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Wad from
Onondaga mine, Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Wad' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wad data
Locality Data:Click here to view Onondaga mine, Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:273675
Long-form Identifier:1:3:273675:4
GUID (UUID V4):dcf1e147-22b2-4e60-b519-a64160467e2c
Nearest other occurrences of Wad
20.8km (12.9 miles) Delmas Mine (Sweepstakes Mine; Delmas SW Mine; Como Mine), Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
21.0km (13.0 miles) Rain Mine, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) Standing Elk Claim, Alladin Group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
26.0km (16.1 miles) Copper King Mine, Schroeder Mt, Maggie Creek Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
45.3km (28.1 miles) Bad Apple claims, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
47.8km (29.7 miles) Mineral Hill Consolidated Mining Co. mines, Mineral Hill Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
49.5km (30.8 miles) Southern Pacific lease, Hilltop Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
55.1km (34.3 miles) Cortez mine (Cortez Hills deposit; Cortez Hills underground mine; Garrison mine), Cortez Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
55.3km (34.4 miles) Betty O'Neal mine, Lewis Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
64.5km (40.1 miles) Baltimore mine, Merrimac Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
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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...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
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................to refer to Geological 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 that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (volume)
................................... History of mining and production..................... Minerals of...prospect.............................. Mineral Ridge mine................................... History and production...Manganese ore deposit............................ Mining and preparation of the ore................ McCune............. Godlove mine......................................... Bonnet Hill mine......................prospect.............................. Capola Mountain mine................................. History and production
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...iron-manganese aluminum boron silicate) Xline, brown; Nevada ................... 1 x 2" .26 1.00 AZURITE (basic...(hydrous antimonate of lead) Yellow-brown masses; Nevada ..... ....... 1 x 2" .40 2.00 1.50 .75 1.26...California ............. . Massive, lilac color; Nevada ....................... .8 0 .35 .75 .6 0 .50...which half the world's gold supply came ; Rand District, S. Africa Auriferous Magnetite Sand, California
Catalog/List
Request ANHYDRITE (calcium sulfate) Xlinr, choice; Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...flawed, .25 per ounce Caesium-bearing, white masses; Mine . a . . . . . . . . . . . 1 13 BERZELIANITE (cuprous...(hydrous antimonatc of lead} rr/{ow-brown masses; Nevada, 1 x 2 •, .5 0. . . . . . . .. . . 123 BIOTITE...BR UCITE (magnesium hydroxide} ,Hassive, pure; Nevada .... . . ......... . . .. . .. .... . 65 Platy...... .. . . . 6 Xline masses with pyrophyllite; Nevada .... . ..... . . 108 DIATOMACEOUS EARTH-See Opal
Catalog/List
iron-manganese aluminum boron sili­ cate) Xline, brown; Nevada .. ... .... ..... .. .. . . ... .. ... .. ... ...BARRANDITE (hydrous aluminum iron phosphate) Massive; Nevada ... ..... .. . . ... . ... .. .. . ... .. . .....antimonate of lead) Nearly pure yellow-brown masses; Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 1.50 .40 ...Limonite BRUCITE (magnesium hydroxide) Massive, pure; Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...CINNABAR (mercuric sulfide) Masses, high g1·adc; Nevada, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book
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
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
Report (volume)
anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Miners' Association Cal St :M Bur California State Mining Bureau Can G S Canada, Geological Survey Can :M...Adams (F D), 18 Federal Government, relation to the mining industry: Hayes, 06 Fossil insects: Cockerell,...to geology: Davis ( W M), 12a Geologic bases of mining law: De Kalb, 10 Geologic basis for artesian prediction:...relations: Branner, 90a; relations to successful mining: Winslow, 9lc Geological work in the Southwest:
Report (volume)
1903. Minneapolis, Minn. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Transactions, vol. 33, 1903, and advance...2d ser., vol. 8,-1902. Ottawa, Canada. Canadian Mining Review, vol. 22, 1903. Ottawa, Canada. Canadian...and 2,1903. Chapelhill, N.' C. Engineering and Mining Journal, vols. 75 and 76, 1903. New York, N. Y...volume] 1903. Indianapolis, Ind. Institution of Mining Engineers: Transactions, vol. 22, pts. 5-6; vol...1903. Newcastle-uponTyne, England. . International Mining Congress: Proceedings 5th Annual Session, 1903
Report (volume)
Territories and British North America. Am.Inst. Mining Engineers, Trams., vol. 7, pp. 455-522; vol. 8...[BULL. 127. Louisiana. Maine. Maryland (including District of Columbia). Massachusetts. Mexico. Michigan...Minnesota. Mississippi. Missouri. Montana. Nebraska. Nevada. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. New York...vols. 1-7. Philadelphia. American Institute of Mining Engineers, Transactions, vols. 1-19. Easton, Pa...Mineralogical Journal (Bruce), 1 vol. American Mining Gazette and Geological Magazine, 1 vol. New York
Report (volume)
BY « HUGH D. MISER ^ WITH A CHAPTER ON THE MINING AND : PREPARATION OP "THE ORES ( BY W..R. CRANE...the ore-bearing area_______________________ 86 Mining and preparation of the ores, by W. R. Crane, of...Aldridge prospect _ Matlock mine_________ Story mine ____ Independence County____ Jackson prospect____...mine_________ Ozark mine _ _ __ HI 113 _ 115 ___ Searcy mine_______________ _ Matheny mine _________ _...prospect____________________________ Bales mine ___________ _____ _______ Moyer mine __________ ________________ ___
Report (issue)
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
Book
enteri versity of Roches Harold L. Ailing's the mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York...Canadian settle­ ments visited the vicinity of Onondaga Lake where there were salt marshes. However, the...searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...ciifce—Westchester County.................. Tne McLear pegmatite—5t. Lawrence County..................
