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Molybdenite from
Ducktown Mining District, Polk County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ducktown Mining District, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151024
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151024:9
GUID (UUID V4):ae4aa695-fdcc-4f69-8b9c-929e14c5a718
References
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Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE BY W. H. EMMONS AND F. B. LANEY...-------------------------Location and area of district ___________________,_ Topography and climate ...__ _ CH~P'l'1H!. III. Geology of the Ducktown mining district, by F. B. J...aney _________________________________...23 23 24 CHAPTER III. Geology of the Ducktown mining district-Continued. Metamorphism _______________________________...Erosion __________________________ _ CHAP'.rER IV. Mining, metallurgy, and acid manufacture, by W. H. Em
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphosed massive sulphide deposits at Ducktown, Tennessee D. L . H A L L * , R. J . B O D N A R A N...Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA ABSTRACT Standard petrographic, microthermometric...metamorphosed massive sulphide deposits at Ducktown, Tennessee, indicate that fluids with a wide range of...C-0-H-N-S sulphides; P-T-t paths. fluids; Ducktown, Tennessee; fluid inclusions; metamorphosed massive...and best studied of which are located at Ducktown, Tennessee, occur throughout the Appalachian-Caledonian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite...Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo.
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Parry Sound, Ontario; Fierro, New Mexico; Ducktown, Tennessee;Sullivan Mine, British Columbia; Sudbury...City, Montana; Little Bob Mine, Georgia; Cook County,Minnesota;and rfianyothers. The work was aidedby...Shakan* pyriteappearsas relicsin pyrrhotite. At Ducktown,Tennessee, Gilbertodescribes XaNewhouse, W. GEOL.,vol...a Jewell, W. B.: Mineral depositsof the Hyder district, southeasternAlaska. EcoN. GEo,..,vol. 22, pp...Gilbert, G.: Oxidation and enrichment at Ducktown, Tennessee. Am. Inst. Min. Met. Eng. Trans., vol, 70
Report (issue)
and sulfur isotope ratios in galenas from Ducktown, Tennessee, is interpreted as an original characteristic...lead from U/Pb-enriched elastic sediments. At Ducktown, however, lead and sulfur isotope ratios indicate...Ridge geologic . province 54 Ducktown district, Tennessee 60 District geology 60 Theories of origin...of lead and sulfur isotope 6. systematics of Ducktown ores 83 Comparison with similar deposits 94...Sulfide deposits in the Piedmont 129 9. Mineral district, Virginia 133 10. Description of the ore bodies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions from the massivesulfide depositsat Ducktown, Tennessee DoN,q.Lo L. H.lr,r,,*Ronnnr J. BouNa& Jmms...Virginia 24061, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Ducktown, Tennessee,mining district contains some of the largestmetamorphosed...metamorphosed massivesulfide depositsat Ducktown, Tennessee(Hall et al., 1991) indicates that fluids...compositions. Gnolocrc t'{i'i sETTTNG The Ducktown mining district is located in the southeast corner of...Other reported metallic phases include galena,molybdenite, tetrahedrite,native bismuth, cubanite, stannite
Report (issue)
Paper 179 ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION BY CLARENCE...Betty Baker mine...-----------------..---Grayson County sulphide zone. _____________ 58 58 59 59 60 60...Copper deposits of the Ducktowu district, Tennessee History of mining development._____________ Location...geology.___________________ ______ Mines of the Ducktown district.._____ 1 ____.._ Burra Burra_.---_________________..._. London..________-______-__-----__-___ East Tennessee._________.._-___.___-___ Ocoee._______________________________
Report (issue)
decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...Swager, W. L. , and Sullivan, J. D. , 1951, Sulphur: Mining Engineering, vol. 3. , pp. 403409. The history...bibliography. Brief descriptions of salt dome deposits and mining operations along Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana
Report (volume)
Marcasite__________________________________ Molybdenite ________________________________ FeSe2 Bi2Se3...Sweden; Flin Flon, Manitoba; Sudbury, Ontario; and Ducktown, Tenn. In certain sulfide vein deposits a variety...deposits in the Silver City district, Idaho; Comstock Lode and Jarbidge district, Nev.; and Guanajuato, Mexico...with gold and silver are found in the Republic district, Wash., and in Radjang Lebong, Sumatra. The seleniferous...Nev.; San Francisco district, Utah; and the Liberty Bell mine, Telluride district, Colo., all contain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with inclusions of molybdenite [MoS2], suggesting that the oxidation of molybdenite in the presence of...arsenopyrite [FeAsS], sphalerite [ZnS], wolframite, molybdenite [MoS2], bismuth [Bi], galena [PbS] and Sn minerals...the wulfenite is in contact with molybdenite (Fig. 10). Molybdenite was identified as an inclusion in...as arsenopyrite oxidation proceeds, occluded molybdenite is left behind in the coating and subsequently...region at the bottom of Fig. 2A was labelled molybdenite by Petrunic and Al (2005), but subsequent analyses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2005 Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/05 $30.00 ⫹ .00 doi:10...include arsenopyrite, sphalerite, wolframite, molybdenite, bismuth, galena, and tin minerals. Many hydrogeochemical...The Fire Tower Zone, which was developed during mining operations, contains three Mo-W ore bodies (Atkinson...jarosite Jarosite K-feldspars Kaolinite Löllingite Molybdenite Muscovite Natrojarosite Quartz Pyrite Pyrrhotite...mine site. The exposed tailings were flooded after mining ceased by raising the water level in the pond (Fig
Report (issue)
NevadaiGity —'Grass: Valley) iter ore ae ee Shasta County a eee cere asses ee avs Oe ee COlOTAMGS ee Pie...possible to designate the individual mines of which a district is composed but rather that the geological conditions...conditions from one mine to another within the district are so generally the same that what is said of...Canadian Institute of Mining*and| Metallurgye a. 12ers ee ett elt hanes Engineering and Mining Journal.........Features (Book)....................+-4..-Canadian: Mining Journal ssi elora fs aeent-< sia tac nes etare
Report (issue)
no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope tick Rock DIsEEIcL sCoLoradO)...324 DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock District, Utah—Arizona...Utah—Arizona ....vccccsnens F. Monticello-Moab-Thompsons District, Utah .....secvceee 326 327 ee eeseeee Gig GE...eee eee eeee 495 TENNESSEE eee ese reese eeesreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeesene 498 Ducktown eoeeeerneeneesne
Report (issue)
New Hampshire_____________________ Orange County copper district, Vermont___________ Sulphur Mine, Virginia...Knob copper deposit, North Carolina._________ Ducktown deposits, Tennessee_____-_--__-___---__ Similar...sulfidc deposits in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee _____________________________________________...3. Lead isotope ratios for galenas from Ducktown, Tennessee, ore deposits and reference samples..-__-______...copper-bearing massive sulfide deposit at Ore Knob, Ashe County, N.C., is one of a large group of massive sulfide
Report (issue)
Pavlides ............. STOP 1, 8 STOP 1A. Mineral district Chopawamsic Formation at Contrary Creek by J.E... Gair .............. 24 Ores of the Mineral district by J.R. Craig, J.W. Miller, L.J. Cox, and R.F...Betty Baker mine by J.E. Gair Drill core, Mineral district by J.E. Gair ................. ................Mineral district. STOP LA and STOP 2 shown 4. Geologic map of the Mineral district, Louisa County, Virginia...Tables Table 1. Mining history of some major sulfide deposits of the Mineral district ...............
