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Chalcocite from
Moonlight Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moonlight Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:176522
Long-form Identifier:1:3:176522:9
GUID (UUID V4):35ea51c9-c16a-4ce2-8f39-05d0ce8bfce1
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Bellona Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Lizzie Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Neversweat Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) East Valley Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Parrot Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Anaconda Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Cambers Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Nipper Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Blue Jay Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Belmont Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
References
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Report (issue)
contributed to this output, but only two Lake (Leadville district) and San Juan yielded notable amounts. The Leadville...really obtained as a by-product; that from San Juan County slightly exceeded 1,500,000 pounds. The copper...from San Juan County. It may be said that Colorado does not contain a single copper mine of prominence...merit some discussion. Nearly all the gold- and silver-bearing deposits of Colorado, and the copper deposits...Emmons.* An occurrence of this kind in Fremont County will be described, for the reason that it seems
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite, colusite, covellite...rank among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Adams'. McCall -j' ('I. ,I) , \' ,I ',Ji Valley L..yJashingtonf ( • _ _ .l- - ---r' .LJ I ya~J...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
Journal (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals:
Report (issue)
74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \¥ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining ................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........· ......... ·................................. ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. ·.........
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...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (volume)
most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...the Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New...mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor...GEOLOGY area, Montana and Wyoming, and the deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According...Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo, and from the Eldorado mine, Great Bear Lake, Canada. The Shinkolobwe deposit
Book (volume)
conditions: the Cumberland Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:
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
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...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED...Ophir district.________________________________________________ Scratchgravel Hills and Grass Valley......__________---__--_-___ Austin district._.____..._..._._.____._____.____.___-.___._____ Marysville district.___________...___________________________________________ Gould district._______________________________________________ Stemple...._ Heddleston district.___________________________________________ Wolf Creek district.._..........__
Report (issue)
precious-metal deposits in the Battle Mountain mining district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...-----------Gold-silver deposits ____ - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lead-zinc-silver deposits _____...__ ------- -- - -Gold-silver deposits _________ ---------------Lead-zinc-silver deposits _______ -------------Antimony...tory of mining _______ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Future of the district _____ --...---Copper Canyon mine (9) - - - --------Iron Canyon mine (17)·-------------N evada mine (22) ____ ----
Book (volume)
..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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...Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91
Report (issue)
Geological Survey. Al (Adams Cr.) Gold Nome district MF-445, loc. 88 Solomon (4.1, 12.45) 64°42'N...probably an error. (Adventuress Cr.) Gold Kougarok district MF-445, loc. 42 Solomon (3.2, 15.25) 64°52'N...worked out before 1908. (Aggie Cr.) Gold Council district MF-445, loc. 125 Solomon (13.25-13.5, 15.55-15...from creek labeled Aggie Cr. on most maps. Placer mining in 1930's and early 1940's. Dredge operated from...calcareous schist. (Allgold Cr.) Gold Council district MF-445, loc. 49 Solomon (4.0, 15.3) 64°52'N,
Report (issue)
INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY., ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist Bulletin 187...research and provide information about exploration. mining. and metallurgical processes that are needed in...Technology Branch J. Brent Hiskey Assistant Director Mining and Mineral Resources Researchlns~tute Orlo E...Affirmative Action Employer. INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist...produce copper. The Warren (Bisbee) mining district, which includes this mine, yielded 167,242,000 tons of ore
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
Report (issue)
1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since...published as Bulletin 91 of the California State Mining Bureau. Many additional species were included,...commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic
Report (issue)
SierritaEsperanza copper-molybdenum deposit, Pima County, Arizona, in Jenney, J. P., and Hauck, H. R., eds... 1939, Geology of the Lead Mountain area, Pima County, Arizona [M.S. thesis]: Tucson, University of Arizona..., 1920, The southern section of the Amole mining district: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 106, p. 19-25...Report on the Loma Prieta mine (copper and molybdenum), Copper Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona: U.S. Geological...mineralization, Bagdad, Arizona: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical,and Petroleum Engineers Transactions
Report (issue)
(Agiapuk R.) Gold Port Clarence district Teller quad A little mining was reported, 1928-30. No data...data on location or deposit Mining could have been anywhere in basin. See also: (Allene Cr.), (American R...R.) Alaska Chief Lead Port Clarence district MF-426, loc. 5 Teller (12.9, 7.85) 65°26'N, 167°14'W...lead on Rapid R. (Alder Cr.) Gold, Silver Port Clarence district MF-426, Iocs. 21, 81 Teller (20.8-21...stringers and veins of quartz. Near mouth placer mining exposed a zone 16 ft wide consisting of talcose
Report (issue)
MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...literature of a general nature on the geology and mining industry of the State. bibliography of A. may...The excellent Vodges, Bulletin 30 of the State Mining Bureau, be referred to for such literature. The
Report (issue)
deposits Cochise County . Coconino County 4 6 Gila County . . . . . . . . . 7 Graham County . . 7 Greenlee...Greenlee County 8 La Paz County. . . 8 Maricopa County 9 Mohave County · 10 Navajo County Pima County...County. . · 11 Yavapai County .. · 11 . . . . 13 . . . . .. . 16 16 Yuma County . . . · 18 Pinal...Pinal County. . Santa Cruz County Commodity Abbreviations AU - gold AG - silver CU - copper SA - barium... Niemuth and Ken. A. Phillips Exploration and mining companies are showing renewed interest in Arizona
Report (issue)
Resources of the Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area, Montana A cooperative study by the U.S. Geological Survey...Pyritiferous veins Silver-lead-zinc replacement deposit':?.. Elkhorn-Tizer Basin zone Elkhorn district -»_»_.,H"1...and zinc in brecciated Lowland Creek Volcanics Silver, lead, and zinc in rhyolite Placer gold deposits...Ridge prospect Breccia pipe deposits Skyline Mine Blackjack Mine Chicago and Last Hope Mines Group I - Precious-...geology Important occurrences Mining districts (lodes) Beaver Creek district C O O /-\ t£ +L fU -t-L Y-*
 
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