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Acanthite from
Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Silver
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:650141
Long-form Identifier:1:3:650141:9
GUID (UUID V4):3562be68-8ad3-4993-9295-8a5596618e22
Localities for Acanthite in this Region
Bodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘBodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘAurora Mine Area, Aurora Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
13.9km (8.7 miles) ⓘAurora Mine, Aurora Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘJuniata vein, Aurora Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘMonte Cristo Mine (Livingston Mine), Monte Cristo, Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘWest Willys claim, Washington Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘSilverado Mine (Silverado - Kentuck Mine; Kentuck Mine), Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
38.1km (23.6 miles) ⓘLemr prospect, Lucky Boy Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘLucky Boy Mine West, Lucky Boy Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) ⓘLucky Boy Mine (Mountain King Mine), Lucky Boy Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and ore deposits of the Miocene Bodie Hills Volcanic Field, California and Nevada Edward A. du Bray1,*...Survey, MS 901, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, U.S.A. 3 Department of Earth Sciences...Survey, MS 910, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, U.S.A. 5 U.S. Geological Survey, Reno...these, the Bodie Hills volcanic field (BHVF), astride the California-Nevada border north of Mono Lake, is...accumulations are in fault-hosted vein deposits in the Bodie and Aurora districts. Circulation of hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DuringMineralization in theBodieMiningDistrict,MonoCounty,California* J. R. O'NE•., M. L. SI*.BERM^•r, B. P. F^B•...Au-Ag depositlocatedin the Bodieminingdistrictof California. Analyseswere made of alteredhost rocks,vein...isotopicanalyses alterationandore-forming fluidsat Bodie,andtaken by reaction of the waters with uranium...reportedin the 8-notation,where 8 Mineralization at Bodie is associatedwith small is the differencein parts...located in the Bodieminingdistrict,MonoCounty,California. Analyses havebeenmadeof (1) unaltered rocks
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Mail Stop 901, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 Abstract Numerous important Miocene and...the Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, Bodie, Paradise Peak, and Rawhide deposits. Low-sulfidation...Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, and Bodie, and significant production continues today from...S ie GREAT BASIN rra NNR Utah Ne da va California 10 Ma SA Colorado Plateau Arizona F 20 Ma...in the Atlanta, Fairview, Tuscarora, and Wonder mining districts that are hosted by late Eocene to early
Report (chapter)
volcanism: a review R. H. Sillitoe Department of Mining Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College...also base metals. Silver occurs as argentite (or acanthite) and arsenic- or antimony-bearing sulphosalts...precious-metal mineralization on southern tip of Baja California has been rifted away from mainland between latitudes...latitudes 20 ~ and 21~ during opening of Gulf of California since 5 m.y. 100 longitudinal in direction...the Mexican epithermal deposits argentite (and acanthite) and the ruby silvers are always deposited later
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
recovered from an interesting array of important mining districts; it is currently available from Mexico...arsenic in amounts up to several percent. Pynte, acanthite, polybasite, and silver pseudomorphs after pyrargyrite...reported. It occurs as an alteration product of acanthite, dyscrasite, and silver. Pyrargyrite is relatively...suggest. It is commonly associated with proustite, acanthite, tetrahedrite, stephanite, miargyrite, polybasite...However, the development of numerous gold and silver mining districts in the westem states during the latter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
untarreplaced by various silver halides, ruby silvers, acanthite, and stephanite are known. Similarly, silver has...those containing other silver minerals, Keweenaw County. barite, fluorite, and quartz and those characterized...phenomenal specimens in major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is draped...Connecticut; and and nearby mines of the Caribou district, as as an accessory mineral in the are wiry masses...White Raven mine, Ward district, sey. Wire silver has been found in Boulder County (Raines 1992). Locally
Report (volume)
east-west, northwest, and northeast within the district. Hawkins (1982) postulated that the east-west­...upper- and lower-plate rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district is thought to be a high-angle fault. Exposure...cover in the district. REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY Most of the rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district are Paleozoic...of the Enfield Bell mine, Jerritt Canyon district, Elko County, Nevada. � Geology of the Enfield Bell Mine...Mine and the Jerritt Canyon District, Elko County, Nevada 97 Lower-plate rocks Lower-plate stratigraphy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
