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Chalcopyrite from
Mountain Chief Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, 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 Mountain Chief Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:294014
Long-form Identifier:1:3:294014:4
GUID (UUID V4):57afd44d-84e6-422c-8e25-e2791329ee12
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Modoc Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Alexander Scott Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) East Colusa Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Gem Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Tuolumne Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Mat Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Jessie Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Berkeley Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Speculator Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Leonard Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like...rank among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record
Journal (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...2002 Volume 33 • Number 1 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Wendell E. Wilson Editor Thomas P. Moore Circulation...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Adams'. McCall -j' ('I. ,I) , \' ,I ',Ji Valley L..yJashingtonf ( • _ _ .l- - ---r' .LJ I ya~J...specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...• Idaho Falls 1 ' r_ r--- 'f"Q --; - Souu,;Mountain : I•__ .... _ Spencer ,(~\ - -, _Custer r j'... '<, • Boise I Dismal SW!fP \.J. Silver City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L........ ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and geologic data have not been recently prospected
Report (issue)
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 --
Report (issue)
................................ 8 1.4.1.2 Acid Mine Drainage .........................................Characteristics of the Ore and Relationship to Acid Mine Drainage .................................................................. 32 2.7.1 Quartzburg District ........................................................................ 32 2.7.2 Grimes Pass District .......................................................................... 32 2.7.3 Gambrinus District .............................................
Report (issue)
INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district
Report (issue)
LODE MINING IN THE QUARTZBURG AND GRIMES PASS PORPHYRY BELT, BOISE BASIN, IDAHO. By E. L. JONES, Jr....considered advisable because of the recent important mining developments along this belt and because of frequent...the Boise Basin as a whole. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The mining men of the Boise Basin extended many courtesies...topographic maps of the Idaho Basin and Garden Valley quadrangle and the more detailed map of the Boise...Boise Basin are shown by mine symbols and numbers. i Lindgren, Waldemar, The mining districts of the Idaho
Book (edition)
Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...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...ankerite or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included...for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a
Report (issue)
Virginia--503 National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. • SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm...Deposits in the Virginia City-Alder Gulch District, Montana By DANIEL R. SHAWE and KENNETH L. WI ER U...deposits in the Virginia City-Alder Gulch District, Montana / by Daniel R. Shawe and Kenneth L. Wier.... of Docs. no.: I 19.3:1857-G 1. Gold mines and mining—United States. 2. Placer deposits—United States...Chance district, MontanaG G9 Virginia City—Alder Gulch district, MontanaG G9 Boise Basin district, IdahoG
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 955-E FLUORSPAR PROSPECTS OP MONTANA BY CLYDE P. ROSS Contributions to economic geology...near Anaconda, Deer Lodge County-_______________ Silver Bow prospect, Silver Bow County__________________________...ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 18. A, General view of East Butte from the south; B, View down Sage Creek from the..._______ 28. Geologic and topographic map of the Silver Bow fluorspar 209 prospect--...---------------...--- In pocket FIGURE 6. Index map of part of Montana, showing the mapped fluorsparbearing areas and
Report (Issue volume)
these card catalogues would be as useful to the mining industry as they have proved to be to the Division...and expense involved are justified and that the mining industry will find that having this material readily...accumulating steadily since 1853, when the first mine (a coal property) was developed. Actually it antedates...During the 90 years or more that prospecting and mining have been active, a vast amount of information...extensively to the fund of published data. Also, mining journals and periodicals, many of which are no
Report (issue)
74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \¥ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining ................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........· ......... ·................................. ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. ·.........
