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Specularite from
Blossom mine, Searchlight Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite var: Specularite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Specularite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blossom mine, Searchlight Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:276254
Long-form Identifier:1:3:276254:8
GUID (UUID V4):125f383e-8aef-4616-a3ec-18245d0ca553
Nearest other occurrences of Specularite
17.4km (10.8 miles) Camp Dupont group, Newberry Mining District, Newberry Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
25.2km (15.7 miles) Capitol Mine, Capital camp, Eldorado Mining District (Colorado Mining District), Eldorado Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
50.3km (31.3 miles) Roadside Mine (Mother Lode Mine; Arizona Rand Gold Mine Inc.), San Francisco Mining District, Oatman Mining District, Black Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) Painted Desert prospect, Hoover Dam area, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
66.2km (41.1 miles) Chloride Mining District, Wallapai Mining District, Cerbat Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) Unnamed unspecified prospect [11] (USGS PP 1361 locality 887), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
71.5km (44.4 miles) Owens Mine, Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
72.9km (45.3 miles) Unnamed Fe occurrence [2] (USGS PP 1361 locality 803), Gold Basin, Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
88.2km (54.8 miles) Unnamed adits [5] (USGS PP 1361 locality 464), Lost Basin Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
88.6km (55.1 miles) Unnamed Au-Cu-Pb-Mo prospect [1] (USGS PP 1361 locality 482), Lost Basin Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
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FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME NOTES ON THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT G. H. GARREY AND W. H. EMMONS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT..................................... Gold field district............................................................................................... Mining development..................................................................................... Mine maps......;........................................ 20 22 22 22 25 25 28 34 37 38 39 Bullfrog district.............. ...............................
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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
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instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
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History of the Iron Industry in Utah · .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains... .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . · .. 4 Creole mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · .. 4 Cave mine . . . . . . . . . ... 4 Iron mine . . . . . . ......... . . 10 Star Range deposits . . . . . .10 Copper King mine .10 Rocky...Rocky Range deposits . . . .10 Old Hickory mine . . . . · . 11 Montreal magnetite-copper property . . .
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....................................... 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
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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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description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
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miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...So. Harvard Blvd. Los Angeles 47, Calif." — (see Nevada for other specimen). The kaersutite occurred as...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite...trip on Sat. March 6th, to the old Daulton copper mine in the lower foothills of Madera Co. on a search...them (not many contain the chlorite) at an old gold mine at Shingle Springs (El Dorado Co.), Calif. ROCKS
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comprehensive listing, including detailed spot locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can...The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be obtained from the North Carolina...Carolina 27611 B. J . M C K E N Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite...ilmenite, topaz, and chert are found at the Snow Camp mine (Holman's Mill) located 2.7 miles southeast of the...onto SR 2352 for approx­ imately 1.9 miles. The mine lies north of the road on the side of a wooded hill
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different varieties come into bloom. Los Angeles County Library, Lancaster, California. April 2-5—Desert...FICTION CLOSE-UPS LETTERS NEWS TRUE OR FALSE CONTEST MINING LAPIDARY HOBBY COMMENT BOOKS 21 Pictures of the...Stanley is gone, fallen victim to a shutdown of mining activity in the area 33 years ago; but the road...the Stanley mining district. Located in Graham County, Arizona, the Stanley mining district is bounded...Carlos Indian reservation, on the west by the Pinal County line and on the south by Old Deer Creek. The eastern
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Replacement Deposits Part II Gold in the Tintic Mining District, Utah By HALT. MORRIS Gold Deposits in the...Bird Mining Districts, San Juan Mountains, Colorado By FREDERICKS. FISHER Gold in the Alma Mining District...R. SHAWE Precious Metals in the Leadville Mining District, Colorado By TOMMY B. THOMPSON Part I is Chapter...bibliographies. Contents: pt. 1. Bald Mountain gold mining region, northern Black Hills, South Dakota / by...Tintic Mining District, Utah / by Hal T. Morris. Gold in the Sneffels-Telluride and Camp Bird mining districts
