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Fluorite from
Relief Canyon Mine, Relief Canyon, Antelope Springs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Relief Canyon Mine, Relief Canyon, Antelope Springs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:284473
Long-form Identifier:1:3:284473:2
GUID (UUID V4):ffc6c90d-7590-490f-9f6e-5e682b152422
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
1.3km (0.8 miles) Bohannon mine, Antelope Springs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Emerald Spar prospect, Black Knob Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) Nevada Fluorspar Mine, Table Mountain Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Oreana Tungsten mine (Little Tungsten mine), Rye Patch Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) Rye Patch Agnes Mine (Shortino property), Rye Patch Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
27.6km (17.2 miles) Vesco prospect, Wild Horse Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) Susie Prospect, Table Mountain Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) Lovelock Mine, Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) Valerie mine (Valery mine), Imlay Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) Piedmont mine, Imlay Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
2° quadrangle, Nevada, with indexing by county, commodity, mine name, mining district, and selected major...resources of the Winnemucca 1° x 2° quadrangle area, Nevada, were collected in support of a series of U.S....Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada: Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, and Pershing Counties. Table 2 lists...Table 3 is a listing of references by mine and mining district names. Finally, Table 4 indexes the references...for the five Nevada Counties that occur in the Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada. COUNTY REFERENCES
Report (issue)
Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been...Study Areas and other areas in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area for which resource...of mineral deposits present in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nev. and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19:59 08 January 2015 Near Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada U ntil what seems like only a few years...discovery of unusually fine cinnabar in northern Nevada in the late 1970s signaled the beginning of the...well-crystallized specimens. One of the best of these “new era” Nevada specimens has been nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...commonly in areas of recent volcanic activity and hot springs. It is frequently associated with other relatively...quartz with varying amounts of carbonate minerals, fluorite, and barite. It also occurs in carbonaceous shales
Report (issue)
MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0047 2U.S. Geological Survey, Unit...Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, an area covering 13.5 million acres in northwest Nevada and...Rock National Conservation Area), and the impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources...part of their Resource Management Plan for the District/Resource Area or for other planning units such
Report (issue)
in Progress for the Reno 1° x 2° CUSMAP Project, Nevada, with additional bibliography by Gary B. Sidder...STUDIES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR MINING DISTRICTS Shady Run (Fondaway Canyon) Broken Hills Chalk Mountain...Mountain Westgate IXL (Cox Canyon) La Plata (Mountain Wells) Bell Mountain Talapoosa SUMMARY REFERENCES CITED...information to Sidder (1986) on deposit types and mining districts in the Reno quadrangle and additional...coordinator, is mapping the Wabuska and Silver Springs quadrangles. Jack finished his mapping of Tertiary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicGeology Vol. 84, 1989, pp. 279-290 The Relief CanyonGold Deposit,Nevada:A MineralizedSolutionBreccia...brecciationchaoticallydisruptedthe golddeposit. Gold,fluorite,pyrite,silver,calcite,andfine-grained silicaarethe...Duval Corporationin 1979 detectedgoldin stream THE Relief Canyongolddeposit,at the southend of sediments...the Humboldt Range and 25 km east of Lovelock, Nevada (Fig. 1), is a variant on the theme of "sedi- the...grade(averageof 0.03 oz Au/ton),but the occurrence Mining, Inc., purchasedthe propertyin 1982 andbeganopen-pitminingin
Report (issue)
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
Book
ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
Report (volume)
rock types 133 Cross section through the Kalavos district Cyprus showing relationship of massive sulfide...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes...significant tasks. GRADE-TONNAGE MODELS Estimated pre-mining tonnages and grades from over 3,900 well-explored...represents an individual deposit (or, rarely, a district), cumulated in ascending grade or tonnage. Where
Book
Bagby US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA William Bagby received a Ph.D. in Earth Science from...rocks in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico. His mining industry experience includes porphyry copper exploration...at the USGS has been focused on gold deposits in Nevada and a mineral-resource assessment of Costa Rica...Berger US Geological Survey, Spokane, Washington, USA Byron Berger has been involved in exploration for...experience focused on Carlin- type deposits in northern Nevada, and during his tenure with the USGS he has conducted
Catalog/List
