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Pentlandite from
Great Eastern mine, Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)Σ9S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrrhotite1 photo of Pentlandite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Eastern mine, Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:282022
Long-form Identifier:1:3:282022:4
GUID (UUID V4):504c817e-26e9-4c4b-b29a-83dcf90c2624
Nearest other occurrences of Pentlandite
1.8km (1.1 miles) Key West Mine, Whitney Pocket Basin, Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
---------------------------------- Lynn Lake district----------------------------------------Thompson-~oak...-----Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora district ______ ----- _____...___ ------------------------------------U nga va district ______________________________ - _- ---------UI...----------------------------------------Saline CountY--------------------------------------------Cal...---------------------------------------Boulder CountY------------------------------------------Conne
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 (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
Report (issue)
geographic coordinates and, where applicable, by county and section, township, and range. Both published...mafic rocks in many places contain deposits of pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite. These deposits...nickel-plus-copper in the deposit. The Gap mine (Pennsylvania) and the San Julian mine (California),are examples of...deposits varies widely. Some, like the Bluebird mine (Arizona), are small deposits containing 16 mostly...mostly only cobalt minerals. At the Standard mine (Oregon), the , cobalt minerals are associated with
Report (issue)
A GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM LODE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The discovery of platinum-bearing...platinum-bearing gold ore at the Boss mine, in southern Nevada, was brought to the attention of the Geological...LOCATION. The Boss mine is situated in the Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nov., near the extreme...part of the State. The main settlement of the district is Good Springs, distant 8 miles from Jean, a...a desert range known as Spring Mountain, but the mine is situated on.the west slope, 12 miles from Good
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 17:41 09 June 2016 TaEnaleh, Noril’sk District, Siberia, Russia U ntil a few years ago, the...most common platinum mineral. It occurs with pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite in sulfide ores...corundum during alluvial gem mining in streams draining Mason Mountain, Macon County, North Carolina (Hidden...nearby Centennial mines in the Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming. An odd hydrothermal “vein” sperrylite...in the Great Eastern mine, Clark County, Nevada. It is an ore mineral in the active Pt-Pd mine and related
Report (issue)
_______ _ Sudbury district _______________________ ~ Discovery and present mining _______ _ General geology...lacers-------------------------------Tulameen district __________________ _ Other placers ______________________...ores ____________ _ Placers of the Witwatersrand district __ History and production _____________ _ General...---------------N oril'sk district ____________ -----_---- _____ _ Petsamo district ___________________________... Chuck mine ___________________ _ Placers-------------------------------Goodnews Bay district _____________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JUNE-JULY, ORES FROM x924. KEY WEST No. 4 MINE, NEVADA. WALDEMAR LINDGREN AND W. MYRON DAVY. ...represent average nickel ore of the Key West Mine, in Southern Nevada, was transmittedto us by Dr. CharlesL...their relations. The Key West Mine, in Clark County, in Southern Nevada, was briefly describedby Bancroft...Bancroft in z9o9.• The district lies abouttwenty-fourmileseastsoutheast of Moapaon the Salt Lake and San...the gneissesand trends north- easterly. The Great Eastern dike is describedas an enstatitemica picrite
Report (volume)
peridotite. In the sulfide deposits nickel occurs as pentlandite (Fe, Ni) oSs, associated with pyrrhotite, FenSn+t...of nickel are those being mined in the Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada. Vast nickeliferous laterites...appliances and for laboratory equipment. Having great tensile strength and toughness, it is widely employed...BIBLIOGRAPHY Aaron, C. H., 1882, Nickel and cobalt: Mining Sci. Press, v. 44, no. 12, p. 196. Acad. Sci. U...Manitoba ; Canadian Mining Metall. Bull. 461, p. 509-514; Canadian Inst. Mining and Metallurgy Trans
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)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................bauxite, now the source of material that maintains a great industry, were untouched and were not included in...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
Book
P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining at the College of California, parent to the University...California, and published in the fourth and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning in 1914 with a volume...have been found mainly in the Sierra Nevada and the Klarnath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions...are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...'ID:[~ • ,., 1 - - EXPLANATION I KLAMATH MOUNTAINS n CASCADE RANGE - - O e -o ,-- I I ~
