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Gold from
Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Comments:Reported as being found sparsely disseminated in massive pyrite and chalcopyrite (Cox, 1970). Also reported more recently (1999) as possible wire micro-crystals, but with the suspicion that the specimen may actually be native copper with an odd golden tarnish.
Habit:Possibly as wire micro-crystals in finely entwined strands.
Colour:Gold.
Luminescent properties:none
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Analysis Reference:"Lead-zinc-silver deposits related to the White Mountain plutonic series in New Hanpshire and Maine," Cox, 1970, USGS Bulletin 1312-D.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27968
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27968:2
GUID (UUID V4):1d76586f-bd6c-4440-9d4e-85fdfe70fd29
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Report (volume)
Related to the White Mountain Plutonic Series in New Hampshire and Maine By DENNIS P. COX CONTRIBUTIONS TO..._______.__.______.___..___.____ Mascot and Shelburne deposits, Coos County, N.H. _______________ North Woodstock...deposit, Graf ton County, N.H __________________ Mineral Hill deposit, Carroll County, N.H._______________________..._______________________ Kezar Falls deposit, York County, Maine.___-___--__.______..__. Other deposits.______-_...showing lead-zinc-silver deposits of eastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine and distribution of intrusive
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New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered
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No. 1 January, 2000 The Mineral Collector's Ni New Mineral Finds in the Second Half of 1999 News from...venue Massapequa, New York 11758-5707 It is a great pleasure to report some interesting new fi nds in the...Rolla, MO from the pillar no. 401 of the Fletcher Mine, Reynolds Cou nty, MO while attempting to locate...flctcherite, which was not present. Cattierite is a new rare mineral for Missouri . Duftite, hedyphane,...Columbia University, from Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, labelled as kolwezite. The associated
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December 2000 . '. ····:•. ·•~::.·: ::•. ✓. New Mexico News Ramon S. De Mark 421 East Ridge Street...49855 Some new discoveries in New Mexico minerals were revealed at this year' s (November) New Mexico Mineral...is hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico Bureau of...Sandia Park, New Mexico i the acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with...Phillip is actively exploring the mine for minerals. The San Pedro Mine is perhaps best known for producing
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Collector's New, A Page from a Collectors Note Book: Notes from Collecting at the Kezar Falls Mine, York...York County, Maine In The Summer of 2001 Art Smith 9118 Concho Street Houston, Texas 77036 When collecting...summer with Gene Bearss and others in Maine and New Hampshire, we always try to add at lea t one o ld obscure...finding new minerals not observed by previous collectors. We had previously collected at the Mascot lead...lead mine in Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire and the Madison lead-zinc mine in Madison and at Mineral
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cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...mill. So it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily...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...Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire. It was a
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INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY., ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist Bulletin 187...Employer. INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist Bulletin...Warren (Bisbee) mining district, which includes this mine, yielded 167,242,000 tons of ore from 1880 to 1981... 10. Index Map to Mining Districts in Cochise County and Explanation of Geologic Symbols. . • • California...ago, several new studies on the geologic framework and mineral resources of Cochise County have been released
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Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maryland Michigan New York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virginia...been described from Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New York. Sphalerite, galena, and barite have been reported...Table 1 according to abundance or major product in a mine or district, with minor or by-product commodities...in the northern states (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont) in greater proportions relative...±n_ Hewitt, P. C., ed., Guidebook to field trips: New York State Geological Association 45th Annual Meeting
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Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1703-D...Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona By HARALD DREWES, GERDA A. ABRAMS, and...Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona (Mineral resources of wilderness study...Mountains (AZ-040-065) Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona. RESOURCE/RESERVE CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFIED...Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona By Harald Drewes, Gerda A. Abrams, and
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by S. H. Ball, 422 pp., 1908. The ore deposits of New Mexico, by Waldemar Lindgren, L. C. Graton, and C...Loughlin, pp. 51:60, 1915. Economic geology of Gilpin County and adjacent parts of Clear Creek and Boulder Counties...minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, N. J., by Charles Palache, 135 pp., 1937. 75c...*540 Contributions to economic geology, 1905. *(a) Gold and silver. Economic features of northern Idaho...1906. A reconnaissance of the mineral deposits of New Mexico, by WaldemarLindgren and L. C. Graton, pp
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