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Galena from
Gold King Mine, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gold King Mine, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:498069
Long-form Identifier:1:3:498069:8
GUID (UUID V4):3b26b725-17ee-4fb7-b7b1-561c0f79969a
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
4.4km (2.7 miles) Berlin Claims, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) Jackrabbit Mine, Madison County, Montana, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Evonka Mine, Rochester Mining District (Rabbit Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) Calvin Mine, Rochester Mining District (Rabbit Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) Ajax Mine, Rochester Mining District (Rabbit Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) Champion Mine, Rochester Mining District (Rabbit Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) Emma Mine, Rochester Mining District (Rabbit Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) Longfellow Mine, Rochester Mining District (Rabbit Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) Cooper Mine, Rochester Mining District (Rabbit Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Anything Mine, Rochester Mining District (Rabbit Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
References
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Report (volume)
574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER N. WINCHELL ................. 75 Outlying mines in Beaverhead County.................................. 76 Polaris district...----- -- - - Jahnke mine ..................................................... Ajax mine................................................... 114 Madisonian mine............................................. 115.......'..................................... 139 Silver Star district. ...............................
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..... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Report (issue)
past 250 years, men have sought to extract gold and silver from these mountains. However, it was not until...extent of their mineral wealth. In addition to gold and silver, the region produced economic quantities of...during the eighteenth century, were the first to mine in the San Juans. One of the earliest recorded expeditions...that there were silver mines caused the mountain to be called Sierra de la Plata [Silver Mountains]. Spanish..."prolific in mines of gold, silver, and other precious stones." By the 1859 Pikes Peak gold rush, legends and
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pages 218-239, 280) dealt with the discovery of gold in Colorado and the mining history and geology/mineralogy...the gold deposits found throughout the rest of the state. As previously mentioned, each new gold discovery...Gulch. THE CENTRAL COLORADO MINERAL BELT LAKE COUNTY 3,396,000 ounces, 1860-1 990 (Davis and Streufert...Streufert 1990) California Gulch and the Leadville Gold Belt In the spring of 1860, a small party organized...MINERALS Figure 1. Gold, 11.7 by 2.5 cm (8.5 ounces), Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County. Harvard Mineralogical
Report (issue)
Principal Gold-Producing Districts of the United States By A. H. KOSCHMANN and M. H. BERGENDAHL GEOLOGICAL...geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee
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or Operators AND POSTOFFICE ADDRESSES (Yavapai County) Copyright RUSSELL H. J 903 MILLWARD PRESCOTT...#;^ XXc. No. a. PREFACE Yavapai, the treasure county of Arizona, has developed beyond the speculative...its The records give and operators than to this county a greater is October 298 1, were 1876, of...three counties in Arizona. 7, now regarded is county of Yavapai. and recorded In the Territory, Since...importance located between the long boundary of Yavapai county. The selection of the groups of mines, including
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data on sulfide and nonsulfide mineralogy, gold and silver grades and deposit tonnage. A discussion of...country, local geographical area, mineralogy, gold and silver grades, tonnage, and references are given in...deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...1980)). These deposits are primarily worked for gold. Silver is a minor byproduct; about 14 percent of the...the deposits described here have reported silver grades. Sulfides commonly make up less than 5 percent
Journal (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...on canvas, painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some...see the extensive collections at the museum of Montana Tech. For those inclined toward history as well...located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote a trainee miner, Jerry Dolph, concerning
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a t Argenteuil-and John Fallon discovered gold and silver in the high mountains near where the town of’lelluride...This article deals with that portion of San Miguel County extending from north of Telluride beginning at...origins in the establishment of county lines when San Miguel County was created in 1883. Geologically...mining district of Ouray County and the Silverton caldera of San Juan County. It should be noted that...that before the creation of San Miguel County, the Telluride district was called the Upper San Miguel district
Report (volume)
geology and underground workings in area between Silver Lake Basin and Bridal Veil Canyon. 19. Geologic...Suffolk mine and Staatsburg Basin_-_-__------__------26. Map showing property boundaries and mine workings...general gold has been produced from westward-trending veins in the north half of the area, and silver and...the Gold King and Suffolk mines in the southwest part of the area, which yielded much gold. Gold has...and in places a little galena. The silver and base-metal veins contain galena, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite
Report (volume)
tests, Upper Uncompahgre mining district, Ouray County, Colo. Page FIGUEE 48. Index map* of Colorado showing...radioactivity, Bonanza mining district, Saguache County.__... ______ ______ ___ 400 TABLES TABUS 1. Localities...maximum background______ ____ __ ___ _____ 2. Mines or mine dumps in the Red Mountain mining district having...maximum background________ __ ____ __. 3. Mines or mine dumps in the Bonanza mining district having maximum...maximum background___ ______ ______ __ 4. Mines or mine dumps in the Telluride, Mount Wilson, Rico, La Plata
