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Magnetite from
Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Ilmenite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:64148
Long-form Identifier:1:3:64148:1
GUID (UUID V4):9c860f43-03c3-480a-948f-105699858c55
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
1.7km (1.1 miles) Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Moonlight Valley deposit, Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) Walker Mine (Walker Brothers Mine; Walker Copper Mine; Native Son Mine [?]), Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
54.9km (34.1 miles) Wades Lake Fe deposit, Wades Lake, Plumas County, California, USA
56.4km (35.1 miles) Sierra Iron Mine (Sierra Mine; Sierra Iron Co.; Lake Hawley and Spencer Lake deposit), Hawley Lake, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
62.4km (38.7 miles) Morrison Mine (Standard Slag Company deposit; Rusty Ridge), Table Mountain, Golden Summit Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
71.0km (44.1 miles) Black Hawk prospect (Black Hawk claims), State Line Peak, Stateline Peak Mining District, Fort Sage Mountains, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
71.1km (44.2 miles) Iron Prospect #1, Stateline Peak Mining District, Fort Sage Mountains, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
72.2km (44.9 miles) Iron Prospect #2, Stateline Peak Mining District, Fort Sage Mountains, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
80.8km (50.2 miles) Chaparral Hills deposits, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
References
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Report (volume)
SMITH, DIRECTOR 353 GEOLOGY OF THE TAYLORSVILLE REGION, CALIFORNIA BY J. S. DILLER WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT.............................................. Taylorsville formation.....................................extension of Triassic and Jurassic rocks of the Taylorsville region.............................................................. 57 Sailor Canyon formation........................................ 57 Milton formation........................... 58 Relation of the Taylorsville Jurassic to the Mariposa................. 59
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
`|ÇxÜtÄÉzç Éy g{x Spring Creek Area Last Chance Mining District Plumas County, California Gail E. Dunning 773...Sunnyvale, California 94087 Joseph F. Cooper, Jr. 430 Van Ness Avenue Santa Cruz, California 95060 First...mines of the Last Chance mining district produced significant quantities of copper and molybdenum until closing... INTRODUCTION California has a long history of being a significant producer of copper, with a production...major producing areas was the Plumas copper belt that includes the Engles, Reward, Superior and Walker
Journal (volume)
ssv/y STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF... State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1937 No. 1 CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA UAfi^tWRAI DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND...Geologist C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer O. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Sacramento San Francisco Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer Los Angeles Los
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................made in the United States in 1887, so that the deposits of bauxite, now the source of material that maintains...in the appraised value of some of the mineral deposits. The timeliness of the Survey's list of useful...giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than 160 mineral names to the
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Report (volume)
concisely the location, by States, of the principal deposits of useful minerals and includes a glossary showing...each mineral and the location of. its principal deposits. Many changes other than increase in production...made in the United States in 1887, so that the deposits of bauxite, now the source of material that maintains...in the appraised value of some of the mineral deposits. In this list, as in the earlier lists, it has...a minute and specific enumeration of the known deposits; indeed, to state all the localities at which
Journal (issue)
of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ..................................................477 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ............................................490...Appendix G - Ideal Scheme of the Zonal Theory of Ore Deposits..................493 Appendix H - Igneous and...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ..................................................479 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ............................................492...Appendix G - Ideal Scheme of the Zonal Theory of Ore Deposits..................495 Appendix H - Igneous and...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced
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
Book (volume)
..........................................49 California ..............................................................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 (issue)
BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE WESTERN OF MINERAL HEMISPHERE DEPOSITS Pid erih gd ar 6a he it 76 eee aR 7) ~...Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in the Western Hemisphere JOHN D. RIDGE The Pennsylvania State University... ANNOTATED viii BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS 86 MUNTO. 6 c-0.0.0 dbo gio erslel betas ele...Mines ..... ee eres eeseesecece 269 FOOthiLE (Copper Belt is.00.0.600. eeeecece 271 oe eeee MO EDS TA LOGE...no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296
Book (volume)
