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Rhyolite from
Clifford Mine, Clifford Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Rhyolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhyolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clifford Mine, Clifford Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1563139
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1563139:0
GUID (UUID V4):132c0656-d6a0-4585-9a2b-d8dcb341f42d
Nearest other occurrences of Rhyolite
7.9km (4.9 miles) NBMG Sample Site 2733, Bellehelen Mining District, Kawich Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) A and B Mine, Tybo Mining District, Hot Creek Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
13.3km (8.2 miles) South Star Mine [?], Bellehelen Mining District, Kawich Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) Lucky Tramp prospect, Tybo Mining District, Hot Creek Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) NBMG Sample Site 2789, Eden Mining District, Kawich Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) Jeep claim (Jeep group; Clifford Gold-Silver prospect), Golden Arrow, Golden Arrow Mining District, Kawich Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) NBMG Sample Site 2788, Eden Mining District, Kawich Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
24.4km (15.1 miles) NBMG Sample Site 2764, Ellendale Mining District, Monitor Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
24.7km (15.4 miles) NBMG Sample Site 2755, Ellendale Mining District, Monitor Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) Imperial Group, Ellendale Mining District, Monitor Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (issue)
THE GOLDEN ARROW, CLIFFORD, AND ELLENDALE DISTRICTS, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. By HENRY G. FERGUSON. INTRODUCTION...work in central Nevada an opportunity arose for brief visits to the three small mining camps here described...of Nevada. Golden Arrow and Clifford are situated at the western base of the Kawich Range in Nye County...are reached by automobile from Tonopah. The Clifford district is on the main road between Tonopah and Ely...Golden Arrow is 12 miles southwest of Clifford. Neither district has yet produced much ore. At the time
Report (volume)
and Gold Depo~its, Tonopah.l,0 X,2° Qu.adrangle, Nevada~ Description and Applications to Exploration~ ...and gold deposits, Tonopah 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada: description and applications to exploration I...3:2077 1. Gold mines and mining-Nevada-Tonopah region. 2. Gold mines and mining-Nevada-Tonopah region. I. Title................................. . Northumberland Mine ................................................................................... . Wall Canyon Mine ...............................................
Report (issue)
resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada by George Wong Open-File Report 83-721 This...Appendix A **~""~~"* "* *** *"* * » Table Table 1. District descriptions . .-.-.-. . -.-. . . . .-. .-. <...resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada By George Wong The purpose of this map is to identify...Province. These areas include past and present mining and prospecting localities as well as areas of...map are not legal mining district boundaries and may include more than one district as well as adjacent
Book
who snowshoed her way to Nome; and many more. A Mine of Her Own tells the definitive story of America's...prospectors. They reveled in the excitement of the mining booms and took pride in surviving in the world...the women who helped shape the modern West. A Mine of Her Own Digitized by the Internet Archive in...https://archive.org/details/mineofherownwome00zanj A Mine of Her Own Won1en Prospectors in the Alnerican West...Publication Data Zanjani, Sally Springmeyer, 1937A mine of her own : women prospectors in the American West
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TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The tungsten...northwestern Inyo County, Cal., are west of Bishop, the largest town in Owens Valley. The mining industry centers...and alluvial deposits at the base of the Sierra Nevada. Similar groups of hills farther south in Owens...feet. Tungsten has been found also in the Sierra Nevada itself, southwest of Bishop. The tungsten-bearing...000, or approximately 2 miles to the inch. The mining conditions are favorable: the climate is good,
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
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Assessment of the Tonopah 1° by 2° Quadrangle, Nevada by Greta J. Orris and Frank J. Kleinhampl U.S...Tonopah 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada, covers over 19,000 km2 in central Nevada. The region is largely dominated... Location of the Tonopah 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada x / 7 v* Most of the granitoid rocks are...intermediate-composition volcanic rocks with minor rhyolite in the eastern part of the quadrangle (R.F. Hardyman...Tungsten skarn deposits are widely distributed in Nevada and several deposits have been exploited within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
