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Cuprite from
Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:302067
Long-form Identifier:1:3:302067:8
GUID (UUID V4):10a6d425-14a3-4478-9dba-b52db6439d4c
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Book (volume)
Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia Volume I: Vancouver Island LIDAARY Digitized by the Internet...Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia Volume I: Vancouver Island Rick Hudson OrCA BOOK PUBLISHERS...mineral sites of British Columbia Includes index. Contents: Vol. I, Vancouver Island ISBN 1-55143-057-6...and mineral resources — British Columbia. 2. Prospecting — British Columbia. I. Title TN27.B7H82 1996...Printed and bound in Canada Orca Book Publishers PO Box 5626, Station B Victoria, BC Canada V8R 6S4 GE) 3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
microprobe, etc.) Because New Mexico is a mining state, mining districts are given whenever possible in...(Manzano Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite, galena, malachite. Hell Canyon...Canyon subdistrict (Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek...stolzite. Wilcox district, S. of Mogollon. Lone Pine mine: emmonsite, khademite, lannonite,* mackayite, poughite...poughite, rajite,* tellurium, wilcoxite.* Sacaton mine, Blue Rock and Bit Spar prospects: fluorite. Volume
Report (volume)
complexly zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...In recent years, a significant proportion of the mining industry's interest has been centered on discovery...found in Paleozoic and Cenozoic orogenic-belt and island-arc settings and are associated with felsic to... INTRODUCTION Gold exploration efforts of the mining industry in the last few years have centered on...Company; Edward I. Bloomstein of Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc.; Gail M. Jones of Western Geologic Resources
Book
~"' - ..\, . ~ / Geological Association of Canada g,A Mineral Deposits Divioon . I\ ~ I ORE...Mineral Deposits Division Series Editor Dirk Tempelman-Kluit Mineral Deposits Division Steering Committee...approximately 5 cm taii and is from the Eagle's Nest mine, Piacer County, California. Ross Beaty Collection...Mauthner. f I: ; It' !I National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data it I~ !I I I!...Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Oivis,on - L'Association geaogiQue du Canada, Division des gites mineraux
Report (issue)
of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Mineral Deposits... by Elliot Gillerman NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY KENNETH W. FoRD, President NEW MEXICO...PATRICIA E. CANDELARIA, Secretary JAMES M. ROBERTSON, Mining Geologist RoNALD J. RoMAN, Chief Research Metallurgist... . . 7 Climate and vegetation 8 HISTORY OF MINING 9 Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....County,. showing area included in this report and mining districts and areas separately described . . .
Journal (issue)
Rutherford (rutherfordine). at McGill University in Canada made the discovery of some radioactive substances...Miniere du haul Katanga's Shinkolobwe .. radium .. mine. Other sources of radium soon developed on the Colorado...Phelps Dodge Corporation at their Tyrone, NM copper mine, in 1918. Two uranium minerals were recognized....bei ng able to make ends meet by digging in the mine dumps which have become depleted . Many o f the...addresses are S30 00 .,~, y.·· 1· addresses in Canada and Mexico are USS48.00 per yea r, all 1 :;1
Report (issue)
stock, and the dike in the vicinity of the Ohio mine is sericitized suggesting some pre-mineral quartz...the rhyolite plugs of Three Sisters, the Shrine mine, and the rhyolite sill(?) of Saddle Mountain. Some...Mountain, Tullock Peak, and at the plug near the Shrine mine. The Tyrone stock is present within parts of the...monzodiorite 2.52 76.5 W-202220 Rhyolite of the Shrine mine 2.61 Si02 Powder density Laboratory No. Rock...(table 3), e.g. Three Sisters and at the Shrine mine (89) , and others acted as feeder dikes to rhyolite
in the field ~“ Various geological locations iin Canada© Physical properties of minerals and rocks, and...surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...Fitzhenry & Whiteside acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council...acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development...publishing activities. Ss Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada vw ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(above). Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%%...to the mid-1970s were documented with the exact mine or in many cases even the correct subdistrict. In...zinc-lead district. This area has been an active mining district from about the middle of the nineteenth...sprays of millerite associated with calcite. The coal mine dumps and waste piles scattered throughout much...(above). Fluorite and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above
Book
Fitzhenry & Whiteside acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts. and the Ontario Arts Council...acknowledge the financial suppo1t of the Government of Canada through the Book Pubbshing lndus!Jy Development...publishing activities. Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada PA ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL...CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Grice, Joel Beginner's...Key How to Tdentify a Rock Geological Regions of Canada 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 Metallic Minerals
Report (volume)
deposit, Belgian Congo Deposits at Great Bear Lake, Canada ... Explanation of annotated bibliography. Annotated...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico...mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor...Belgian Congo, and from the Eldorado mine, Great Bear Lake, Canada. The Shinkolobwe deposit since its initial...adjacent areas in Saxony; the Beaverlodge district, Canada; the Cornwall district, England; the Guarda and
Report (volume)
