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


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Twin Peaks, Black Hawk Mining District, Big Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:41385
Long-form Identifier:1:3:41385:1
GUID (UUID V4):55485dc3-8df1-4c48-bcb6-19d49fc712ef
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Alhambra Mine, Twin Peaks, Black Hawk Mining District, Big Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Black Hawk Mine, Twin Peaks, Black Hawk Mining District, Big Burro Mountains, Grant 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...mine development occurred in the late 1800s, this district, with its approximately fifty recorded species...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;...Azzer, Morocco; and the Consols mine at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. These deposits are rich not
Report (issue)
NickelCobalt-Native Silver Deposits, Black Hawk District, Grant County New Mexico GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...NICKEL-COBALT-NATIVE SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE BLACK HAWK DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO By ELLIOT GILLERMAN and DONALD... WHITEBREAD ABSTRACT The Black Hawk (Bullard Peak) district, Grant County, N. Mex., is 21 miles by road...been shipped from the district. Since 1893, there has been no mining in the district except during a short...short period in 1917 when the Black Hawk mine was unwatered and reopened. Pre-Cambrian quartz diorite gneiss
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
239-246 Uranium Mineralization in the Burro Mountains, New Mexico ELLIOT GILLERMAN Abstract Uranium...the Burro Mountains in two separateareas: the White Signal district and the Bullard Peak district. In...In the White Signal district secondary uranium phosphatesoccur principally in the upper oxidized portions...alteration of the diabase dikes. In the Bullard Peak district uranium occurs with nickel and cobalt arsenides...Old records from now inaccessiblemines of the district indicate that the percentage of nickel, cobalt
Report (issue)
and Duncan mining districts, Grant and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico, and Greenlee County, Arizona By..... Mining districts, mines, and mineralization............................. Steeple Rock district............. Twin Peaks-Mayflower subdistrict................................... Duncan district................. Generalized geologic map of the Summit Mountains and Canador Peak areas..........................stratigraphic sections, Summit Mountains-Canador Peak-Redrock Canyon areas, New Mexico.... Index maps showing
Map
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Resource Map 15 March 1986 Silver and gold occurrences...occurrences in New Mexico by Robert M. North and Virginia T. Mclemore New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources...Resources, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 Abstract Anomalous amounts of silver and/or gold have been identified...identified in 153 mining districts or prospect areas of New Mexico. Production from most of these occurrences...200,000 ounces of silver. Silver and gold in New Mexico occur in 14 distinct types of deposits ranging
Report (issue)
ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...geologists who developed the art and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented...detailed ore deposit studies to the exploration for new mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona...their concepts of applied ore deposition with the new techniques of geochemistry and geophysics. vi ...1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations in
Report (issue)
HORSE MESA AREA, NORTHEASTERN BURRO MOUNTAINS, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Virginia T. McLemore Open-file...August 2005 New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology...Mesa in the eastern Telegraph district of the northern Burro Mountains are volcanic-epithermal veins...Wild Horse Mesa area in the eastern Telegraph district (Fig. 1; North and McLemore, 1986; McLemore, 2001)...Mountain caldera in the northern Burro Mountains in Grant County, New Mexico. Volcanic-epithermal veins, specifically
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 (edition)
FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS HARVEY W. JONG JAN C. RASMUSSEN...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection... Data Names: Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others]... MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION Introduction Many new mineral species have been documented in Arizona since...Mineralogy of Arizona was published in 1995. This new edition adds to the extensive work of the previous
Report (volume)
H. MclNTYRE Papers presented at the Northwest Mining Association Convention, Spokane, Washington, Dec...bulletin ; 1658A-S) "Papers presented at the Northwest Mining Association Convention, Spokane, Washington, Dec...Congresses. I. Mclntyre, David H. II. Northwest Mining Association (U.S.). Convention (1983 : Spokane...H. Bennett and Charles R. Knowles. 81 (G) The Twin Peaks Caldera and Associated Ore Deposits, by R. F...Volcanic Subsidence in the Custer Graben, Custer County, Idaho, by D. H. Mclntyre and K. M. Johnson. 109
Report (issue)
assessment of the Silver City I°x2° quadrangle, New Mexico-Arizona by D. H. Richter, W. N. Sharp, K. C... INTRODUCTION The Silver City l°x 2° quadrangle, New Mexico-Arizona, has a wide variety of metallic and nonmetallic...southern Basin and Range province of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. Bedrock of the ranges...deposit types in the Silver City l°x 2° quadrangle, New Mexico-Arizona, showing some geologic characteristics...and limestone replacement. Deposits in Central mining region associated with large eruptive complex.
