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Orthoclase from
Twin Peaks, Black Hawk Mining District, Big Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Twin Peaks, Black Hawk Mining District, Big Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:231048
Long-form Identifier:1:3:231048:0
GUID (UUID V4):62544ad6-5ab1-493d-b8a1-96c366711f16
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Report (issue)
NickelCobalt-Native Silver Deposits, Black Hawk District, Grant County New Mexico GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...NICKEL-COBALT-NATIVE SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE BLACK HAWK DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO By ELLIOT GILLERMAN and DONALD... WHITEBREAD ABSTRACT The Black Hawk (Bullard Peak) district, Grant County, N. Mex., is 21 miles by road...been shipped from the district. Since 1893, there has been no mining in the district except during a short...short period in 1917 when the Black Hawk mine was unwatered and reopened. Pre-Cambrian quartz diorite gneiss
Report (issue)
83 New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...of Western Grant County, New Mexico by Elliot Gillerman NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...TECHNOLOGY KENNETH W. FoRD, President NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES FRANK E. & KoTTLOWSKI, MINERAL RESOURCES...REGENTS Ex Officio Jerry Apodaca, Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayo, Superintendent of Public Instruction...PATRICIA E. CANDELARIA, Secretary JAMES M. ROBERTSON, Mining Geologist RoNALD J. RoMAN, Chief Research Metallurgist
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
in Utah · .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains deposits . . . . . .2 Bat... . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . ...magnetite-copper ore body . . . . . . . .11 Wah Wah Mountains deposits . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Blawn Mountain...13 Wah Wah pass prospects · . . . . 13 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · .... Pilot Range.... · Wasatch Mountains deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . · Wasatch Iron and Gold Mining Company .. .
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ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...geologists who developed the art and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented...detailed ore deposit studies to the exploration for new mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona...their concepts of applied ore deposition with the new techniques of geochemistry and geophysics. vi ...1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations in
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....................................... 102 District of Columbia .......................................... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to
Book (edition)
LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite, banded in brownish...brownish and white to nearly colorless. Beaver Lake District; azurite. 0. K. Mine; bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...limonite, malachite, molybdite, pyrite. Bradshaw District; aragonite, aurichalcite, cerussite, cuprite,...often phosphorescent, wollastonite. Granite District; almandine garnet, barite, bismuth - inite....quartz crystals, prase. Rocky District; Adelia Mine, wulfenite. Star District; azurite, bismuthinite, galena
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FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS HARVEY W. JONG JAN C. RASMUSSEN...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection... Data Names: Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others]... MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION Introduction Many new mineral species have been documented in Arizona since...Mineralogy of Arizona was published in 1995. This new edition adds to the extensive work of the previous
Report (issue)
----------------- 15 The Geography of Dona Ana County--------------------------------------------- 18...-------- 25 PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS ------------- 26 Introduction ---------------... 4 CONTENTS PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Paleozoic Era—Continued Ordovician... CONTENTS 5 PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Tertiary intrusive cycle—Continued... 6 CONTENTS PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Tertiary intrusive cycle—Continued
Book (edition)
fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...Sidney A. Williams Richard A. Bideaux Raymond W Grant PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Wendell E. Wilson Published...photographs has been generously funded by a special grant from the Phelps Dodge Corporation. • CONTENTS...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St
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the land rises abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi. Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne...Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney Peak...huge crystals of sparkling blue Beryl from the Black Hills pegmatites have measured from 18’ to 27’ long...and Uranium has come only from the core of the Black Hills region. Two divisions are recognized: the...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm
Book (edition)
thirty-five scientific papers and discovered sixteen new mineral species, naming two of them after his co-authors...co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...He has discovered and helped to describe several new Arizona minerals which appear in this volume. For...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express
Report (issue)
Drainage and valleys. ______________ .Ridges and peaks ________-_-___-__Climate and vegetation _________________...of lime__----_____-------_----_____-__ Diorite of Big Cottonwood Creek_________ Lamprophyric dikes__.._---_----_-_-...69 69 69 69 69 70 70 70 70 70 70 71 History of mining, by V. C. Heikes.__________________ The first prospectors...Cotton wood area. _________ Regulations governing mining locations____________ Early shipments and experiments...Electric power________________________________ Mining-_______________________________________ Milling