emmonsite, at Silver City, New Mexico, and Goldfield, Nevada, are described. A resum6 of the descriptions of...at Goldfield, Nevada, as a secondary product in vugs and seams in silicified rhyolite and dacite, associated...blakeite. Named for John W. Mackay (1831-1902), a mine operator on the Comstock Lode and benefactor of...examine a large suite of material from Goldf.eld, Nevada, comprising massesand drusy crusts of emmonsite...American Museum of Natural History. 211 212 CLIFFORD FRONDEL AND FREDERICR H. POUGH Hitherto, four
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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
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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
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1329 Arizona Economic geology Aluminum, Maricopa county, Wickenberg (Sheridan, Michael F , et al.) tt-t2...(Mclean, W. John, er a/.) 7-E 1103 Hemihedrite,Pinal county, Florencemine, Maricopacounty, Wickenburg,Rat Tail...a/.) 7-8 1088 Kinoite, SantaRita mountains,Pima county (Anthony, John W., er a/.) 5-6 7O9 Phoenicochroite...Jerome,United Verde mine (Wood, Michael M.) 5-6 729 Wherryite, Tiger, Mammoth mine (Mclean, W. John.)...Bolivia Mineralogy Muscovite,Chacaltaya (Frondel, Clifford.) 7-8 t43'1 Book reviews Amphibole A catalog of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A1B 3X5. **Present address: Copper Cliff North Mine, Inco Ltd., 18 Rink Street, Copper Cliff, Ontario...greenstone belt has been the focus of significant mining and mineral exploration for over a century and...Quemont, and Bouchard-Hébert mines (formerly Mobrun mine) in Noranda, Québec (Barrett et al., 1991; Kerr...intrusive rocks of the western Blake River Group in Clifford Township with the FlavrianPowell intrusive complex...break primarily in Pontiac, Ossian, Ben Nevis, and Clifford Townships (Hogg, 1964; Jensen, 1975). It lies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Noranda formation displays bimodal flow-dominated rhyolite-andesite volcanism, pyroclastic rocks being rare;...of lithologic units from basaltic-andesite to rhyolite; the andesites occur as either flows or as pyroclastic...date of 2701 ± 2 Ma from a rhyolite in Pontiac Township in Ontario. A rhyolite in the Ben Nevis volcanic...new U-Pb age for a second, porphyritic Ben Nevis rhyolite of 2699.8 ± 3.6 Ma, although less precise, is... 1990), as well as the outlying Bouchard-Hébert mine in the Cléricy area (Riopel et al., 1995; Doucet
Journal (issue)
Collector's Newsletter $6.00 Minerals from the Eagle Mine Gilman, Colorado Bob Werner werner@lcturboney.com...submit1ing the article, Silver Orefrom the Eagle Mine, (Mineral News, Vol. 35, No. I), I thought there...locality that is now closed "forever". The Eagle Mine (fig. I, right) is well known to collectors for...reached the market during its operation. The Eagle Mine was Colorado's largest zinc and copper producer...adjacent local mines into one operation. The Eagle Mine was accessed by the Wilkesbarre shaft and the Newhouse
Report (volume)
"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...near Bissell, Kern County, Calif.; B, Magnesite mine, Afton area, San Bernardino County, Calif _______________________...of brucite-magnesite area in Paradise Range, Nye County, Nev_-----___________________________ 122 142...Annual production of nonferrous metals in Vulture district, Arizona, 1907-32__----_____--_ ._.____ 2. Annual
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
eMORB, island-arc tholeiite, and low-Zr tholeiitic rhyolite breccias. These petrochemical characteristics...since the early 1970s (Leyshon and Cazalet 1978; Clifford et al. 1992), limited exploration or scientific...stratigraphic horizons (e.g., Leyshon and Cazalet 1978; Clifford et al. 1992; Peatfield 2003; Gunn et al. 2008;...above (e.g., Varaldsøy-Ølve area of Hardanger district), although most are base-metal poor (Grenne et...Cu), significant Zn– Pb resources remain in the district (West Avoca, ∼6 Mt at 5.3 % Zn and 1.9 % Pb) (Bayswater
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Blue chalcedony for gemstone use is produced in Nevada (Mount Airy blue), California (Mohave blue), and...years for aluminum ore (fig. 4) by the Eti Holding Mining Company (a government corporation), but eventually...and none were saved as a byproduct of metabauxite mining. Some indication of the significant Figure 3 (above)...entrance to the Kucuk Camiliktepe diasporitic bauxite mine, which produced gem diaspore (zultanite) crystals...ago—there is still one mine called the Genoese mine in the region. Commercial mining of nearby alunite deposits
