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Covellite from
Black Hawk Mine, Twin Peaks, Black Hawk Mining District, Big Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Formation:Secondary
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Hawk Mine, Twin Peaks, Black Hawk Mining District, Big Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:41314
Long-form Identifier:1:3:41314:3
GUID (UUID V4):83b172dc-2a9e-45fc-9ab8-29de59911ff8
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
19.6km (12.2 miles) Seventy-Six Mine, Chloride Flat, Chloride Flat Mining District [includes Silver City Mining District], Grant County, New Mexico, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) Neglected Mine, Southwest and Central Burro Mts Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
20.8km (12.9 miles) Moneymaker Prospect, Southwest and Central Burro Mts Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
28.7km (17.8 miles) Yankey Girl Prospect, Gold Hill Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) Pinos Altos Mine, Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) Gila Mines, Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) Ground Hog Mine, Vanadium, Central Mining District (Bayard District), Grant County, New Mexico, USA
41.1km (25.6 miles) Chino Mine (Santa Rita pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
45.9km (28.5 miles) Jim Crow Mine, Jim Crow-Imperial, Steeple Rock Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
50.6km (31.4 miles) Atwood-Henry Clay Mine (Alamo Mine), Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BLACK HAWKNewDISTRICT Mexico Minerals of the Downloaded by [McGill University Library] at 10:10 18 December... Because most of its mine development occurred in the late 1800s, this district, with its approximately...collections. THE BLACK HAWK (also known as Bullard Peak) district is the largest district of the silver...Radium, Northwest Territories, Canada; Batopilas, Mexico; Chafiarcillo, Chile; Joachimstal, Czechoslovakia;...Norway; Bou Azzer, Morocco; and the Consols mine at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. These deposits
Report (issue)
83 New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...of Western Grant County, New Mexico by Elliot Gillerman NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...TECHNOLOGY KENNETH W. FoRD, President NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES FRANK E. & KoTTLOWSKI, MINERAL RESOURCES...REGENTS Ex Officio Jerry Apodaca, Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayo, Superintendent of Public Instruction...PATRICIA E. CANDELARIA, Secretary JAMES M. ROBERTSON, Mining Geologist RoNALD J. RoMAN, Chief Research Metallurgist
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 39 The Metal Resources of New Mexico and Their Economic Features Through 1954 A revision of...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY E. J. Workman, President STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES Alvin...THE HONORABLE EDWIN L. MECHEM………...Governor of New Mexico MRS. GEORGIA L. LUSK ......................Superintendent...Dealing With the Geology and Mineral Resources of New Mexico ............................................
Book (edition)
org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them ...that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A...Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER JR. HIGH SCH LIBRARY Revised Edition UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS...ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED REVISED EDITION LIBRARY...BOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRINTING PLANT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U. S. A. FOR IVAH 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S....Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia
Book
MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine —_—< ¢ te om At _SHT 40 MADIASIMA...MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Richard Walker Holmes and Marrianna B. Kennedy...Kennedy [aN VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY NEW YORK CINCINNATl TORONTO LONDON MELBOURNE Copyright © 1983...Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishing...minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book
completed, many additions of species new to the State and of new localities tor known ones have been obtained... L. Berthoud, Golden, Colo.; Prof. J. 1). Dana, New Haven, Conn.; Prof. P. Frazer, E. M., Philadelphia;...Survey of the Fortieth Parallel; Prof. N. P. Hill, Black Hawk, Colo.; W. H. Holmes, United States Geological...Richard Pearce, Black Hawk, Colo. Fairplay, Colo. R. J. Raymond, United States Mining and Mineral Commissioner:... Colo.; A. von Schulz, E. M., Black Hawk, Colo. Prof. B. Silliman, New Haven, Conn.; J. Aldcn Smith,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby ‘County, Alabama. Dan Behnke photo. MayIJune: Stibnite...Medal (gold) and gold-and-quartz specimen, Paymaster mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Royal Ontario Museum...November/December: Red beryl, Violet claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah. Private collection, Jeffrey Scovil...Scovil photo. Barite, Colorado, 329; New Mexico, 109; Utah, 377, 409; West Virginia, 165 Barium-pharmacosiderite...Bindheimite, Utah, 41 1 Bismuthinite, New Mexico, 109 Bismutite, New Mexico, 109 Bladh, K.W., John Williams
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded... the Rocky Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary
Book (volume)
