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Calcite from
Last Chance Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Last Chance Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1541328
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1541328:0
GUID (UUID V4):3553d3c2-75f3-4063-bee9-5af72acab1ce
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.5km (1.0 miles) Columbus Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Coyote Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) Pocatello mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) Nivloc mine, Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) Sixteen-to-One Mine, Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) Sanger mine, Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) Mohawk mine, Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Cave Spring Borate Deposit, Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) NBMG Sample Site 1969, Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
18.3km (11.3 miles) Rhyolite Ridge Li-B Deposit, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Geology of the Magruder Mountain Area Nevada-California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1251-H Geology... Geology of the Magruder Mountain Area Nevada-California By EDWIN H. McKEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL GEOLOGY...rocks__-___-___-_____.__-__-__-___--_---_______-_-_-Esmeralda Formation-_____________________________________...stratigraphic columns..--._________ 14. Photograph of Esmeralda Formation at south end of Fish Lake Valley__-...GENERAL GEOLOGY GEOLOGY OF THE MAGRUDER MOUNTAIN AREA NEVADA-CALIFORNIA By EDWIN H. McKEE ABSTRACT The oldest
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...deposits 2 22 Early Tertiary ( ?) deposits 2 23 Gold-silver deposits 2 23 Deposits of the early Tertiary (...of the late Tertiary epoch of metallization 23 Silver-lead deposits 2 25 2 Copper deposits 26 Deposits...of the ore deposits 2 27 30 Mining districts 2 Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal 2 30 30 Location and accessibility
Journal (issue)
to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was considerably...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit
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...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and...Swager, W. L. , and Sullivan, J. D. , 1951, Sulphur: Mining Engineering, vol. 3. , pp. 403409. The history
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)
the Little Sand Spring Wilderness Study Area Inyo County, California Chester T. Wrucke, R. Scott Werschky................................................. Mining activity.........................................Little Sand Spring Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California........................... In pocket.................... 3. Geologic map of the Sylvia mine area and vicinity.................................CDCA-119), California Desert Conservation Area, Inyo County, California. SUMMARY The Little Sand Spring Wilderness
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)
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Val,. S X X I T II I 1)ECEBIIIElZ 1944 No. 5 GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES No...No. 41 er Deposits In Nevada BY EDGARH. BAILEY and DAVID A. PHOENIX Geologists, U. S. Geological Survey...Survey PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY NEVADA STATE BUREAU OF MINES IN COOPERATION WiTH UNITED STATES OEOLOOlCAL...SURVEY PRICE ONE DOLLAR j sin PUBLICATION OF THE NEVADA STATEBUREAUOF MINES A N D THE MACKAY &HWL OF MINES...THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO, NEVADA Entered in the Post Office at Reno, Nevada, as second-class matter
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT NEVADA BY HENRY G. FERGUSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT..._____1________ Summary_____________ _______________ Esmeralda formation____ _____!_______________ Hedwig breccia...prospect____________________,.____ 136 Buckeye prospect Wall mine _______________________________ Maris mine_ __ _...Four mine___________ __________________ Mayflower mine _____________________________ Riley Fraction mi...mine______________-___________ Jumping Jack mine.-__________________________ Golden Crater mine_______
Report (issue)
Valley and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas Inyo County, California Chester T. Wrucke, Sherman P. Marsh...Valley and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas Inyo County, California by Chester T. Wrucke, Sherman P. Marsh...Valley and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas, Inyo County, California................................ In...117A), California Desert Conservation Area, Inyo County, California. SUMMARY The Saline Valley Wilderness...area, is in the vicinity of the Crater mine in the Last Chance Range, and it has potential for the occurrence
Report (issue)
on sulfide and nonsulfide mineralogy, gold and silver grades and deposit tonnage. A discussion of ore... local geographical area, mineralogy, gold and silver grades, tonnage, and references are given in table...deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...fissure fillings, i.e., deposits in the Sierra Nevada, California (Clark, 1970); Klamath Mountains, California-Oregon... These deposits are primarily worked for gold. Silver is a minor byproduct; about 14 percent of the deposits
Book (edition)
thrilled to the sight of mounted in gold or or silver, some lovely gem, against lying a background..."scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...result of matites. In these pegmatites, have had a chance the When slow cooling, they are of coarsely...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons... '<, • Boise I Dismal SW!fP \.J. Silver City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L........ ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and geologic data have not been recently prospected...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality... 6 mm across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3
Journal (issue)
Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner...Record Inc. Articles The Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Id a h o 339 by N. Radford and J...by R. S. W. Braithwaite Barite from the Niobec mine, Chicoutimi, Quebec .....................355 by...the Yates uranium mine, Pontiac County, Quebec . 359 by D. L. Leavitt Shavano Peak . . . a new Mt. Antero...— December, 1981 Bunker Hill the mine kellogg, shoshone county, idaho by Norman Radford P. O. Box N
Report (volume)
Director ' Bulletin 648 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Clark County.......................................................'.. Gold Butte mining district.................... Lincoln mine........................................ Bennett mine.........................gneiss............................. Gold Butte Mining Co................................. New Era group...prospects...................................... Elko County...............................................
Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district
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 --
Catalog/List
FAXYOUR ORDER OR INQUIRY TO: INTER-USA: 408-926-6015 NON-USA: ( • )-l-408-926-6015 CALL TOPLACE ORDERS:...nch. __lli!i_ 4041ACANTHITE after AHGENTITE on CALCITE - South Lorrain hip., Ccbult, Ontario, Canada -...these". The occurrence of Acanthite from the Cobalt District is also mentioned in "HB" I, P. l. Crystalline...Crystalline, and small white scalenohedrdl ;<]s. uf Calcite (sizes range from micro to± 5 rrm) fonn the matrix...intergrown over the base, sides, and top of the xlized Calcite mctrix. Not showy. Jack Parnau collection. l 1/8
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
late discovery of the phenomenal Cripple Creek district, essentially subsequent to the development of...Colorado minerals. Calaverite is a yellowish to silver-white, metallic mineral that is most often seen...(AuTe2), but most analyses show minor amounts of silver, up to several percent and likely the result of...Analyses of calaverite from the Kirkland Lake district, Ontario, Canada, show up to several tenths of...1995). Calaverite is known from the Star mine in Montgomery County, North Carolina, where it occurs rarely
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO BY SAMUEL G. LASKY Prepared..._-_---_-_---_---_---__-__--.._.-_-.. Location of the district.___--___----_-_-------_-__--.._._.___._. Climate...____________-________-------------_- -.-.--------.--__ History of mining and production______-_--._______-_-_.________ Form..._---_-_._._---_-------------_-----_------Eighty-five mine-___-_......__--_-_---_-----_-_-_---___-_-_--General...45 46 1V CONTENTS The mines Continued. Bonney-mine.______-____-----_--__-_--_--____________________
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By WILLIAM B. CLARK, Mining Geologist California Division...PHILIP A. LYDON, Mining Geologist California Division of Mines and Geology County Report 2 CALIFORNIA...MINES AND GEOLOGY Ian Campbell, State Geologist COUNTY REPORT Price $4.00 2 6 1 - CONTENTS ABSTRACT... *- Quicksilver Silica 107 -•- 109 -..-- Silver 109 Stone Tellurium 12 ° Tungsten 121 Uranium...Geologic Map Map Map map County of Calaveras pocket In of Calaveras County showing lode gold mines
Report (issue)
an overall guide been written on gold and gold mining of publications have no single report or to...deposits within the state, mostly in the Sierra Nevada. Some of these reports are classics now. Among...Sierra Nevada, Lindgren's 1911 professional paper on the number of very excellent reports Nevada and...longer district Hulin, respectively. the principal features of each gold-bearing district are described..."There earth here to be taken up wherein there silver". Gold was mined in is is no port of the
Report (issue)
Strata, in the Southern Great B_asin California and Nevada \ By JOHN H. STEWART GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...___________ _ Spring Mountains area, Nevada ____ _ Desert Range area, Nevada ________ _ Funeral Mountains area...strata in the southern Great Basin, California and Nevada ________________________________ In pocket FIGURE...correlation of the Johnnie Formation from Rogers Peak, in the Panamint Range, to the southernmost areas...of the Wood Canyon Formation, Echo Canyon and Last Chance Range, Calif_ _____________________ _ 23. Evenly
Report (volume)
Bulletin 732 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY AND E. L. JONES...Newland ("Wallace") formation_________________ Striped Peak formation________________________ Igneous rocks...deposits along fissures and fracture zones 41 Lead-silver deposits 42 Importance _ ' 42 Distribution 43 Relation...deposits along fissures and fracture zones Con. Lead-silver deposits Continued. ° Page. Paragenesis of the...on Ninemile Creek______ ___________ Other lead-silver lodes of Shoshone County_______ 70 82 84 Pine
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OCEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO BY RANSO~IE FREDERICK LESLIE AND FRANK..._______________ _____________________ _ Striped Peak formation . ___________ _______________________..................................... . 43 Striped Peak formation ......................................... ..... . . 65 Structural subdivisions of the district. . ................................•.. .. ......-Structure-Continued. Structural subdivisions of the district-Continued. Page. Southeastern area ... _. ___
 
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