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Pyrite from
Alum Mountain, Alum Mountain Mining District (Alum Mining District), Grant County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alum Mountain, Alum Mountain Mining District (Alum Mining District), Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1452929
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1452929:2
GUID (UUID V4):4cb3fcee-75af-46af-b48d-0bdd61e45cda
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
10.4km (6.5 miles) Copperas Creek, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
21.5km (13.4 miles) Aguilar Prospect, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
27.3km (17.0 miles) Bear Creek Area, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) Pinos Altos Mine, Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) Gila Mines, Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) Green Spar Mine, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) Hazard Mine, Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
29.2km (18.1 miles) Houston-Thomas Mine, Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
29.5km (18.3 miles) Little Key Mine, Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
29.5km (18.3 miles) Calumet Mine, Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
WILDERNESS, NEW MEXICO Gila Wilderness looking northeast from Leopold Vista, Catron County, N. Sheridan...Sheridan Mountain, (6) Big Dry Creek, (7) Black (11) Little Dry Creek, (12) Haystack Mountain, (13) Shelley...caldera, which passes through Nabours Mountain, Sheridan Mountain are on the resurgent dome of the caldera...(1) Nabours Mountain, (2) Wilcox Peak, (3) Holt Mountain, (4) Mountain, (8) Crown Mountain, (9) West Baldy...Sacaton Mountain, Seventyfour Mountain. Most of view is of the ring dike zone of the Mountain, and Haystack
Report (issue)
Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends on...depleted, new deposits are found, new extractive technology and uses are developed, and new geologic knowledge...knowledge and theories indicate new areas favorable for exploration. This Professional Paper discusses...________________———— Utah __________________________ Marysvale district (Piute and Sevier Counties) Southern Wah Wah Mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S....Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia
Report (issue)
ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...geologists who developed the art and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented...detailed ore deposit studies to the exploration for new mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona...Southwest-Christmas, Esperanza, Mineral Park and Battle Mountain- suggests that we have strayed too far. In the...their concepts of applied ore deposition with the new techniques of geochemistry and geophysics. vi
Report (issue)
AREA AND GILA WILDERNESS, CATRON AND GRANT COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO By James c. Ratte, Gordon P. Eaton, and...the Gila Primitive Area and Gila Wilderness, New Mexico; as defined, and some bordering areas that may...Vista, Catron County, N.Mex. (1) Nabours Mountain, (2) Wilcox Peak, (3) Holt Mountain, (4) Sheridan Gulch...Gulch, (5) Sheridan Mountain, (6) Big Dry Creek, (7) Black Mountain, (8) Crown Mountain, (9) West Baldy,... (10) Sacaton Mountain, (11) Little Dry Creek, (12) Haystack Mountain. IN REPLY REFER TO: UNITED STATES
Report (issue)
and Grant Counties in southwestern New Mexico, about 40 miles north of Silver City via New Mexico State...was first mapped in reconnaissance for the 1963 New Mexico State geologic map and later as part of the 1975...thesis projects by students at the University of New Mexico (Rhodes, 1970; Krier, 1980; Seaman, 1988). The...andesitic to basaltic lava flows of the Bearwallow Mountain Andesite (Tba), and volcaniclastic sedimentary...(QTg). The southwest quarter consists of the Alum Mountain eruptive center of the volcanic complex of Copperas
Book (edition)
org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them ...that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A...Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER JR. HIGH SCH LIBRARY Revised Edition UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS...ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED REVISED EDITION LIBRARY...BOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRINTING PLANT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U. S. A. FOR IVAH 1
Report (issue)
BERYLLIUM RESOURCES IN NEW MEXICO AND ADJACENT AREAS Virginia T. McLemore New Mexico Bureau of Geology and...and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 87801 ginger@gis.nmt...preliminary and has not been reviewed according to New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources standards...considered final and is subject to revision based upon new information. Any resource or reserve data are historical...reactors. Beryllium deposits in Utah, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico range from small (Apache Warm Springs
Report (issue)
Resource Areas of the Basin and Range Province of New Mexico Compiled by Michelle Frodey Hutchinsl' U.S....resource areas of the Basin and Range province of New Mexico........................................... In...resource areas of the Basin and Range province of New Mexico................................................Province which include areas of past or present mining and prospecting activity as well as areas of potential...map are not legal Mining District boundaries and may include more than one district (see table 1) as well
Report (issue)
100.00 (1) Pintado Canyon, Guadalupe Co., New Mexico, USA. (2) Al2 (SO4 )3 • 17H2 O. Occurrence: Forms...fumaroles. Association: Pyrite, marcasite, halotrichite, pickeringite, epsomite, alum, melanterite, gypsum...Martinique. In the USA, abundant at Smoky Mountain, Jackson Co., North Carolina; at Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier...Tennessee; extensive deposits in the Alum Mountain district, Grant Co., New Mexico; at The Geysers, Sonoma Co....from the Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael district, Emery Co., Utah; from the Mount St. Augustine
Journal (issue)
•••••• 12.• VF9'talle. Cornwall. Good ¾" xi. In Pyrite, not decouip::111d • . • •••• • •• 4.00 C1 •• 11...Zodac ................................4 16 OPALS IN MEXICO DISCOVERED IN 1835 ..............................EMPLOY HELICOPTER FOR FIRST TIME TO EXPLORE REMOTE MINING REGIONS ...........................................................429 JEFFERS AGATE FIELD IN NEW MEXICO. By Lottie M. Neely ....................430 FINEST...forced to increase ours. Beginning Sept. 1, 1946, the new rates for Rocks and Minerals will be: Subscriptions-$3
Report (volume)
.... Basement structure in the Railroad Valley-Grant Range region, eastcentral Nevada, from interpretation...character of hydrothermal fluids in the Catheart Mountain Cu-Mo deposit, Maine By Robert A. Ayuso and Nora...mineral deposits around the Gulf of California, Mexico: Relationship between mineralization and major...geology and mineral deposits of the Berenguela district, northwestern Bolivia By Alan R. Wallace, Richard...in acid-sulfate alteration and quartz-sericite-pyrite stockworks, La Espanola prospect, northwestern
