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Cuprite from
Bullwhacker Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chrysocolla11 photos of Cuprite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Malachite5 photos of Cuprite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Tenorite3 photos of Cuprite associated with Tenorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bullwhacker Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:294016
Long-form Identifier:1:3:294016:8
GUID (UUID V4):53514660-4b3b-438b-a99d-2f729dbcb29f
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Bertha Mines, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Continental Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Sarsfield Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Butte & Duluth Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Berkeley Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Mountain Chief Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) Henry George Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Alice Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) Green Monster Occurrence (Bull Run; Benich), Boulder Mountains Area, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
32.4km (20.2 miles) Clipper-Columbia Group, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
References
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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...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...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals:
Book
DEPOSIT. ^ jflnzona mining Directory A DIRECTORY OF Arizona^s Mines^ Mining Districts Owners or...or Operators AND POSTOFFICE ADDRESSES (Yavapai County) Copyright RUSSELL H. J 903 MILLWARD PRESCOTT...PRESCOTT, ARIZONA Published by The Arizona Mining Directory Prescott, Arizona Price $2.50 '-^ '...#;^ XXc. No. a. PREFACE Yavapai, the treasure county of Arizona, has developed beyond the speculative...operators than to this county a greater is October 298 1, were 1876, of mining locations Hinton, the
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 .................................. ·.........
Journal (issue)
................... MINERALS OF THE BlJ'I"I E DISTRICT. By Peter A. S111ith ..... .... A MINERAL TRIP...MINERALS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA By PETER A. SM 1TH Placer gold was discovered in Butte in -r-----~Ui~...and the first silver vein the next year. In a few years Butte was a prosperous silver mining camp. Copper...1886 the the fire areas is not lost as the water Butte mines have annually yielded more leaches it out...any other single district in water containing copper sulphate is pumpthe world. Butte Hill is locally
Book
PISTOLS i !?' A J.-. N ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by ...present authentic infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive...United States Geological Survey in 1912. Plan. “Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada”, as...parts:—one on mining districts and the other on mineral resources. The section on mining districts is...but gives more extended descriptions and includes mining as well as geological information. The map which
Report (issue)
....................... 63 22. Location map of mining districts .......................................Principal deposit types and cumulative production in mining districts.............. 13. List of mines with...text Maps showing the distribution of elements: 3. Silver 4. Arsenic 5. Gold (partial digestion method) 6...percent of boron, 29 percent of zinc, 27 percent of silver, 22 percent of copper, and 10 percent of gold production...S, Santa; SO, South, SSV, Sulphur Springs Valley; V, Valley. 3 MADE FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY 31° 112°
Report (volume)
SMITH, Director ' Bulletin 648 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...Clark County.......................................................'.. Gold Butte mining district.................... Lincoln mine........................................ Bennett mine.........................and gneiss............................. Gold Butte Mining Co................................. New Era...prospects...................................... Elko County...............................................
Report (volume)
History of mining _ ____..________________ Production ______________________________________ Mining districts...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...Tertiary lake beds _ _ Ore deposits _ ____ United Verde mine _ ___ _ _ _ Location ____ _ ___________ _______
Report (volume)
..................................... GOLD AND SILVER: Auriferous gravels in the Weaverville quadrangle........... 121 Survey publications on gold and silver................................ 133 COPPER: Copper.............. Copper deposits of the White Mesa district, Ariz., by J. M. Hill............ Survey publications...The lead-silver deposits of the Dome district, Idaho, by J. B. Umpleby.... The Yellow Pine mining district...district, Clark County, Nev., by J. M. Hill...... Survey publications on lead and zinc...................
