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Wollastonite from
Red Elephant Mine, Wood River Mining District, Blaine County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wollastonite
Formula:Ca3(Si3O9)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wollastonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Elephant Mine, Wood River Mining District, Blaine County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:441850
Long-form Identifier:1:3:441850:4
GUID (UUID V4):632f5687-ab46-44f3-b017-12435f6dd663
References
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Report (volume)
Bulletin 814 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY, LEWIS G. WESTGATE...D. F. HEWETT Prepared in cooperation with the Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Francis A. Thomson,...-----Age.. ___-...--_-.._____..__.--________ Wood River formation (Pennsylvanian)________________ Distribution...----------------------------------.Quartz monzonite on Big Lost River._--__----__________ Quartz monzonite on Deer Cr...Big Lost River.._____________________________ .Deposits near the head of East Fork of Big Wood River_______
Book (edition)
Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...PISTOLS Idaho Minerals Idaho Minerals The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Rerun Publishing P .O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Ale ne, Idaho 83814 Copyright © 1989 by L.R. Ream Publishing...R Ream Publishing P.O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are
Report (volume)
Quadrangle and the Western Part of the Idaho Falls I°x2° Quadrangle, Idaho * , , » Prepare/ in *VG}'erati(>ttaw$i...Idaffo Stat^Universitv, 'and th&Jr "ni\'ersity of Idaho U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN~2064-rA-R Cover...south at the Mackay stock, southwest of Mackay, Idaho. The Eocene Mackay stock (center of photograph;...Quadrangle and the Western Part of the Idaho Falls I°x2° Quadrangle, Idaho Edited by Ronald G. Worl, Paul K...cooperation with the Idaho Geological Survey, Idaho State University, and the University of Idaho Volume 1 (chapters
Report (issue)
deposits of the Hailey and western Idaho Falls I°x2° quadrangles, Idaho Abstracts and short papers selected...presented to the Annual Convention of the Northwest Mining Association, Spokane, Washington, December 7, 1989...types in the Hailey and western Idaho Falls I°x2° quadrangles, Idaho .................... Johnson, K...resources of the Hailey and western Idaho Falls I°x2° quadrangles, Idaho ....................... Smith, C...mineralized terranes in the Hailey I°x2° quadrangle, Idaho ......... Kleinkopf, M.D., Bankey, Viki, and McCafferty
Report (volume)
true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue in the sapphire; and...principally on color. The term "ruby" was applied to all red stones: spinel, ruby, garnet, and rose tourmaline;...pale shades may be changed chemically to bright red, green, and blue shades. The common dyeing procedure...the agate in the desired chemical (nitric acid for red shades, nitrates and chromium salts for green shades...have been found are: Smith River, Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher
Book (volume)
...........................................139 Idaho...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...sandstone⎯red ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL...nearby exposures, deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the
Book (volume)
...........................................139 Idaho...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...sandstone⎯red ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL...nearby exposures, deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the
Book (volume)
...........................................160 Idaho .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Report (volume)
location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...documented summary of the beginning of Colorado mining history. Part of his summary is given here in the...had been recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed...however, because it contains lists of the mines and mining districts that were active at the time in Clear...only reports the early history and status of the mining industry, but includes a list of all the species
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ORES OF GILPIN E•soN COUNTY, COLORADO. S. BASTIN. INTRODUCTION. An exhaustive report on the economic...economic geology of Gilpin County and adjacentportionsof Clear Creek and Bouldercounties, Colorado,'byEdsonS...principalminingcentersare the following: Gilpin County ................................... ['Central...GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO. 263 [Idaho Springs. /Gilson. -[Alice. [Dumont. Clear Creek County .........commonlyso intimatelyinjectedinto the schistsof the Idaho Springsforma- 264 EDSON S. BASTIN. tion that
Report (issue)
said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...resulting from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely
Report (issue)
INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district
Book (volume)
5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...operator of the Little Three Mine at Ramona, and Ralph R. Potter of the Himalaya Mine at Mesa Grande provided
Report (issue)
rewhich was publi.shed as Bulletin 67 of the State Mining Bureau. vision by the same author in 192-3 increased...tribes in the northeast corner of San Bernardino County in pre-historic times. The old workings here were...stone hammers, and called his claim the Stone Hammer mine. This find aroused so much interest that the San...circumstance the location was named the Stone Hammer mine. "The State Slining Bureau reported at about the...desert region between Death Valley and Goff's Mining District, nearer the former, and that good samples were
Book
P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining at the College of California, parent to the University...California, and published in the fourth and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning in 1914 with a volume...are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...,o Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. __ _) 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...composition between acidic and basic rocks. drift mine Adit(s) driven into gravel. euhedral Characterized
Book
P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining the at College of California, parent to the...mineralogist of California, and pub- and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning volume prepared...species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary...Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA R5W i
Book
and Petrified Wood 131 Characteristics of Agates; Opal, Queen of the Gems; Petrified Wood; Commonly Occurring...Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana...afterlife: opaque blue turquoise and lapis lazuli, clear red carnelian, purple amethyst, and rock crystal-all...crystal, onyx, and agate, especially valuing the deep red carnelian variety of chalcedony. Although the Sumerians...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones
Report (issue)
Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund ~ oopr is PUBliC P[O'J>ERTY aud 1• DOt ~re~~o~...__________________________________________ _ 1 Summary of mining districts---.---------------------Introduction..._ Metamorphic rocks ________________________ _ Idaho Springs formation _______________ _ Swandy ke hornblende...Pre-Cambrian deposits _________________________ _ Mine descriptions __________________________ _ 39 39...disseminations_ Cotopaxi mine _____________________ _ Copper deposits in Jefferson County __ _ F. M.D. property
Book (volume)
Virginia VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text...pegmatite, shoreline, quarry, gravel pit, prospect, mine, etc.). Let’s take, as an example, under the heading...heading of Arizona, on the map of Maricopa County, the site x How to Use This Book indicated as number
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Clouo rrnn·a, Arizona;...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...ocherous Containing or resembling ocher, a yellowish red variety of earthy hematite. octahedral Having eight-sided...in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...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...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
Report (volume)
MissisJoralemon, I. B. Engineering geology, research: sippi River, Pleistocene history: Trowbridge, A. C.,1. Eckel... ADDRESSES ADDRESSES Continued ADDRESSES Continued Idaho, mineral deposits: Hulin, Mineralogy of uranium:...the future: Just, E. ing: Burwell, E. B., Jr., 4. Mining geology, retrospect and Index fossils: Stephenson...processes: Perry, ter, J. D., 3. T. G., 3. Mississippi River and Gulf Industrial minerals: Gillson, J. L , 5...biological H. C., 4. phases vs. stratigraphic: Idaho: Hulin, C. D. Cooper, G. A. , 27. Mineral exploration
Report (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest
Report (volume)
reconnaissance of the Cottonwood -American Fork mining region, tab, by B.S. Butler and G. F. Loughlin...1915) .. ________ Notes on the fine gold of nake River, Idaho, by J . . L Hill (publi hed Dec. 21, 1915) ...Preliminary report on t.he economic geology of Gilpin County, Colo., by E. S. Bastin and J. M. llill (publish... 21, 1916). __ ____ . __________ The Aztec gold mine, Baldy, r. Mex ., by W. T. Lee (published Jan ....227 237 CELLA. EOU,S: itrate dcpo i in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon, by G. R. Mansfield (published
 
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