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Pyrargyrite from
Last Chance Mine, Ruby Hill, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrargyrite
Formula:Ag3SbS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Last Chance Mine, Ruby Hill, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1444275
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1444275:3
GUID (UUID V4):a034a6ce-62c4-4949-a949-09b98968afe6
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrargyrite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Fourth of July Mine, Ruby Hill, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Arlington Mine, Ruby Hill, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
41.9km (26.0 miles) John Judge Mine, Palmer Mountain Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
44.3km (27.5 miles) Ivanhoe Mine, Palmer Mountain Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
48.9km (30.4 miles) Bellevue Mine, Nighthawk Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
49.5km (30.7 miles) Ruby Mine, Nighthawk Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
62.9km (39.1 miles) Dankoe Mine (Utica Mine; Horn Silver Mine; Cawston), Keremeos, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
65.0km (40.4 miles) Apache Mine, Nespelem Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
65.9km (40.9 miles) Par Value Prospect, Nespelem Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
66.3km (41.2 miles) Little Chief Mine, Nespelem Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
References
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Report (issue)
RECONNAISSANCE OF THE CONCONULLY AND RUBY MINING DISTRICTS, WASHINGTON. By EDWARD L. JONES, Jr. INTRODUCTION...hasty examination of the Conconully and Ruby mining districts, in Okanogan County, Wash., made during two...impossible. The districts are included in the Okanogan and Chopaka quadrangles, which have been topographically...writer expresses his thanks to the members of the Conconully Miners' Association for data and assistance in... Francis A. Thomson, of the State College of Washington, who has furnished a preliminary report on the
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...Page Page County and site name Kelly Camp Kettle Key East Knob Hill Lancaster Last Chance Little Cove
Book
Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...in 1975 by Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst...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)
192 B1tlletin No. 23, Washington Geologicat Survey MOUNTAIN BOY These workings·which are credited with... page 207. The Metai .Mines of Washington 193 SHERIDAN DISTRICT GENERAL FEATURES Ten miles by air...Cascade) District. Most of the holdings are in T. 38 N., R. 31 E., just across the Ferry County line into...into Okanogan County. The first location was made during 1897 and a year later the Zalia M property made...from th.e Phil Sheridan and Toroda mines, the district was dormant tmtil 1917. The total production has
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Mining methods .. . ................ ·· . . . . . . ..... . . . . . 69 PAR,T II. DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING DISTRICTS A.ND INDIVIDUAL ORE DEPOSITS , , ,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...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
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
INDIAN RESERVATION WASHINGTON BT J. T. PARDEE SCHOOL OF OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING................................... 50 History of mining............................................................................ 54 Condition of the mining industry.................................................................. 56 Nespelem (Moses) district............................................. ............................... 58 Production and mining conditions. ................................. 59
Book (edition)
Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metal (when untarreplaced by various silver halides, ruby silvers, acanthite, and stephanite are known. Similarly... occurring together) from the Calumet and Hecla mine. Excepment in the oxide zones of a variety of metal...Copper Falls mine, associations and include those containing other silver minerals, Keweenaw County. barite...major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is draped in a silIsle mine, and the...the Sullivan mine ver-lined history is Colorado, with a pro(King and Foord 1994). Silver duction of more
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Creede The last Wild West Silver Mining Camp in Colorado T he Creede mining district, located at a...well-known mines as the Amethyst, Last Chance, Commodore, and Bachelor. The mining encampment grew from a small...assortment of Wild West characters who gravitated to mining boom towns. In 1890 the settlement was unofficially...and turned Creede into one of the last notorious Wild West silver mining camps that brought fortune to some...which is the county seat of Mineral County, was the center of mining activities for the district and from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview
Report (volume)
AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS........................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................ Washington................................................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
Report (issue)
maximum depths, target areas, and overall lengths of mine workings for use in environmental assessment. The...target area of 160 hectares (fig. 8). Depth of mining in known deposits range from 31 to 915 m. The geometric... Eighty percent of the deposits have subsurface mine workings lengths between 1,100 and 5,900 m (fig...reported, or, in the case of zinc, possibly avoided in mining. Descriptions are commonly incomplete. Nearly all...veins have been a favored target for smallscale mining and can occur in large numbers scattered over a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
across, Up to Date mine, Bald Mountain, Caribou area, Grand Island district, Boulder County. Specimen owner...generally agreed that the period of time since the last glacial period is too short for much oxidation to...processes can be quite varied, with native silver, pyrargyrite, proustite, acanthite, stromeyerite, and other...form above the water table (Bastin 1913; Bastin and Hill 1917; Bateman 1951; Blanchard 1968). The Colorado...Silver, 7 cm high, Midnight mine, Richmond Hill area, Aspen district, Pitkin County. Specimen owner anonymous
Book (volume)
Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill ridges, increasing steadily in elev. From 1,000’...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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 (volume)
species UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1961 'UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...to the hundreds of authors whose work during the last 100 years has made this report possible and desirable...documented summary of the beginning of Colorado mining history. Part of his summary is given here in the...had been recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed
Catalog/List
FAXYOUR ORDER OR INQUIRY TO: INTER-USA: 408-926-6015 NON-USA: ( • )-l-408-926-6015 CALL TOPLACE ORDERS:...these". The occurrence of Acanthite from the Cobalt District is also mentioned in "HB" I, P. l. Crystalline...1/2" thick. $28.50 A 4042AGUILARITE - San Carlos Mine, Municipio de Guandjuato, State of Guanaju...P. Aguilar, the superintendent of the San Carlos Mine, the locality from which the mineral was originally...4043AIKINITEin QUARTZ - CucomungoSpring, Esmeralda County, Nevada - Aikinite, PbCuBiS3, is available from
Journal (issue)
Editorial Board written content: Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey British Museum (N.H.) London...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Circulation Manager at $5 each postpaid, while they last). Colorado-I was the first special issue of any...the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of... Anyone who’s been to a big mineral show in the last few years has observed the phenomenon: club pins
 
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