Journal (volume)
Bingham, Utah, Mining Black Sand Page. Abbott, James W A Visit to Ely, Nevada Mining at Bingham, Utah...Greenwater District Ditto Ditto Ditto Abyssinia, Minerals In The Requirements of Modern Mining 70S 52...Charles [64 James W. 82 431 114 Nelll 815 District, British W Columbia, The 783 431 795 736 241...Tube-Mill Lining Forbes Rlckard 511 17 The Boundary District The Mineral Output of. In 1906 Broken Hill, Acid...Proprietary Mine, He Treatment at G. D. Del prat Brown, Walter 8 A Filing System for Mining Engineers llucke
Journal (volume)
Resumption of Activities at the Howell Mine BY WILL C. HIGGINS The Howell Mining Company, of Salt Lake City, is...property in the South Fork The property of the Howell Mining Com of Big Cottonwood canyon, about twentyfive...the great Cardiff mine, its near to the discovery of the property of the Howell Mining Company, of the...-roots. The discovery of the Howell reads al district has been not most like a romance . ed for its...ment and operation , the richest portion of and mining activities were inaugurated in Utah the Big a
Journal (volume)
THESALT LAKE 689388 W G E N I I V N E I R M ... MINING REVIEW Table of Contents , Page 24 Index To Advertisers...SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH Il f 2 THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW , APRIL 15, 1915. Products of the Experience...attention than to OTHERBRANCH the Engineering and Mining Trade.BUSINESS Carrying a dowe full line give in...engineering practice . Write forour new Catalog L. MINE & SMELTER SUPPLY CO., Agents REVERE RUBBER CO....KANSAS CITY. MO . Glant Belting THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW , APRIL 15, 1915. 3 Built for underground
Journal (volume)
4000 Salt Lake 3VHA ‫مم‬ • THE JOHNNIE MINING & MILLING COMPANY. - Illustrated . E rn lectre...lectre cel 2 Weste THE CROWN POINT GLOBE MINING COMPANY . - Illustrated .. ‫ سر‬/ SerT 19 CE W E VI ...GOES ON FOREVER The Mine & Smelter Supply Co. SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH 2. THE MINING REVIEW , SALT LAKE... IN the latter part of 1908 the Pioche Golden Mining Co., of Pioche, Nev ., bought of one g ofPrince...Hoist. gThis week we sold to the Gold and Silver Prince Mining Company , bwhedosythe samepeople) of Pioche
Journal (volume)
XVI April 15, 1914 March 30, 1915 The Salt Lake Mining Review 1601 Walker Bank Building SALT LAKE CITY...Creek , Utah , Has Large, Rich Carnotite Deposits . Silver King Con . Statement Self- Cotained Rescue Apparatus...Goldfield Con . Civil Service Examinations The Sells Mining Company Engineers and Millmen United States Smelting...trict. By George H. Ryan 13 20 California Oil and Mining News. By G. Chester Brown . TOT 10. 191 .. ;19...California Oil & Mining News , By G. Chester Brown . Mining the Basic Industry Butte - Superior to Expand
Report (volume)
Mayr, E., 2. Davis, M. J., 1. Boulder batholith, Montana: Knopf, Various species: Link, T. A., A., 9. 13...the future: Just, E. ing: Burwell, E. B., Jr., 4. Mining geology, retrospect and Index fossils: Stephenson... Landform interpretation, stereoSearch for new mining districts: Nolan, T. B., 1. pairs: Powers, W. E...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...limestone: Lamar, Shotts, R. C., 5. J. E., 11. Gold, mining districts: Pallister, Trace elements and potash
Journal (volume)
"^'^^S'''^^^''^ 107 V, '^'^M^i^ JULY TO DECEMBER 1913 Mining and 429 MARKET STREET Scientific Press SAN FRANCISCO...Mines, Ltd., company report Abosso mine. West Africa Acacia Mining Co., Colorado 270, Editorial. Accident...prevention . . . Queen Co.'s mine, Arizona Accident Gold Mining Co., Subil mine, French Gulch, Rules, Copper...Accidents, coal-mine in United States Compensation for Workingmen's compensation Acid mine water Acidity...Irvinebank Editorial. Tramway, one-rope Tramway, Saline Valley Salt Co., California . . . . . . Aerolites
Report (volume)