Report (issue)
Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division of Conservation Atlanta...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck...Manmade features _____________________ _ Strip mining ______________________ _ Subsidence ________________________...____ Marble and limestone___________________ Tennessee marble belts______________ Virginia marble belts________________...Shirley_______ Types of mica, uses, and prices___________ Mining and preparation_________________ History and p
Journal (issue)
, and D. R. Cook Hyalite from the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina ................................Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3)...matrix. The largest crystal found in this recent mining operation was only 5cm in length, compared with...glucinium calcium phosphate and fluoride, from Oxford County, Maine. American Journal o f Science, 3rd Series...Lowell for helpful discussions on present (1977) mining activity at Virgem da Lapa, to Julie Norberg for
Report (issue)
DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...1953 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines, Mining and Geology Atlanta, July 1, 1953 To His Excellency...Preliminary Investigation of the Geology of Clarke County, Georgia, by Eldon J. Parizek ______________________________...____ 23 Figure 3. Areal Lithologic Map, Clarke County, Georgia ---······-----------------------------------------------...Figure 7. Inclusion embedded in Granite in Clarke County, Georgia. The hammer lies parallel to Bedding Planes
Book
A Comprehensive Example: The Cree de District, Colorado, USA 4.11. Summary 4.12. Recommended Reading...graphics. The Office of Research, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is gratefully acknowledged for a generous...addition to improved techniques of exploration, mining, extraction, and management, by a better understanding...culminating with the Creede vein­ type deposit (Colorado, USA) as a comprehensive example. The second part of the...Intrusions related to flood basalts Duluth Complex, USA Nori!' sk-Tanakh, Siberia Ni-sulfide Ni-Cu sulfide
Report (issue)
Block diagram showing structures of Blackbird district.................................................Butte mining districts.............. 41 6. Summary of isotopic data for Boulder and Butte mining districts...of the structural setting of the Blackbird mining district and identification of sedimentary successions...Madison and Gallatin Counties, Montana, and Park County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations...National Forest in the Pryor Mountains, Carbon County, south-central Montana: U.S. Geological Survey
Report (volume)
vols. 9, 10. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Transactions, vols...11, 12. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 79, 94-97. San Francisco...39, 40. Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vols. 27, 28; Bulletin...Bulletin, nos. 153-176. Montreal, Quebec. Canadian Mining Journal, vols. 46, 47. Toronto and Montreal, Canada... nos. 1-2. Chapel) Hill, N. C. Engineering and Mining Journal-Press, vols. 119-122. New York. Engineers
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prepared during the last 20 years by geologists and mining engineers of the U.S. Geological Survey and the...and Lawrence Y. Marks ...... . Ishi, Mill Creek, Polk Springs, and Butt Mountain Roadless Areas, California... ......... . Cohutta Wilderness, Georgia and Tennessee, and Hemp Top Roadless Area, Georgia, by Jacob...Margo I. Toth and Nicholas T. Zilka .. . . Special Mining Management Zone-Clear Creek, Idaho, by ..........Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness, North Carolina and Tennessee, by Frank G. Lesure and James J . Hill .... ·
Report (volume)
Geographical Journal. Montreal Canadian Inst, Mining ana Metallurgy irans. cana«uin mst.mte »* »n=i»K...Jour. Canadian Mining Journal, Canadian Min. Met. Bull. Gardenvale, Quebec. Canadian Mining and Metallurgical...Journal. Montreal. Eng. Min. Jour. Engineering and Mining Journal. New York. Engineering and Science. Pasadena...11 Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Science Ser. [Paleontology Pub.] Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly;...Washington. Min. Gong. Jour. Mining Congress Journal. Washington. Min. Eng. Mining Engineering. New York. Min
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Report (volume)
4, 5, 8; Museum Paper, nos. 5, 6; County Report, no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific...vols. 3-12. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 145-156; Technical Publication...1-157; Transactions, vols. 60-76. New York. See also Mining and Metallurgy. American Journal of Science, 4th...vols. 9-17. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletins 79, 85-101. San Francisco, Calif...vols. 33-42. Ottawa, Ont Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vols. 23-30; Monthly
 
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