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Acanthite from
Gold Hill Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gold Hill Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151172
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151172:7
GUID (UUID V4):72eb40ff-2039-47a4-944a-7d74f04a4c23
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
64.4km (40.0 miles) Carl Frederick Prospect, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
69.9km (43.4 miles) Silver Ledge Mine, Gold Creek, Methow Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
75.4km (46.9 miles) Leuena Mine, Conconully Area, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
77.4km (48.1 miles) Great Excelsior Mine, Mount Baker Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
77.7km (48.3 miles) John Arthur Prospect, Conconully Area, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
81.1km (50.4 miles) Gray Mare Claim, Whitehorse Mountain, Darrington Mining District, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
82.3km (51.1 miles) Fourth of July Mine, Ruby Hill, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
85.1km (52.9 miles) Treasure Mountain, Tulameen River Area, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
86.8km (53.9 miles) Ruby Mine, Nighthawk Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
88.5km (55.0 miles) Silver Bluff Mine, Conconully Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
References
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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
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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
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CALAVERITE Cripple Creek, Colorado W ith the exception of native gold and electrum, the gold telluride calaverite...calaverite may well be the most important gold ore mineral. Its weathering characteristics make identification...Cripple Creek district, essentially subsequent to the development of all other Colorado gold districts...districts. Unlike most gold deposits, weathering of those characterized by relatively abundant telluride minerals...fine-grained and dull, mustard-colored secondary gold that is disbursed as tiny particles as the individual
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
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Although perhaps best known for its wire and leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico...microprobe, etc.) Because New Mexico is a mining state, mining districts are given whenever possible in...2015 Bernalillo County Cerro Colorado, W. of Albuquerque: carnotite. Placitas district (Sandia Mountains)...schorl. Tijeras Canyon district (Manzano Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite...(Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of Reserve: quartz
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across, Up to Date mine, Bald Mountain, Caribou area, Grand Island district, Boulder County. Specimen owner... with native silver, pyrargyrite, proustite, acanthite, stromeyerite, and other species forming and reforming...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...Silver wires, Mollie Gibson mine, Smuggler Mountain, Aspen district, Pitkin County. Specimen 4.5 cm tall.
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well-known and collected localities, such as Majuba Hill. Many other localities with extensive and unusual...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...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...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks
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to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades...exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone...article does not give permis- Lincoln district: The Creole mine, located at the south end of the Mineral...and Milford, has BOX ELDER x Lun'n TOOELE x Gold Hill Topaz Mtn. x NAB X Philip Richardson is a
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
Report (volume)
AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS........................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................ Washington................................................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
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University] at 05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...ore mineral of copper. Fortunately for both the mining industry and the collector, chalcopyrite forms...specimens. One such locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy...classic example of chalcopyrite from French Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 10-cm-wide specimen has...of chalcopyrite crystals from the Old Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Germany. Jack Halpern specimen
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noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection,...from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with...(Gerry 1928). Butte mined copper; Colorado mined gold, silver, lead, and zinc. Nearly all of the copper...the Eagle mine’s (Gil304 ROCKS & MINERALS man district) production. This does not mean that copper has
Report (issue)
3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph...percent of the state. Nevada's public lands offer mining, livestock grazing, wild horse viewing, .scenic...Road and Geologic Tours in th<' Las Vegas Area. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...PART IV PART II MINERAL DEPOSITS Carlin-1:,. pe Gold Depo!:>its (Jresor}' c. Nevada Mineral Catalog
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C.............191 by W. E. Wilson The Port Radium district, Northwest Territories, Canada .................typically abraded specimens you’ve found in the old mine dumps. And you’ve probably looked long and hard...Everyone has heard repeated warnings about entering old mine workings. But, face it, those deep, open shafts...over 130 years old. They produced every­ thing from gold and silver to base metals, coal, uranium and nonmetallic
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Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S:...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART
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Alteration and Mineralization in the Comstock District, Nevada DONALD M. HUDSON† 1540 Van Petten Street...metal deposits of the world-renowned Comstock district of western Nevada constitute one of several superimposed...superimposed Miocene hydrothermal systems. In the district, Mesozoic metasedimentary and igneous rocks are...kaolinite alteration exposed at the periphery of the district may be linked to preore alteration near the paleowater...elsewhere in the district. Pliocene to Holocene reactivation of faults has disrupted the district, redistributing
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no other group of minerals has more associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great...from hundreds of localities worldwide, and unlike gold, silver is quite a reactive element, forming more...recovered as a byproduct of low-grade copper and lead mining. This fact, coupled with the historically low price...utilized by humans (gold and copper were the first). The earliest known siIver mining occurred in Cappadocia...was rarer than gold. This probably reflects the fact that the earliest silver mining amounted to gathering
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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
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intrusiverocks.Production of 8.25 million oz (311,850 kg) in gold and 192 million oz (7.26 million kg) in silvercame...consists of quartz,electrum,silverminerals(mainly acanthite),pyrite,basemetalsulfides, andminoramounts of...fromlow-gradeandbarrenveinsegments indicate morewidely variablers2.Gold-silverratiosboth in electrumandbulk ore appearto...interstices. Kate Peak intrusions between Cedar Hill and Mount Davidson share a common structural controlwith...Miocene stratovolcanowhich was centered over Cedar Hill. Partial symmetryof thermal,compositional, and
 
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