minerals and metals, such as Copper, Gold, Mica, and Silver, and other geologic entries. A few of the major... Jr. Minnesota, Fillmore County: Pederson, C. A. New Jersey, Dover district, magnetite: Sims, P. K.,...geology. Iron, Dover district, magnetite: Sims, P. K., 1. Iron. New Jersey, Dover district, magnetite: Sims...society. A.I.M.E. Trans.-American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Transactions...Ontario. Canadian Inst. Mining and Metallurgy Trans.-Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Transactions
Report (issue)
~Pass) cs. sim ssicwiy tat.0e 276 Nevada City-Grass Valley ..... 279 New Almad@n 6.6sravs.cisis a0 sere ois:5sre...no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope tick Rock DIsEEIcL sCoLoradO)...324 DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock District, Utah—Arizona...Utah—Arizona ....vccccsnens F. Monticello-Moab-Thompsons District, Utah .....secvceee 326 327 ee eeseeee Gig GE
Journal (volume)
machines, ventilating apparatus, emery wheels, mining and milling machinery. Particis being given to...employ a large foroe of skilled workmen. a Mining and Scientific Press. through the rotten boards...Iqulque .and the Silver Mines and Salt- habitants, nearly all of whom follow mining for an occupation...Juan."J [Written Huatajia, is the most productive mining-camp In my last letter (page 448 of Dec. 14tb)...one I will take you through Bome of the famouB silver minea of *' Huataiia," situated on next. Mines
Journal (volume)
of Alfred Brile, superintendent of the Kentucky Mining and Smelting Company, we have the following report...and the Hartsfeld Portable Smelting Furnace and Mining Co., Newport, Ky. The latter-named company will...will forward catalogue, etc., on application. NEw SILVER VAULT.-The House evidently has no thought of the...sufficient to store $60,000,000. THE Young America quartz mine of Sierra City has become a solid dividend payer...We note in the North San Juan Times, of Nevada county, that a hydraulic gravel elevator is soon to be
Journal (volume)
Mil' i I ';> ?mii Wmmh 11181 \ lMINING / DEPAfiTtriEiT Of Library Numbrr; M / Return...SD^al loan. / permJssie INDEX TO) VOLUME Mining and I imiin n ni 1920 it^!/f/vt n nun t...161 Science and industry. Allen, A. moving from mine-hoists Signaling Allen, C. A 232 cages 645 Allis-Chalmers...Consolidated Gold Fields of South 881 Africa 747 American Mining Congress Editorial. 752. 790, 826 Ditto 215 Co...book review Assaying methods at the Globe & Phoenix mine 4 51 H. R. Edmands. 108 Association of Accountants
Journal (volume)
DEPARTMENT OF MINING ENGINEERING J^ I Ukriry Num'w^; Return thii (o book Cupboard:^ All h.Miki...; H ALPHABETICAL INDEX V FUR WoV VOLUME II MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL "I B ;\r.ii.1.Mif 154 160 132...summer's work successful Yukon trip coal leasing mining in 1916. metal output Americ-'i" "^T''-" ^: •...strict Bully Hill smelter (cut) 63 Bureau of Mining E Bureau of Mines, IVj-.m and labor lol .liuss...•<> <> 98 311 (cut). After the War A' ''• "'\i mine safety work A mi, new uses • Max Ball, '^lines
Report (volume)
minerals and metals, such as COPPER, GOLD, MICA, and SILVER, and other geologic entries. A few of the major...are as follows: COLORADO. Mineralogy. Montrose County, uranium-vanadium deposits: Weeks, A. D., 13R....Iron, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F., 5. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous...and have not been searched completely. A.I.M.E., Mining Geology Geophysics Div. Ann. Mtg., Abs. Tech. Papers;...Br. Abs. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Mining, Geology, and Geophysics Division
Journal (volume)
i —7""^z^ w . . . . The Mining Magazine Edited by T. A. /A/ RICKARD. PUBLISHED AT SALISBURY...Conductors of Silver by Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavay's) American Smelting & Refining Co Anaconda, Mining Costs...Costs at Anantapur Gold Field Anchor Tin Mine Anonymous *223 70 406 428 426 (p.<.) Steel for Rock-Drills...instead of Water in 386 Report Botallack 37 Braden Mine, Chile 160, 393 Brakpan 293 .... Rand Future of...Blenkinsop & Duluth, Leaching at Butte, Primary Chalcocite^t Butte Bwana M'Kubwa Copper Bwana M'Kubwa
 
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