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Pyrite from
Ophir Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ophir Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:294049
Long-form Identifier:1:3:294049:6
GUID (UUID V4):23a2d3f5-f788-419d-94e4-e6a557524768
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Travona Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) ā“˜Emma Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ā“˜Unnamed Mn mine [1], Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Green Copper Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Otisco Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Colorado Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Smokehouse Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Lizzie Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Silver King Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Belmont Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
References
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Report (issue)
on sulfide and nonsulfide mineralogy, gold and silver grades and deposit tonnage. A discussion of ore... local geographical area, mineralogy, gold and silver grades, tonnage, and references are given in table...deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS... These deposits are primarily worked for gold. Silver is a minor byproduct; about 14 percent of the deposits...deposits described here have reported silver grades. Sulfides commonly make up less than 5 percent of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...Plata meaning ā€œgold and silver,ā€ and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montanaā€™s mining origins. Montanaā€™s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Isotopes of the Flooded Underground Mine Workings of Butte, Montana CHRISTOPHER H. GAMMONS,1,ā€  DEAN M....Engineering, Montana Tech of The University of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, Montana 59701 2 Department...Applications, 200 Technology Way, Butte, Montana 59701 Abstract Over a century of mining and smelting of the world-class...world-class porphyry lode ore deposit at Butte, Montana, has resulted in extensive environmental damage...most acidic mining pit lakes, Butte is host to over 16,000 km of flooded underground mine workings. Of
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
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 ----------~-----------------Ā­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Report (issue)
ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by R.G. Tysdal 1 , Steve Ludington2 , and...ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-683-A...in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the...the Forest has produced gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and phosphate minerals. * At the
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED...______________________-__-_________--_------___-_ Ophir district.________________________________________________...Scratchgravel Hills and Grass Valley......__________---__--_-___ Austin district._.____..._..._._.____._____..._____ Marysville district.___________________________________________ Gould district.________________...._ Heddleston district.___________________________________________ Wolf Creek district.._..........__
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to 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 of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (issue)
organization is carrying on for the direct advancement of mining interests throughout the country than can readily...the Survey's work in economic geology. GOLD AND SILVER. NOTES ON THE PLACER DEPOSITS OF GREATERVILLE,...latter part of March, 1909, while engaged in a mining reconnaissance of the Patagonia and Nogales quadrangles...the Santa Rita Mountains, about 3 miles from the summit of Melendreth Pass, whose elevation is 5,850 feet...to Cienega Creek, thence following south up that valley to the station, a distance of 6 miles. A trail
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)
Geological Survey. Al (Adams Cr.) Gold Nome district MF-445, loc. 88 Solomon (4.1, 12.45) 64Ā°42'N...probably an error. (Adventuress Cr.) Gold Kougarok district MF-445, loc. 42 Solomon (3.2, 15.25) 64Ā°52'N...worked out before 1908. (Aggie Cr.) Gold Council district MF-445, loc. 125 Solomon (13.25-13.5, 15.55-15...from creek labeled Aggie Cr. on most maps. Placer mining in 1930's and early 1940's. Dredge operated from...calcareous schist. (Allgold Cr.) Gold Council district MF-445, loc. 49 Solomon (4.0, 15.3) 64Ā°52'N,
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 sulļ¬des and sulfosalts like...rank among the ļ¬nest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome specimens...specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many of...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record
Report (issue)
............................................. Montana ... ..................................................................... Western United States mining districts ....................... World distribution...(21) (22) *114 *115 Geology of the Globe copper district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome, 168 pp., 1903. The...The mineral resources of the Mount Wrangell district, Alaska, by W. C. Meudenhall and F. C. Schrader, 71...Encampment district, Wyoming, by A. C. Spencer, 107pp., 1904. Economic geology of the Bingham mining district
Report (issue)
SOME MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. By J. T. PARDEB. INTRODUCTION. The deposits described...of Madison Valley near Cherry and Wigwam creeks and in the foothills east of Jefferson Valley near Renova...are, respectively, 70 and 30 miles southeast of Butte, Mont. Though they are small, these deposits yield...formerly iron ore was shipped to the smelters at Butte and used as a flux. On Wigwam and Cherry creeks...ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1918, PART I. In the Renova district a bed of iron ore that as~a rule is steeply inclined
Report (issue)
Virginia--503 National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. ā€¢ 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 miningā€”United States. 2. Placer depositsā€”United States...Chance district, MontanaG G9 Virginia Cityā€”Alder Gulch district, MontanaG G9 Boise Basin district, IdahoG
Journal (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 ā€¢ Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate ā€œThe Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, Januaryā€“February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: ā€œMontana Mineral Kingā€ By Richard A. Bideaux Whatā€™s new in minerals:
Report (issue)
_________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ PagĀ« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...Ltd., mine...... --_--______.______ Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ Tern Piute district.........district____ .________..__ Nevada Scheelite mine.. _ ______ Hooper No. 2 mine __ _____ _ _ Yankee Girl mine_______________...Mountains_____________.____ Desert Scheelite mine..... _______ Gunmetal mine _ ___________ _ Manganese-tungsten
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)
Adams'. McCall -j' ('I. ,I) , \' ,I ',Ji Valley L..yJashingtonf ( ā€¢ _ _ .l- - ---r' .LJ I ya~J...specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons... '<, ā€¢ 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...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alreadypresentin the rock is sufficient to accountfor the pyrite in the alteredzone. Although there are numerousinstancesof...alteration. Carefully planned samplingas carried out in Butte, Yellowknife and a very few other districts is ...confirmedby numerousanalyses.Was the iron of the pyrite addedas well as the sulphuror was it alreadypresentin...original rock containssufficientiron to accountfor the pyrite in the altered phasehas beena matter of commentbut...alt. 2 ā€¢ttz. monz.air. 3 -0.94 2.89 1.07 13a. Butte, Mont. Fresh rk. (av. of 4) Arg'z Zn (av. of 6)
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)
--------------------------- Rowley or Reliance mine, by J. A. ~acKallor_____________ PimaCountY----...claims_______________________________________ Pinal County _________________________ ------- ______ -----__...-----__ Santa Cruz CountY---------------------------------------Santo Ni:iio mine, by D. H. Kupfer__...____ Yavapai CountY----------------------------------------------Copper Basin district _______ ------...--------------__ Commercial mine ______ ------------------------------__ Copper Hill mine __________ --------
Report (issue)
........... 3 Gunnison National Forest Crested Butte Mountain Resort Land Exchange Offer ...... . . ............... 10 Pike National Forest County of El Paso (Black Forest) Land Exchange Offer .............................. 220 Medicine Bow National Forest Centennial Valley (T. A. Bragg) Land Exchange Offer.............. 9 Gunnison National Forest Crested Butte Mountain Resort Land Exchange Offer Fig. 1. Index...................... 48 Fig. 14. Map 12-Offered mining claims-Quartz Creek & Cumberland Pass areas (provided
Book (volume)
..........................................258 Montana ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona ā€“ Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
 
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