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Sphalerite from
New Light Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzā“˜1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Pyriteā“˜1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view New Light Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1424756
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1424756:5
GUID (UUID V4):8c3eaabc-2353-4952-89db-fea12cd6ac4c
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.9km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Allen Basin Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Baltimore Prospect, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Golden Arrow Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Mammoth Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Spafford Prospect, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ā“˜Indiana Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ā“˜First Find and Ivanhoe Prospect, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) ā“˜Illinois Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) ā“˜Anacortes Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) ā“˜Azurite Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
References
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Book
Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cataĀ­ logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
23:14 19 October 2014 Vindicator Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado I n terms of sheer volume...years: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and Cripple Creek, Colorado. Although on opposite sides of the globe...globe, they have striking similarities in their mining history and mineralogy, but their geology is seemingly...tellurides associated with coarse native gold. Cripple Creek, on the other hand, has been and continues to be...is sylvanite. A historically significant Cripple Creek sylvanite specimen has been nominated for this issueā€™s
Report (Issue volume)
State of Washington ARTHUR B. LANGLIE, Governor Department of Conservation and Development W. A. GALBRAITH...GLOVER, Supervisor Bulletin No. 37 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS By MARSHALL...Volume 2 - MAPS STATE PRINTING PLANT. OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON lll!UI For sale by Department of Conservation...volumes-text and maps) $4.50. INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS Volume 1...Bulletin 33, "Nonmetallic Mineral Resources of Washington," published in 1936. Since then the catalogue
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES DIVISION OLYMPIA, WASHiNGTON 98504 METAL MINES OF WASHINGTONPRELIMINARY REPORT...DERKEY NANCY L. JOSEPH and RAYMOND LASMANIS WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN...Earth Resources standards and nomenclature. 1, WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF Natural Resources Brian...DERKEY NANCY L. JOSEPH and RAYMOND LASMANIS WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN...standards and nomenclature. ā€¢ CONTENTS Page Page County and site name Kelly Camp Kettle Key East Knob
Report (volume)
DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY AND E. L. JONES, JR. WASHINGTON -GOVERNMENT PRINTING...SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 40 CENTS PER COPY PURCHASER AGREES...Osburn fault____________________________ Placer Creek fault___________________________ Other faults__...______________ ..____ 27 Copper___ __ _ _ 28 Sphalerite and galena ___ 30 Pyrite____ _________ _____...Pottsville_________________ 87 Slate Creek _______________________ Placer Creek ______________________ Wallace
Report (volume)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON Pistol Peaks Mo~ur:ent ea Blackcap Mountafn...Pasayten Wilderness Area, viewed across Ptarmigan Creek from Many Trails Peak. Mount La go "" \~'',~... Mineral Resources of the Pasayten Wilderness Area, Washington By MORTIMER H. STAATZ, PAUL L. WEIS, ROWLAND...area UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1971 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Stock Number 2401-1131 STUDIES
Report (issue)
Idaho UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE........................................... Apple Creek Formation................................................................................ Lawson Creek Formation.................................................. Carbonate rocks in the Bayhorse mining district................................................... Basal dolomite of Bayhorse Creek..............................................................
