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Calcite from
Kentuck Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey 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 Kentuck Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1600113
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1600113:4
GUID (UUID V4):415962e3-d1d0-43c2-aa73-574016a6deaa
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Challenge and Confidence, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Belcher Shaft, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
0.6km (0.3 miles) Wheeler Monument, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Overman Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Chollar Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Justice Mine, Silver City Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Woodville mine, Gold Hill, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) United Comstock Merger Mill, American Flat, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Best & Belcher Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Andes Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Relations in the Comstock Lode PETER G. VIKRE ASARCO, Inc., 510 East Plumb Lane, Reno, Nevada 89502 Abstract...Comstockdistrict 15 mi (24 km) southeastof Reno,Nevada,formed 13.7 Ma in Mioceneeruptiverocksof the Alta...acanthite),pyrite,basemetalsulfides, andminoramounts of calcite,sericite,chlorite,K feldspar, andalbite. Andesitcadjacentto...additional bonanzas awaitdiscovery alongunexplored Comstock faultsegments withindeclining palcothermalgradientsto...north. 0361-0128/89/982/1574-3053.00 15 74 COMSTOCK LODE,FLUID-MINERALRELATIONS Introduction THE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 08:10 15 April 2015 T he discovery of the Comstock lode in the early 1850s was a long time in coming...including Sandy Bowers, Joe Platos, and Henry Comstock, staked claims. By the time Pat McLaughlin and...astonishment when out of nowhere appeared Henry Comstock, who, upon examination of the pale dust, began...quickly, so O’Riley and McLaughlin agreed to take in Comstock and Penrod as equal partners. Unknown to the men...men, these claims delineated the Comstock lode-with Gold Hill on the south and the head of Six-Mile Canyon
Report (issue)
Terranes Part I Geographic Distribution of Gold Mining Regions and Types of Deposits in the United States...EDWIN W. TOOKER Patterns of Gold Mineralization in Nevada and Utah By WILLIAM C BAG BY Gold-Silver Deposits...bibliographies. Contents: Geographic distribution of gold mining regions and types of deposits in the United States...Edwin W. looker Patterns of gold mineralization in Nevada and Utah / by William C. Bagby Gold-silver deposits...Redden and Gregory McN. French. 1. Gold mines and mining United States. 2. Gold deposits United States.
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
Report (issue)
the Walker Lake 1° x 2° quadrangle, California-Nevada By H. L. Cannon, Sara Trimby, T. F. Harms, and...Yerington copper pit, Nevada..................................... Santiago mine, Copper Mountain, California............................. Star City molybdenum mine, California............................ Molybdenum...Pine-Nut molybdenum district, Nevada............................. Luni ng, Nevada..................................................... Bertha Hall lead mine, California................................ Tungsten
Report (volume)
BUIJLETIN 528 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS 1 OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and animal life....................----.-----.....Mining......................................................................... 74 Mineralogy of Lemhi County ores....................................... 74...... Future of mining in Lemhi County.......................................... Mining districts of Lemhi...Lemhi County.......................................... Scheme of treatment...........................
Report (volume)
precipitation of the metalo........ Composition of mine waters............................................of sulphide enrichment Continued. Composition of mine waters Continued. Discussion of analyses Continued...on depth..................... Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions....... Oxidation....................................... Review of mining districts...................................................................... Burro Mountain district, N. Mex......................................
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 --
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
igneousrocksof Eoceneagethat near the Gold Hill mine. Southwestof Idaho City, havebeenintrudedalongthe...BENNETT 116 ø 114 ø i I EXPLANATION Gibbonsville Mine Fault, bar on the -downthrow side •,,•1• Shoup/...goldhasbeenproducedfromthe BoiseBasin than any other mining locality in Idaho. Lode and placergoldproducedin...mineralin the deposits, with lesseramounts of calcite, describedby Anderson(1947). Veins of the first...Idaho batholith,andTertiary intrusions.At the Kentuck mine, veins cut a granite porphyrydike (Umpleby,
Report (issue)
published information, field investigations, and mining company data. 2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT...resources Mining districts Gibbonsville Mining District Indian Creek Mining District Mineral Hill Mining District...Mackinaw Mining District Blackbird Mining District Wilson Creek Mining District Yellowjacket Mining District...Range Mining District Eureka Mining District Carmen Creek Mining District Eldorado Mining District Pratt...Creek Mining District McDevitt Mining District Junction Mining District Texas Mining District Spring
Report (issue)
and 9. The Physical Geology of the Grand Canon District, by Capt. C. E. Dutton, pp. 47-166, plates 10-36...plates 37-43. Abstract of Report on the Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons...Summary of the Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District, by George F. Beckfer, pp. «91-330...Grand Canon District, with atlas, by Capt. C. E. Dutton. Published. m. Geology of the Comstock Lode and...and Washoe District, with atlas, by George F. Becker. I. II. ADVERTISEMENT. ii Published. IV. Comstook