Book
P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining the at College of California, parent to the...mineralogist of California, and pub- and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning volume prepared...platinum — have been found mainly in Nevada and the Klamath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions...species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...(ADAMS) RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Report (issue)
said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...resulting from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread...increase to the present time. It has received a great impetus from the organization of many mineral societies
Report (volume)
4, 5, 8; Museum Paper, nos. 5, 6; County Report, no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific...vols. 3-12. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 145-156; Technical Publication...1-157; Transactions, vols. 60-76. New York. See also Mining and Metallurgy. American Journal of Science, 4th...vols. 9-17. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletins 79, 85-101. San Francisco, Calif...vols. 33-42. Ottawa, Ont Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vols. 23-30; Monthly
Book (edition)
Survey, who have been engaged in the study of our great mining regions, especially in the West, have laid the...now in the active practice of the profession of mining engi neering. J. F. K. DECEMBER, 1899. NO TEXT...125-129; Marquette district, 129-136; Menominee dis trict, 136-139; Penokee-Gogebic district, 139-143; Vermilion...ores in Triassic or Permian sandstone, 222-224; Eastern States, 223, 224; Western States, 224; statistics...Lawrence Co., N. Y.( 226, 227; Mass., Conn., and Eastern N. Y., 227; Southeastern Penn., 227; Davison Co
Report (issue)
increase to the present time. It has received a great impetus by the organization of many mineral societies...rewhich was publi.shed as Bulletin 67 of the State Mining Bureau. vision by the same author in 192-3 increased...of igneous rocks (contact metamorphism), and the great variety of minerals at Crestmore has been largely...character of veins, and are often noted for the great variety of unusual mineral species present. They...already present along the walls of cracks. very great number of mineral species are found in A veins
Report (issue)
Western Colombia 2. Mineral Resource Domains of Eastern Colombia Figure 1. 2-19. Geologic provinces...adjacent areas of Brazil and Venezuela suggest that eastern Colombia may be similarly endowed. A broad program...surveying, particularly in the largely unknown eastern shield areas, are highly recommended. (3) Tertiary/Quaternary...000 on two mineral resource maps of western and eastern Colombia. Domains in which the geologic environment...The resource potential of this vast portion of eastern Colombia is largely unknown. Existing geochemical
Book (edition)
Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains by Lanny R. Ream...in the field and assistance with the Sawtooth Mountains chapter and specimen identification. Also for...of the micro-size minerals from the Sawtooth Mountains. My appreciation is extended to Norm Radford for...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens
Report (issue)
5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Lapis International, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut USA Collection 'Alan Table of Contents What Is Gold...First Gold Rush: Gold Fever in the Southeastern USA . . . . . . . .P. 16 R. Chris Tacker California and.... . . . . . .P. 36 Mark Mauthner Page 28 The Great Electronic Gold Rush . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
vols. 9, 10. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Transactions, vols...11, 12. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 79, 94-97. San Francisco...39, 40. Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vols. 27, 28; Bulletin...Bulletin, nos. 153-176. Montreal, Quebec. Canadian Mining Journal, vols. 46, 47. Toronto and Montreal, Canada... nos. 1-2. Chapel) Hill, N. C. Engineering and Mining Journal-Press, vols. 119-122. New York. Engineers
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1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since...published as Bulletin 91 of the California State Mining Bureau. Many additional species were included,...this bulletin. discovered new 1882, to be of great importance. and kernite, discovered in flm 1927
Book (edition)
Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite...from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near...Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from the Grandview mine, Coconino County. A few of the additional...uranium deposits on the Colorado Plateau. Coconino County: near Tuba City (Anthony et aI., 2000). ACANTHITE...sulfide found with other copper sulfides. Greenlee County: found in the supergene alteration zone at Morenci
 
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