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Covellite from
Ima Mine, Blue Wing Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ima Mine, Blue Wing Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:216371
Long-form Identifier:1:3:216371:0
GUID (UUID V4):367c397d-c4aa-424b-bc25-adfde795464e
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
51.3km (31.9 miles) Copper Queen Mine (Tendoy Copper Queen), McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
51.6km (32.1 miles) Black Bull Group Claims (Black Bull No. 2 and No. 3 and Fraction Claims), McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
52.0km (32.3 miles) Blue Bird Mine, McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
61.5km (38.2 miles) Pope-Shenon Mine, Sal Mountain, Salmon, Eureka Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
63.5km (39.4 miles) Clayton Mine, Kinnikinic Creek, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
70.1km (43.5 miles) Blackpine Mine, Blackbird Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
71.5km (44.4 miles) Empire Copper Mine (White Knob; Empire Copper Company; Idaho Metals Company), Mackay Mining District (Alder Creek Mining District; White Knob Mining District), Custer County, Idaho, USA
73.9km (45.9 miles) Worthing - Kauffman Mine (Kauffman - Weaver; Worthing and Weaver), Birch Creek Mining District, Clark County, Idaho, USA
75.9km (47.1 miles) Slate Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
79.7km (49.5 miles) Carbonate Mine (Cal-Ida), Unorganized District, Slate Creek Area, Custer County, Idaho, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
r------' .--. !i i , i ' i Boundary '---~ IDAHO Bonner_j l--;~u:d{ene\, I , L~ Coeur'cI'Alene...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I...Power i..r v. ) 't,.,. 1. r': ~ Caribou Idaho 83816-2043 , • c-vz..J. '. 2",_J'-1 '\ o, ...INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that may have produced well-crystallized...localities for minerals that were first discovered in Idaho. Unfortunately for the field collector, most of
Journal (issue)
Happen Here! A Visit to the Shin-Otani Manganese Mine, Japan Alfredo Petrov alfredopetrov@earthlink.net...small of a hole in the ground merits being called.a mine. None of these mines is in operation anymore, but...show in April mentioned that a nearby manganese mine was now a museum open for underground tourism, I...to the Shin-Otani mine in the Tanba mining district. This manganese mining district includes 277 mines...drive away. After mining in the Kyoto area ended, little more than 20 years ago, mining and miners were
Report (issue)
and Mear the Oentral Part of the Lemhl Range, Lemhi County, Itlaho tJ.S, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...In and Near the Central Part of the Lemhi Range, Lemhi County, Idaho By EDWARD T. RUPPEL and DAVID A. LOPEZ...the rocks and structure in part of east-central Idaho UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...in and near the central part of the Lemhi Range, Lemhi County, Idaho. (U.S. Geological Survey professional...no.: I 19.16:1480 1. Geology Idaho Lemhi Range. 2. Ore-deposits Idaho Lemhi Range. David A. II. Title.
Book (edition)
Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...PISTOLS Idaho Minerals Idaho Minerals The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Rerun Publishing P .O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Ale ne, Idaho 83814 Copyright © 1989 by L.R. Ream Publishing...R Ream Publishing P.O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are
Journal (issue)
Weber by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (see February 2005 Mineral News - Ed.). Between...noted for the mounted specimens acquired by the LA County Museum, the collection provides a solid reference...a greyish olive. but it can be attractive, pale blue. Specimens often have loosely attached, individual...fantastic black tourmaline, and a few excellent blue beryls var. aquamarine but the unusual minerals...specimens of the IMA approved, yet unpublished 'skorpionite' from the new Skorpion Mine near Rosh Pinah
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..........................................Future of mining in Lemhi County.......................................... Mining districts of Lemhi County....................................... Nicholia district..............................................
Report (volume)
Potential and Geology of he Challis National Forest, Idaho I U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1873 Mineral...Potential and Geology of the Challis National Forest, Idaho By RONALD G. WORL, ANNA BURACK WILSON, COLE L. SMITH...potential and geology of the Challis National Forest, Idaho (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin; 1873) Bibliography:...Mines and mineral resources-Idaho-Challis National Forest. 2. Geology-Idaho-Challis National Forest. I...Geophysics 27 Mineral resources-locatable minerals 28 Mining and exploration history 28 Metals 29 36 Industrial
Book (volume)
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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Preliminary note about the minerals of the Taubenleck Mine (Bletterbach Gorge, BZ, Italy) • Paolo Ferretti1...L’alterazione della mineralizzazione primaria a pirite, covellite, tennantite e uraninite che impregnano i legni...la specie, approvata dall’IMA nell’aprile 2016 (IMA 2015-115), si tratta della terza segnalazione mondiale...describes the minerals found at the Taubenleck Mine, a mining site dated between XV and XVI century and located...of the Bletterbach Gorge (Aldino, BZ). The old mining site is located at the coal levels rich in Cu and
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...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico...__ 233 Shasta County, California______ _ __ 234 Snowstorm lode, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho__ _ 235...235 Encampment district, Wyoming_____________;___ 236 Ducktown, Tennessee______________________ Gossan
Journal (issue)
85740. Front cover: COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick...sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite, colusite, covellite, digenite, djurleite, and enargite rank among...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...World Museum of Mining is also located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uranyl sulphate mineral from the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 78(3)...78(3), 639–649. Belakovskiite (IMA 2013-075), ideally Na 7 (UO 2 ) (SO4)4(SO3OH)(H2O)3, is a new uranyl...sulphate mineral from the Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon district, San Juan Co., Utah, U.S...A. (37°33′26″N 110°17′44″W). This underground U mine is host to a large number of rare Na-bearing secondary...the post-mining oxidation of primary uraninite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, and covellite deposited
