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Sphalerite from
Little Bear Mine, Big Bear and Little Bear Mine, Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Little Bear Mine, Big Bear and Little Bear Mine, Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1465570
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1465570:0
GUID (UUID V4):111a6c24-6eba-4207-99ea-c5cb3eefc6ca
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
2.9km (1.8 miles) American Girl Mine (Cargo Mine; Cargo Muchacho Mine), American Girl project, Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
31.6km (19.6 miles) Riverview Mine (Riverview claims; Eureka Mine; Bonanza Mine; Old Selby Mine; Old Selby Bonanza Mine), Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
42.0km (26.1 miles) Paymaster Mine (Paymaster group; Complex Minerals; President claim; Flagpole group; Hazel claim; Emilia), Midway Well, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
46.3km (28.8 miles) Annie Mine (Anna Mine; Annie Lead Mine), U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
82.8km (51.4 miles) Grande group, Chuckwalla Spring, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES KENNETH I. FULTON, Director DIVISION OF MINES ...Mineralogist January, 1942 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER OF STATE...FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA LIBRARY University of California DAViS 1 DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL...LOGAN, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. _ Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas. V. Averii.l, District Mining
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Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://www.archive.org/det... PHYSICAL SCI. COUNTY REPORT 7 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Uk QeoloKftf... QeoloKftf, and MUven&L R&daubced. oj COUNTY IMPERIAL Gedifansua By Paul K. Morton Geologist COUNTY...COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, 7 and Geology Room 1341...Data on Geothermal Resources by C. Forrest Bacon and James B. Koenig (1971) 1. Frontispiece. The Sand
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DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970...By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...Geology, Sacramento, California UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.C DAVIS '~'^ JUL 'I 'i GOV INFO or"! BULLETIN 193...cluster of gold on display in the Division of Mines and Geology San Francisco's Ferry Building. Melted down...G. Steorns, Director ^PiylsJON OF MINES 'Itfn AND : GEOlOi^lj Campbell, Sfoie GetJegitf Manuscript
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7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without permission of the publisher...1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch and Robert...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without permission of the publisher...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...Murdoch and Robert Wallace Webb. Bibliography : p. Includes index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...lifetime. The lost identity of the nugget's finder, and the lock of record of her lifetime part of the...many famous gems and and death, are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol...insignia fornia by undetermined means in 1939, and became the organization's on April 20, 1940. The
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] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...Caliiomia and ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
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MINERALS AND MIN ERAL LO CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY...RESOURCES BULLETIN 117 JANUARY 1981 MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock... . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Mineral Deposits of Western Grant County, New Mexico by Elliot...Elliot Gillerman NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY KENNETH W. FoRD, President NEW MEXICO BUREAU...PATRICIA E. CANDELARIA, Secretary JAMES M. ROBERTSON, Mining Geologist RoNALD J. RoMAN, Chief Research Metallurgist.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Purpose and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Topography and drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Climate and vegetation
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GOLD AND SILVER. AURIFEROUS GRAVELS IN THE WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA. By J. S. DILLEB. INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION. Few mining regions in California have attracted so much general attention and held it for so...so long a time as the Klamath Mountains of Siskiyou and Trinity counties, in the northwestern part of...placers along Trinity and Klamath rivers were developed early in the gold rush and have been worked with...varying energy to the present time. The La Grange mine, which is one of the largest hydraulic placers in
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PU'"'' ~ l 9 s ~ uS L 10, f • =- ..-.Ai • GEMS and MINERALS of AMERICA OTHER BOOKS BY JAY ELLIS RANSOM...Mines and Minerals The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide Petrified Forest Trails Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado...Colorado Desert of California High Tension (A Biography) Jay Ellis Ransom EMS of and MINERAL AMERI...in different form in A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals and The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide, both by Jay...of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address Harper & Row, Publishers
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formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils. For long ages Ohio lay beneath...of Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sediments; the erosional products of...the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of clays. Lesser...Lesser production of iron, petroleum, natural gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy...mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized
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formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils. For long ages Ohio lay beneath...of Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sediments; the erosional products of...the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of clays. Lesser...Lesser production of iron, petroleum, natural gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy...mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized
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DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER......................................... Location and area ...........;................................................................................ Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~......................................
