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Copper from
Belmont Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Belmont Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1434304
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1434304:5
GUID (UUID V4):5560786c-c948-463c-96c7-a536582bdbec
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
0.6km (0.4 miles) J.I.C. Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Anaconda Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Rarus Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Silver Bow Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) High Ore Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Wake-up-Jim Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) West Colusa Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Berkeley Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Bell Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Buffalo Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite,...rank among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome...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...“The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper Industry” by C...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)
Isotopes of the Flooded Underground Mine Workings of Butte, Montana CHRISTOPHER H. GAMMONS,1,† DEAN M....Engineering, Montana Tech of The University of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, Montana 59701 2 Department...Applications, 200 Technology Way, Butte, Montana 59701 Abstract Over a century of mining and smelting of the world-class...world-class porphyry lode ore deposit at Butte, Montana, has resulted in extensive environmental damage...most acidic mining pit lakes, Butte is host to over 16,000 km of flooded underground mine workings. Of
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 527 ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT............................ Historical sketch of mining.....................................................'.............................. Tourmalinic silver-lead deposits................................ Description...42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 48 Tourmalinic silver-copper deposits............................. Tourmalinic............ Systematic importance of tourmalinic silver-lead deposits:.......... Younger ore deposits (post-Miocene)
Report (volume)
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...especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Book (edition)
McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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...especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list
Book
PISTOLS i !?' A J.-. N ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by ...present authentic infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive...United States Geological Survey in 1912. Plan. “Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada”, as...parts:—one on mining districts and the other on mineral resources. The section on mining districts is...but gives more extended descriptions and includes mining as well as geological information. The map which
Report (issue)
ll!RECTOR GEOLOGY OF THE MARYS,TJLLE NfiNING DISTRICT, ~IONTANA A STUDY OF IGNEOUS JNTH.USlON AND.... _... . Microdiorite dikes and sheets of Bald Butte._ ... _. ____ ._ .. __ .............. ________ ..._________________________________________________________ _ Belmont porphyry dikes .. _.. ____ .. __ ... _..... _______...-Continuod. Page. Structural g<~ology of the Marysville district. ........................... __________________..._____ . __ ... __ . _......... _. - .. __ ... . 19 Mine contacts .......... __ .. _... __ ... __ .... _
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Northeastern University] at 11:57 17 November 2014 Husky Mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada T he ruby silvers...informal family is polybasite, a relatively common silver ore mineral that is rare as fine specimens. Although...have been available in recent years from the Husky mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Consequently, in keeping...this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, a Husky mine polybasite has been nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...essentially a silver antimony sulfide in which copper occurs in substitution for silver in amounts up
Report (issue)
wu OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY— Joseph V: Tingley a RobertC.Horton _ Francis C. Lincoln 3 . ...Publication of this new edition of “Outline of Nevada Mining History” was made — possible with the assistance...07 Uet a vA. | B13L40 —S OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY Joseph V. Tingley Robert C. Horton Francis...THE MINING HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, by Francis Church Lincoln, 1924 Reese River district 14...14 White Pine district 14 Trinity district 16 Candelaria district 16 First bullion production 16 First
Journal (volume)
XVI April 15, 1914 March 30, 1915 The Salt Lake Mining Review 1601 Walker Bank Building SALT LAKE CITY...Creek , Utah , Has Large, Rich Carnotite Deposits . Silver King Con . Statement Self- Cotained Rescue Apparatus...Goldfield Con . Civil Service Examinations The Sells Mining Company Engineers and Millmen United States Smelting...trict. By George H. Ryan 13 20 California Oil and Mining News. By G. Chester Brown . TOT 10. 191 .. ;19...California Oil & Mining News , By G. Chester Brown . Mining the Basic Industry Butte - Superior to Expand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...fracture surfaces. Linarite is a basic sulfate of copper and lead with the formula of PbCu(SO4)(OH)2. It...parts of deposits originally containing lead and copper sulfides. It is most frequently encountered in...occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found with smithsonite...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