Report (issue)
of the Sleeper Gold-Silver Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada an interim report By J. T. Nash , W. C. Utterback2................................................. Mining and exploration history......................................................................... Mine geology...........................................Figure 1. Location and geology setting of the Sleeper mine. Regional geology is simplified from Wilden (1964)... 3 Figure 2. Generalized geology of the Sleeper mine area and western foothills of the Slumbering Hills
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
history, from discovery in 1971 to present-day mining by the Normandy Golden Grove Operations. Previous...Hill deposit. However, it was not until work by Clifford (1992) that the stratigraphic context of mineralization...support the regional stratigraphic framework of Clifford (1992), but reveal significant differences in...application of the regional stratigraphic framework of Clifford (1992) to our studies has also provided an additional...Hickman, 1990) within the Golden Grove Domain (Clifford, 1992; Fig. 2). The Golden Grove Domain is located
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Akita Univ. Mining Colt Jour. Akita, Japan. Alabama Acad. Sci. Jour. Ala. Journal of the Mining College...Canada. Canadian lost. Mining and Metallurgy Spec. Vol. - Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Special... Ontario, Canada. Canadian Mining and Metall. Bull.- The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin....Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Canadian Mining Jour. - Canadian Mining Journal...Ltd. London, England. Eng. and Mining Jour. - Engineering and Mining Journal. Co. New York, N.Y. McGraw~Hill
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Nye County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1287 Huebnerite Veins near Round Mountain...Mountain, Nye County, Nevada By DANIEL R. SHAWE, EUGENE E. FOORD, and NANCY M. CONKLIN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...1925Huebnerite veins near Round Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. (Geological Survey Professional Paper ;...119.16:1287 1. Huebnerite. 2. Mineralogy Nevada Nye County. I. Foord, Eugene E. II. Conklin, Nancy M...38 HUEBNERITE VEINS NEAR ROUND MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By DANIEL R. SHAWE, EUGENE E. FOORD, and
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wu OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY— Joseph V: Tingley a RobertC.Horton _ Francis C. Lincoln 3 . ...Publication of this new edition of “Outline of Nevada Mining History” was made — possible with the assistance...eh aa nearly 48 million acres of public land in Nevada. Most of the minerals, _ _ geothermal energy, and...ahij 4 = Wh A a ‘ a a y 4 Pte Es in Nevada comes from publicland. First edition, first printing...Leshendok, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Eric Moody, Nevada Historical Society é Jon Price, National Research
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Mountain, about 35 air miles east of Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon (see accompanying map). Quartz Mountain...Oregon. Walter A. Foster, geologist for The Hanna Mining Company, has conducted a sampling and mapping program...Western Cascades in general (Peck, 1960). Rhyolite Intrusives: Rhyolite and dacite porphyry dikes intruding...miles southeast of Quartz Mountain and banded rhyolite dikes exposed in the South Umpqua River at Camp...3/4 mile above the South Umpqua Falls. Several rhyolite dikes were observed along the Quartz Mountain
Report (issue)
CATHERINE J. GABER 92 Mining the Most Beautiful Opal in the World BY PAUL CLIFFORD 96 Composite Opal:...J. NEVILLE 30 Brazilian Opal and the Boi Morto Mine BY BOB FARRAR Fossil Treasures from Lightning Ridge...104 References BY W. COOK, C. J. GABER AND J. CLIFFORD 112 Author Addresses 3 4 Notable Opal Localities...lives on. The contention that the Virgin Valley (Nevada, USA) opal deposits were discovered by Chinese explorers...Fiction: The Leakey Prehistoric Opal Find By Janet Clifford Fiction: Dr. Louis Leakey discovered opal (and
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Society of Southern California at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, California, on 27–28 January...Discoveries from the Victoria Mountains Skarn, Luna County, New Mexico. By the time setup and introductions...Fumarole-related Minerals from the Salton Sea, Imperial County, California. Paul’s talk ended in time for a short...from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, spoke on The Path from a Field Discovery to a...collectors followed leader Bob Housley to the Blue Bell mine, a widespread area of adits, stopes, and trenches
 
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