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Malachite from
Ajax Mine, Ophir Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ajax Mine, Ophir Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:495941
Long-form Identifier:1:3:495941:0
GUID (UUID V4):f194aa10-b418-4a09-8b3e-09abf15f77b9
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
1.4km (0.8 miles) Victory Mine (Evening Star), Ophir Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Cyclone Mine, Ophir Mining District, Powell County, Montana, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Bumblebee, Ophir Mining District, Powell County, Montana, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Coon's Tungsten Occurrence, Ophir Mining District, Powell County, Montana, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) Esmeralda Mine, Ophir Mining District, Powell County, Montana, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Butterfly Occurrence, Ophir Mining District, Powell County, Montana, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) Earthquake Mine, Towsley Mine, Marysville Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) Shakopee Mine, Towsley Mine, Marysville Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Empire Mine, Marysville Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) M and L Mine, Marysville Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Other Mines and Veins of Marshall Basin and the Mines and Veins of Coronet, Savage, and Ingram Basins...The Great Irony of the Cross of Gold n the long and tortuous debate over the country's monetary systtwi...that took place between the end of the Civil War and the establishmenr of the * 3 Federal Reserve System...is further back and lo the left of center. Old 'limlmy inill Is even further back and above Argentine...house. Photo hy Uycrs, CB.1904. courtcs\ Ouraj County Historical Society. Volume 75, November/December
Report (issue)
General Geology and Mines of the East Tintic Mining District, Utah and Juab Counties, Utah GEOLOGICAL... 5 r General Geology and Mines of the East Tintic: Mining District, Utah and juab Counties, Utah By...By H. T. MORRIS and T. S. LOVERING With sections on THE GEOLOGY OF THE BURGIN MINE By A. PAUL MOGENSEN...PERRY, and S. M. SMITH and THE GEOLOGY OF THE TRIXIE MINE By A. PAUL MOGENSEN, H. T. MORRIS, and S. M...structures, and mines of a highly productive silver, gold, and base-metal mining district in the east-central
Journal (issue)
KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...Gressman tom.gressman@minrec.org The Tintic District: Juab and Utah Counties, Utah........................COVER: CLINOCLASE, 3.9 cm, from the Mammoth mine, Tintic District, Utah. Rock Currier collection; Jeff Scovil...for one year Subscription (Libraries, companies and institutions): $250/one year Subscribe at www.MineralogicalRecord...Fellows and Sponsoring Organizations of the Mineralogical Record We invite you to become a Fellow and join
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THE OPHIR No. 7 MINING DISTRICT. SEYMOUR G. OLMSTEAD. INTRODUCTION. The Ophir Mining District is...becoming more and more evident that the discoveryand developmentof future minesin the older mining regionsmust...the geologist'sideas to practicalmining. The Ophir District lies 6n the westernside of the Oquirrh Range...City by rail, and it is one of the early campsof the State of Utah. The Oquirrh Range and its continuation...Bingham,Stockton,Ophir, Mercur and Tintic mining districts,is undoubtedlythe greatest mining region in the
Report (issue)
MINERALS AND MIN ERAL LO CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY...RESOURCES BULLETIN 117 JANUARY 1981 MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock... . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED STATES..._.....________-__-__-.___-_-----------_-__ Area and field work.__-.-.________-___-__-___.-_----_-----__-Arrangement...____________________________________ Topography and geology.-__-__-____--.-___-_-_-.----------__._ Ore...work..__.......__._____________.____ 8 History and production._________-;.-___-__---__-_-_-_-__---____...(Algonkian)._______________________________ Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks--______.______-.__.._.____ Tertiary
Report (issue)
Selected Mining Districts of Utah by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district...Department of Natural Resources receives federal aid and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 What is a mining district? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . .1 How many mining districts are there in Utah and are they still active . . . . ...mineral resources are mined in Utah’s most productive mining districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
STATES**-^ COMPILED BY FRANK C. SCHRADER, RALPH W. STONE AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON.......................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana........................................................................................ Glossary and index.............................................. Compiled by FRANK C. SCHRADER, EALPH W. STONE, and SAMUEL SANFORD. INTRODUCTION. The volumes of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
best known for its topaz, red beryl, variscite, and azurite, Utah boasts an array of mineral species...been closed and are inaccessible to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were...historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades, although claims and property rights...remain current and some exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING...the development of numerous new collecting sites and the rediscovery of old locations. During the past
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS · OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN AND G. F. LOUGHLIN...• • • • • • • • • • 13 PART L General geography and geology, by G. F: Loughlin .•••• ------ 15 Geographic...supply ............ _.................. . 18 Springs and wells ...................... . 18 Groun.d water in......... . 23 Correlation~ ................ . 24 Ophir · formation (Middle Cambria~} ·._. .• : ..........Cambrian) ••.•..•........... : .... 28 Distribution and thickness .. 28 Lithology •............. : .... 28
Report (issue)
Smith, Mark A. Vendl, and Karen A. Vendl L ocated in southwestern Colorado and covering over 31,000...kilometers, the San Juans are some of the highest and most rugged mountains in the state. Hundreds of peaks...past 250 years, men have sought to extract gold and silver from these mountains. However, it was not...addition to gold and silver, the region produced economic quantities of lead, zinc, tungsten, and copper. In...In 1896 world-renowned mining engineer Thomas ''T.A." Rickard called the San Juans one of Colorado's four
