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Quartz from
Big Indian Mine, Helena Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Indian Mine, Helena Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:496340
Long-form Identifier:1:3:496340:0
GUID (UUID V4):bc172296-f17e-4fb2-b144-c72c6c929687
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.9km (0.5 miles) Yellowjacket Mine, Helena Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Independent Prospect, Helena Mining District (Spring Hill Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Clay Deposit in Orofino Gulch, Helena Mining District (Spring Hill Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Unknown Pb-Ag-Cu-Zn mine, Sheep Mountain, Clancy-Lump Gulch Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Roosevelt Mine, Clancy-Lump Gulch Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Helena District, Helena Mining District (Spring Hill Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Meadow Mine (Haab), Clancy-Lump Gulch Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) Spring Hill Mine, Helena Mining District (Spring Hill Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Muskegon Mine, Clancy-Lump Gulch Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Little Nell Mine (Little Nellie Mine), Clancy-Lump Gulch Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 527 ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT............................ Historical sketch of mining..................................................andesites ....................................... Quartz monzonite.......................................................................... Marysville district.......................................................... Drumlummon mine........................................... Cruse mine.......:.............
Report (issue)
ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by R.G. Tysdal 1 , Steve...ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE...OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-683-A * The Helena National Forest (the Forest) covers about 975,000 acres (1,520 square...in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...lands within parts of five counties: Broadwater, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell, and Lewis and Clark. * Gold
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER...___-_____________-_-_--___-_-__---_-_.--_____ Granite (quartz monzonite)____.__-_______--__-_-______ Rhyolite...______________________-__-_________--_------___-_ Ophir district.________________________________________________...__________---__--_-___ Austin district._.____..._..._._.____._____.____.___-.___._____ Marysville district.___________...___________________________________________ Gould district._______________________________________________ Stemple
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (issue)
) and copper-leach operations (Utah, Arizona, Montana) during the period 19802000. According to DOE,...than one continent. World-class deposits include quartz-pebble conglomerate, unconformity-related vein...conditions, concentrations large enough to warrant mining are restricted mostly to the western U.S. Principal...Plains 8. 11. 13. V. VI. Grants mineral belt Big Indian or Lisbon Valley mineral belt Uravan mineral...Northern Rockies and Columbis Plateau (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming) V 12 Appalachian Highlands VI 14
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
higher levels. The silica minerals involved are quartz, chalcedony, and opal; the carbonates, calcite...Sal igneous center, and in Colorado, the Uravan district encircles the center on the east. Distribution...Related deposits occur in the Boulder batholith in Montana, the Coeur d' Alene, and in eastern Washington...the accompanying chemical changes. Caribou Mine, Boulder County, Colorado Among the Front Range veins, the...(2) Replacement of altered rock by fine grained quartz. II4 TWELFTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLAYS AND
Report (volume)
Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal...of Sedimentary Petrology_...__._ Mines Magazine Mining Engineering ........___..._...._____ Advances in...AIA Office of the Area Director, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Window Rock, Ariz. ALG U.S. Geological...Tallahassee, Fla. GA Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 425 State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. IM
Journal (issue)
light blue, field of view 12 mm, Hecia District, Melrose, Montana, photo by L. R. Ream. A SimpleHomem...rejoice quite yet. The main features listed for Grand County, Colorado, for example, are gravel pits and coal...won't appear (the Green Ridge Pegmatite in Grand County, described in Stephen Voynick's book is not listed....... I usually start by entering the State and County. A "Commodity" field allows one to search by element...limitations to the search function. Mine names, for example, are literal; "Big Indian" returned nothing; it took
Book (volume)
in elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides
Report (issue)
thorium or rare-earths minerals_ Brannerite-bearing quartz or siliceous veins _______ _ Davidite-bearing veins...predecessor organization, the Manhattan Engineer District ; and, to a lesser extent, by staff members of...United States. The pre-1940 history of uranium mining and geology is concerned largely with veins in...very large nonvein deposits in New Mexico; in Big Indian Wash and White Canyon, Utah; and in the Gas Hills...batholith area, Montana ; the Sierra Ancha region, Arizona ; and the Marysvale district, Utah. All the
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Journal (issue)