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hotazel and N'Chwaning, South Africa; at Butte, Montana; at Mont St. Hilaire, Ouebec; at several localities...has been within this belt since the discovery of gold i n Cherry Creek (near Denver) in 1858 (Kosnar and...Sweet Home mine, the 1 1. Urad mine, Clear Creek County 1. Sweet Home mine, Park County Climax mine, the Eagle...Eagle 12. Moose mine, Gilpin County 2. Sunnyside mine, San Juan County mine in Gilman, and var13. Julia...Julia Fiske mine, Leadville, Lake County 3. Mountain Monarch mine, Ouray County 14. John Reed mine, Lake County
Report (volume)
values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury, etcetera. The...Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...(all types) Crushers Crushing Rolls NEW YORK Mine Pumps Oil Engines Sampling Machinery Screens Stamp...Author: Copper Mines of the World; Geology of Butte, Montana; Nature of Ore Deposits, etc. VOL. XIV Supplementing...all the metals, and a corresponding expansion of mine work. The MINES HANDBOOK will hereafter be published
Report (issue)
__________________________ .. _______ _ The first discoveries of gold _____________________ _ Chronologie record __________..._____________________ _ Alamosa County __________________________ _ Arapahoe County _________________________...Archuleta County _________________________ _ Baca CountY-----------------------------Boulder CountY------...CountY----------------------~----Chaffee County _____________________·______ _ Clear Creek County _______________________...Conejos CountY---------------------------Costilla County ___________________________ _ Custer County ___
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___________________ Gold with sulfides._________________________ Contact-metamorphic deposits ___________ Gold-bearing...deposits.___________________ Mixed sulfides with gold and silver... _ _____ Copper deposits of the Bear Creek...Origin of the copper deposits.____________ Ruby silver veins_-----------.---L_________ _ Telluride veins...____ 98 ___. ________ 99 Deposits near the Century mine. __---_-._-_______ 101 Charlerie ___ __________...features. _ -_____--____-_-_-__--_____ 108 Daisy mine. _______________________________ 109 Darby. _ ______
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enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground...oFtne ato aa Gem Ghd nQkTeane Uva a nes ly ia" mine Ui nrobs inesob cere ts ou ioe tok us 'aaieomolitt...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...Rita Area and the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley...spotted rock by his terminology, was the mother of gold, actually helped him to find the Bonanzas (big,
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commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...accident— burro’s hoof kicking up a nugget of pure gold or silver; an angry mule skinner reaching for a rock... only to discover by its heft that it was solid gold discolored by weathering— must be taken with a grain...Most of them were adventurers searching for gold or silver. Wherever ore bodies were found, many of which
Book (volume)
..........................................258 Montana ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
Report (volume)
..... ................ ...... ....... Lodes of Silver Lake Basin... ..................... ................. .................... ............... Silver Lake mine..... . -.-.-..--....-.---..-.-. ............Iowa mine ........ ....^..................... ^. ...................... 157 Royal Tiger mine.........Buckeye mine .....................----...-- ......................... 160 Titusville. mine ... .......:. Aspen mine ..... ... .....,.-...--....----.-.--..---.-.............-. North Star (King Solomon) group
Report (Issue volume)
accumulating steadily since 1853, when the first mine (a coal property) was developed. Actually it antedates...about 1860 that State-wide prospecting, at first for gold, was well underway. The early published references...Occurrences Gallium Occurrences Germanium Occurrences Gold Occurrences, lode .. Occurrences, placer .........Selenium .... Occurrences Silicon .... Occurrences Silver ..... . Occurrences Sodium Occurrences Strontium...Copper-Stevens County ....................... . Lode gold ..................................... . Lode gold-Stevens
Report (issue)
2° QUADRANGLE, NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA, PART A by G. J. Orris Tom Griffith Sharon Chesson...WALLACE CUSMAP COMPILATION Stockholm Placer Triangle Mine Eclipse and Van Ness Placer Tucker Gulch Placers...Bonanza Group Barite Mine Gildersleeve Mine Windfall Creek Placer Meadow Creek Placer Mine Floodwood Creek...Creek Mine Unnamed Lode Bonanza Group Mine Superior Placer Stemwinder Placer Mine American Gold Mine Redemption...and Silver Streak Mines Red Hawk Placer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Golden Sunset Mine East
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE SUNNYSIDE MINE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO TOM ROSEMEYER Box 586 Ouray, Colorado...Colorado 81427 The Sunnyside mine is Colorado's largest underground gold producer and to date has produced...produced over $150 million in gold, silver, lead, copper, and zinc. T H E S U N N Y S I D E M I N E , 7...mountain valley at an elevation of 12,240 feet, the mine was originally located on the shores of the now-drained...height of mining activity, the sprawling Sunnyside mine complex was a self-contained community with offices
Report (issue)
Forks, and Gladstone areas. 7. Map showing principal mine workings in the Eureka and adjoining districts....vertical projections of mine workings and stopes in the Sunnyside and Gold King mines. ni 23 24 24 27...TABLES Page TABLE 1. Eureka district mine production of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in terms of...analyses of altered wallrocks at the Polar Star mine, Engineer Mountain__________________________ 9....from the Sunnyside veins, Eureka Gulch, San Juan CountY-----------------------------------------------
Report (issue)
ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING by Eldred D. Wilson, J. B. Cunningham, and G. M. Butler Bulletin...University of Arizona Tucson ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING by Eldred D. Wilson, J. B. Cunningham...Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin No. 137, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND MINING, was originally issued in 1934...1930's for authoritative information on Arizona's gold deposits. After several reprintings, the bulletin...War II and, in view of the restrictions placed on gold mining during the war, it was not considered necessary
 
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