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Malachite from
Sierra Nevada Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sierra Nevada Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:217381
Long-form Identifier:1:3:217381:8
GUID (UUID V4):d7ec2a93-5e35-4ad3-9299-25425bc2b1c5
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Caledonia Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) Idaho prospect, Pine Creek Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) V and Idaho Claim, Pine Creek Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Lookout Mountain Mine, Pine Creek Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Crescent Mine, Evolution Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
7.3km (4.6 miles) Sunshine Mine and mill, Evolution Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Hypotheek Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) Empire Copper Mine, Little North Fork Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) Callahan, Placer Center Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) Handspike Mine (Little North Fork Mining Company), Little North Fork River, Kootenai 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...Coeur'cI'Alene Min. Dist. ~ Kellbgg. ~~~-i " Shoshone' • '---:.:.:cJ ' , '-------'\ I. ILatah I , Moscow r...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
Report (issue)
STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA by John H. Stewart U.S....and Pine Nut terranes and parts of the northern Sierra and Gold Range terranes Upper Lower and lower Upper...succession Paradise terrane Pine Nut terrane Northern Sierra terrane Depositional environments Uppermost Triassic...and Gold Range terrane Pine Nut terrane Northern Sierra terrane Depositional environments Middle Jurassic...volcaniclastic succession Pine Nut terrane Northern Sierra terrane Depositional environments Mesozoic stratigraphy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...are many and include brochantite, caledonite, malachite, aurichalcite, cerussite, anglesite, leadhillite...occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found with smithsonite...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...(Graham or Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire. It
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collectors and geologists. Pyromorphite, minium, malachite, and a variety of other minerals are known to...minerals as anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, malachite, azurite, and various iron oxides. Hundreds of...district, large twinned crystals from the Hilltop mine, and very sharp single and twinned crystals from...Shattuck shafts, have been reported from Cochise County. An unusually large number of snow-white jackstraw...crystal groups were recovered from the Flux mine, Santa Cruz County. Magnificent single and twinned crystals
Journal (issue)
Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner...Record Inc. Articles The Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Id a h o 339 by N. Radford and J...by R. S. W. Braithwaite Barite from the Niobec mine, Chicoutimi, Quebec .....................355 by...G. Gagnon Minerals of the Yates uranium mine, Pontiac County, Quebec . 359 by D. L. Leavitt Shavano...Hill the mine kellogg, shoshone county, idaho by Norman Radford P. O. Box N Osbum, Idaho 83849 and Jack
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...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...information and specimens available to others. vi IDAHO MINERALS Acknowledgements A book of this magnitude
Report (volume)
Bulletin 732 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY AND E. L. JONES...Creek______ ___________ Other lead-silver lodes of Shoshone County_______ 70 82 84 Pine Creek________________________...Interstate-Callahan mine_________________ Success mine __________________________ Rex mine____________________________...ILLUSTEATIONS. Pa pe PLATE. I. Geologic map of Shoshone County_________ ____ In pocket. II. Geologic...Wallace, Idaho, from the south_____________ C IV. Characteristic topography of Shoshone County, Idaho____
Report (volume)
E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the...or greater earthquake has occurred somewhere in Nevada about once every thirty years. Most faults are...(analogous to a tilted deck of cards). However, some Nevada faults are strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas
Report (issue)
commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic...of the Sierra Nevada, beginning with the nickel telluride, melonite, found in Calaveras County in 1867...in California making up a large part of the Sierra Nevada and of several other ranges. Sedimentary...products. The gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County have aroused special masses, interest. Many ...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the
Report (volume)
.............................................. Idaho........................................................................................... 187 Nevada..................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Report (volume)
MINING GAMPS IN ELKO, UNDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...geology............................................. Mine descriptions......................................44 44 45 46 47* 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 49 50 Rex mine..................:...................................... Esmeralda mine........................................... Water Witch mine.............................................................. Midas mine................................................
Report (volume)
.............................................. Idaho................................................................................................. Nevada................................................................................................ Idaho................................................................................................. Nevada..................................................location of mining districts............. Map of Idaho, showing location of mining districts..........
Report (issue)
THE TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC MAGMATIC ARC OF WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA by Jeff L. Doebrich 1 ,...Open-File Report 96-9 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology This report is preliminary...School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 'Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, MS...MS 178, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 'U.S. Geological Survey, Retired, 8920 West 2nd...the Triassic to Jurassic magmatic arc of western Nevada and eastern California were conducted to characterize
Report (volume)
streambeds, principally derived from rocks of the Sierra Nevada. Specific localities in California where diamonds...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great
Report (issue)
--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --...-----------------------------Pima County -------------------------------Pinal County -------------------------------Santa...-------Santa Cruz County --------------------------'ravapai County -----------------------------'ruma
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■...MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING...concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of this character has ap­...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered... In 1909, E. E. Stuart, Inspector of Mines for Nevada, compiled “Nevada’s Mineral Resources” which was
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...some great mines of Arizona, California, Idaho, and Nevada may havebeen discovered in this way, most...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where
Report (issue)
greatest individual increase that of the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee, Ariz. The following table shows the production...507,982 9,854,176 5,638,842 State or Territory. Idaho ................ 1904. Pounds. 3, 565, 629 2,043...27, 1905; and information furnished the writer by mine owners and managers. 93 94 CONTRIBUTIONS TO...from the fact that preparations are being made to mine and mill 12,000 tons of this ore a day at Bingham...Ely, Nev., Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, Ruth mine................ 2.6 Ely, Nev., Nevada Consolidated
Report (issue)
been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely...color" from Cherokee Flat, Butte County); and to borax ("Lake County, in large crystals in the clay of...the total entry!). No hint acid. Clear Lake, Lake County" foreshadows the subsequent discovery of immense
Book (volume)
...........................................139 Idaho..............................................................................................243 Nevada .................................................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
Book (volume)
...........................................139 Idaho..............................................................................................243 Nevada .................................................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
Report (volume)
resources of the Blue Wing district, Lemhl County, Idaho, by Eugene Callaghan and D; M. Lemmon (published...Some quicksilver prospects in adjacent parts of Nevada, California, and Oregon, by C. P. Ross (published.... (C) Tin deposit at Majuba Hill, Pershing County, Nevada, by W. C. Smith and V. P. Gianella (published...(D) Nickel-gold deposit near Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington, by S. W. Hobbs and W. T. Pecora (published................ (E) Tungsten deposits in the Sierra Nevada near Bishop, California, a preliminary report
Book (edition)
26.6.8 es Oks Cu2CO3(OH)2 malachite outside crusty AZURITE MALACHITE Emerald green (deep azure...coatings or as small crystals, associated with malachite; may be in massive or earthy forms; luster glassy...in white natrolite in serpentine in San Benito County. Hardness 6—6.5. calaverite AuTe2 appears as deeply...rose up under the region that we now call the Sierra Nevada. The region at that time was very low and covered...earth. But, as the ancestral mountains of the Sierra Nevada rose, the rock layers above the quartz veins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Spring Creek Area Last Chance Mining District Plumas County, California Gail E. Dunning 773 Durshire Way Sunnyvale...minerals are recorded in the literature from Plumas County. Smith (1970) recorded trace amounts of the element...and cornubite. Figure 2. Scene of the El Dorado mine collapsed adit. LOCATION The copper mines of the...area topography is typical of the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, consisting of steep mountains with...intrusions. The major producing areas have been the Sierra Nevada Foothill belt, the Shasta area and the Plumas
 
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