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Chalcanthite from
Berkeley Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Chalcanthite
Formula:CuSO4 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Berkeley Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:179659
Long-form Identifier:1:3:179659:9
GUID (UUID V4):4fabfb78-0f9a-4c28-a4c1-ad8c15cebdd3
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcanthite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Mountain View Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Silver Bow Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Anaconda Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Badger Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Alice Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
39.7km (24.7 miles) Golden Sunlight Mine (Telluride and Excelsior; Moonlight Buffalo; Blue Moose; Minera Hill; Sunlight), Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
48.3km (30.0 miles) Bunker Hill Tunnel Occurrence (Part of Wickes-Corbin Copper Company's Property), Colorado Mining District (Prickly Pear Mining District; Corbin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
81.3km (50.5 miles) Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
References
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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 sulfides and sulfosalts like...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 (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...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:
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 “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’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
Report (issue)
Continental [Butte], Montana) resources. By-Product Commodities Molybdenum, gold, and silver are the economically...polymetallic assemblage of copper-, zinc-, lead-, and silver-bearing sulfide minerals. Example Deposits There...which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite + galena + tetrahedrite ± silver. This paragenetic sequence differs from that published...the date of a study, considering the extent of mining at that date. At Batu Hijau, Indonesia, Arif and
Report (chapter)
24, 2015 The hydrogeochemical dynamics of mine pit lakes R. J. B O W E L L S R K Consulting, Windsor...Cardiff C F l O 3BX, U K Abstract: On cessation of mining open pits or opencast workings that extend below...likely to fill with water and thus develop a mine pit lake (MPL). This body of water remains as a permanent...sulphate and depressed pH. The prediction of future pit lake water quality within a MPL is, therefore, essential...these in turn. Consequently, in order to predict pit lake water quality it is essential to understand
Report (issue)
PREDICTING WATER CONTAMINATION FROM METAL MINES AND MINING WASTES NOTES FROM A WORKSHOP PRESENTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL... Predicting Water Contamination from Metal Mines and Mining Wastes O^ggg^C. Kathleen S. Smith, Ph.D. Geoffrey... Predicting Water Contamination from Metal Mines and Mining Wastes FOREWORD This report contains copies of...site prior to mining. 11 Predicting Water Contamination from Metal Mines and Mining Wastes Kathleen...Denver Federal Center, M.S. 973 Denver, Colorado USA 80225-0046 Smith (303) 236-5788 Plumlee (303) 236-9224
Journal (issue)
faceting & lapidary needs! Lapidary Equipment• Silver & Gold Filled Wire & Sheet• Jewelry Making Equipment•...West Federation Show July 18 through 21 Jefferson County Fairgrounds Port Towsend WA Dealer Inquiries Welcome...Steve Voynick 34 A Hotbed of Mining Copper was king in Butte, Montana; by Roger McPherson Field Trip:...rockgemmag@aol.com Cabs, Cabs and More Cabs Gem Center USA Inc. has one of the world's largest selection of...stone, in any shape and in any size. Gem Center USA is also one of the leading distributors of quality
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Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...FLUORITE Dal’negorsk Tetyuche, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia...12:00 PM CT   9 52004 MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It...pristine and delicate could come from a desolate mining camp high in the Andes - the elevation at the mines
Report (issue)
porphyry gold system High—alumina deposits in Moore County Other deposits in North Carolina Origin and significance...Chesterfield County, South Carolina Figure 6.--Hydrothermal alteration at Pilot Mountain, Randolph County North...to economically extractable quantities of gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, tin and other metals. Fluorine...the Brewer, in Chesterfield County, S.C., and Pilot Mountain, Randolph County, N.C. -- are tentatively classified...to altered rock in certain parts of the greater Butte orebody was also noted by the same authors (Hemley
Report (volume)
porphyry gold system High-alumina deposits in Moore County -----------------------------------------------Other...Hydrothermal alteration at the Brewer mine, Chesterfield County, South Carolina ------------------------------------------6...Hydrothermal alteration atPilot Mountain, Randolph County, North Carolina ------------------------------...to economically extractable quantities of gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, tin and other metals. Fluorine...Brewer, in Chesterfield County, S.C., and Pilot Mountain, in Randolph County, N.C.--are tentatively classified
