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Pegmatite from
Key West Mine, Whitney Pocket Basin, Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Pegmatite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pegmatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Key West Mine, Whitney Pocket Basin, Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1536161
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1536161:3
GUID (UUID V4):df9d3dc5-055a-4031-968c-1b32d023f56c
Nearest other occurrences of Pegmatite
8.0km (5.0 miles) Hodges Whorton Tungsten Prospect, Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) Walker Tri-State Mine (Silver Leaf; Silver Leaf No. 1 Claims; Mesquite; Deer Trail; Cabin Canyon), Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) Hummingbird claims, Virgin Peak (Bunkerville Mountain), Virgin Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) Chad Mountain Pegmatite, Hummingbird claims, Virgin Peak (Bunkerville Mountain), Virgin Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) Old Dad claim, Gold Butte Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) Macbrusen mine, Gourd Springs Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
52.2km (32.4 miles) Vermiculite Prospect, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
59.7km (37.1 miles) Middle Spring Prospect, Tutsagubet Mining District, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah, USA
74.9km (46.5 miles) Unnamed W occurrence [2] (USGS PP 1361 locality 675), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
75.0km (46.6 miles) Unnamed Au-Cu-Pb-Mo prospect [1] (USGS PP 1361 locality 482), Lost Basin Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
References
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Report (issue)
PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WHITNEY POCKET 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA by L Sue Beard1 Open-File...dominantly Proterozoic rock clasts in north and west part. Includes deposits in active washes, as well...deposited as dunes and sand sheets. Deposits found on west side of mesa capped by Tertiary calcrete (Tc) in...Sand on west side of mesa probably derived from nearby Muddy Creek deposits and from Virgin River to...to west of quadrangle. Thickness about 0 to 5 m Slightly dissected alluvial and pediment deposits (Holocene
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Report (issue)
publish a brief preliminary description of this district. Development work has not been very extensive...Plomosa mining district, Yuma County, Ariz., in the southern part of the Dome Rock Mountains, some 8...in an air line is just 28 miles a little north of west of Quartzite, the stage road between the two places...rising abruptly from the deserts. The Dome Rock Mountains have an average elevation of 1,500 feet, being...cinnabar occurs forms the highest branch of the mountains, one of its peaks rising to an elevation of over
Report (issue)
INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL SUMMARIES for NEVADA U.S. Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study...the U.S. Government iMenlo Park, CA 94025 1990 Nevada Briefing Book U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau...BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS IN NEVADA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14....52. Alder Creek Antelope Arrow Canyon Augusta Mountains Bad Lands Black Rock Desert Blue Eagle Blue Lakes...Calico Mountains Carson Iceberg Cedar Ridge China Mountain Clan Alpine Mountains Clover Mountains Cougar
Report (issue)
map of the resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada by George Wong Open-File Report...Appendix A **~""~~"* "* *** *"* * » Table Table 1. District descriptions . .-.-.-. . -.-. . . . .-. .-. <...map of the resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada By George Wong The purpose of this...areas within the Basin and Range Province. These areas include past and present mining and prospecting...map are not legal mining district boundaries and may include more than one district as well as adjacent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Friends of Mineralogy, and especially the Great Basin Chapter, for their foresight and enthusiasm in initiating...'Ike Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain
Report (volume)
nonferrous-metal districts__----_---__--_--_---_____-___ In pocket II. Map showing mineral deposits tributary to Boulder...ferrous-metal districts___----___-__--_-_----_--_____-__ In pocket III. Map showing mineral deposits tributary to...nonmetalliferous districts_----------___-_-_------__-_-__ In pocket PLATE 1. Geologic map of the Kramer borate area...The "eggshell" beds, West End area, Clark County, Nev.; B, Anniversary mine, West End area_____________________...showing plan of underground workings of Anniversary mine.-.----------------------------- ---106 6. A, Part
Report (volume)
---------------------------------- Lynn Lake district----------------------------------------Thompson-~oak...-----Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora district ______ ----- _____...___ ------------------------------------U nga va district ______________________________ - _- ---------UI...---------------------------------------Bohemia Basin, 1rakobi Island______________________________ Brady...----------------------------------------Saline CountY--------------------------------------------Cal
Report (issue)
A GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM LODE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The discovery of platinum-bearing...platinum-bearing gold ore at the Boss mine, in southern Nevada, was brought to the attention of the Geological...LOCATION. The Boss mine is situated in the Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nov., near the extreme...part of the State. The main settlement of the district is Good Springs, distant 8 miles from Jean, a...range known as Spring Mountain, but the mine is situated on.the west slope, 12 miles from Good Springs, by
Book (edition)
interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Division of Litton Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 V.-\..'- NOSTR.-\...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information
Book (volume)
rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’ east to west, from 840’ to 5,300’, yet so imperceptibly. The...erosional debris spreading out from the Rocky Mountains as they rose during the Larimide revolution of...sandhills fan out across the west and northwest counties, while the farthest west reaches rise to the high...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada................................................................................................. West Virginia..........................................vanadium minerals in the high plateau region of the West. The present bulletin, like the earlier work, gives...to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to
Report (issue)
Mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin Mining Districts, Mohave County, Arizona U.S. GEOLOGICAL...MINERALIZATION OF THE GOLD BASIN-LOST BASIN MINING DISTRICTS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA Placer gold nugget...Lost Basin mining district. Geology and Gold Mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin Mining Districts...Districts, Mohave County, Arizona By TED G. THEODORE, WILL N. BLAIR, and J. THOMAS NASH With a section...mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin mining districts, Mohave County, Arizona. (U.S. Geological
Book (volume)
Division of Litton Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...with digging vast quantities of coal, leveling mountains of iron ore, and tapping subterranean lakes of...finishing with places in Central America and the West Indies. If known, information on features of mineralogy...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Report (volume)
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...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal... Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 42. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 37-48; Transactions,...series, vols. 29, 30. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 13th Annual Session...Technology, vol. 15. Berkeley, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 57, 59. San Francisco, Cal...Transactions, vol. 8, pt. 4. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Quarterly Bulletin, nos. 9-12; Journal...Journal, vol. 12. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 31. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Carnegie Institution
Book
indexing is based "key words" in the titles, so that the user need remember only one key word from a title...come. Wendell E. Wilson Tucson May 24, 1995 5 KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations and...ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...California, and from Washington’s Pacific Shores to Key West, Florida, and has collected in all but a very...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE
Report (volume)
798 GEOLOGY OF THE MUDDY MOUNTAINS NEVADA WITH A SECTION THROUGH THE VIRGIN RANGE TO THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS...quadrangle....----_-_-..____ Topography of the Muddy Mountains....--_-_-_____--_.___ Northern division__ _____...-_...____._._.__ The Grand Wash Cliffs and Virgin Mountains.-.---__.____._ Climate...__.,.____.-__--....-_-_-__--_-__--_____.__..__-____Carboniferous of the Muddy Mountains. ________________ Incompleteness of exposures...-___-.-____-_-_ Pennsylvanian east of the Muddy Mountains..._ Section in ower Grand Wash Cliff.__...-_.-_
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification... An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K 4 I CONTENTS... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Fourteen, Number Three Articles Across the San Juan Mountains ..................................................157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................montgomeryite and associated minerals from the Tip Top pegmatite, with notes on kingsmountite and calcioferrite...MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY FORMED The Southern Great Basin Mineralogical Society has recently been formed as
 
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