___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...-- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central...- - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...micro crystals in crystalline feldspar with minor fluorite. X 20 needed Rich orange-red masses with darker...ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish line grained mass
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections ,on...Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with micro...£12 7.x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...minor fluorite. X 20 needed 1.5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...2x2£16 FeSiO lxl £2 lx2£4 2x2£8 MgC0/3 1004 1131 FLUORITE Landsverk Evje Norway rich mass of pale mauve
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless... £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...£3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA
Report (issue)
Sonora, Mexico Greg E. McKelvey, Phelps Dodge Mining Company Brenda B. Houser, Past-President, Arizona...explore the mining history and mineral deposits of one of the country's most important mining regions; further...cyanide and toxic metals released from the Summitville mine on downstream water supplies and crops. The distribution...distribution and movement of metals from mining districts of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, and Rio Tinto, Spain...analysis to investigate the environmental impact of mining in the southeastern San Juan Mountains and adjacent
Catalog/List
Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of black crystal sections...ALBERTITE near Dingwall Scotland ANATASE Cuiba district, Gouveia Minas Gerais. Brazil 28 Quite rich black...lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal..._lx2_ _80 _ _____ _,o 1129 ALMANDINE Braslad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Unknown location I 1 63 □a
Catalog/List
Africa AMBLYGONITE 1073 Near Chclan, E.Washinglon USA ACTlNOLITE Pure white cleavage mass Green crystal...South Larvik near CITE 13ratthagcn, ANAL 1098 Ojucla Mine, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 88 Unusual rich yellow vitreous...Skye, Scotland AEGI. R JNE 17 Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 2 While crystals well covering Basall...cleavage Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cm£4 5mm£2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue...feldspar Ix2£ 1.20 Ix I 50p 68 2 963 AI.BITE Maine USA variety CLEA VELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses
Journal (issue)
Zoned eosphorite from Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral district, M inas Gerais, Brazil .........................about 18 cm tall, and came from the Eureka mine, Tuolumne County, California. The specimen, now in the Smithsonian...PUBLISHING P.O. Box 37072, Tucson, Arizona 85740 USA Richard A. Bideaux, General Partner (602) 297-4862...reports • Mineralogical Record back issues Southern Nevada Mineral Co. 5000 E. Bonanza #8479 Las Vegas, NV...--------------------------- ^ C a ta lo g #2: Mining, m ineralogy, gem ology & je w elry C a ta lo g
Journal (issue)
Zoned eosphorite from Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral district, M inas Gerais, Brazil .........................about 18 cm tall, and came from the Eureka mine, Tuolumne County, California. The specimen, now in the Smithsonian...PUBLISHING P.O. Box 37072, Tucson, Arizona 85740 USA Richard A. Bideaux, General Partner (602) 297-4862...reports • Mineralogical Record back issues Southern Nevada Mineral Co. 5000 E. Bonanza #8479 Las Vegas, NV...--------------------------- ^ C a ta lo g #2: Mining, m ineralogy, gem ology & je w elry C a ta lo g
Catalog/List
speci■ens label. Usuallythe minename,mountainrange, county, state or countrywill be given on the specimenlabel...$1U,00 $12.00 ~/.JU Nevada 19 20 $4.00 $10.00 ~ $35.00 $15.00 79 mine $20.00 $15.00 $20.00...AZ;Hicrotwinnedclear xis replacingcrudegalenacubeson octahedral fluorite xl utrix. . Hull1ine, Alf·2-30111 1elted1 clear...clear xls on galena/anglesiteaatrix, with fluorite & 2,25 1.00 ■ icro vu fenites. Ha11oth St. AnthonrHi...Redcrudexls partly exposedfro1 calcite 1atrix, 1.00 Relief Canyon Hine,NVjBrightred crudexis etchedto exposex
Catalog/List
speci■err labe: Usualy the minename,mountainrange, county, state or country will be given on the specimenlabel...25 1.00 Hull mine,Ali·2-3011 1elted clear xls on galena/anglesite1atrix, with fluorite & 1icro wufenites...$12.50 $15.00 $20.00 $35.00 $37.50 J20.,00 79 Mine $17.50 $12.50 :u5.UU $ 1/. 50 ~l/.~U JtU.00...a1orphous,on opalite 1atrix. 9.00 5.00 3.00 1.50 Relief Canyon Hine NVjBrightred crudexls etchedto expose,...selenides. 3, 10 30,00 15.00 7.00 COCONINOITE:White Canyon,~T; Rar~■ icro xln grains as aggregatesto 511of
Catalog/List
speci■ens label. Usually the minename,mountainrange, county, state or country will be given on the specimenlabel...the cabnet shipping amount for each micro bag. MINE LUCATION / DESCRIPTIOH ARIZONA APE.(11[tl[:AZ; Jilli... special sectiuns, evrlluation hints. ;,,IDAHO MINE!v1LS: by L. l!ean:, 1969; A complete A w;efull...00 Nevada ~IU.UU $20.00 $15.00 $5.00 $5.00 $20.00 $20.00 \l $6.00 $35.00 $15.00 79 mine $20...CrippleCreek,CO;Fairly rte~ 1elall1c xln/xls in fluorite/ quartz1atr1x.High 50.00 50.00 ) i price reflects
Catalog/List
speciMrrlabel Usualy the minename,mountainrange, county, state or country will be given on the specimenlabel...iCALAVERITE:Cripple Creek,CO;Fair rich metallicxln/xls in fluorite/ quartz■ atrix. High ! price reflects gold va...exposedfromcalcite ~atrix. 9.00 5.00 3.00 1.50 Relief Canyon Hine, NV;Brightred crude xls, etchedto expose...selenides. 30,00 15.00 7.00 3,10 COCONINOITE:White Canyon,UT;Raremicroxln grains as aggregatesto 5m1of a...on all surface, 75.00 50.00 25.00 4.00 • uith fluorite ~atrix. 1.00 CRISTOBALITE:Sonora, HEX; 8-lOw~
 
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