the State Divisions of Tourism, to museums, mining companies, fee basis operators, listed guides...information you are seeking. Don't leave things to chance. Plan the important part of your trip before you
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
Journal (volume)
ssv/y STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF... State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1937 No. 1 CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA UAfi^tWRAI DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND...Geologist C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer O. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Sacramento San Francisco Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer Los Angeles Los
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
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)
described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted...of Part B. Al (Alabara Cr.) Gold Rampart district Livengood (11.9, 10.35) approx. 65°35'N, 148°22'W...have been found in 1915, but no further mention of mining or prospecting. About a mile above mouth of creek...mainly Ordovician chert Alaska Gold Fairbanks district MF-413, loc. 42 Livengood (19.2, 1.55) 65°04'N...Gladstone, JupiterMars. Alaska Flyer Gold Fairbanks district MF-413, loc. 17 Livengood (17.95, 0.85) 65°02'N
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
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along...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)
_____ . ___________________ . _. Situation of the district.-~ ............... _..... ______ .. ________________________...______ ..... __ ........... _·_..... History of mining ....................... ............ . __ .. _... . . . . . . . CHAPTER X.-MiJ?-eralogy of the district ................... .............. r • • • • •...... ................. .· . . . . . . . . . . Sphalerite....... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... CONTENTS. 5 CHAPTER X.-Mineralog y of the district-Conti nued. Page. Notes on the more important
Report (volume)
and Ore Deposits rOf the Steeple Rock Mining District, Grant County "New Mexico M ^: By ROY L. GRIGGS and... Center-Pennsylvania mine. _____________________________________ East Camp mine ____________________...__________________________ Mohawk mine._______________________________________________ Other mines.-__-_-------...the Carlisle mine area. Geologic map of the Carlisle mine. Sections through the Carlisle mine. FIGURE 1...generalized fault pattern of the Steeple Rock district.________________ 5. Diagrammatic sketch showing
 
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