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Pyrite from
West Colusa Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Colusiteā“˜8 photos of Pyrite associated with Colusite at this locality.
Quartzā“˜8 photos of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Hinsdalite6 photos of Pyrite associated with Hinsdalite at this locality.
Covelliteā“˜1 photo of Pyrite associated with Covellite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Colusa Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:176826
Long-form Identifier:1:3:176826:8
GUID (UUID V4):cf6239f2-17fe-4f42-ba54-5d5c79c7ef46
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ā“˜Alexander Scott Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.2km (0.2 miles) ā“˜Berkeley Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) ā“˜East Colusa Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) ā“˜Tramway Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ā“˜Adams Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Leonard Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Reins Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Rarus Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Modoc Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Mountain View Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulļ¬des and sulfosalts like...rank among the ļ¬nest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome specimens...specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many of...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...Plata meaning ā€œgold and silver,ā€ and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montanaā€™s mining origins. Montanaā€™s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure
Journal (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 ā€¢ Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate ā€œThe Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, Januaryā€“February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: ā€œMontana Mineral Kingā€ By Richard A. Bideaux Whatā€™s new in minerals:
Report (issue)
74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \Ā„ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining ................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........Ā· ......... Ā·................................. ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..Ā· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. Ā·.........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SIGNIFICANCE R.q.yuoNp Nprsow, Montana Schoolof Mines, Butte, Montana INTRoDUCTIoN Considerable interest...locally, but also in researchlaboratories outside of Butte, in the mineral "colusite," a sulfosalt of copper...obtained at Montana School of Mines. Mr. Reno H. Sales, Chief Geologist of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company...mineral, taking the name "colusite" from a claim, the Colusa, near which it was first found (2). Since its discovery...of the Leonard mine, colusite has been recognized on various levels of the West Colusa, Tramway, and Mountain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Structural Geologic Evolution of the Butte District, Montana Robert A. Houstonā€ ,* and John H. Dilles...Bldg., Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Abstract The Butte district contains two porphyry Cu-Mo deposits and the...and folding in southwest Montana. New geologic mapping of the Butte district reveals three distinct episodes...that are limited to the northwest part of the district and synchronous with the eruption of the Lowland...fluid inclusion data indicate that exposures of the Butte Granite, which hosts mineralization, crystallized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Leonard, West Colusa, Mountain View and Tramway Mines of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company at Butte, Montana...level of the Leonard Mine near the west end of the Piccolo claim, south of the Colusa claim. The latter...latter was one of the earliest locations in the district, and therefore it seemedappropriate to name the new...View Mines gave the following partial analyses: Mine Leonard Mt. View S ^SD Zn Sn Fe As Cu 27.5 0.O...June 1930 the 2900 and 3000 levels of the Tramway Mine opened a copper ore body containing unusually high
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PARAGENESIS BUTTE OF THE ORE DISTRICT, MINERALS IN THE MONTANA. JAMES C. RAY.1 INTRODUCTION...materialrecentlycollectedby the writer in the Butte District. I am deeplyindebtedto the managersand geologists...Messrs. N.H. Emmons and E. A. Hewitt, of the North Butte Copper'MiningCo.; and Mr. Case,superintendent of...Speculator, Berkeley,Silver Bow, Elm Orlu, Gagnon, MountainView, Leonard,Belleof Butte,FractionLease(Clark...followingmines: Leonard,Pilot-Butte,Badger, Elm Orlu, East Colusa,West Colusa,Alec Scott,Silver Bow, Pennsylvania,
