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Calcite from
Scratch Awl Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scratch Awl Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:315381
Long-form Identifier:1:3:315381:9
GUID (UUID V4):8246b701-d5d2-4da1-96a2-b80bc1b4c8ec
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Horton Mine (Imperial Mine; Midnight Mine; Silver Chief Mine; True Fissure Mine), Durango & Moorlight Group (Durango & Moonlight Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Algonquin Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Midnight Mine (Imperial), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Gem Mine (Part of Trout Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) San Francisco Mine (Frisco Shaft), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Redemption Iron Mine, Franklin Hill Iron Deposit (Tarriff; Courtney Manganiferous Iron Deposit; Courtney Prospect), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Hope Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Granite-Bimetallic Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Philipsburg, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Last Chance Claim (Last Chance Tailings), John Long Mountains Area, Granite County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Weber by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (see February 2005 Mineral News - Ed.). Between...noted for the mounted specimens acquired by the LA County Museum, the collection provides a solid reference...unpublished 'skorpionite' from the new Skorpion Mine near Rosh Pinah in Southwest Namibia were offered...or tarbuttite. Skorpion Mine is expected to become the world's largest zinc mine, covering 15% of our zinc...new minerals from that mine. I saw a few pieces of kochsandorite from the coal mine at Many in Hungary.
Report (volume)
Geology and ,0 e Deposits of the . Philipsburg Dis ict .Granite County, Montaria GEOLOGICAL SURVEY _BULLETIN... Geology and Ore Deposits of the Philipsburg District Granite County, Montana By WILLIAM C. PRINZ GEOLOGICAL...Nation's only battery-grade manganese dioxide district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...the Philipsburg district. 2-6. Maps of part of the Philipsburg district, showing geology and mine workings...5,180 feet. 7. Geologic sections of the Philipsburg district. 8. Longitudinal section of the lower part
Report (volume)
Bulletin 922-G MANGANESE DEPOSITS AT PHILIPSBURG GRANITE COUNTY, MONTANA A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY E. N. GODDARD........................................ Headlight mine.................................... Geology.......Future possibilities and reserves............. Scratch Awl mine.................................. Geology...deposits.................................. Trout mine.......................................» History...Geologic map of the Philipsburg district.. In 27. Polished ore specimen from Algonquin mine<>. 28. Manganese-oxide
Journal (issue)
Minerals of the Scratch Awl Mine PhilipsburgMining District, GraniteCounty, Montana Larry B. French HC...french@midrivers.com The Philipsburg Mining District, immediately east of Philipsburg, Montana, occupies a relatively...relatively small area on the western slopes of the Flint Creek Range. The first discovery occurred in 1864 with...renamed the Hope mine (Albright, 2005). Silver was the primary metal produced by the district, but after 1916...1916, the Philipsburg district became the nations' leading producer of manganese. Lead, zinc, and some
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...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces The state
Journal (issue)
00 Gold & Wulfenite on South Gold Creek Flint Creek Range, Montana Lanny Ream PO Box 2043, Coeur D'Alene...Introduction The Flint Creek Range of Montana is located near towns with well-known mining histories: the...east of Philipsburg, west of Deer Lodge and south of Drummond. The range has several mining districts...mineral collectors, with the Philipsburg area with its districts, including Granite and Tower on the west side...are no major mining operations in the mountains now, but there are many old mines and mine dumps to attract
Report (issue)
MANGANESE ORE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON. By J. T. PARDEE. DEPOSITS IN MONTANA. HISTORY AND...production of manganese ore in Montana. Although since 1870 the Butte and Philipsburg districts had produced...ore from Philipsburg. In 191Y the production in that district so greatly increased that Montana jumped...country, were overlooked for several months after the mining of the oxide ores had begun. In 1918 a further...increase in output was made at Philipsburg, and Butte, having begun the mining of its rhodochrosite bodies
Report (volume)
Quicksilver deposits of the Bottle Creek district, Humboldt County, Nevada, by R. J. Roberts (published...Quicksilver deposits of the Mount Diablo district, Contra Costa County, California, by C. P. Ross (published...deposits in the Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, by S. G. Lasky (published in August.................. (D) Chromite deposits of Grant County, Oregon, by T. P. Thayer (published In September...deposit at Buckskin Peak, National Mining district, Humboldt County, Nevada, by R. J. Roberts, (published
Report (issue)
PAPER GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE MONTANA BY WILLIAM HARVEY EMMONS AND FRANK...__ 86 Basic intrusives in the Cretaceous on Gold Creek .. __ ._ .. ___ .. __ . __ . _____ ._. __ ......... _.. ....... --_ .. - --_87 Diorite of Foster Creek and Olson Gulch __ .. __ . _. . _. ____ .... _______.... - - - - - - - . - - _90 Diorite of Racetrack Creek ____ .. ____ . ___ .. __ .. _. ________ .. _. _..._______ . _. _.. ____ _ 97 Granodiorite of the Philipsburg batholith. ___ . _. _. _.... __________ . ____
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
INDICES OF RHODOCHROSITE;RHODOCHROSITE FROM BUTTE. MONTANA* Russrn G. Wevr,nNl, Suraey,W ashington,D' C. U...17:.12. Complete isomorphous miscibility with calcite and siderite is demonstrated. The series to magnesite...considerably larger. Rhodochrosite lrom Butte, Montana, is described and analyses of rhodochrosite and...indices and specifi.c gravities of members of the calcite group of minerals could be calculated directly...investigation of manganese reserves at Butte, Montana, with Charles F. Park, Jr., that the writer decided
Journal (issue)
Australian Museum, Sydney • Antleriet van de Jomac mine, Utah • En veel MKA- en ander nieuws… Mineralogische...Pelckmans Reisbelevenissen in Nevada en Oregon (USA) De reis die Herwig en zijn gezin dit jaar maakte...antleriet met carbonaatcyanotrichiet van de Jomac mine, Utah, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover vindt U elders...cerussiet-kristallen van de Proprietary Block 14 mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Specimen...amphibole from the Kajlidongri manganese mine, Jhabua District, madhya Pradesh, India 428-440 Luminescence
Report (issue)
ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA. By F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The Sierrita...prospects within what is locally known as the Papago district, although they appear to be included within what...called the Sierritas district. On the east side of the range lies the Pima district, within which are a...narrow fissures. The Pima district was organized in 1877. The Papago district is about 38 miles by road...foothill belt in which the pros-, pects of the Papago district are situated. 407 408 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC
Book (edition)
development of copper mines in the Lake Superior district, an adequate supply of raw copper became available...sharpened to a point and will make a hand punch or scratch awl. Burnishing down of small 125 Jewelry, Gem...154 The Art of Gem Stone-cutting Montana Agates. Agates from Montana offer the lapidarist a variety. They...Gem Stone-cutting Ie 2. 3. 4. 5. slalc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Feldspar...cabochon without damaging the stone, will not scratch must be from 6 to 7. This is well making. One
Book (edition)
Jewelry, craft T,. gem cutting and metal- Tri-County Library Services Center a branch of the Division...and metalcraft as a hobby. In the schools in the District of Columbia which have classes in these crafts...people on the West Coast. For in one California county alone (Los Angeles ) more than 30,000 persons own...of the great number of lapidaries in Los Angeles County either own or have read Mr. Baxter’s book and have...development of copper mines in the Lake Superior district, an adequate supply of raw copper became available
 
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