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844–3022, U.S.A. Andrew C. ROBERTS Geological...NHD 119, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia 20560, U.S.A. Abstract Braithwaiteite...enargite in an arid environment. Traces of pyrite, covellite, anatase, albite–oligoclase, kaolinite and a mineral...transparent and have a sky-blue color, a vitreous luster and a very pale blue streak. Braithwaiteite is...mineral is weakly pleochroic with pale blue to greenish blue hues. The hardness (Mohs) is ~2. Using the
Journal (issue)
Bartlett, his father in-law, smelting innovator and mining entrepreneur. I was introduced to W. P. Cleveland...geology, and especially the mineralogy, of the district. In those days there were no Xerox machines so...locate and plot all of the mines in the Bisbee district for collecting that coming summer. I also studied...college I was very active in surface collecting the mine dumps and clandestine collecting underground in...He showed me around the office and said the three mine geologists were underground on their rounds. He
Journal (issue)
Gold Mines Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex, Kern County, California Allan R. Blaske allan.blaske@gmail...volcanic complex is located in southeastern Kern County, approximately 9 miles southwest of the town of...During the summers of I 987 and I 988 I worked at the mine as a summer student intern while working on my master's...Open-pit and heap leaching methods were used to mine Shumake between 1989 and 1992. The Shumake deposit...France. While in Paris he enrolled in the School of Mining and studied geology and mineralogy at the Sorbonne
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uranyl sulfate minerals from the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA ANTHONY R. KAMPF1,*, JAKUB PLÁŠIL2...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Institute of Physics...East Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA [Received 17 October 2014; Accepted 7 December 2014;...minerals bobcookite (IMA 2014-030), NaAl(UO2)2(SO4)4·18H2O and wetherillite (IMA 2014044), Na2Mg(UO2)2(SO4)4·18H2O...Na2Mg(UO2)2(SO4)4·18H2O, were found in the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA, where they occur together as
Report (issue)
Development and Land Stewardship—Headwaters Province, Idaho and Montana Circular 1305 U.S. Department of the...Development and Land Stewardship—Headwaters Province, Idaho and Montana By U.S. Geological Survey Headwaters...development and land stewardship—Headwaters province, Idaho and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1305.......17 . Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Idaho-Montana Porphyry Belt, by Cliff D. Taylor, Jeffrey...and Structure of Proterozoic Strata of Central Idaho................................................
Journal (issue)
The Purple Fox Hole Empire State Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York Michael Walter, mwalter9@twcny...the Balmat Zinc Mining District. The Empire State mine in Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York was previously...C.A. ownership it was the No. 4 mine. It is now owned by Titan Mining Corporation, has been producing...how many came from the No. 4, now the Empire State mine, is unclear, but as many as possible have been included...have maintained tight collecting restrictions on mine personnel. Finally, most ore processing at this
Book (edition)
Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite...from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near...Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from the Grandview mine, Coconino County. A few of the additional...website (www.geo.vu.n1/~ima-cnmmnlMINERALlist.pdf). and other recent publications. The IMA has a mineral category...uranium deposits on the Colorado Plateau. Coconino County: near Tuba City (Anthony et aI., 2000). ACANTHITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5199 E Silver Oak Rd., Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA ub lis he d Musée Cantonal de Géologie, University...Thérèsemagnanite was originally described from the Cap Garonne mine, 23 Var, 24 (CoZnNi)6(SO4)(OH,Cl)10·8H2O; without...data 29 obtained for the neotype specimen from Blue Lizard (formerly the holotype 30 specimen of “cobaltogordaite”)...and “cobaltogordaite”was discredited by the 31 IMA CNMNC. Thérèsemagnanite has the ideal, end-member...the holotype (Cap 33 Garonne) and the neotype (Blue Lizard), both based on microprobe analyses 34
Book
be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals...oxidizes to form anglesite (lead sulfate). Azurite (blue copper carbonate) can react to form malachite (green...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...red; sapphires can be any other color than red, but blue is the most commonly known. In the gem-cutting process
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colleges and universities, Bureau of Geology and Mining Research (France), Turin University (Italy), Belgrade...full year (12 color issues) is just $35.00 in the USA. Mineral News 1885 Seminole Trail—Ste 202—Charlottesville...—————————————————Page Page 3 The Tenderfoot Mine: Mining Myth or Lost Subterranean Treasure Fred Parker...town of Corona in Lincoln County. Since 1881, the area has seen sporadic mining and prospecting for lead... and rare earths. The best known mine is the Red Cloud Copper mine, located on the southern portion of
Report (issue)
Resource Appraisal of the Salmon National Forest, Idaho by Rick Johnson , Terry Close2, and Ed McHugh3...Service, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Salmon, Idaho U.S. Bureau of Mines, Western Field Operations Center...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things beautiful...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen is 2.5 cm...enargite will show strong anisotropy in tints of blue, green, red, and orange, as well as having dark...Figure 2. Enargite trilling from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Twin is 5 mm across and is on the specimen...lustrous enargite crystals from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. The specimen is 5 cm across. William
Journal (issue)
Montana Lanny Ream PO Box 2043, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho 83816 Introduction The Flint Creek Range of Montana...Montana is located near towns with well-known mining histories: the mountains lie northwest of Anaconda...Lodge and south of Drummond. The range has several mining districts that are well known to mineral collectors...are no major mining operations in the mountains now, but there are many old mines and mine dumps to attract...the lower ridges and valleys are forested. The mining districts are typically accessible after May, but
 
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