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Sphalerite from
Giant Mine, Gold Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Giant Mine, Gold Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1434145
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1434145:4
GUID (UUID V4):886bbd4c-9970-4428-bd9f-1c848f36a7b4
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Esther and Louisa Mine, Gold Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) Condor-Hemlock Mine, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Spruce Ridge, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Pedro Claim, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) Guye Mine, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) Dutch Miller Mine, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) Gifford Ridge, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) Aces Up Mine, Miller River Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) Cleopatra Mine, Miller River Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles) King and Kinney Mine, Miller River Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 cata­ logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall
Report (issue)
Lakes Study Area, Chelan, King, and Kittitas Counties, Washington By J. L. Gualtieri and George C. Simmons...forest lands in the Alpine Lakes study area, Washington, that may be considered for wilderness designation...the crest of the Cascade Range in west-central Washington. CONTENTS Page Summary, by J. L. Gualtieri...Deception Creek fault zone Area east of Deception Creek fault zone Area west of the Deception Creek fault...Anomalous area Continued Gold Creek-Delate Creek area Lemah Creek-Snoqualmie River-Gold Lake area Chain Lakes
Report (volume)
States UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1966 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...-----------------------------------Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora...River)-----------------------------------Quill Creek (Kluane Lake)---------------------------------Nickel...----------------------------------------Saline CountY--------------------------------------------Cal...---------------------------------------Boulder CountY------------------------------------------Conne
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...LEVYNE, PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular...grossular, malachite, powellite, and scheelite. Arkansas mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim...and stilbite. Copper Bo~' mine, Seven Devils district: epidote. Helena mine (reportedly just northwest
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
Book
PUBLISHED BY Western Mineral Exchange Seattle, Washington 1941 t Copyright 1941 WESTERN MINERAL EXCHANGE...volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE I I COAL CITY, St. Clair Co. Sphalerite COLUMBIANA
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds
Report (issue)
WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HENRY LANDES, State Geologist BULLETIN No. 23 THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON...herewith a report entitled "Tl1e lVfetal lVIines 0£ Washington," by Ernest N. Patty, with the recommendation.... . . . . . . . . History of metal mining in Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metal...mechanical concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . Gold placers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....deposits of copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gold-copper-arsenic veins . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
Geology of the Murray Area Shoshone County Idaho By. JOHN W. HOSTERMAN A CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY...deposits NITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON'' : 1956 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. G. - Price $1.00 (paper cover) CONTENTS...-_.___ Jack Waite mine.__.-_-._--_--____-_-_-_---_-___.__----.______ Crystal Lead mine. ______________..._________________________________________ Monarch mine..__-__-__-____-___--______--__-___.__--____-__, Black Horse
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips.........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville. Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia...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)
AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS................................................ Washington................................................prepared for the Southern Commercial Congress, Washington, D. C., 1909. Purdue, A. H., Compendium of the...Rapid City. v Tennessee____Mr. G. H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville. Texas______...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Book (volume)
Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters
Book (volume)
Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inches; a floater specimen, Cross vein, Idarado mine, Ouray and San Miguel countries. Figure 2 (right)... Howard, Fremont County. C-O-L-O-R-A-O-O CALCITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado...Marble in Gunnison County) that has been used for many of the great monuments in Washington. D.C.. including...elongated. highly mineralized zone running from Boulder County in the northeast diagonally across the state to...taken place within this belt since gold was discovered in Cherry Creek in 1859 (Kosnar and Miller 1976)]
Report (volume)
Area and Additions, Chelan, King, and Kittitas Counties, Washington By U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY and U.S. BUREAU...E UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1989 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL...area and additions, Chelan, King, and Kittitas counties, Washington. (Studies related to wilderness-study...of the Alpine Lakes study area and additions, Washington I by J. L. Gualtieri and George C. Simmons -...of the Alpine Lakes study area and additions, Washington I by W.E. Davis - Mineral deposits of the Alpine