Book (volume)
ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu Ā© f the Ore deposiits...(1933) AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME TRANSACTIONS MINE PLANT VOLUME 112, MILLING METHODS (1933) (1934)...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION
Report (issue)
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Catalog/List
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AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine ā€”_ā€”< Ā¢ te om At _SHT 40 MADIASIMA...AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Richard Walker Holmes and Marrianna B. Kennedy...Kennedy [aN VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY NEW YORK CINCINNATl TORONTO LONDON MELBOURNE Copyright Ā©...Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishing...and minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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geoscientiļ¬c disciplines focused on one goal, ļ¬nding new mineral depsosits and enhancing their exploitation...This paper, so as to say, is a ā€œlaunch padā€ for a new mindset in metallogenesis rather than the ļ¬nal result...present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...various subjects of earth sciences dedicated to ļ¬nd new inorganic raw materials and enhance the exploitation
Journal (issue)
Events The Rubby Ducky, The Hope Pg 3 Diamond and Sphalerite... Ammonite Presentation Info Pg 6 Pebble...Governor Dick Lamm recently signed Coloradoā€™s new Mining Reclamation Law (HB 1065), to become effective...coal development in the state. The new law imposes 18 duties on mine operators: Reclamation plans and maps...Science, VIP Room, ā€œThalĆ©nite: from redefinition to new discoveries of a rare-earth element silicate mineral...Nov. 18-20, Gem and Mineral Show at the Jefferson County Fairground, sponsored by Denver Area Gem and Mineral
Book (edition)
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Report (issue)
Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund ~ oopr is PUBliC P[O'J>ERTY aud 1ā€¢ DOt ~re~~o~...aaQ; UNITED STATE-S GOVERNMENT PRJNTING OFFLCE, WASHINGTON : 1950 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...__________________________________________ _ 1 Summary of mining districts---.---------------------Introduction...hornblende gneiss ____________ _ Quartzite at Coal Creek ________________ _ Igneous rocks _____________________________...Quartz diorite and associated hornblendite_ Boulder Creek granite _________________ _ Pikes Peak granite
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associated with Mg-rich alteration zones, shed new light on the use of zincian spinel composition as a...Zn-oxide phases (Segnit 1961), (2) desulfidation of sphalerite during metamorphism (Spry & Scott 1986a, b, Spry...spinel from 22 locations in Colorado, by providing new petrological information and compositions of zincian...base-metal ore deposits in metamorphic terranes in the light of the composition of spinels obtained here from...Mountain and Cotopaxi deposits and the Grape Creek district near Canyon City and noted the intimate association
Report (issue)
2001 J.N. CRAMSIE, DIRECTOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES i Original typing: Review: Cartography:...(see Photograph 12). Insets are: cut blue and gold New England sapphires (upper left); molybdenite and quartz...Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, xii + 292 pp, with CD-ROM. Edited by: R.A. Facer Ā© New South Wales...northeastern New South Wales and extends over a significantly mineralised portion of the southern New England...covers a large part of the Clarence-Moreton Basin in New South Wales, and includes parts of large Tertiary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vari- 3 eties. In the Joplin lead and zinc district of southwest Missouri the minerals crystallizing...exhibit the following sequence: dolomite, galena, sphalerite, chalcedony, marcasite, and calcite. In veins...covellite (copper sulfide) by heating powdered sphalerite (zinc sulfide) in a water solution of copper...(covellite) appears. In the Joplin district covellite after sphalerite has been found, so that this reaction...naturally are the minerals which have been formed on .mine-tools, prehistoric implements, old coins and other
Book (volume)
GROUP. Green fluorite (121.39 ct), Westmoreland, New Hampshire; blue fluorite (132.12 ct), Illinois; square...brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho; rectangular...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...established by Dr. George F. Kunz, of Tiffany & Company, New York City, whose famous Gems and Precious Stones
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Copyright i&l 1983 by Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Van Nostrand Reinhold...manufacturers have recently responded by the introduction of new ultraviolet equipment with major improvements in...makes a mineral fluoresce? Why does ultraviolet light produce fluorescence? What is an activator, and...will find information on the type of ultraviolet light to use, the minerals to look for, where to find...Totten of the Governeur Talc Company at Balmat, New York, and C. MacDonald Grout and Bill Lorraine, geologists
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Report (issue)
INTRODUCTION. reports are those on the Mercur district, by J. E. Spurr and S. F. Emmons; the Bingham...Bingham The senior author, J3. S. Butler, began district, by J. M. Boutwell, Arthur Keith, and field work on...deposits of Utah in the S. F. Emmons; the Park City district, by J. M. FIELD .WORK AND AUTHORSHIP. summer...north, including the Deep Creek, Fish Springs, Dugway, Silver Islet, Grouse Creek, Raft River, Promontory...author, G. F. Loughlin, began work in the Tintic district in 1911 in collaboration with Waldemar Lindgren
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