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Chalcopyrite from
Weepah Mine, Weepah Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Weepah Mine, Weepah Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:282086
Long-form Identifier:1:3:282086:6
GUID (UUID V4):bb7e0906-b422-4d0e-82a3-bccb2e30b2be
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Jackson/Electric Claims, Weepah Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Swanson Claims, Weepah Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Enterprise Prospect, Lone Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) Unnamed Copper Prospect No. 2 (MRDS10047221), Lone Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) Unnamed Copper Prospect No. 1 (MRDS10095754), Lone Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) Zebra Silver Claims, Lone Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Dutchess Prospect, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) Moly prospect, Lone Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) Red Light Mine, Silver Peak Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) Pretty Boy Claims, Gilbert Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
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31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,
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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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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
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Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...sparingly at the old Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and as coatings of tiny crystals...crystals at the Chimney Rock quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey. Dark emerald-green, acicular brochantite
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Library] at 03:41 01 August 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal...mineralogy by copper-bearing sulfide minerals such as chalcopyrite. When these deposits are exposed to oxygen and...from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have taken place in recent...Southampton University. A consultant geochemist in the mining industry, he is also an avid collector of micromounts...Mountain states. In the copper mines of Houghton County, Michigan, where primary arsenides have provided
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INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL SUMMARIES for NEVADA U.S. Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study...the U.S. Government iMenlo Park, CA 94025 1990 Nevada Briefing Book U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau...BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS IN NEVADA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14....Canyon Weepah Spring White Rock Range Worthington Mountains Yellow Rock Canyon Page ii Nevada Briefing...Bureau of Mines 2482 I SUSANVILLE DISTRICT BATTLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT EXPLANATION B Studied Wilderness
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Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt...Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg-
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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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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
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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 (issue)
The Dividend group of prospects in the Windypah district. .. _.... _._................ 117 117 Genetic...zone; B, Entrance to upper workings, Drinkwater mine ___________ . _________ .. __________ . _________________...___ . . 38 Vertical cross section of Drinkwater mine workings ____ . ___ . ____ .. _.... _... __ ....... _ 38 Maps of chief stope workings, Drinkwater mine: A, Workings in upper part of zone; B, 40 Workings...cross section of chief stope workings, Drinkwater mine. _____ . __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ 40 A, Pegmatitic
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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
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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...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
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Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel
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excavations under the guid ance of the Los Angeles County Mu seum. Only nine per cent of the fauna re mains...Angeles Times and data gathered by the Los Angeles County Museum. TO OUR The skull READERS We wish to...it Sent Postpaid for $2.00 Write: A. O. BARTELL Mining Engineer Platt Bidg., Portiand 5, Ore THE MINERALS...Oregon, Washington, and Montana. He told of the old mining towns and mines he visited. After his interesting...work, as well as the natural heritage of San Diego County as the sixth greatest gem-producing area in the
Report (volume)
California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Hydraulic TurbinpM MILWAUKEE, Metallurgical Machinery Mining Machinery Perforated Oil l-:imini-- Metals I'liiiiliini:...are getting the most in service from Worthington mining equipment — :the most from the standpoint of first...power consumption. Worthington meets needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...Compressor NEW YORK Crushing Rolls Air Compressors Mine Pumps Ball Mills Blast Furnaces Oil Engines Screens
Report (volume)
Placer mining in Alaska in 1903, by Alfred H. Brooks......._....'.. The Porcupine placer mining district...'Wright........ Gold placers of the Fairbanks district, by L. M. Prindle ............ The Kotzebue placer...Maine and Vermont, by G. 0. Smith ............... Nevada: Preliminary report on the ore deposits of Tonopah......... Notes on the geology of the Goldfields district, by J. E. Spurr^...... Oklahoma: Reported gold..... Utah: Progress report on the Park City mining district, by J. M. Boutwell. Geological Survey publications
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sedimentary rocks of the Espanola basin, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, by Glen A. Izett and C. W. Naeser...Muscovite-phenocrystic two-mica granites of northeastern Nevada are Late Cretaceous in age, by Donald E. Lee, JohnS... Geochronology of basement granite, Stephenson County, Illinois, by ZellE. Peterman, S. S. Goldich, Lynn...fission-track age for the Bull Domingo boulder pipe, Custer County, Colorado, by W. N. Sharp and C. W. Naeser 77 ...Origin of the lithium-rich brine,Clayton Valley, Nevada, by Joseph R. Davis, Irving Friedman, and J. D
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University of California Berkeley, California Western Mining in the Twentieth Century Oral History Series Frank...Woods McQuiston, Jr. METALLURGIST FOR NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION AND U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION,...Woods McQuiston, Jr., "Metallurgist for Newmont Mining Corporation and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission,...Corporation Mining Metallurgist 213 1934-1982. 1989, xiv, pp. Growing up in Arizona mining towns; University...of California College of Mining, 1931; employment at ASARCO, Selby, CA; mining in Western states; pioneering
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contain auriferous reefs. The well-known Bibiani mine occurs in the same belt only some 20 miles to the...Agogo Su could be made to run small plants for mining purposes, but for any large water­ power requirements...remnants of bauxitic laterite occur in the Obuasi district near the railway line, some of it being strikingly...tantalite, where it is worked in the Pilbarra district of Western Australia and in various localities·...constituent occurring with tinstone in such well-known mining districts as Jantar, Jos and Kagerko. The material
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than 175,000 acres of sea floor for placer-gold mining (U.S. Minerals Management Service, 1988). The offshore...type and placer-gold resources. As in the Nome district, all of the placer areas are underlain by low-grade...forming the emergent beach placers near Nome, where mining activities revealed gold concentrations along the...Placer prospects in northern Bering Sea [abs.]: Mining Engineering, v. 20, p. 92. ---1972, The paleogeography...of the gold placers in the adjacent Circle mining district led to the investigation of the borrow pit
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