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Pyrite from
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:With quartz vein minerals
Habit:blocky crystals
Colour:brassy metallic
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:235328
Long-form Identifier:1:3:235328:9
GUID (UUID V4):c0bc42c3-c343-49e8-a30a-24c0eb36e4b1
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Arsenate Drift, Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.1km (0.0 miles) Silver Coin Mine (Silver Coin group; Kramer property; Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology sample site 2307), Golconda Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Quick Gold Claims, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) Little Britches Mine, Golconda Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) BR Claims, Golconda Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Preble Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) Lone Tree/Stonehouse Mine Area, Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) Gold Run No. 23 Claim, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) Stonehouse Deposit, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Kramer Hill Mine, Golconda Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
analogue of bushmakinite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada A. R. KAMPF1,*, P. M. ADAMS2, B. P...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA 126 South Helberta Avenue...90277, USA Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA 5199...5199 East Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA [Received 6 October 2014; Accepted 23 November 2014;...mineral from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA, where it occurs
Report (issue)
Pb2Fe3+(PO4)(VO4)(OH) Ferribushmakinite Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. 0.2 mm, and exhibiting {001}, {101 }... X-ray Powder Pattern: Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. 2.947 (100), 3.245 (84)...10.18 1.29 100.00 (1) Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA; average of 4 electron microprobe...containing argentiferous galena, sphalerite and pyrite, and cutting phosphatic argillite. Association:...‘phosphate stope’, Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Name: Signifies
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phosphate analogue of carminite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada, USA A. R. KAMPF1,*, P. M. ADAMS2, S...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA 126 South Helberta Avenue...Avenue #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA Geosciences, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne...Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA [Received 28 May 2015; Accepted 10 September 2015;...mineral from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA, where it occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA Department of Mineralogy...Helberta Avenue, #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA Geosciences, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne...(IMA2009 087) from the Silver Coin mine, Nevada, USA and the Krásno ore district, Hornı́ Slavkov, Czech...Czech Republic. At Silver Coin, iangreyite occurs as thin, colourless to white or cream, hexagonal tablets...there is perfect cleavage on {001}. The density (Silver Coin), measured by the sink-float method in an aqueous
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Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California...locality of meurigite-Na is the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Nevada, where it occurs as radial...fibers (thin laths) to 0.4 mm in length. At the Silver Coin mine, meurigite-Na occurs very late in a paragenetic...phosphofibrite, new mineral, crystal chemistry, Silver Coin mine intRoduction One of the authors (P.M.A.)...described herein in 2003 at the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Nevada. The sprays of yellow to
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of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...ALONG THE 1-80 CORRIDOR, RENO TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA R. Cuffney, R. Atkinson and R. Buffa Revised 1990...north-south ranges of central and northeastern Nevada (Fig. I). These belts, or their extensions, contain...vast majority of precious metal deposits found in Nevada to date. Our trip begins in the Walker Lane mineral
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
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South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za TSUMCORITE Tsumeb Mine, Namibia I t is fitting that Tsumeb should have...development, growth, and ultimate closure of the mine in 1996. Tsumeb Corporation Limited (TCL) was founded...World War II, when the Tsumeb mine was put up for sale. Prior to this the mine was owned by Otavi Minen–...Eisenbahn–Gesellschaft (OMEG). TCL operated the mine until 1988 when it was acquired by Gold Fields South...(söhngeite is named in his honor) worked at the Tsumeb mine, and his two publications (Söhnge 1967, 2001) give
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m'vadla Gold, Silver, and Copper Deposits and Their 11Iclllrrerals DAVID VON BARGEN N112 W18695 Mequon...been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861) and...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic... Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver Downloaded by...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first
Report (issue)
Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. Crystals are slender, prismatic and...24.420(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Red Bird mine, Nevada, USA. 3.39 (100), 4.04 (80), 3.92 (80), 3.03 (80)...09 Total 99.0 [99.22] 100.00 (1) Red Bird mine, Nevada, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...galena, pyrite, quartz, calcite. Distribution: In the USA, in Nevada, from the Red Bird mercury mine, about...Antelope district, Pershing Co. [TL], and in the Silver Coin mine, near Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt
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MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