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Review Geochemical and equilibrium trends in mine pit lakes L. Edmond Eary Shepherd Miller, Inc., 3801...3801 Automation Way, Fort Collins, CO, 80525, USA Received 20 May 1998; accepted 12 April 1999 Editorial...Chemical composition and equilibrium trends in mine pit lakes were examined to provide guidance for the application...predicting future lake water quality at prospective open pit mines. Composition trends show that elevated solute...acidic pit lakes, whereas anionic metalloids (As and Se) are generally elevated only in alkaline pit lakes
Book (volume)
ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION...I! Published by : : The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. NEW
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~Pass) cs. sim ssicwiy tat.0e 276 Nevada City-Grass Valley ..... 279 New Almad@n 6.6sravs.cisis a0 sere ois:5sre...no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope tick Rock DIsEEIcL sCoLoradO)...324 DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock District, Utah—Arizona...Utah—Arizona ....vccccsnens F. Monticello-Moab-Thompsons District, Utah .....secvceee 326 327 ee eeseeee Gig GE
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted
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déformés. Corororo, Bolivie. Cla ■se X 1/3 Lavcndcr Pit, Warren, Bisbcc, Arizona. Observer le contact entre...Huelva, Espagne ; à Tsumeb, Afrique du Sud; à Butte, Montana, Etats-Unis. BORNITE 8iFeC11g Sulfure de fer...Angleterre ; Rio Tinto, Prov. de Huelva, Espagne; à Butte, Montana, EtatsUnis. BORN AllGENTITE SAg. Su~fure d'argent...ATITE, bknde très fDistrict minier de Carthagène. Pr. de :'-1urc it'. Espagne...comme des feuilles de papier, proviennent de Butte, Montana, Etats-Unis ; et de la Mine Calabona, Alghero
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Lornex copper-molybdenum mine and plant, Highland Valley, British Columbia. (By permission of Rio Algon...levels when measured in feet, values of gold and silver in troy ounces, and some tonnage figures. I would...inhabited continent. Also, to those exploration and mining geologists, and the personnel of foreign geological...L. Jensen Salt Lake City, Utah CONTENTS "The mining industry is infinitely worse off today than it...the politicians' failure to recognize that the mining industry is a highly risky business." James Boyd
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Clearance Center, 27 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA: the item-fee code for this publication is 0305-8719/00/$15...Wiltshire, UK. Distributors USA AAPG Bookstore PO Box 979 Tulsa OK 74101-0979 USA Orders: Tel. + 1 918 584-2555...ground 1 BOOTH , C.J. The effects of longwall coal mining on overlying aquifers 17 WOLKERSDORFER, C. Mine...coalfields 61 DUMPLETON, S. Effects of longwall mining in the Selby Coalfield on the piezometry and aquifer...BOWELL, RJ. The hydrogeochemical dynamics of mine pit takes 159 SAALTINK, M.W., DOMENECH, C., AYORA,
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exotic to readers from other continents because mining is currently pretty insignificant in Europe. However... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10 Open-Pit Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.11 Underground Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.13 Deep-Sea Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...(Au) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.2 Silver (Ag) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.3 Platinum-Group
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University, Cambridge, MA, USA and K. K. Turekian Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA ELSEVIER 2005 AMSTERDAM...University, Cambridge, MA, USA and K. K. Turekian Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA Geochemistry has deep...Institute, Troy, NY, USA P. Adriaens The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA H.-J. Albrechtsen...W. Trenton, NJ, USA J. E. Barbash United States Geological Survey, Tacoma, WA, USA P. L. Bjerg Technical...Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA E. Callender US Geological Survey, Westerly, RI, USA T. Charette University
Book (edition)
concentrated above normal crustal levels to make mining it profitable. Conchoidal fracture. A type of fracturing...compositional range where unmixing occurs. Mississippi Valley–type deposit. An epigenetic ore deposit hosted...(craton) of major continents. Precious metals. Gold, silver, platinum, and sometimes other platinum group elements...Bronze Age began in Greece. The refining of gold and silver for coins and art was widespread. Other elements...elements, including lead, chlorine, potassium, sulfur, silver, and nitrogen, basing his values on weights determined
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Truran, Jr. and A. Heger University of Chicago, IL, USA 1.01.1 INTRODUCTION 1.01.2 ABUNDANCES AND NUCLEOSYNTHESIS...isotopes of nuclei on the proton-rich side of the valley of beta stability. Our subsequent discussions will...characteristic lifetime for b-unstable nuclei near the valley of b-stability, ensures that as captures proceed...neutron-capture path will itself remain close to the valley of b-stability. This defines the s-process. In...into the neutron-rich regions off the b-stable valley. Following the exhaustion of the neutron flux,
 
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