when it partnered with New York fin'incier August Belmont in setting up the gold reserves that would be necess...when, in the midst of the depression following the Silver Panic of 1893, h c . I I.S. Treasury faced a rapidly...house. Photo hy Uycrs, CB.1904. courtcs\ Ouraj County Historical Society. Volume 75, November/December...The political battle between inflationists, “free-silver advocates,” and supporters of a gold standard grew...several climaxes with the Silver Panic of 1893. In each of these business deals Belmont, Morgan, and the House
Report (issue)
this publication possible. ELEMENTS Gold Silver Copper Lead Mercury Tellurium Sulfur Diamond Graphite...state. Much of the present gold production is from copper sulfide ores. It is impracticable to list the numerous...deposits Cochise County-Warren (Bisbee) and Turquoise districts, with ores of copper, silver, and lead. Tombstone...Tombstone district, with lead-silver ores. Pearce district, with silver ores. Dragoon Mountains, Manzoro...Manzoro district. Dos Cabezas Mountains, Dos Cabezas and Teviston districts. Huachuca Mountains. Swisshelm
Report (issue)
and Butler, G. M.-Arizona lode gold mines and mining: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 137, 1934...Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 148, 1941. Apache County 2: 17 Gregory, H. E.-Geology Prof. Paper 93, 1917...the Navajo country. U.S. Geol. Survey Cochise County 3:04 Ransome, F. L.-The geology and ore deposits...Tombstone district, Arizona: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 143, 1938. Gila County 4:03 Ransome...Ransome, F. L.-Geology of the Globe copper district, Arizona: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 12, 1903. 4:19
Book (edition)
Lucien Beckner of Louisville, Ky., U. M. Sahinen of Butte, Mont., Gilbert O. Raasch of Urbana, 111., Nancy...thrilled to the sight of mounted in gold or or silver, some lovely gem, against lying a background...hardness of less than 2V^ on Mohs' nail will copper coin is mark on scale usually leave a scratch...though, that malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite, an ore of iron, will be heavy in...(aluminum oxide), carbonates such as malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite, and silicates
Report (volume)
FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME NOTES ON THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT G. H. GARREY AND W. H. EMMONS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT..................................... Gold field district............................................................................................... Mining development..................................................................................... Mine maps......;........................................ 20 22 22 22 25 25 28 34 37 38 39 Bullfrog district.............. ...............................
Report (volume)
of metallic values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury, etcetera...so successful. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Mining Machinery Dept. OFFICES For Canadian MILWAUKEE...Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...service from Superior Jaw Crusher Worthington mining equipment the from the standpoint of first cost...most wear, Worthington meets the needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from
Book
etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G Greenland...book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland;...I 1991 337--424 273-336 [ 1-128 129-208 [ COPPER] [ 177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400...the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich) 22:65-69 [Abstracts...15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: silver (chairman R. W. Graeme) 25:69-76 New minerals recently
Report (volume)
Director, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont. BA Atomic Energy Commission, Butte Suboffice...Suboffice, Butte, Mont. D Geological Survey office, Room 468 New Customhouse, Denver, Colo. DA Atomic Energy...(387, 631) Cressman, E. R., Geology of the Dry Valley quadrangle, Idaho: TEI-258 Aug. 25, 1952. IM, SL...of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah: TEI-287, Jan. 11, 1954...Results of exploration at the Old Leyden coal mine, Jefferson County, Colo.: TEM-292, Mar. 30, 1953. D, GJ.
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED...Ophir district.________________________________________________ Scratchgravel Hills and Grass Valley......__________---__--_-___ Austin district._.____..._..._._.____._____.____.___-.___._____ Marysville district.___________...___________________________________________ Gould district._______________________________________________ Stemple...._ Heddleston district.___________________________________________ Wolf Creek district.._..........__
Report (issue)
Geology of the Cerro Gordo Mining District Inyo County, California By C. W. MERRIAM , GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...system ____________ ,.. ___________________ _ Hidden Valley dolomite ____________________ _ Devonian system...______________________________ _ Upper part of Hidden Valley dolomite (Devonian part only) __________________________...system _______________________________ _ Owens Valley formation ____________________ _ Triassic system...Gordo mine _____________________________ _ History of the Cerro Gordo mine ____________ _ Mine development
 
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