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS. JOHN DUERIRVING. ( R u d Much 10, rw.)......-.................31s I. INTRODUCTION. The Black Hills of South Dakota, as has been so well set forth...but extending also into Wyoming. See Fig. 5. BLACK HILLS GEOLOGY. 180 In the latter state and toward...toward the nolthwest are the Bear Lodge mountains, the highest point of which is Warren’s Peak. These constitute...related to the eruptives of the northern hills, the district will not be included in this paper. For a description
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RECENT Mineral Collecting in Utah Downloaded by [New York University] at 19:26 09 May 2015 PHILIP D....to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades...exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone...years that has led to the development of numerous new collecting sites and the rediscovery of old locations
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thirty-five scientific papers and discovered sixteen new mineral species, naming two of them after his co-authors...co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...He has discovered and helped to describe several new Arizona 111inerals which appear in this volume. For...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express
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Cok Tree Press PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Co., Ltd NEW YORK London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY OTHER...Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak Tree..., Nassau, Baham as Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd., P.O. Box 34...(3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7) quartz; (8) topaz; (9) corundum; (10) diamond...nicely shaped crystals at New Cornelia, Arizona and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Also found as cavity fillings
Lieber ^ C0b627 S STERLING PUBLISHING CO., Inc. new york ~7^ee v 4-6^ London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC...Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak Tree...Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co. Ltd P.O. Box 34, Brickfield...gypsum; (3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7) quartz; (8) topaz; (9) corundum; (10) diamond...nicely shaped crystals at New Cornelia, Arizona and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Also found as cavity fillings
Report (issue)
.............................................. Black Hills National Forest Kreitz .....................1981) ........................... 44 Part of Twin Peaks and Blanca Peak quadrangles (Johnson and Bruce...St. Peters Dome district (Steven, 1949) ..................... 51 SOUTH DAKOTA Black Hills National Forest...ADMINISTERED BY WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST, SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO By Anna B. Wilson U.S. Geological Survey...Upper Blue River mining districts. The remainder of the tracts are outside the mining districts. The Breckenridge
Report (issue)
assessment of the Silver City I°x2° quadrangle, New Mexico-Arizona by D. H. Richter, W. N. Sharp, K. C... INTRODUCTION The Silver City l°x 2° quadrangle, New Mexico-Arizona, has a wide variety of metallic and nonmetallic...southern Basin and Range province of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. Bedrock of the ranges...deposit types in the Silver City l°x 2° quadrangle, New Mexico-Arizona, showing some geologic characteristics...and limestone replacement. Deposits in Central mining region associated with large eruptive complex.
Report (issue)
of a Portion , of the Silver City Region Owyhee County, Idaho .1 R. R. Q r; o .... o ... Co:) Q ...OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO by R. R. Asher \ Idaho Bureau of Mines... . Silver-Gold Mineralization North of the Old Mining Areas • . . . Introduction. . . . . . . . . . ...R4W. . . . . . . . . • . . . Mineralization at Twin Peaks - Sec. 26, T4S I R4W . . . . . Prospect On Tennessee... . . Antimony-Silver Veins . . . . . . . . . . Black Horse Mine, Sec. 3, T4S, R3W . ....... . . Cosmopolitan
Report (issue)
Creek area................................ 11 Twin Peaks caldera-East Fork Mayfield Creek area..........ROCKS Tcb Tmp COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT Dark gray to black, fine-grained, consists chiefly of plagioclase...interstratified conglomerate, and thin-bedded dark-gray to black shale in which are abundant impressions of upper...Tmi Tsu Tmx Tslu LATITE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN Black, nearly aphyric, vesicular lavas interbedded with...to top. Base is marked by a lithic fragment-rich black vitrophyre 3-10 m thick. Extremely sparse biotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BUDDINGTON. gold-wolframitedepositsof the northern Black Hills = (depth of formation 3000-350o feet) may...Depositsof dolomiticzinc-leadtype in the Weston Pass district, Colorado, interpretedas formed at low temperaturesbut...P.: The Tertiary Mineralization of the Northern Black Hills. S. Dak. School of Mines, Bull. xS, pp. 95--98...: Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bonanza Mining District, U.S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Paper x69, p. 86... C. H. Jr.: Zoning of Ore Deposits, Leadville District, Colorado. Ecoa;. Gzo•.., vol. 29, pp. 239-240
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cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...pegmatites that contain iron-rich minerals, such as black tourmaline, biotite, pyrite, magnetite, triplite...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Figure 5. Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen;...Aquamarine, 50.32-carat cushion, Keyesmine, Orange, New Hampshire. Harvard specimen; Tino Hammid photo; courtesy
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GEOLOGY OF MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH by Lehi F. Hintze and Fitzhugh D. Davis Cover photo: East face of...of the Canyon Mountains north of Scipio. Photo by Ken Hamblin. Although this product represents the work...detailed studies of these resources including mining district and field studies; develops computerized resource...Printed on recycled paper 3/03 Geology of Millard County, Utah iii Frontispiece. Northern House Range...the non-geologist to the rich geology of Millard County, but also to provide professional geologists with
 
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