Homestake-Sapin Flotation »36 For Acid Leach = »26 Cuts Mine Accidents »22 VIB URNUM PLANT: Wemco-Fagergrens...Catharines, Ontario e OFFICE: Montreal MINING WORLD MINING IT’S A FACT* WORLD & &, 7Z VOL. 23...Mineral Prices Newsmakers in World Mining What's Going on in Mining . Mining World Advertisers 39 14 EDITORIAL...Avenue, 3-9294. New CANADA District Street, Chicago 4-3420. District KINGDOM London W.1, MILFREEPUB...America, $4.00; Other Countries, 1961 MILLER MINING WORLD, August, 1961. by Miller Freeman FREEMAN
Journal (issue)
MINING WORLD CATALOG, SURVEY & DIRECTORY NUMBER Blue Pages Pink Section Yellow Pages DIRECTORY INDEX...231-26] > 68 United States Mining in 1960 State-by-state report from and MINING to zinc Alaska to Wyoming...Shipments by mines for 1958, 1959, 1960 B96 Open Pit Mine Production ef 3 Technological ; Advances Tons...Tons mined and stripped & 99 Underground Mine Production from 1955 through 1960 > 101 Geology and...—==erererr Ofslo(Seep colitetol Mining Open Pit Mining World-Wide Mining Reports Africa-Asia-Caribbean-Europe
Report (issue)
101 PRICE $3.00 AUGUST 1973 CONTENTS Page County Maps Showing Location of Operators: Beaver . .... . . . . 66 Page Commodities and Operators by County: Beaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...oil and gas industry as well as those engaged in mining activities of Utah. The directory is a general...which lists producers alphabetically by county, and within the county, by commodity and by operator. The compiler...Commission Mineral Property Tax Division; Utah Mining Association; and the Department of Natural Resources
Report (issue)
not coincide with the Google-Earth images of the mine workings. The authors wish to thank William F. Cannon...evaluating the environmental factors involved in mining sediment-hosted copper deposits. Chalcocite and...zone are fairly stable minerals in the oxidizing mine environment, and pyrite occurs only as trace amounts...relationship should be used to guide mining plans where acid mine drainage caused by oxidizing pyrite...calcite mitigates against the development of acid mine drainage. The arsenic minerals tennantite, enargite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the Big Indian Copper Mine Downloaded by [North Carolina State University] at 23:01 15 March...March 2015 SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH ARNOLD G . HAMPSON P.O. Box 1379 1301 Memtt Way Dolores, Colorado 81323...collection THE BIG INDIAN COPPER MINE is an open-pit copper mine located within the Big Indian mining district...district in San Juan County, Utah, approximately 33 miles northwest of Monticello and about the same distance...distance southeast of Moab. The mine has been a noted source of exceptionally fine specimens of azurite rosettes
Journal (issue)
MAY HIGHLIGHTS in mining this month 1961 New California asbestos mine and mill planned near Copperopolis...Copperopolis by Jefferson Lake Sulphur Company. Chrysotile ore will be mined and milled at 2,500 ton per day...Craigmont completes copper mine stripping in southern British Columbia and moves in mining equipment. Mill construction...registered from 50 mining companies in many parts of the United States and abroad the mining industry begins..........++++4: 28 Meramec Mining Company's Pea Ridge, Missouri iron ore mine development is right on schedule
Catalog/List
last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear...uncommon location. $3.00 each. COVELLITE: Butte, Montana; I was only able to pick up about a half dozen...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...that fluoresces bright green coated with drusy quartz or calcite interiors. They range in size from 2
Report (issue)
Bullock Nature displays her most common mineral, quartz, in this beautiful crystal cluster. CONTENTS.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
indicate annotation of thesis title by addition of county. Capitalization of terms in revised abstracts was...particular to Mis s Edith Rich, and to the Natrona County Library, for procuring theses. Many university...WARD OWEN, 1951, Cambrian diabase flow in [Utah County], central Utah: Brigham Young Univ. M. S. thesis...cified zone contains jasper and massive or columnar quartz and exhibits pipe-like structures perpendicular...The SiliCified rocks contain jasper, chert, and quartz in layers, veins I or irregular masses and are
Report (volume)
periods of exploratIon that ultimately led to a mining "boom ll in the 1950 IS. Since I ts meager start...Tallahassee Creek distrIct in Fremont County. Uranium, recoverable by solution mining of Upper Cretaceous...evaluated In Weld County. VBlntype uran I urn occurrence 5 are typ I fled in Je f farson County by the Schwartzwal...Schwartzwal der Mi ne, the largest uranium mine In Colorado. Part 2 contains in the bibliography of approximately...occurrences In the state, with cross-Indexes by county, host rock, and the special categoriesof "Front
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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs...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
Report (volume)
the Colorado Plateau is the center of the uranium mining industry in the United States, certain reports...Lincoln County, Nev.... Lander County, Nev.. ...... . Virgin Valley opal district........ Lyon County, Nev............... Tonopah area, Esmeralda County, Nev. Clark County, Nev.---------- . Olancha, Calif. _ ._...---------- ..... Taft-McKittrick area ---------Ridenour mine . .-. ._ ... Aguila area ..-.- ...................----------.---------Chuska Mountains, Red Rock district and Lukachukai Mountains areas (includes Mesa
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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs...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
 
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