Book (edition)
fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...Sidney A. Williams Richard A. Bideaux Raymond W Grant PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Wendell E. Wilson Published...photographs has been generously funded by a special grant from the Phelps Dodge Corporation. • CONTENTS...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St
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 (edition)
LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite, banded in brownish...brownish and white to nearly colorless. Beaver Lake District; azurite. 0. K. Mine; bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...limonite, malachite, molybdite, pyrite. Bradshaw District; aragonite, aurichalcite, cerussite, cuprite,... selenite, sphalerite, zincite, often phosphorescent, wollastonite. Granite District; almandine garnet...quartz crystals, prase. Rocky District; Adelia Mine, wulfenite. Star District; azurite, bismuthinite, galena
Book (edition)
thirty-five scientific papers and discovered sixteen new mineral species, naming two of them after his co-authors...co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...He has discovered and helped to describe several new Arizona minerals which appear in this volume. For...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express
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...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...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm
Book (edition)
thirty-five scientific papers and discovered sixteen new mineral species, naming two of them after his co-authors...co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...He has discovered and helped to describe several new Arizona 111inerals which appear in this volume. For...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RECENT Mineral Collecting in Utah Downloaded by [New York University] at 19:26 09 May 2015 PHILIP D....to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades...exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone...years that has led to the development of numerous new collecting sites and the rediscovery of old locations
Report (issue)
.............................................. Black Hills National Forest Kreitz .....................1981) ........................... 44 Part of Twin Peaks and Blanca Peak quadrangles (Johnson and Bruce...St. Peters Dome district (Steven, 1949) ..................... 51 SOUTH DAKOTA Black Hills National Forest...ADMINISTERED BY WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST, SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO By Anna B. Wilson U.S. Geological Survey...Upper Blue River mining districts. The remainder of the tracts are outside the mining districts. The Breckenridge
Report (issue)
Cover. Tliffs of the Challis Volcanics in the Twin Peaks Caldera, Idaho. USGS photograph by Frederick.................................................. Big Geek Formation.............................................. Carbonate rocks in the Bayhorse mining district..............................................terrane ....................................... Black shale terrane, by Wayne E. Hall and S. Warren Hobbs...Hobbs.................................... Bayhorse district subterrane...................................
Report (issue)
in Utah · .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains deposits . . . . . .2 Bat... . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . ...magnetite-copper ore body . . . . . . . .11 Wah Wah Mountains deposits . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Blawn Mountain...13 Wah Wah pass prospects · . . . . 13 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · .... Pilot Range.... · Wasatch Mountains deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . · Wasatch Iron and Gold Mining Company .. .
Report (issue)
of the Steeple Rock quadrangle, Grant and Hidalgo Counies, New Mexico By David C. Hedlund1 Open-File...thickness about 300 ft (90 m) RHYOLITE OF MULE MOUNTAINS (MIOCENE) Trm Trvm Ttm Rhyolite flows Very...rhyolite; basal part of some flows consists of black vitrophyre. Maximum thickness about 200 ft (60 m)...Mule Creek (Ratt6 and Brooks, 1989) Vitrophyre--Black to dark-gray, perlitic, vitrophyre units at base...obsidian nodules in outcrops along the north side of New MexicoArizona State Highway 78 (Weber and Bassett
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
 
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