=American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore deposits of the United States...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...https://archive.org/details/oredepositsofuniO002john Ore Deposits of the United States, 1933-1967 The Graton-Sales...(1933) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN STATES (1933) AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME TRANSACTIONS MINE PLANT...TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME 106, COPPER METALLURGY TRANSACTLONS VOLUME 121, METALLURGY
Journal (issue)
UT AH. By Ronald L. 1-ves... . CHlLIAN DOLOMITE DEPOSITS PROMISE INDUSTRIAL VALUE ............... . jEFFERSITE............................................... . COPPER FIRST METAL MIN ED BY WHITE MEN IN SOUTH AFRICA............. . SHEBA, SOUTH AFRICA'S OLD EST GOLD MINE ....................................... . WITH OUR...topography of the Little Cottonwood Area, Salt Lake County, Utah, are here described, and the geologic history...Accessibility The Little Cottonwood Area is a large canyon eroded into the west face of the Wasatch Mountains
Report (issue)
G. M. BUTLER, Director GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNT'Y ARIZONA J By ELDRED ...Metallurgist MARK EHLE, Mining Engineer J. B. TENNEY, Geologist G. R. FANSETT, Mining Engineer R. E. S. HEINEMAN...report on "The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern Yuma County" is the most pretentious bulletin...in many parts of the county, it has not been easy to prospect southern Yuma County at all thoroughly, but...It is, therefore, at least possible that other deposits that can be worked profitably under existing conditions
Report (issue)
quadrangles. Nomenclature applied to the upper part of the Belt Supergroup is currently under revision and some...correlations currently underway by workers throughout the Belt basin. Description of Map Units Qa ALLUVIUM (QUATERNARY)...alluvial fans Qt TALUS (QUATERNARY) Qg GLACIAL DEPOSITS (QUATERNARY) Includes drift from both alpine and...represent distal glacial outwash Ql LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS (QUATERNARY) Tan-weathering silt, sand and gravel...to 10 cm in length. Color index 10. Accessory magnetite (2 percent), sphene (1 percent), and epidote (greater
Journal (issue)
HISTORY OF MINING IN NEWFOUNDLAND 1 1 Mineral Exports. 7 THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANO THE MINING INDUSTRY... 15 Prospecting . . . . • . . . . • 1G The Mining Law of Newfoundland (By C.K.Howse). Labrador. Taxation...Power. ACTIVE MINES AND QUARRIES Buchana Zinc-Lead-Copper Mines Geological Features l11n1ng Practice. Milling...Howse) Geological Features • Description of Veins. Mining Practice. Milling Practice. Power . • . . Poss1b111t1es...Poss1b111t1es •. Wabana Iron Mines. . • Geological Features Mining Practice Quarries . . . • . . Limestone . . •
Report (issue)
consumming. Nomenclature applied to the upper part of the Belt Supergroup is currently under revision, and some...correlations currently underway by workers throughout the Belt basin. Description of Map Units Qa ALLUVIAL MATERIAL...central part of map near the confluence of Deer Creek and Moyie River Kg GRANITIC ROCKS (Cretaceous...average nearer mafic end of range. Accessory magnetite (2/f), sphene (1/6), minor epidote; biotite, partly...K-Ar apparent ages from 80 to 98 m.y. (Miller and Engles, 1975) Trsw SYENITE OF WALL MOUNTAIN (Triassic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A THEORY OF MINERAL ORE SEQUENCE IN HYPOGENE DEPOSITS. MARK C. BANDY. (Continued from last number...PAGE The Paragenesisof Various Classesof Ore Deposits--Their VariationsFrom and AgreementWith the "Normal...568 THE PARAGENESIS OF VARIOUS CLASSES OF ORE DEPOSITS--THEIR VARIATION FROM AND AGREEMENT WITI-I...numberof the generalclassesof hydrothermalore deposits as described by Lindgren (27) and Graton (I9)...formulated. Paragenesisof Magmatic oCegregation Deposits. If the premiseis true that stable,deep-seated
Report (issue)
listed on pages A263-A268. Numerous Federal, State, county, and municipal agencies and other organizations...____----_ _ Pacific Northwest _ __________----__-- _ California _ _____________-_-_------_--_ Nevada _______...________________ Arizona. _________________________ California....-------- -------- _ _ Columbia Plateau and...geochemistry __________________ 157 Geochemistry of ore deposits.________________ 159 Geochemical data___________________________...cooperators-____-_______-__-___-__-__-__ State, county, and municipal cooperators---------Other cooperators
Report (issue)
A253-A258 of this chapter. Numerous Federal, State, county, and municipal agencies and other organizations..._____ Other commodities-__-_-__-___-__-__________ Copper. _______________________________ Uranium. ___ ...of granitic rocks----------------Studies of ore deposits _ - _---_--__-_____ Pleistocene geology- ____________________...Adirondack, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateaus Provinces. ____________ Taconic belt and Reading prong...prong. _________ Blue Ridge and Piedmont. ______________ Central region and Great Plains -_-_-_________
Report (volume)
ultimately led to a mining "boom ll in the 1950 IS. Since I ts meager start at Roc Creek In IS61, the Uravan...:10D,DOO-scale base map for the Uravan minerai belt. SedImentary uranium-vanadium ores, prIncipally...Formation. Uraniferous vanadium is found roscoellte deposIts In the Entrada Sandstone. Uran I urn has a I so...the 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COPPER SULPHIDES IN SYENITE AND PEGMATITE DIKES. D. H. McLAu6H•N. An occurrenceof chalcopyriteand...syenitepegmatitewhich may be addedto the 'listof deposits of the so-calledmagmatic sulphides,was encounteredin...'Mountain, a few miles north of Danvirile in Ferry County, Washington. The sulphidesoccur in dikes of apparentlyunaltered...and D. H. McLaughlin, "Further Remarks on Ores of Engles, Cal.," EcoN. Gin,.., Vol. XIII., pp. 8x-99, x9•8...acrossthe boundary. The mineralization in these deposits,however, is distinctly different in character
 
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