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production, and prices often so low as to make mining unprofitable; and the end of that period has not...to record production since 1930. Just now gold mining appears to be the only metal industry which is...—Interpretation sulpliide waters — Chloride water analyses Mine waters waters— Sulphate waters Oxidation of waters—“Carbonate...veins in basic lavas General features The Kennecott mine, Alaska— ( ’opper sulphide veins in intrusive basic...— — — —^Argentite-gold-quarts veins Tonopah, Nevada— The Comstock lode— Argentite veins — Gold veins—Occurrence
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Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 459-B Ore...Counties, Nevada By RALPH J. ROBERTS and D. C. ARNOLD GEOLOGY OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL...precious-metal deposits in the Battle Mountain mining district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...tory of mining _______ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Future of the district _____ --...---Copper Canyon mine (9) - - - --------Iron Canyon mine (17)·-------------N evada mine (22) ____ ----
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Rs v Engineering News -Record ~ Engineering and Mining Journal-Press Power Chemical and Metallurgical...rocks — Acid sulphate waters in igneous rocks — Mine waters of sulphate type —Sodium carbonate waters...veins Mineral association Origin Mine waters Rock alteration Mining and smelting operations The copper...rhyolite Argentite-gold-quartz veins — Tonopah, Nevada — The Comstock lode — Argentite veins — Gold veins...telluride of region, district district district district district district Nevada. CHAPTER XXV Metalliferous
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THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA. By FRANK C. SCHRADER. INTRODUCTION. This report is based on a...a two weeks' visit made to the Rochester district and vicinity by the writer in May, 1913. A brief preliminary...given by mining companies, prospectors, engineers, and surveyors operating in the district has been of:... The Rochester district, comprising about 25 square miles, is in west-central Nevada, in the southern...southern part of Humboldt County. It is 9 miles southeast of Nixon, formerly Oreana, on the main line of the
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INTRODUCTION. reports are those on the Mercur district, by J. E. Spurr and S. F. Emmons; the Bingham...Bingham The senior author, J3. S. Butler, began district, by J. M. Boutwell, Arthur Keith, and field work on...deposits of Utah in the S. F. Emmons; the Park City district, by J. M. FIELD .WORK AND AUTHORSHIP. summer...author, G. F. Loughlin, began work in the Tintic district in 1911 in collaboration with Waldemar Lindgren...the Leamington district, and of districts in theW asatch Range. Several of the mining districts of the
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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
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waters-Summary- Interpretation of ·water analyses-Mine waters-Chloride waters- Carbonate waters-Sulphate...veins in basic lavas-General features-The l(ennecott mine, Alaska-Copper sulphide veins in intrusive basic...·veins-1\tlincral association- Origin-Mine \vatcrs-Rock alteration-Mining and srnelting operations-The copper...in rhyolite-Argentite-gold-quartz veins-Tonopah, Nevada-The Comstock lode-Argentite veins- Gold telluride...features-Telluride district-Silverton district-Rico district-Lake City district-Creede district-Summary-Casapalca
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1902. Minneapolis, Minn. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Transactions, vols. 31 and 32, 1902...Canada. Canadian Mining Institute: Journal, vol. 5, 1902! Ottawa, Canada, Canadian Mining Review, vol. 21... 2 and 3, 1902. Cincinnati, Ohio. . ' Colorado Mining Bureau: Bulletin, no". 5; Eeport, 1902. Denver...1, 1902. Chapel Hill, N. 0. ' Engineering and Mining Journal, vols. 73 and 74, 1902. New York,-N. Y...Institution of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vol. 10, 1902. London, England. Institution of Mining Engineers:
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MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...literature of a general nature on the geology and mining industry of the State. bibliography of A. may...The excellent Vodges, Bulletin 30 of the State Mining Bureau, be referred to for such literature. The
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to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay
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GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS · OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN AND G. F. LOUGHLIN....... . PART II. History of mining 'and· metallurgy in the Tintic district, by V. C.l!eikes ............water: .. ~.~~ ............... . Drainage of the district ....-... ·......... . Mineralization ...........Godiva zone ........ · , Ore bodies of the Iron Blossom zone .. . Minerals of the ore deposits...........features ............ · 157 125 Relations in the Iron Blossom 125 . zone ..................... . 158 125 Deposition
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TRIPS 8 KELLY, NEW MEXICO The story of a great mining bonanza by Mark C. Blazek and Richard N. Molsbee...State street In downtown Carlsbad, Calif. (Outside USA send $2.00 for catalOC) GEMS & MINERALS - 7 KEIJIJY... KEIJIJY, NEW ME~Iee the story of a great mining bonanza • Photo Data Various scenes of the remaining...Mark C. Blazek and Richard N. Molsbee No story on mining in New Mexico would ever be complete without some...Springs near the tiny village of Magdalena, Socorro County. No notable production resulted, but this discovery
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Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines...mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than anywhere...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas
 
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