Report (issue)
MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by...Ludington2 , and A.E. McCafferty1 Open-File Report 96-683-A This report is preliminary and has not been... or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government... MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL...west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal
Report (issue)
Gold-bearing Polymetallic Veins and Replacement Deposits Part II U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1857-F...1857-F AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Instructions on ordering publications...year are listed in the most recent annual "Price and Availability List" Publications that are listed in...but not listed in the most recent annual "Price and Availability List" are no longer available. Prices...microfiche from the U.S. Geological Survey, Books and Open-File Reports Section, Federal Center, Box 25425
Report (issue)
UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL -SURVEY affiliated with THE COLLEGE OF MINES AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...History of the Iron Industry in Utah · .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains... .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . · .. 4 Creole mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · .. 4 Cave mine . . . . . . . . . ... 4 Iron mine . . . . . . ......... . . 10 Star Range deposits . . . . . .10 Copper King mine .10 Rocky
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Box 123, Broadway, New South Wales 2007, Australia AND H. L. BARNES Ore DepositsResearchSection,The PennsylvaniaState...Burginmine, EastTintic district, Utah, at the temperatureof 60øCof localsubsurface waters,and at 25øC for the...the Tynagh mine, Ireland, and the Matagentedeposit,Cerro de Pasco,Peru. The distributionof the alterationassemblages...initialmineralogy, the composition and flow ratesof groundwater,and the permeabilityof the oresand hostcarbonates...Burginmineexhibitsimpleverticalzonation.BothTynagh and Matagenteminesexhibitcomplexzoningof oxidationproducts
Report (issue)
for prospecting________________________ Production and reserves____________________________________________...development of markets and processing of ores__ Description of oxidized zinc districts and deposits______________________...___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache...Description of oxidized zinc districts and deposits-Continued Dagget and Uintah Counties____________________________________..._______ _ __ __ _______ __ _______ __ __ Dry Canyon and Ophir districts_____________________________ Lion Hill
Report (issue)
Byron R. Berger, Robert A. Ayuso, Jeffrey C. Wynn, and Robert R. Seal Open-File Report 2008–1321 U.S....Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2008 For product and ordering information: World Wide Web: http://www...about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment: World Wide Web:... or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government...citation: Berger, B.R., Ayuso, R.A., Wynn, J.C., and Seal, R.R., 2008, Preliminary model of porphyry copper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection,... photographer unknown. B etween 1868 and 1922, Colorado produced almost 260 million pounds of copper...from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with...more than 210 million pounds mined (Beaty, Landis, and Thompson 1990). Total Colorado production prior to
Report (issue)
Districts of the United States By A. H. KOSCHMANN and M. H. BERGENDAHL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...----------------Scope and objectives -------------------------1\uthorship and acknowledgments -------------Distribution...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -------------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska
Book (volume)
..........................................258 Montana ................................................................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)
DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER......................................... Location and area ...........;................................................................................ Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~......................................
Book (volume)
..........................................221 Montana .................................................Deposits..................493 Appendix H - Igneous and Metamorphic Rock Types ............................field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada, and each year I spend...started this annual process, I decided to find a new and more complete reference to reduce my research time...the most useful references were no longer in print and were rarely available to collectors at local libraries
Book (volume)
..........................................221 Montana .................................................Deposits..................495 Appendix H - Igneous and Metamorphic Rock Types ............................field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada, and each year I spend...started this annual process, I decided to find a new and more complete reference to reduce my research time...the most useful references were no longer in print and were rarely available to collectors at local libraries
Book
- f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ...!?' A J.-. N ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS...present authentic infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive...W. Raymond, and Clarence King; and the state reports of R. H. Stretch, A. F. White, and H. R. Whitehill...States Geological Survey in 1912. Plan. “Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada”, as its name
Book (volume)
elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...far western counties of Lawrence, Meade, Custer and Pennington the land rises abruptly into the 6,000...Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher...sandstone, which underlies most of the Great Plains, and bent the broken edges sharply upward into steep hogbacks...These hogbacks catch the regional precipitation and channel it into the underlying porous sandstone.
 
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