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Fluorite from
White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:37660
Long-form Identifier:1:3:37660:2
GUID (UUID V4):80a17a30-e548-4ba3-804b-284eb3306457
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Manhattan Consolidated Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Manhattan Gold Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Earle Mine (Union No. 2), Litigation Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Amalgamated Mine, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Union Amalgamated Mine (Amalgamated Mine; Union No. 2 Mine; Earle Mine; Earl Mine), Litigation Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Litigation Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) Union No. 4 Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) April Fool Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) April Fool Mine, April Fool Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (volume)
723 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT NEVADA BY HENRY G. FERGUSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Ordovician rocks________________'. __________________ Toquima formation__________________________ Permian (?)...prospect____________________,.____ 136 Buckeye prospect Wall mine _______________________________ Maris mine_ __ _...Four mine___________ __________________ Mayflower mine _____________________________ Riley Fraction mi...mine______________-___________ Jumping Jack mine.-__________________________ Golden Crater mine_______
Report (issue)
History of Precious Metal Deposits, Southern Toquima Range, Nevada By Daniel R. Shawe 1 Open-File Report...history of precious metal deposits, southern Toquima Range, Nevada by Daniel R. Shawe U.S. Geological Survey...the southern Toquima Range, Nevada, showing locations of the Round Mountain, Manhattan, Belmont, and........................... Geologic map of the Manhattan quadrangle showing mines and mineralized rocks... ABSTRACT Precious metal deposits in the southern Toquima Range resulted from several distinct mineralizing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JANUARY, THE LIMESTONE ORES OF MANHATTAN, HENRY i92i. No. i NEVADA. G. FERGUS0N.1 INTRODUCTION.... Mostof theoredeposits c•ftheManhattan district aregoldbearingveinsof a simpletype and presentno unusualfeatures...northeasterly trending Toquima Range, about 35 miles north of Tonopah. The Toquima Range is one of the lessprominentof...notable featuresof the Great Basin topography. The range is borderedby desert'valleys--RalstonValley and...easternfront of the Toyabe Range, which borders Big Smoky Valley on the west. The district was first visited by
Journal (issue)
Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt...Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....0 H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg-
Report (volume)
and Gold Depo~its, Tonopah.l,0 X,2° Qu.adrangle, Nevada~ Description and Applications to Exploration~ ...and gold deposits, Tonopah 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada: description and applications to exploration I...3:2077 1. Gold mines and mining-Nevada-Tonopah region. 2. Gold mines and mining-Nevada-Tonopah region. I. Title................................. . Northumberland Mine ................................................................................... . Wall Canyon Mine ...............................................
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant...significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved Manufactured
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...represented by numerous geothermal areas. The range of minerals found in mines, quarries, and prospect...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Scovil, Storm Sears, Jeffrey Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless o therwise noted Map of...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Report (issue)
6 cm, from the Anjanabonoina pegmatite, Betafo district, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Mineral Classics...nevertheless gemmy near their terminations. The crystals range in length from 4.2 to 5.5 cm and are noteworthy...the late 2000s, fluorite was not among the most cherished products of the Ojuela mine at Mapimí, Durango...of the several styles of “old” fluorite specimens from the great mine, the best known shows deep purple...in deep mine levels has yielded beautiful groups of gemmy, lustrous, blue-purple cubic fluorite crystals
Report (issue)
Assessment of the Tonopah 1° by 2° Quadrangle, Nevada by Greta J. Orris and Frank J. Kleinhampl U.S...provides basic and interpreted geologic data for long-range national mineral resource policy and aids in Federal...Tonopah 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada, covers over 19,000 km2 in central Nevada. The region is largely dominated...north-trending valleys and mountain ranges of the Basin and Range physiographic province. Exposures of bedrock are... Location of the Tonopah 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada x / 7 v* Most of the granitoid rocks are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Florida] at 23:45 31 December 2014 Realgar Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Hunan Province, China T here has been...rocks and has been identified as a product of coal-mine fires. Commonly associated minerals include orpiment...mines at Paris, Oxford County, Maine, and the Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton County, New Hampshire. It occurred...jordanite in zinc ores mined at Balmat, Edwards County, New York (Jensen 1978). It was a rare mineral...mineral in zinc ores at Sterling Hill, Sussex County (Palache 1941) and was an unusual mineral occurring in
Journal (issue)
Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Founder John Sampson White Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris...‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ........................................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica ..............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because
Catalog/List
of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...of Natural Science A large piece of historical Manhattan Project Glass fashioned into a work of art, weighing...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful
Report (issue)
= 2.57 Optical Properties: Transparent. Color: White; colorless in transmitted light. Luster: Resinous...tuff (Fiano, Italy). Association: Fluoborite, fluorite, hydromagnesite (Fiano, Italy). Distribution:...Carinthia, Austria. In Germany, in the Bauhaus district, Richelsdorf Mountains, Hesse. From Långban,...Huercal-Overa, Almerı́a Province, Spain. In the USA, at the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co...Mohave Co., Arizona; at the White Caps mine, Manhattan district, Nye Co., Nevada. From the Córrego do Urucum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was first found. Some altered pyrite from Shasta County, California, was sent to the University of California...associationfound in Kremnitz, Hungary and Concepcion Mine, Spain, plus the optical properties which correspondwith...PITTICITE Wnrrau IN NEVADA F. Fosnec, U. S. National' Museumr AND H. G. Cr-rNroN,Manhattan, Neoada. The iron...1923 on the 400 foot level of the White Caps Mine at Manhattan, Nevada, as a secondary formation in the...the old workings. The White Caps ore body represents a replacement and impregnation of limestone of Cambrian
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia.........................................................................459 by J. 5. White & J. A. Nelen New occurrences for ushkovite and...chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection of Maudine and...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain Lincoln County, Georgia Robert B. Cook, Jr. Department of Geology
Report (issue)
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Val,. S X X I T II I 1)ECEBIIIElZ 1944 No. 5 GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES No...No. 41 er Deposits In Nevada BY EDGARH. BAILEY and DAVID A. PHOENIX Geologists, U. S. Geological Survey...Survey PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY NEVADA STATE BUREAU OF MINES IN COOPERATION WiTH UNITED STATES OEOLOOlCAL...SURVEY PRICE ONE DOLLAR j sin PUBLICATION OF THE NEVADA STATEBUREAUOF MINES A N D THE MACKAY &HWL OF MINES...THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO, NEVADA Entered in the Post Office at Reno, Nevada, as second-class matter
Book
ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN Famous mineral...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
Report (issue)
wj - ARTHUR ROE !fi| and nusnai JOHN S. WHITE, JR. MITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EARTH SCIENCES...Museum of Natural History Arthur Roe and John S. White, Jr. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS City of Washington... 18 cv \ ABSTRACT Roe, Arthur, and John S. White, Jr. A Catalog of the Type Specimens in the Mineral...of Natural History—Catalogs. I. Roe, Arthur. II. White, John Sampson, 1933- III. Title. IV. Series: SmithsomaWTnstitntion...Museum of Natural History Arthur Roe and John S. White, Jr. Introduction The actual specimens used to
Report (issue)
limestone or dolomite. It is a useful ore guide in many mining districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE........... Characteristics of jasperoid in major mining districts of the United States ..................................................... Tri-State district, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri ................Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona .............................. Bisbee (Warren) district, Arizona ........ Ely (Robinson) district, Nevada .............................. Leadville district, Colorado ......
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...geologic structure that controls this Basin and Range topography is dominated by faults. As can be seen...seen on figure 1, nearly every mountain range is bounded on at least one side by a fault that has been...in some places. Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically
Report (volume)
frcv valley-fill gravel to the east. Basin-and-range-associated tectonism during the Miocene (Stewart...conspicuous basin-and-range fault sets trend east-west, northwest, and northeast within the district. Hawkins (1982)...northwest-trending faults during the basin-and-range event. The Snow Canyon fault, one of the major east-west-trending...scale east-west-trending faults in the Enfield Bell mine are are the Marlboro Canyon, Bell, and Ridge faults...upper- and lower-plate rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district is thought to be a high-angle fault. Exposure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
firm co-ordinated a major show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and Art (as it was then...long and happy association with the Los Angeles County Museum, eventually to take forms more mineralogical...she wrote an article on the Wölsendorf, Bavaria fluorite locality for the August 1963 issue of The Mineralogist...Moore, Donald Peacor, Richard Bideaux and John S. White, added yet more closely similar phosphates to the...concerned parties. A 1976 letter to Kay from John S. White, then curator of minerals at the Smithsonian, thanked
Journal (issue)
Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection;...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin Brown collection; Jeff Scovil...5 cm, Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim, Teller County, Colorado; Karl Warning collection; Jeff Scovil...Strife, Jim and Imelda Klein, and Gary and Rosemary White to participate in a new collecting group with a
 
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