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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Onondaga mine, Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:273678
Long-form Identifier:1:3:273678:5
GUID (UUID V4):82e534bd-88f7-4c53-a0ed-5c4c6131f729
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Zenoli mine (Morning Glory group), Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) Grey Eagle Mine (Lee Mine; Helen M. claims; Lucky May Mine), Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
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
21.1km (13.1 miles) Railroad Copper-Gold Property (Bullion Copper-Gold Project; Polymetallic prospect; Nevada Bunker Hill Mines; Aladdin Claim; Blue Sky Claim; Tripoli Claim; Webfoot Claim; Mahogany Claim; Standing Elk Claim; Hoffman Claim; Mounted Ledge Claim; Bullion Claim; Cleveland Claim; Portal Claim), Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) Alladin Group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) Standing Elk Claim, Alladin Group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) Tripoli Mine, Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
25.2km (15.6 miles) Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) Tusc pit (Tusc ore body), Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
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)
RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING GAMPS IN ELKO, UNDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS...limestone............................................. Eureka quartzite.................................................................. Mountain ranges and mining districts................................................................ Midas or Gold Circle district........................................ Location...geology............................................. Mine descriptions...................................
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
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 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
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...BITUMINOUS COAJr--See Mineral Coal l I BLENDE--See Sphalerite BLOEDITE (hydrous sulfate of magnesium and sodium)...California ............. . Massive, lilac color; Nevada ....................... .8 0 .35 .75 .6 0 .50
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...occurrence (e.g., the zinc deposits of the Balmat district). The type of occurrence is indicated at the end...listed. L O CA L I T I E S B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry:...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...quartz (amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone)
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..................
Book
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
within the village of EUenville, New York. (Ulster County) have a documented history as far back as 1728...mines in the district were at EUenviUe, in Ulster County, near SummitviUe in Sullivan County and near Guymard...Guymard and Mount Hope in Orange County. By today's standards these mines were small scale and no significant...been done in nearly one hundred years. Exploratory mining and limited opera­ tions were carried on during...Shawangunk Mine near SummitviUe in 1948 and 1949. A small amount of work was done at the Shawangunk Mine during
Report (issue)
CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONES graphite dolomite garnet sphalerite siderite titanite pyrite pyroxene tourmalin...OCCURRENCE IN NEW YORK fluorite dolomite sphalerite quartz siderite millerite strontianite pyrrhotite...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
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 ... BITUMINOUS COAL-See Mineral Coal BLENDE-See Sphalerite BLOEDITE (hydrous sulfate of magnesium and sodium)...Limonite BRUCITE (magnesium hydroxide) Massive, pure; Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5) Bearss, G., The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hamp441-512 Nov./Dec. (No. 6)...Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, 450-459 January/February: Azurite, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona;...Autunite, Daybreak mine, Boggs, R. C., R. M., see Who’s Who in Mineral Names Spokane County, Washington; Dr...smoky Bravoite, Washington, 318 quartz, Teller County, Colorado; Rock H. Currier specimen, Harold and...Calciohilairite, Washington, 457 Bald Hornet claim, King County, Wash- Calcite: morphology, 43; New York, 41; Washington
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)
Bulletin, vol. 44. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 61-72; Transactions,... 147-264. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, no. 64. San Francisco, Cal. California...Transactions, vol. 9, pts. 2, 3. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Quarterly Bulletin, nos. 18-20; Journal... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1912. 7 Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 33. Toronto and Montreal, Canada...Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos
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 (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:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mlupules@mail.nysed.gov THE Cicero Clay Pits ONONDAGA COUNTY, New York Downloaded by [Selcuk Universitesi]...locality of the Cicero clay pits in northern Onondaga County, New York. Figure 3 (right). Marian Lupulescu...York State Museum. History According to the Onondaga County clerk’s records, in 1924 John H. Podger executed...Road with the Syracuse Brick Corporation for the mining and transportation of clay. Photographs from the...China or one of its predecessors. Indeed, the Onondaga Pottery made red ware in the nineteenth century
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
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Report (volume)
....................................... Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast region ............................................................... Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast region................................ 54 55 55 55 55 55 56 56 57 57 Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast region.......................... 61 Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast region................................. 61 District of Columbia................................................. Nevada................................. . ...........
 
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