Report (issue)
192 B1tlletin No. 23, Washington Geologicat Survey MOUNTAIN BOY These workings·which are credited with...three-quarters 0£ a mile southwest of the Castle Creek camp. A part of the workings was not accessible...Survey, Bull. 550, page 207. The Metai .Mines of Washington 193 SHERIDAN DISTRICT GENERAL FEATURES Ten..., R. 31 E., just across the Ferry County line into Okanogan County. The first location was made during...principally in silver with minor amounts of copper and gold. 1'he gangue minerals of quartz and calcite are
Book
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SURVEY, FOR THE YEAR 1876.] WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1 S 7 8 . MINERALOGICAL... ENDLICH, S. N. D. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. Washington, D. C, January 2, 1878. Sir: I have the honor...occurrence in Colorado is that of the tel'lurides. Gold, silver, lead, iron, mercury, and oxygen are combined...sought alter on account of the high percentages of gold and silver they contain. Another 135 SURVEY. EEPORT...the pitchblende. not been for several^years the mine is not worked at present and has distribution in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cobblestone roads prevents Vermont from being a giant mining state today, but in the nineteenth century...bodies contain interesting con­ tact minerals. Placer gold in small particles is widely distributed over northern...minor concentrations of gold. A com­ prehensive listing of Vermont placer gold occurrences would give...1910). At one time, jasper was mined at the Parrot mine (Chittenden Co.) on a small scale for use in colorful...The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality in the state
Report (issue)
Metaline Zinc-Lead District Pend Oreille County Washington By MCCLELLAND G. DINGS and DONALD H. WHITEBREAD...district in the State of Washington UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1965 UNITED STATES...Pend Oreille County, Washington, by McClelland G. Dings and Donald H. Whitebread. Washington, U.S. Govt...district, Pend Oreille County, Washington. 1964. (Card 2) 1. Geology Washington (State) Pend Oreille Co...Ore-deposits Washington (State) Pend Oreille Co. 3. Mines and mineral resources Washington (State) Pend
Report (issue)
Deposits of the. South Silverton Mining Area, San Juan County, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...San Juan County, Colorado By DAVID J. VARNES SOUTH SILVERTON MINING AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO...Board UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 4V4i,s, —143,4,1/9), UNITED STATES...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. CONTENTS Page Abstractu A1 Introduction...46 Giant Basin u 46 Diagonal groupu 46 Scranton City vein u 46 Silver Lake footwall veinsu Giant and
Report (issue)
PROSPECTS, LAWSON-DUMONT-FALL RIVER DISTRICT, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO By C. C. Hawley and Frank Baker Moore...Production References cited Mine descriptions « Lawson area, north of Clear Creek Larger mines in the Red...ClevelandC?) mine Flat Iron vein Mines east of Red Elephant Hill Central America (Tinker) mine-Comstock vein...Dexter mine i Johnson group Last Chance mine « r Little Giant mine Little Superior (Jack Rabbit) mine Orient...Orient mine Panama group ; Young America vein Mines west of Red Elephant Hill Amboy mine Girard mine Kanawha
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diversity of species, including gold. However. except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl...additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction with...of Pierre Formation: barite (gray roses). Butte County Belle Fourche, 6 mi. W., secs. 23, 24, 25. and...of Moreau River: barite* (similar to Elk Creek. Meade County, but smaller), calcite (yellow crystals)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bear Mine Ouray County, Colorado Grizzly Bear Mine Figure 1: Grizzly Bear mine in Bear Creek Canyon...Canyon, circa 1900; courtesy Ouray County Historical Society. 302 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S In 1875, the...rhodochrosite crystals. In 1981, deeper exploration of the mine pro­ duced additional outstanding specimens of rhodochrosite...of the Silverton quadrangle, briefly mentions the mine and the occurrence of rhodochrosite crystals. It...quartz crystals. Many fine specimens of galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite were also recovered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEStech Publications, Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. 1388 p., 2 volumes, hardcover, with CD-ROM. ISBN...and basin depositional environments to Carlin-type gold deposits in the context of carbonate sequence stratigraphy...fluids responsible for some of the major Carlin-type gold deposits. In “Tectonic history of northern Nevada...several Phanerozoic tectonic events to produce the giant gold and copper deposits in western North America...terranes. In “Airborne EM in exploring for epithermal gold deposits: Three examples from the Great Basin and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEStech Publications, Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. 1388 p., 2 volumes, hardcover, with CD-ROM. ISBN...and basin depositional environments to Carlin-type gold deposits in the context of carbonate sequence stratigraphy...fluids responsible for some of the major Carlin-type gold deposits. In “Tectonic history of northern Nevada...several Phanerozoic tectonic events to produce the giant gold and copper deposits in western North America...terranes. In “Airborne EM in exploring for epithermal gold deposits: Three examples from the Great Basin and
 
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