the land rises abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi. Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne...Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney Peak...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...huge crystals of sparkling blue Beryl from the Black Hills pegmatites have measured from 18’ to 27’ long...and Uranium has come only from the core of the Black Hills region. Two divisions are recognized: the
Report (volume)
most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico. Since...W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor Mountains 327 328 ...deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According to Nininger (1954, p. 43), as...Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo, and from the Eldorado mine, Great Bear Lake, Canada. The Shinkolobwe deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Northeastern University] at 11:57 17 November 2014 Husky Mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada T he ruby silvers...the most familiar polybasite localities are in Mexico, exceptionally fine specimens associated with well-crystallized...have been available in recent years from the Husky mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Consequently, in keeping...this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, a Husky mine polybasite has been nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...reported to reach widths of 9 cm, as at Fresnillo, Mexico. Triangular patterns formed by {001} striae are
Journal (issue)
................ 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico ...................................... 5...5 by W. E. Wilson Minerals first described from New M ex ico ...................................... 9...Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico ............................................ 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ...................................
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...Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Globe-Miami District, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...Globe-Miami District, Arizona By N. P. PETERSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Within the district of known...1898Geology and ore deposits of the Globe-Miami district, Arizona. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,...Geology-Arizona-Globe-MJami district. 2. Ore-deposits-Arizona-Globe-Miami district. 3. Copper mines and mining-Arizona.... I. Title. II. Title: Globe-Miami district, Arizona. (Series) For sale by the Superintendent of Documents
Report (volume)
location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...varieties and subspecies are known. Some descriptions of new 1ninerals, or of mineral occurrences, have later...next trip may lead to the discovery of a new mineral or a new crystal form. He can surely use the description...and syntheses. Except for original descriptions of new minerals, if descriptions similar to those published...descriptions of occurrences and not only added many new ones from their own stores · of knowledge but detected
Journal (issue)
amazonite, 11.8 cm, from the "Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008;...stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...long and happy history in the state. The Rocky Mountains of westem Colorado are a treasure house of great...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states
Report (volume)
Belts in Western Sierra C:ourlty, New Mexico, Suggested by Mining Distri.cts, Ceologyt and c ·eochemicaf... Mineral Belts in Western Sierra County, New Mexico, Suggested by Mining Districts, Geology, and Geochemical...mineral belts in western Sierra County, New Mexico, indicates many new areas favorable for mineral deposit...1921Mineral belts in western Sierra County, New Mexico, suggested by mining districts, geology, and geochemical...and mineral resources-New Mexico-Sierra County. 2. Geology-New Mexico-Sierra County. I. Heyl, Allen Van
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Journal (issue)
28-30 Our Affiliates 31 Mimetite, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Mexico, 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, Alex Schauss Collection...By Alex Schauss Greetings to all, including our new members from around the world, bringing our global...states covered by chapters located coast to coast). A big welcome to Linda Smith and Chris-Whitney-Smith following...Mineralogy National Newsletter”, to our newsletters new name, The Bulletin of Friends of Mineralogy This...experiencing remnants of winter while the rest of the county can feel spring in the air. This means it’s time
Report (issue)
----------------- 15 The Geography of Dona Ana County--------------------------------------------- 18...-------- 25 PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS ------------- 26 Introduction ---------------... 4 CONTENTS PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Paleozoic Era—Continued Ordovician... CONTENTS 5 PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Tertiary intrusive cycle—Continued... 6 CONTENTS PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Tertiary intrusive cycle—Continued
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia .......................................... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to
Book (volume)
Descriptive Mineralogy Vandall T. King Rochester, New York 14609 , Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey...Philip Hauck Richard P. Hauck was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on June 30, 1935. He has been actively involved...been an indefatigable researcher and collector of mining history. Among his specialties may be mentioned...fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining history led him to...to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would remain accessible to the mineralogical
 
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