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Chalcopyrite from
Texas Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Texas Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:442766
Long-form Identifier:1:3:442766:7
GUID (UUID V4):4182d0cc-ada9-4334-8f07-8545d5269b36
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Standard Shaft Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Coxcomb Peak Occurrence, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Queen of the Mountains and Kentuck Claims Mine (Crown Point), South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) South Mountain Mine (Texas; Golconda; Sonneman; Exploration Company of California; Laxey), South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Golconda Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Bay State Group Mine (Michigan; Illinois; Massachusetts; Oregon; Washington; Tennessee; Idaho), South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Tunnel Group Mine (Idaho; Vermont; Maine Claims; Oregon Claims; All of New York; Parts of Washington), South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Copper King Prospect (The Past Mine), South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) Rising Star Mine, Flint Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
23.4km (14.6 miles) Treasure Vault Mine (Twilight; Birmingham), Flint Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
r------' .--. !i i , i ' i Boundary '---~ IDAHO Bonner_j l--;~u:d{ene\, I , L~ Coeur'cI'Alene...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I...Power i..r v. ) 't,.,. 1. r': ~ Caribou Idaho 83816-2043 , • c-vz..J. '. 2",_J'-1 '\ o, ...INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that may have produced well-crystallized...localities for minerals that were first discovered in Idaho. Unfortunately for the field collector, most of
Report (issue)
Mines in Southern Idaho: Volume II: Flint Creek-South Mountain Area, Owyhee County, Idaho Earl H. Bennett...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...Mines in Southern Idaho: Volume II: Flint Creek-South Mountain Area, Owyhee County, Idaho Earl H. Bennett...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...2000 for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Idaho Operations Office, under Assistance Agreement No
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)
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. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards...Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota... .Prof. E. C. Perisho
Report (volume)
lattices of sulfide minerals, such as pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, marcasite, and arsenopyrite...deposits in the Silver City district, Idaho; Comstock Lode and Jarbidge district, Nev.; and Guanajuato, Mexico...with gold and silver are found in the Republic district, Wash., and in Radjang Lebong, Sumatra. The seleniferous...Nev.; San Francisco district, Utah; and the Liberty Bell mine, Telluride district, Colo., all contain...Buckskin Peak, Nev.; the Abbott mine, Calif.; the Lucky Boy mine, Piute County, Utah; and at Guadalcazar,
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Idaho............................................................ South Carolina......................................:.................... South Dakota.......248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to
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
Report (issue)
Mines in Southern Idaho: Volume III: Miscellaneous Properties, Owyhee County, Idaho Earl H. Bennett,...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...Mines in Southern Idaho: Volume III: Miscellaneous Properties, Owyhee County, Idaho Earl H. Bennett, John...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...in 2000 for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office, under Assistance Agreement No. D910A30206
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...commercial zinc mines of the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example...sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen is in the...in Connecticut pegmatites, including the Tolgate mine at Middletown where masses to 25 cm across occurred
Journal (issue)
UNDERGROUND 10 Winter visitors enjoy underground mine tours, mineral museums, and limestone caverns. By... Rock & Gem Winter Visitors Enjoy Underground Mine Tours, Mineral Museums and Limestone Caves Story...copper mineral you might see on the Copper Queen mine tour. 12 rockngem.com Scottsdale is invaded by...involves minerals? Fortunately, there are underground mine tours, mineral museums, and limestone caves to be...be visited! Two of Arizona’s more famous mining towns, Bisbee and Tombstone, offer underground trips
Report (volume)
BUIJLETIN 528 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS 1 OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and animal life....................----.-----.....Mining......................................................................... 74 Mineralogy of Lemhi County ores....................................... 74...... Future of mining in Lemhi County.......................................... Mining districts of Lemhi...Lemhi County.......................................... Scheme of treatment...........................
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decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and... H2S in sour natural gases in Wyoming and west Texas, recovery of H2S, SO2, and S from smelter and other
Journal (issue)
stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...Publishing, 3619 W. Fairway Drive, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 83815. Lanny R. Ream, Editor. Periodicals postage...postage (USPS 751-150) paid at Coeur d'Afene, Idaho Postmaster send address changes to: Mineral News P.O
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
such minerals as chalcopyrite and pentlandite. Pseudomorphs of marcasite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, arsenopyrite...pyrrhotite crystal on quartz attributed to the Potosi mine, Santo Domingo, Santa Eulalia (now known as Aquiies...pseudohexagonal pyrrhotite crystal from the Morro Velho gold mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The 10.1-cm specimen...Counties, Virginia, and the Ducktown-Copperhill district, Tennessee (Ross 1935). Other important or interesting...ore include the old bismuth mine at Monroe and the historic nickel mine at Litchfield, Connecticut; the
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Journal (issue)
Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations...fossils. These fossils are particularly prevalent south of Donalda in the Drumheller area which is home...Publishing, 3619 W. Fairway Drive, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 83815. Lanny R. Ream, Editor. Periodicals postage...postage (USPS 751-150) paid at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Postmaster send address changes to: Mineral News P.O...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea
Journal (issue)
BRUNEAU-PATTERN JASPERS Discoveries in Oregon, Idaho and Mexico Field Notes ..........................quartz matrix, West Colusa Mine, Butter Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, courtesy Heritage...courtesy of Jim Brace-Thompson; thunderegg from Oregon mine, courtesy Lori Coleman, owner of Spanish Stirrup...Rhodochrosite with Quartz & Sphalerite Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine Sweet Home lode and Pulaski lode [Patents...106 and 107]) Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park Co. Colorado, USA 5.71 x 3.73 x 2.96 inches (14.50
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...the con dition of affairs, more especially in the South and in the States and Ter ritories of the far West...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...by Prof. John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various
Report (issue)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once they are discovered.... .. ....... ... ....... Washington-Idaho-Montana-Wyoming-South Dakota, by R. L. Parker.............................................................. Idaho ...............................................
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as the principal commodity or as a byproduct of mining other metals, based on a review of worldwide information...descriptive models were based on a single deposit or district and therefore lacked grade-tonnage distributions................J........................... West Texas (tract 12, map 1).................................Central Texas (tract 13, map 2)................................................................ Idaho shale........................................ Southern Idaho (tract 20, map 1)..............................
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description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
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Mear the Oentral Part of the Lemhl Range, Lemhi County, Itlaho tJ.S, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...the Central Part of the Lemhi Range, Lemhi County, Idaho By EDWARD T. RUPPEL and DAVID A. LOPEZ U.S...the rocks and structure in part of east-central Idaho UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...the central part of the Lemhi Range, Lemhi County, Idaho. (U.S. Geological Survey professional paper... no.: I 19.16:1480 1. Geology Idaho Lemhi Range. 2. Ore-deposits Idaho Lemhi Range. David A. II. Title
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publish a brief preliminary description of this district. Development work has not been very extensive...The deposit is located in the Plomosa mining district, Yuma County, Ariz., in the southern part of the...topography is characterized by broad, flat valleys with mountain ranges rising abruptly from the deserts. The Dome...rock in which the deposit worked by the Colonial Mining Company occurs is unlike most of the schists in...quantities. In a prospect owned by the French American Mining Company, located a short distance from the one
 
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