Map
resource map 24 Mining Districts and Prospect Areas in New Mexico by Virginia T. McLemore edited by...Shari Kelley New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources A division of New Mexico Institute of...of Mining and Technology Socorro, New Mexico 2017 Mining Districts and Prospect Areas of New Mexico by...McLemore Shari A. Kelley (editor) Copyright © 2017 New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Nelia...Director and State Geologist Mining Districts and Prospect Areas in New Mexico by Virginia T. McLemore edited
Map
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Resource Map 15 March 1986 Silver and gold occurrences...occurrences in New Mexico by Robert M. North and Virginia T. Mclemore New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources...Resources, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 Abstract Anomalous amounts of silver and/or gold have been identified...identified in 153 mining districts or prospect areas of New Mexico. Production from most of these occurrences...200,000 ounces of silver. Silver and gold in New Mexico occur in 14 distinct types of deposits ranging
Book
conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper , allegedly...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...deposits. The main mining areas are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia...meteorite, with pieces found at Canyon Diablo (Arizona, USA), fell c. 20,000-40,000 years ago, creating a crater...(Germany), Glkos (Russia), Sterling Hill (New Jersey, USA), Jachymov and Pribram (Czech Republic) and
Book
conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper, allegedly the...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...deposits. The main mining areas are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia...meteorite, with pieces found at Canyon Diablo (Arizona, USA), fell c. 20,000-40,000 years ago, creating a crater...(Germany), Glkos (Russia), Sterling Hill (New Jersey, USA), Jachymov and Pribram (Czech Republic) and
Report (issue)
MINERAL-RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Virginia T. McLemore, Kelly Donahue, Michael...Report OF-459 New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology...Technology Socorro, New Mexico 87801 September 2001 Prepared for the New Mexico State Land Office 1 SUMMARY... SUMMARY Luna County, in southwestern New Mexico (Fig. 1) is not well known for its mineral potential...metals and nonmetals have been produced from the county from 1876 to 2000. Much of this production has
Book (volume)
PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, TUNGSTATES, MOLYBDATES, ETC. NEW YORK JOHN WILEY AND SONS, INC. CHAPMAN AND HALL,...the several species involved. Of the multitude of new species names that have been introduced into the...the System, comparascriptions Preface VI Other new names, including introduced to designate particular...cobaltocalcite, chalcocyanite, metastrengite, soda alum) they further have subscribed completely to the...varietal nomenclature. Thus, names introduced as new subdivisions of series in almost all instances have
Report (issue)
ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...geologists who developed the art and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented...detailed ore deposit studies to the exploration for new mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona...Southwest-Christmas, Esperanza, Mineral Park and Battle Mountain- suggests that we have strayed too far. In the...their concepts of applied ore deposition with the new techniques of geochemistry and geophysics. vi
Report (issue)
Catron County, New Mexico by ROY W. FOSTER 1964 STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES NEW MEXICO...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...Jack M. Campbell ................. Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayo ....................................................Socorro For sale by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Campus.............................. 48 Northern Catron County ..............................................
Report (volume)
8 n 51 Z' O w d< w w Z w w X 8 JK RANGE, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1319-E Mineral...Black Range Primitive Area, Grant, Sierra, and , Catron Counties, New Mexico By GEORGE E. ERICKSEN, HELMUTH...the Black Range Primitive Area and vicinity, New Mexico. The area discussed in this report includes the...Andesite flows and rhyolite tuff of Victoria Park Mountain ...................................................... Andesite of the Mimbres River-McKnight Mountain area ........................................
Report (issue)
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Socorro, New Mexico 87801 OPEN FILE REPORT ,55 This...not been edited or reviewed for conformity to New Mexico Bureau of Mines standards. i n Veins RadioactiveOccurrences...Rocks of N e w Mexico with. Annotated Bibl2ography by V i r g i n i a T. McLemore New Mexico Bureau of...in veins and igneous and metamorphic rocks of New Mexico. The citations are indexed by individual radioactive...radioactive occurrence, geographic area, county, fluorspar deposits and occurrences, geochemical analyses
Report (issue)
...............................5 Regulation of Mining for Industrial Minerals........................................................15 Municipal and County Regulations......................................Industrial Minerals—Occurrence, Use in Colorado, Mining, and Production..................47 Introduction...............................................49 Mining and Production...............................................................................52 Mining and Production................................
Book (edition)
Mineralogy American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York Research Associate, Department of Mineralogy...Toronto. Canada ~VANNOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY ~ NEW YORK CINCINNATI TORONTO LONDON i UI \J- MELBOURNE...Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Regional Offices: New York Cincinnati Chicago Millbrae Dallas Van Nostrand...Nostrand Reinhold Company 450 West 33rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10001 Published simultaneously in Canada...1) and AZURITE, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico (13, column 2). Colar, page 108 Transpose illustrations
Report (issue)
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho and Montana 9 Special Mining Management Zone Clear Creek 13 2 18 15 Ten Mile...4000 ft. Canyons on the northeast side of the mountain crest have been glaciated for their entire length...from mines and prospects. Mines, prospects, and mining records were examined. Aeromagnetic and gravity...mineral-resource potential. The study area includes parts of 5 mining districts Alta, Copper Basin, Little Wood River...and Solid Muldoon ($200,000 in lead-silver ore). Mining has been intermittent from about 1885 to 1975.
 
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