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JULIAN DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY 331 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JULIAN DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO...DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA * By MAURICE DONNELLY *• OUTLINE OF REPORT Page ABSTRACT __ _____ - - -- ___...------- -------- ---- - - - -- ______ __ - 369 Other Mine r a l D e posits -- -- -- -- -- ------ -- - -------...San Diego County, , California, includes the Julian, Banner, several other less important mining districts...districts, and the Stonewall Mine on the Cuyamaca land grant. In addition to being one of the few areas in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ore and Host Rock, Illinois-Kentucky Fluorite District and Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-LeadDistrict...Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district and Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district. Comparisons are made...districts. The ore of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district is characterized by greater abundanceof minor...galena and show a marked zonal pattern within the district. Sphalerite is high in cadmium,gallium, and germanium...MississippiValley zinc-lead district differs markedly from the IllinoisKentucky fluorite district in minor-element
Report (volume)
depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Morenci, Arizona. _________________ ___ 217 Ely, Nevada, by A. C. Spencer_________________ 219 Santa Rita...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico... Utah, by B. S. Butler_________ 229 Yerington, Nevada _______________1________ 231 Jerome, Arizona, by
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER JR., California...parts of several sections, by R. M. Stewart COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines Ferry Building...CAMPBELL, Director AND GEOLOGY State Geologist COUNTY REPORT ^ Price $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT...Structural .. MINERAL RESOURCES _ AND MINING History of mining Mineral production _ Land ownership and...entry Land open to prospecting and location of mining claims Land possibly open to prospecting by permit
Journal (volume)
raya it never receives the of the ann. — — Mining and Scientific Press. Mineral and Other Resources...the Press by Jambs H. CaosBMAN.J Providence Mining District, SUaated on Providence MoDDtain, haa been subdivided...respectively as the Trojan, the Gold Bait and the Arrow Mining Districts. Providence Mountain haa been previously...South is develsylvania. The General Custer is a gold mine developed oping in an industrial way very rapidly...The Gold Belt Mining District, the collection of information regarding the foron is district, Providence
Report (issue)
GOLD CAMPS & SILVER CITIES Nineteenth Century Mining in Central and Southern Idaho Merle W. Wells ...Rushes to Gouging: Mining Lessons Learned by 1869 , 85 Part II. New Camps and Chinese Mining, 1869-1878 87...Basin (34) Mineral City (35) Gilmore and the Viola Mining Region (36) Muldoon (37) Little Lost River (38)...Stibnite Patterson l.£adore Parker Mountain Weiser Mining Areas Bear Valley Conclusion Historic Value of... PREFACE More than a century has gone by since mining started in Idaho. Our perception of actual early
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...publications were written on various phases of gold mining. The reports of John Trosk, the first State Geologist
Report (issue)
States Department of the Interior Department of Mining, Stanford University liCD LIBRARY 1948 : ...Sierra Nevada, by George R. Heyl 77""V" Zinc-Copper Deposits of the Big Bend Mine, Butte County, California...Geology of the Lilvama and Pioneer Mines, El Dorado County, and California, by Manning W. Cox, Donald C. Wyant...California, County, Newton Copper Mine, Amador R. Heyl and John H. Eric ""~V" Pemi Zinc-Copper Mine, Calaveras...Calaveras County, California, by George R. Hevl, Manning W. Cox, and John II. Eric The Gravhouse Area, Amador
Journal (volume)
machines, ventilating apparatus, emery wheels, mining and milling machinery. Particis being given to...employ a large foroe of skilled workmen. a Mining and Scientific Press. through the rotten boards...and Salt- habitants, nearly all of whom follow mining for an occupation. From Huatajia it is about peter...Juan."J [Written Huatajia, is the most productive mining-camp In my last letter (page 448 of Dec. 14tb)...— [Jan. I, 18J0 of Roseburg, has opened a coal mine, located fourteen miles west of this place, that
Report (volume)
of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah: TEI-287, Jan. 11, 1954...Results of exploration at the Old Leyden coal mine, Jefferson County, Colo.: TEM-292, Mar. 30, 1953. D, GJ....The pegmatites of the Errington-Thiel mine, Elko County, Nevada: TEI-71, Dec. 28, 1949. Office of Director...Ridge, and West End claims near Clancy, Jefferson County, Mont.: TEM-31, Oct. 19, 1951. D, SL, T. (332,...and structure of the Miners Mountain area, Wayne County, Utah: Aug. 17, 1953. SL. McKelvey, V. E., Preliminary
Journal (volume)
ahead of any thing yet found on this ridge. This mine has also been explored and equipped in a very superior...City, Sierra county, to be thankful for a good deal. The telegraph for the Bald Mountain mine maintains...eters A — To drift mining, a method by which hydrau- ready achieved mining operations are sometimes...supplemented, the remarks in an article on hydraulic mining last week may be largely applied; this branch olfcthe...drift method, only worked part most mining extant. While drift mining is, to some claims there are for the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Paleozoic sandstoneand carbonate rocks. Each district has a distinctive regional lead isotopic pattern...the Rossievein district, St. LawrenceCounty, New York, and the Laisval zinc district, Sweden. as major...the Batesville, Type Deposits Arkansas,manganese district,are not included. Isotopicandgeochemical datamadeavailablesince...open-spacedfillings. Replacementsare of States, the Pine Point district in the Northwest less importance,except in southeastMissouri...recentreviewpaper in all Paleozoic strata present in each district. of the MississippiValley-type deposits,noted
Book
Kentucky fields-.....-....--..... 4. showing Mine, 2a. Diagram (a) illustrating normal fault, (b)...of Old Jim dike in abandoned open-cut of Old Jim Mine eLOuLl MILES west OL Marion. Ky es ae eee Photomicroeraph...64 65 91 92 93 94 Modern mine plant and company cottages at Franklin mine. Section of vein on 75 foot...ft. level, Holly mine No. 1, shaft.. Surface plant at Liberty Bond mine, Salem district... Open cut, mined...mined for zinc carbonate, at Hudson mine... Plant and cottages at Haffaw, Aluminum Ore Co., Mexico_..
Report (issue)
" ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. FIFTH Hanks, State Mineralogist...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor... REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report by the...statistical information in reference to mines and mining as shall be deemed important." In obedience to...Mineralogist, has been prepared. The prosperity of the Mining Bureau, and the growth and progress of the State
 
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