Report (issue)
PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO. By EDWARD L. JONES, Jr. INTRODUCTION. The Pine Creek district, Idaho, lies...lies immediately west and south of the Wardner district of the Coeur d'Alene region. Only a small part...Calkins 1 in 1904. At that time the Pine Creek district had been only slightly developed, but under the...adjacent mines. TOPOGRAPHY. Drainage. The Pine Creek district lies mostly in the drainago basin of Pine Creek...Creek flows north from the junction of its east and west forks to the 1 Ransome, P. L., and Calkins, F. C
Report (volume)
depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Copper-bearing deposits________________________ 199 Butte, Montana__________________________ 199 Bingham,...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico...__ 233 Shasta County, California______ _ __ 234 Snowstorm lode, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho__ _ 235
Journal (volume)
Bingham, Utah, Mining Black Sand Page. Abbott, James W A Visit to Ely, Nevada Mining at Bingham, Utah...Greenwater District Ditto Ditto Ditto Abyssinia, Minerals In The Requirements of Modern Mining 70S 52...Charles [64 James W. 82 431 114 Nelll 815 District, British W Columbia, The 783 431 795 736 241...Tube-Mill Lining Forbes Rlckard 511 17 The Boundary District The Mineral Output of. In 1906 Broken Hill, Acid...Proprietary Mine, He Treatment at G. D. Del prat Brown, Walter 8 A Filing System for Mining Engineers llucke
Report (volume)
C. W. Hayes 31 Gold and silver 31 Progress report on Park City mining district, Utah, by J. M. Boutwell_...Placer gold mining in Alaska in 1902, by Alfred H. Brooks 49 The Glenn Creek gold-mining district, Alaska...Arthur J. Collier_ _ Gold and pyrite deposits of the Dahlonega district, Georgia, by Edwin 57 C. Eckel_...Bitterroot Range and the Clearwater Moun66 tains, Montana, by Waldemar Lindgren 71 The Chistochina gold field...field, Alaska, by Walter C. Mendenhall . 76 Gold mining in central Washington, by George Otis Smith Ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
samplesare arrangedin groupsaccordingto the depositor mining districtfrom whichthe sampleswere collected. Somespecimens...Mineralogic and geologic description Sā€¢/Sā€¢ 0/00Su /Butte, Montana XII-D1-Bu21 XII-D1-Bu52 Massive, fine-grained...fine-grained, steely chalcocite, Anaconda mine (E-W) .................................. 22.21 Predominantly...bornire with pyrite partiaily replaced by sooty chalcocite. West Colusa mine, 700 L. (E-W) Pyrite ..........bornire and chaicopyrite with little pyrite and tetrahedrite. Badger mine, State vein, 2,200 L. (E-W) Galena
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MI N ERA LOGI ST 45 $1,000bondsof the City and County of Honolulu, Water Works, 5/6, due 1954. 945,000...Unusual vein quartz from a locality in Mariposa County, California, shows prominent parting as well as...Vnr Hor:.r exo KrNr R. VIN HonN: X-roy Study ol Pyrite or Marcasite Corcretions i,n the Rocks of the Clet:elond...sandstones in the vicinity of Cleveland. fn some places pyrite crystals could be identified but in many localities...published, marcasite was mentioned more frequently than pyrite, consequently in October, 1931, a collection and
Journal (volume)
"^'^^S'''^^^''^ 107 V, '^'^M^i^ JULY TO DECEMBER 1913 Mining and 429 MARKET STREET Scientific Press SAN FRANCISCO...Mines, Ltd., company report Abosso mine. West Africa Acacia Mining Co., Colorado 270, Editorial. Accident...prevention . . . Queen Co.'s mine, Arizona Accident Gold Mining Co., Subil mine, French Gulch, Rules, Copper...Accidents, coal-mine in United States Compensation for Workingmen's compensation Acid mine water Acidity...Irvinebank Editorial. Tramway, one-rope Tramway, Saline Valley Salt Co., California . . . . . . Aerolites
Journal (volume)
recent deĀ¬ velopments and advances evolved in the mining and metallurgical world. Embracing the latest staĀ¬...1901, X. 1902, XI. IQ03, XII. The Engineering & Mining Journal 261 Broadway, New York 20 Bucklersbury...BY The Editorial Staff of The Engineering and Mining Journal The Work on This Volume Has Been More...ENGINEERING AND I9Ā°4 MINING JOURNAL EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL T. A. RICKARD...Leadā€”ā€™Molybdenum ā€” Nickelā€”-Platinum ā€” Quicksilverā€” Silverā€”Tungstenā€”Zincā€”Ores and Non-Metallic Substances
Catalog/List
Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street ā€¢ Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...ā€˜goodies,ā€™ as Rock would say, as they came out. Mining projects that Rock was a part of, often yielded...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...Chile, and Colombia. Besides buying, he started mining projects to provide material for JTI, and, his
Journal (volume)
XVI April 15, 1914 March 30, 1915 The Salt Lake Mining Review 1601 Walker Bank Building SALT LAKE CITY...Creek , Utah , Has Large, Rich Carnotite Deposits . Silver King Con . Statement Self- Cotained Rescue Apparatus...Goldfield Con . Civil Service Examinations The Sells Mining Company Engineers and Millmen United States Smelting...trict. By George H. Ryan 13 20 California Oil and Mining News. By G. Chester Brown . TOT 10. 191 .. ;19...Personals Plans for Daly West Mill . Improvements at Anaconda California Oil & Mining News , By G. Chester
Journal (issue)
Evidence of Commonality Among Cultures CORNWALL MINING ā€œCousin Jackā€™sā€ Early Impact ROCK & GEM ā€¢ Vol....(PART I) From Marine Shells to Millefiori 40 EARLY MINING IN ENGLANDā€™S CORNWALL A History of Hard Work and...notice. On The Cover Covellite specimen, Calabona Mine, Sardinia, Italy (ROB LAVINSKY, The Arkenstone/iRocks...BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: ā€¢ All cast aluminum tank, table...# 168787 HP14 Slab Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: ā€¢ 1/2 HP continuous duty motor
Report (issue)
Survey"), 1847-81 United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian ("Wheeler Survey")...Geologic Names Committee, 1899-1969 Records concerning West Indian Geologic Surveys, 1917-25 General Cartographic...1900-1980 Branch of Oil and Gas Operations, 1920-68 Mining Branch, 1933-41 Water and Power Branch, 1894-1961...Resources Division - Correspondence concerning District Engineers and other Division Employees, 1908-57...operations to the public-land States and Territories west of the Mississippi River. As geologic mappers required
Journal (volume)
THESALT LAKE 689388 W G E N I I V N E I R M ... MINING REVIEW Table of Contents , Page 24 Index To Advertisers...SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH Il f 2 THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW , APRIL 15, 1915. Products of the Experience...attention than to OTHERBRANCH the Engineering and Mining Trade.BUSINESS Carrying a dowe full line give in...engineering practice . Write forour new Catalog L. MINE & SMELTER SUPPLY CO., Agents REVERE RUBBER CO....KANSAS CITY. MO . Glant Belting THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW , APRIL 15, 1915. 3 Built for underground
Book (edition)
production, and prices often so low as to make mining unprofitable; and the end of that period has not...to record production since 1930. Just now gold mining appears to be the only metal industry which is...early years of this country accentuates the and silver deposits are approach- interesting fact that the...gangueā€” Tenor of ores Iron- C'opper Leadā€” Zinc Silver- -Coldā€” Tin, etc,ā€” Prici' of metals-'- -Production...ā€”Interpretation sulpliide waters ā€” Chloride water analyses Mine waters watersā€” Sulphate waters Oxidation of watersā€”ā€œCarbonate
Journal (volume)
Resumption of Activities at the Howell Mine BY WILL C. HIGGINS The Howell Mining Company, of Salt Lake City, is...property in the South Fork The property of the Howell Mining Com of Big Cottonwood canyon, about twentyfive...the great Cardiff mine, its near to the discovery of the property of the Howell Mining Company, of the...-roots. The discovery of the Howell reads al district has been not most like a romance . ed for its...ment and operation , the richest portion of and mining activities were inaugurated in Utah the Big a
Journal (volume)
f.p. for for:v -" ...THE EN. N o GI "RNAL MINE NI'N NG G. J ou VOLUN/1E JANUARY TO LXIII. ...YORPQ. : - . - ". ā€¢ : THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. VOLUME LXIII. JANUARY TO JULY, 1897...port on Tennessee Valley Region. Aluminum, Prices of.................. 565 Accident Mine, Colo............118 Alabama Industrial and Scientific Amador Queen Mine, Cal..... ...... 263 Acetylene Gas, Conner's Pat... Doddridge's Pat...... 487 "Alabama, Johns Coal Mine. 74 Amalgamating Process, FischerAcetylene Gas,
Book (volume)
up 165 for to Temiskaming Cochrane district read district. Ref. 4, under oruetite, add See also... for VVakatipu district, CoUingwood, 294 Zealand read Wakatipu 303 line district, 8 in synonomy...and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...pageite read paigeite. for Algoma district read Sudbury District. in the left Itand figure in the...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman
 
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