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Idaho County, Idaho IDA H 0 Mineral Resources of the Gospel-Hump Wilderness, Idaho County, Idaho...this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government...GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1990 For sale by the Books and Open-File Reports Section U.S. Geological Survey...resources of the Gospel-Hump Wilderness, Idaho County, Idaho I by Karen Lund, Leon E. Esparza. p. em...Bibliography: p. Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.3: 1812 1. Mines and mineral resources-Idaho-Gospel-Hump Wilderness. 2
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resulting from the scanning process. Obvious spelling and punctuation errors in the original publication have...the base. (Photo I . Kay). Photo 2 . Decorative and durable wall facing is a popular use of amethystine...describing its properties, lore, uses as a gemstone, and decorative material for those who wish to learn more...royal colour for centuries. T h e ancient Greeks and Romans used a purple dye to colour cloth for garments...large numbers of small marine snails and only persons of imperial o r royal rank could afford to wear
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Department of Conservation and Development W. A. GALBRAITH, Director DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SHELDON L...Conservation and Development, Olympia, Washingion. Part Il price per set (2 volumes-text and maps) $4.50...has been obtained, and a similar card file was started for metallic minerals and their operations. This...former member of the Divisional staff, and was greatly expanded and organized into usable form by Marshall...useful to the mining industry as they have proved to be to the Division of Mines and Geology and should, therefore
Report (volume)
of the White Mountain Wilderness and Adjacent Areas, Lincoln County, New Mexico By KENNETH SEGERSTROM...SEGERSTROM, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, and RONALD B. STOTELMEYER and F. E. WILLIAMS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES With a...mineral potential of the White Mountain Wilderness and proposed extensions UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...of the White Mountain Wilderness and adjacent areas, Lincoln County, New Mexico. (Studies related to...Survey Bulletin 1453) Bibliography: p. 112 1. Mines and mineral resources-New Mexico-Lincoln Co. I. Stotelmeyer
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Terry Close2, and Ed McHugh3 1 Open-File Report 98-478 This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed...product or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government...Spokane, Washington National Institute for Safety and Health, Spokane Research Center, Spokane, Washington...Geological Survey, and U.S. Forest Service describes the purpose, authority, and operation for a program...Management act (1976) and Title 36, Chapter 2, Part 219, Code of Federal Regulations and to augment the Bureau
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS R. J...MINERALS R. J. Traill DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES ©Crown Copyrights reserved Available...Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops in HALIFAX - 1735 Barrington...Cath er ine Street Wes t OTTAWA - Corner Mackenzie and Rideau TORONTO - 221 Yonge Street WINNIPEG - 499...Hunt ' s descriplions, which comprised 76 pages and included some 70 to 80 species were introduced as
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ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (SHORT PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS) 1912 PART L METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS DAVID........... GOLD AND SILVER: Auriferous gravels in the Weaverville quadrangle, California, by J. S. Diller...quadrangle, California, by H. G. Ferguson.. Mineral resources of the Inyo and White mountains, California, by................ 121 Survey publications on gold and silver................................ 133 COPPER:.............. Copper deposits of the White Mesa district, Ariz., by J. M. Hill............ Survey publications
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...Mineralogist JANUARY, 1936 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER OF STATE...FERRY RUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 0373 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OP< CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...MINES EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL STAFF WALTER W. BRADLEY State Mineralogist San Francisco Oj.af P...Logan, District Mining Engineer McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer
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HISTORICAL, OPERATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC REVIEW OF UTAH'S MINING INDUSTRY By Utah Mining Association 918 Kearns...available to give Utah citizens an account of their mining industry. Most of the available publications were...segments of mining activity. We have attempted in the following pages to discuss mining in all phases...its activity and to give as complete a picture of the mineral deposits and of the mining activity in Utah...Utah as time and effort permit. In the writing, we have tried to present the subjects in a factual, non-technical
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of Kimball Co. where it overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire...undisturbed sedimentaries: sandstone, limestone, shale and clay, with the oldest formation lying in the southeastern...erosional debris spreading out from the Rocky Mountains as they rose during the Larimide revolution of...appearing in cut banks, in draws and breaks along regional rivers, and outcroppings through the Quaternary...Greatly eroded sandhills fan out across the west and northwest counties, while the farthest west reaches
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UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL -SURVEY affiliated with THE COLLEGE OF MINES AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...in Utah · .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains deposits . . . . . .2 Bat... .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . · .. 4 Creole mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · .. 4 Cave mine . . . . . . . . . ... 4 Iron mine . . . . . . ......... . . 10 Star Range deposits . . . . . .10 Copper King mine .10 Rocky
 
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