Ministry of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Published for the Geological Society...Society of CIM as VOLUME 46 by the OF MINING, METALLURGY SPECIAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE NORTHWEST COMMUNITY...PETROLEUM COPYRIGHT © 1995 BY CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM Suite 1210, 3400 de Maisonneuve...Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3Z 3B8 ISBN 0-919086-56-X PRINTED BY HARPELL’S...PRESS COOPERATIVE Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada Preface CIM Special Volume 46 is organized into
Report (volume)
17 Climate and vegetation. 18 _._ History of mining and present conditions___________________ 20 ..._______________ . Placers __ _ Mineralogy ____________ Mining districts, camps, and properties. Helvetia district_..._______________ _____ Ore deposits _ . Copper World mine ____ _____ _____ Location and topography _ _ History..._____ Black Horse mine _ Leader mine_ '. Isle Royal mine Heavy Weight mine Old Dick mine _______________..._______________ _ Mohawk mine _ ___ Omega mine _. 76 77 78 78 78 78 79 80 84 85 86 87 91 91 91 92 92 98 99 99 100
Journal (issue)
Petersburg University specimens **- St.-Petersburg Mining Museum specimens 2 W o r l d of Stones. Ng 1 I...," or the already formed crystal itself. Such division is natural from a genetic point of view, because...the authors of this article, was opened in the Mining Museum of St. Petersburg not long ago and another...Unusual Crystallization or... Mineral Pathology? //Mine mlogicheskii zhurnal. 1989.1.11, N 2. p.96-98. 10...graduating from the Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) Mining Institute. Working here for nearly a year, the
Book (edition)
to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay
Journal (issue)
Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa PL Associate.......................... 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico ........................................ 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................from a single locality: smithsonite from the Kelly mine. Probably ever since the 1860’s, when “Old Hutch”...prepare one for us; it covers not just the Kelly mine but the Mag­ dalena district as a whole. This is
Report (volume)
evaluation: Church, C. C., 2. Alaska, Blashke Island ultrabasic Geiger and scintillation counters, complex:...species: Link, T. A., A., 9. 13. British Columbia ores, zoning: Geology in Canada: Hume, G. S., Gunning, H....the future: Just, E. ing: Burwell, E. B., Jr., 4. Mining geology, retrospect and Index fossils: Stephenson...G. P., 3. 1951: Moody, C. L., 2. Zoning in British Columbia ores: Gunning, H. C. , 5. Scientific side:...United Alaska, evaluation of soil and States and Canada: Levorsen, permafrost conditions: Frost, A. I.
Journal (issue)
mineralogical history of The Franklin-Sterling Hill mining community. The wedding reception was held at another...17-19 Growth Spirals on Graphite from the Trotter Mine Dump Franklin, New Jersey. Evidence of Early Life...Collecting at the Passaic and Noble Pits, Sterling Hill Mining Museum, for P.O.M.S. members; fee $1.00/lb. 10:00...M. - Noon - P.O.M.S. Micro Group, Sterling Hill Mining Museum. 1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. - P.O.M.S. Meeting...Sterling Hill Mining Museum on Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. The Mine Run Dump and Passaic
Report (volume)
adjacent islands, and also Guam and other Pacific island possessions but not the trust territories of the...possessions of the United States, the provinces of Canada, and well-known areas like the Atlantic Coastal...are: ALABAMA, ALBERTA, CANADA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, NEVADA, and UNITED STATES. CANADA and UNITED STATES are...gas potentialities would be indexed only under CANADA and not under each province discussed in the paper...and have not been searched completely. A.I.M.E., Mining Geology Geophysics Div. Ann. Mtg., Abs. Tech. Papers;
Report (issue)
geology of the region, the origin of the ores, mining, and milling. an aid to locating new The maps...—Introduction 11 General statement History History of mining History of smelting 11 12 12 14 Topography...Hill mine Unity mine Marsden-Black Jack mine Northwestern mine Hoosier mine Royal Princess mine Paragon...Paragon mine Drill Hole mine Sheboygan mine Other mines 56 Elizabeth district "Wishon mine Skene mine mine...mine Kansas mine Ulinoi s Burns level Empire mine Bill Chapter Elizabeth Mining and Development Co
Book
INDIAN) ORE BELT ORE BODIES URANIUM DISTRICTS AND MINING AREAS SLICK ROCK DISTRICT GYPSUM VALLEY DISTRICT...PLATES Paradox Basin Uranium Districts Uranium Mining Areas Within Districts Paradox Basin Domes and...Basin, there are 11 established uranium mining districts and 21 mining areas. Total production of uranium...by-product of the radium ore mining. When the high-grade ores at Shinkolobwe mine in Zaire (formerly Belgium...Belgium Congo) were brought into production in 1923, mining ceased and did not resume until 1936. This time
Journal (issue)
Bushes ByMARYBEAL CLOSE-UPS GEOLOGY RECREATION MINING A. 2 Notes on Desert features a n d their writers...their mining in the Castle Dome mountains of western Arizona. This is a picture of wartime mining which...see. Besides being an informative article on lead mining, it is a warmly human story, from the fabulous...d e r s NEWS Here a n d There on the Desert MINING Current m i n i n g HOBBY G e m s a n d Minerals...ancient people of North America. United States and Canada in Pre-Cambrian time, about 400 million years ago
Report (issue)
United States. The pre-1940 history of uranium mining and geology is concerned largely with veins in...are deposits in Europe, South Africa, northern Canada, South Australia, and, to a limited extent, the...uranium in northern Saskatchewan, Canada; near Blind River, Canada ; and in the Witwatersrand, South...comments on the history of uranium geology and mining. The other chapters deal principally with pertinent...postsedimentation slump- done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials, U.S. ing and release of stress
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...apreciatlon. On fissure veins i Ahmeek Copper Mining . . . Co., . .F. . . 620 386 366 1 978
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
 
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