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farm above Keuka Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn...Harold L. Alling's geology students on a trip to the mining districts and the high peaks of the Adirondack...from Canadian settlements visited the vicinity of Onondaga Lake where there were salt marshes. However, the...searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research
Report (issue)
his trouble than in exploring the dump heap of a mine. The waste material representing, as most of it...furnish the wealth of mineral specimens met with in mining and quarrying operations. however, true that...for collecting purposes. The use of rudimentary mining tools and methods Prospects. under considerable...mineral specimens particularly in regions where mining and quarrying operations is of are not generally...2. 1851. 12:6. Lanthanite and Allanite in Essex County, N. Y. Am. Jour. Sci. of Several f2 14 Blum
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Report (issue)
171 G EOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA BY LEWIS G. WESTGATE AND ADOLPH KNOPF UNITED...______________________________________________ Eureka quartzite_____________________________________...________________________________________ No. 10 mine.--_._____-___"_________________________________...__________________________________ Poorman mine ____________________________________________________..._______________________________ Wide Awake mine.____________________________________________________
Report (issue)
California at Riverside, for many collections from Nevada; N. M. Savage, University of Sydney, for brachiopods...as ate y Sa atPeep ewow mee err ¢ Aten a © 1 s mine 1 eS i 5 T L O B a i n A Ain eal n Ae r a h...comeliuens TABLE ae Mixing of provincial elements in Nevada ....... 10 ant cae ial i ae a - ea rig...Old World Province in the Siegenian, except for Nevada, which became an Appalachian Province enclave in...World Province. Appalachian Province influence in Nevada ceased as endemic new forms appeared and were
Book (edition)
SulSpecular Iron — — — — — phur Ore — Tin — Wad Ore Tourmaline — Topaz — Willemite — Zincite, ...Discovery of Gold in Gold and . . 127 IX. Nevada, and United States Silver Statistics . . . 134...STATES Commissioner of Mining Statistics; EDITOR ENGINEERING AND OF THE MINING AUTHOR JOURNAL; OF...any bank. in the sure a and and farm from mine more List of Illustrations. PROSPECTING THE...coal. mineralogists resources, our unpromis- mining pyrites for gold, mica for silver and eral light;
Book (volume)
sulphur were found by me, several Ueberroth zine mine, Priedensville, Lehigh Co., years ago, at the ...Phillipsburg, N. J. at Siesholtzville, at Kinzi mine, Stony creek, 1 Refers to page in Dr. Genth's...of the Lewistowti limestone with the underlying Onondaga shales. According to Dr. Brim nor, it is occasionally...Forksvilie, Sullivan Co., in small pieces in the Doughty mine, a few At upper layer of the limestone miles south...associated with This mine was unsuccessfully operated, a few years ago, by the Susquehanna Mining and Smelting
Catalog/List
lbs.)• ...... 7.75 Reference Col lection of Gem Mine ra ls. To acqua i nt collectors and students with...Opal, Hyalite. North Carolina. Opal. Massive. -Nevada Bright green. Bright green. Bright green. ...illustrates the su·atigraphy of the i\farquette iron district. The specimens a verage 3" x 4": a small chi p.../17 ANHYDRITE (calcium sulfate) Xline, choice; Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...(hydrous an timonatc of lead) rel/ow-brown masses; Nevada, I x 2", .SO . . . . . . . . . . . 723 B[OTITE
Book (edition)
phur—Tin Ore—Topaz —Tourmaline—Variegated Copper Ore—Wad—Willemite—Zincite, .......... Descriptive List of...California,. CHAPTER IX. Discovery of Silver in Nevada, and United States Gold and Silver Statistics....STATES Commissioner of Mining Statistics; EDITOR OF THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL; AUTHOR OF ...the owner from ruinous bargains, and may reveal a mine of mineral wealth, more sure and more profitable...of the valuable, and fortunes have been sunk in mining pyrites for gold, mica for silver and slate for
Report (issue)
mineralization to caldera subsidence in the Creede district, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, by Thomas A. Steven...·_________________ _ 9. Alinement of mining districts in north-central Nevada, by Ralph J." Roberts ____________...assemblage of a pyrometasomatic deposit near Tonopah, Nevada, by R: A. Gulbrandsen and D. G. Gielow_ 11. Sedimentary...- _-13. Tectonic setting of the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho, by Robert E. Wallace, Allan B. Griggs...__________ _ 14. Bleaching in the Coeur d'Alene district,( Idaho, by P. L. Weis ______________________
 
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