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Pyrrhotite from
Texas Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Texas Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:216671
Long-form Identifier:1:3:216671:1
GUID (UUID V4):91ed4d8c-2741-4e50-ad90-91adaad1399d
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Independence Shaft (Independent Claim), South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Queen of the Mountains and Kentuck Claims Mine (Crown Point), South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) South Mountain Mine (Texas; Golconda; Sonneman; Exploration Company of California; Laxey), South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Golconda Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Bay State Group Mine (Michigan; Illinois; Massachusetts; Oregon; Washington; Tennessee; Idaho), South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Tunnel Group Mine (Idaho; Vermont; Maine Claims; Oregon Claims; All of New York; Parts of Washington), South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Report (issue)
Mines in Southern Idaho: Volume II: Flint Creek-South Mountain Area, Owyhee County, Idaho Earl H. Bennett...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...Mines in Southern Idaho: Volume II: Flint Creek-South Mountain Area, Owyhee County, Idaho Earl H. Bennett...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...2000 for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Idaho Operations Office, under Assistance Agreement No
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
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...........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards...Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota... .Prof. E. C. Perisho
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Idaho............................................................ South Carolina......................................:.................... South Dakota.......248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy and mineral collecting, certainly have seen pyrrhotite. Geologists know it as a silvery-yellow to bronze-yellow... Many conclude that because pyrite is cubic, pyrrhotite must be hexagonal, as it often appears. That...could lead to a very interesting discussion. Most pyrrhotite is actually monoclinic, with at least seven polymorphs...literature. So, although we may all wish for pyrrhotite to be a simple sulfide, in fact, it’s extremely...both a crystallographic and chemical standpoint. Pyrrhotite is metallic and opaque, varying in color from
Report (volume)
deposits in the Silver City district, Idaho; Comstock Lode and Jarbidge district, Nev.; and Guanajuato, Mexico...with gold and silver are found in the Republic district, Wash., and in Radjang Lebong, Sumatra. The seleniferous...Nev.; San Francisco district, Utah; and the Liberty Bell mine, Telluride district, Colo., all contain...Buckskin Peak, Nev.; the Abbott mine, Calif.; the Lucky Boy mine, Piute County, Utah; and at Guadalcazar,...quicksilver mine the ore consisted almost entirely of tiemannite, and at the De Lamar mine, Silver City
Report (issue)
pyrites deposits (including pyrite, marcasite, or pyrrhotite deposits, that commonly contain some copper and...decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and
Report (issue)
Mines in Southern Idaho: Volume III: Miscellaneous Properties, Owyhee County, Idaho Earl H. Bennett,...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...Mines in Southern Idaho: Volume III: Miscellaneous Properties, Owyhee County, Idaho Earl H. Bennett, John...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...in 2000 for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office, under Assistance Agreement No. D910A30206
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reaction,hedenbergite + Sa= andradite + pyriteand/or pyrrhotite+ quartz,weredetermined graphically from logfs2-1og...GeologicResearch Section, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, Texas 77001. ** Presentaddress:United StatesGeologicalSurvey...CaSiOs CaSO4 FesO4 hematite hm FezOs pyrite pyrrhotite sphalerite chalcopyrite py po sp cpy FeSz Fe•_xS...GarnetsWere Obtainedfor Analysis Mine Kearney Locationof mine Grant County, New Skarn type Zn Sample location...analyzed analyzed Dump 7 4 Mexico Pewabic Grant County, New Major minerals presentin analyzed samples
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...........................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...commercial zinc mines of the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example...sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen is in the...in Connecticut pegmatites, including the Tolgate mine at Middletown where masses to 25 cm across occurred
Journal (issue)
Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations...fossils. These fossils are particularly prevalent south of Donalda in the Drumheller area which is home...Publishing, 3619 W. Fairway Drive, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 83815. Lanny R. Ream, Editor. Periodicals postage...postage (USPS 751-150) paid at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Postmaster send address changes to: Mineral News P.O...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea
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
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper...farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE...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:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was sent in by Mr. McDonald. ARIZONA—"The Bagdad Mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona, has lately produced some...is now in the hands of various collectors. Bagdad Mine has produced, from time to time, many unusual copper...minerals found at the Arch St. Pike Quarry, Fourche Mountain, Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), Arkansas. "In material...polished gold ore comes from Burton's Tropico Gold Mine in Rosamond (Kern Co.), Calif., where the largest...largest Southern California gold mill is located. The mine is no longer in operation but it is open to the
Report (issue)
RESOURCES CHILTON COUNTY MAPS. Rheams, Karen F. Mineral resources map of Chilton County, Alabama. Tuscaloosa...RESOURCES SHELBY COUNTY MAPS. Tew, Berry H. Mineral resources map of Shelby County, Alabama. Tuscaloosa...1985. 784 R312 ARIZONA MINERAL RESOURCES MOHAVE COUNTY. Ryan, George S. Mineral investigation of the...Wilson Wilderness study area (AZ-020-001A), Mohave County, Arizona. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of the...from the Lower Cretaceous Koonwarra Fossil Bed, South Gippsland, Victoria. Sydney, Australia : Association
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made dramatically apparent to us as spectacular mountain ranges, erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and even...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...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Metamorphic rocks form deep within Earth, often beneath mountain belts. When igneous or sedimentary rocks are heated
Report (issue)
publish a brief preliminary description of this district. Development work has not been very extensive...The deposit is located in the Plomosa mining district, Yuma County, Ariz., in the southern part of the...topography is characterized by broad, flat valleys with mountain ranges rising abruptly from the deserts. The Dome...rock in which the deposit worked by the Colonial Mining Company occurs is unlike most of the schists in...quantities. In a prospect owned by the French American Mining Company, located a short distance from the one
Report (issue)
mineralization or ore deposit or dissemination or mine ultramafic or ultrabasic or dunite or peridotite...Survey; and Roger Cooper, Lamar State University (Texas). Because large bibliographies on mafic intrusions...Chromium and platinum discovery in HE Minnesota: Mining Review, v. 74, no. 27, p. 8. 1985, Chromium and...Photogeology of Cook County, Minnesota: University of Minnesota, M.S. thesis, 64 p. Skillings* Mining Minneapolis...intermediate rock in the Duluth Gabbro of northern Cook County, Minnesota: Madison, University of Wisconsin, M
Book (edition)
who have been engaged in the study of our great mining regions, especially in the West, have laid the...now in the active practice of the profession of mining engi neering. J. F. K. DECEMBER, 1899. NO TEXT...125-129; Marquette district, 129-136; Menominee dis trict, 136-139; Penokee-Gogebic district, 139-143; Vermilion...11, Pilot Knob, Mo., 155-157; Example lla, Iron Mountain, Mo., 157, 158; analyses of hematites, 159.. 114-159...160166; New York and New Jersey Highlands, 166-169; South Moun tain, Penn., 169; Western North Carolina and
Report (volume)
stratigraphic names in the Santa Rita Mountains of south. eastern Arizona, by Harald Drewes. (D) The coal-bearing...Black. (F) The Reany Creek Formation, Marquette County, Michigan, by Willard P. Puffett. (G) The Aguada...Formation in the southeastern Kaiparowits region, Kane County, Utah, by Fred Peterson. (K) Summary of Cretaceous...Upper Paleozoic formations of the Mountain City area, Elko County, Nevada, by R. R. Coats___________...Formation._----_____-______-_______-_..._.___.________ Mountain City Formation______________________________________
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Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...as the continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore
 
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