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identify many minerals in my collection. 4 A Point to Ponder Noel Kennon (Reprinted from the Australian...and finding new material, such as:  Current day mining operations – Blast it!  Litigation-minded people...material recently discovered at the Blue Lizard Mine in southeastern Utah has produced a whole set of...the Silver Coin Mine. IMA No. 2015-077 Fluorwavellite Al3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron...Iron Point district, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA (40°55’44”N, 117° 19’26”W), and Wood mine, 5 miles NE of
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ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition... A. 2(1):21-24 Heulandite from the Illawarra District, NSW. Carr, P., Perkins, M., Chenhall, B., Pemberton...Nickel, E. 1(2):27 Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and...Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell,...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit
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31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...sources dealing specifically with that subject. Three iron meteorite occurrences are included because they...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk
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of float copper was found in southern Houghton County and the larger mass was recovered a few miles west...Molybdenite Climax Mine, Lake County, Colorado Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com The Climax Mine, located in...in Lake County, Colorado (Fig. I), is perhaps the world's largest deposit of molybdenum (Mo) metal. The..."molybedamnite" or "molybedumdumite". The Climax Mine has operated on and off for over I 00 years and...expectation would be in vain. Specimens from the Climax Mine typically put real meaning to the term "aesthetically
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December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional...analyses show the presence of minor calcium, magnesium, iron, and/or chromium. Green wavellite owes its attractive...3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen...primary pegmatitic phosphates. It is found with iron phosphates in certain ecomonic “limonite” deposits
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Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear in the specimen...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...specimenand image. Nickel Laterite From the Tiebaghi Mine, New Caledonia Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com
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"Recent Rare Mineral Finds at Southern California and Nevada Mines". Bob is an active member of the Mineralogical...National Park, on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada range. Here, on a forty-acre property complete...he beg;m working on microminerals of the Sierra Nevada foothills. His basic micromount collection was...was "Micromincrals at Rock Island Dam, Douglas County, Washington" in the May/June 1991 issue of Rocks... To my surprise, the needle showed in XRF to be iron titanium oxide in the same proportions as the ilmenite
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MINER.4LIZ.4TION EMPL.4CENE.4R THE GETCHELL MINE, HUMBOLDT CO UNTY, NEV.4D.4---• REPLY Sir: Severalcommentsare...between the Getchell mine and the Humnear the Getchellmine, Humboldt County, Nevada. boldtRiver, about32...km to the south (J. Liverfull cognizance of the mining, exploration,and re- more, written commun.,1974)...his last association mine,furthermore, is locatedonly 200 m from the with the mine in the late 1950s. Our...Mountains granodiorite stock. work around the Getchell mine, careful review of K-Ar age relations(Silbermanet
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27 December 2014 Creedite Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek Teller County, Colorado M uch has been written...Wagon Wheel Gap fluorite mine, some 11 kilometers southeast of Creede, Mineral County, Colorado. Its name...in the Cresson open pit at Cripple Creek, Teller County. Specimens consisted of radiating groups of colorless/white...botryoidal pink rhodochrosite, gearksutite, and pyrite (Carnein and Bartos 2005). During summer 2007,...were found in the Henderson molybdenum mine, Clear Creek County. Creedite is an accessory in several of
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in Nevada Martin Jensen Earth Science Consultants Associated 1242 Glendale Avenue Sparks, Nevada 89413...may come as somewhat or a surprise to learn that Nevada could actually be considered a prominent worldwide...have been exposed by recent or currently active mining operations. The following disContinued on page...Gold Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana Mike...small wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana (Sec. 28, T 5 N, R 1 W), some interesting
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f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
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mineral from the Grand Central Mine, Tombstone Hills, Cochise County, Arizona: Description and crystal...tellurate mineral discovered at the Grand Central mine located ¾ mile south of Tombstone, Arizona, U.S...are in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A. D.B. Bluestreakite* A.R. Kampf...decavanadate mineral from the Blue Streak Mine, Montrose County, Colorado: crystal structure and descriptive...mineral discovered at the Blue Streak mine, Bull Canyon, Montrose County, Colorado, U.S.A. It is the second
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cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...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...Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, and in the zinc ores at Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey
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hall that was not quite so large. The theme was pyrite, and there were some spectacular displays with...together entire sets showing how elements such as iron and copper, change with the addition of sulphur... 2 Mineral News I found a small piece of native iron (meteoric) at the first booth I stopped, Earthworks...meteorites too (bought the small native meteoric iron piece (see above) for $3.00!), but I cannot judge...France, had mostly fossils and meteorites, both iron and glass, which is his specially, and other interesting
 
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