Report (issue)
designate the papers for advance publication] (A) Some mining districts of eastern Oregon, by James Gilluly,...deposits of the Takilma-Waldo district, Oreg., including the Blue Creek district, by Philip J. Shenon________...ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 1. Index map showing location of mining districts in eastern Oregon. 8 2. Topographic and...and geologic map of the Mormon Basin mining district, Baker and Malheur Counties, Oreg _ 32 3. Geologic...East Eagle district, Oreg _ 72 4. Topographic and geologic map of Virtue district, Baker County, Oreg__
Report (volume)
Continued . Page Silver-gold lodes.______________________________________ 214 Silver lodes___________...mine___-____-__-_----_--_-------_---__---___-230 Mascot mine--__----_-_-_----------------------.-_----_--- ....prospect____________---__--__--------_--_-,.-_-___ 233 Eureka mine-______________-----__--_^____________________ 233...mine____-______-_____-_-_____-___-._-______-___ 234 Cleveland mine..----__--___-_---__-.----_-____-_-_._-_-___235 Texida...___________________________________________ 236 Elkhorn mine._________..__..__ ..__..__......_______ 237 Forest
Report (volume)
100 years of published knowledge) including the chief occurrences of 445 mineral species UNITED STATES...mineralogists, the main part of the report describes the chief occurrences of 445 mineral species, 42 of them first...location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...________ Silver: Argentiferous galena 1 ____________________________________________ Silver halides,...- - - - - Sulfantimonides and sulfarsenides of silver, chiefly polybasitepearceite------------------
Report (issue)
an overall guide been written on gold and gold mining of publications have no single report or to...belt by Knopf and Logan, and reports on the Grass Valley, Alleghany, and Randsburg districts by Johnston...longer district Hulin, respectively. the principal features of each gold-bearing district are described..."There earth here to be taken up wherein there silver". Gold was mined in is is no port of the ...publications were written on various phases of gold mining. The reports of John Trosk, the first State Geologist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
when, in the midst of the depression following the Silver Panic of 1893, h c . I I.S. Treasury faced a rapidly...house. Photo hy Uycrs, CB.1904. courtcs\ Ouraj County Historical Society. Volume 75, November/December...The political battle between inflationists, “free-silver advocates,” and supporters of a gold standard grew...reached the first of several climaxes with the Silver Panic of 1893. In each of these business deals...bonds in 1895 served to fan the flames of the free-silver battle in the year leading up to the 1896 presidential
Report (issue)
Virginia-503 National Center, Rm. 1C402.12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105...Terranes Part I Geographic Distribution of Gold Mining Regions and Types of Deposits in the United States...Mineralization in Nevada and Utah By WILLIAM C BAG BY Gold-Silver Deposits Associated with the Trans-Challis Fault...bibliographies. Contents: Geographic distribution of gold mining regions and types of deposits in the United States...mineralization in Nevada and Utah / by William C. Bagby Gold-silver deposits associated with the trans-Challis fault
Report (issue)
Oregon and from out-of-state-for such information on mining properties has shown the present need for such...reasonable time information that is of value to the mining industry, that it is deemed best to issue this...alphabetical name and location list of all mines in the district, a general introductory statement covering the...geology of the state, an index map showing the mining divisions of the state as covered by the several...Statement Baker County 13 ____ 13 _ _______________ Baker Area Cable Cove District Connor Creek Area
Report (issue)
TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The tungsten...northwestern Inyo County, Cal., are west of Bishop, the largest town in Owens Valley. The mining industry centers...Similar groups of hills farther south in Owens Valley are known by distinctive names, such as the Alabama...feet, about 1,500 feet above the floor of Owens Valley, but they are dwarfed into insignificance by the...000, or approximately 2 miles to the inch. The mining conditions are favorable: the climate is good,
Report (issue)
3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph...percent of the state. Nevada's public lands offer mining, livestock grazing, wild horse viewing, .scenic...Road and Geologic Tours in th<' Las Vegas Area. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91
Report (volume)
History of mining _ ____..________________ Production ______________________________________ Mining districts..._____ Relation of the plateau province to the mountain region______ 7 9 10 10 Post-Paleozoic erosi...Unusual types of pre-Cambrian veins _ Later gold and silver veins General features_ _ m 14 14 14 16 16 17...deposits Continued. Later gold and silver veins Continued. Silver veins ___ _ _ _____________ ________...with quartz gangue_______________ Gold and gold-silver veins. _ ____________________ Proportion of gold
Report (issue)
History of the Verde Mining District, Jerome, Arizona David F. Briggs Geologist March 2018 CONTRIBUTED...Citation: Briggs, D.F., 2018, History of the Verde Mining District, Jerome, Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey...---------------- 3 Geology of the Verde Mining District ------------------------------------------...---------------------- 71 Future of Verde Mining District ------------------------------------------...northeastern slope of the Black Hills, the Verde Mining District is located approximately 25 miles northeast
Report (issue)
...... ·- ......... . J,5 Historical sketch of mining and smelting in New Mexico....... . . . . . . ....... : . .............. - ........ .. . . T~os County, by L. C. Graton and W ..Lindgren ..... ................. . . , ... -.. . Rio Hondo. (Twining) district . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................::.:::.::: ::: :::: :: ':::: :: ::::. Red River district. ..................•......... -~ . . ...........·::-; : : :. ::.·.i?:5.•.:...,. .... Black.Copper mine ........ ............. ~ ... .. . .... ·.......
Report (issue)
org/details/reportofstatemin15cali CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO ^LETCHER...Statement xxiii Participation of the California State Mining Bureau in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition...Production General Features I. Alpine County. 5 6 6 , Mining Districts The Mogul and Monitor Districts...The Hercules Company 14 23 Silver Mountain District Silver King District Mineral Water Grover's Hot...27 27 27 , , Bibliography Chapter II, Inyo County. Introduction and Acknowledgments Location and
 
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