any Se minerals, and vice versa (Fig. 3). Bodie, California (number 39 on Fig. 2), is seemingly an outlier...minerals, and the reevaluation of many historic mining districts that took place in the latter half of...Rosita Hills 3 29. Ortiz 3, 4 30. Central City 3, 4 31. Boulder County 3, 4 32. Black Hills 3,...Judith Mountains 37. Kendall 38. Fairview (MT) 39. Bodie 3, 4 3 3 3 3 4 Saunders (1986); Saunders and May...Grouse Creek gold-silver deposits, Yankee Fork mining district, Eocene Challis volcanic field, Idaho: A volcanic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
volcanicrocksandhydrothermal clude Comstock,Tonopah, Goldfield, Bodie, and vicinity of the mine. We utilize thesedata...these graderock croppedout on top of this hill. Mining faults is about 50 m down to the east, but drill... containingnativegoldandsilver,chlorargyrite,acanthite, other fine-grainedsulfideminerals(dominantly...alunite alteration as well. northern Pactolus Hills about 15 km to the east. An ageof 25.1 +_1.0 Ma...SteamboatSprings, Sigvaldesonand White, 1962; McLaughlin,California, Lehrman, 1986; Hasbrouck Mountain, Nevada,
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological 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 that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(¹Pb-Zn) Apacheta deposit is located in the Shila district, 600 km southeast of Lima in the Cordillera Occidental...base-metal suldes with minor electrum 1 and acanthite; (2) brecciation of this mineral assemblage and...position of the epithermal district of Shila. B Geologic map of the Shila district with location of the main...mineralization, except for the Chipmo area (Orcopampa district) where veins of the high-suldation epithermal...carried out on the Apacheta vein system in the Shila district, to document and study this vertical zoning and
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
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quarry), Granite Mountain, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas (34°41′27″N, 92°17′17″W). Barwoodite...the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A. F.C. Bodieite* A.R. Kampf, R.M....mineral from the Tintic District, Utah, and the Masonic District, California, USA. Canadian Mineralogist...mines: Carisa, Boss Tweed, or Red Rose), Tintic district, Juab Co., Utah, U.S.A. It was later also discovered...the town of Bodie in the Bodie Hills volcanic field, Masonic district, Mono Co., California, U.S.A. The
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
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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
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ore genetic model for the Lubin-Sieroszowice mining district, Poland A. Wodzicki* and A. Piestrzynski Institute...Institute of Geology and Mineral Deposits , Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, avo Mickiewicza 30, PL-30-059 Krakow...October 1993 Abstract. The Lubin-Sieroszowice mmmg district is a world-class copper-silver, stratabound ore...Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA resulted from redistribution of earlier copper and...copper-silver deposits of the Lubin-Sieroszowice district are examples of peneconcordant red bed-associated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northeastof Lovelock,Nevada (Fig. 1). Within the district preciousmetals valued at $7 concernedwith petrologyand...Wallace,1969).Currentemphasis ploration and surface mining of precious metal deand 0.10 ouncesof gold per...1986; posits prompted this study of the Rochester district. Couch and Carpenter, 1948; Johnson,1977). The...north-trending antiformcentered on the Rochester district(Fig. $). 41ø-.• z 581 SHIN Koipato Group...accompaniedby eruption of Weaver location of the Rochester district. rhyolitefrom linearandoblatevents.Melt remaining
Report (issue)
standards and nomenclature. • CONTENTS Page Page County and site name Kelly Camp Kettle Key East Knob...placer Sunset Creek placer Victor FERRY Republic district Addison Alva Stout placer Belcher Ben Hur Black...Black Tail Blue Horse Boston & New York California Dan Patch El Caliph Flag Hill Golden Cord Golden Harvest...Bales Bellevue Bi-Metallic Black Bear Blue Lake Bodie Bullfrog Bunker Hill Butcher Boy Caribou Casimer... 285 . 286 . 287 . 288 PEND OREILLE Metaline district Bella May Blue Bucket Calispell Cliff Comstock
Report (issue)
geochemistry of the Sleeper Gold-Silver Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada an interim report By J. T. Nash , W. C................................................. Mining and exploration history..........................mine area and western foothills of the Slumbering Hills. (Simplified from J. Bottero, unpub. map, AMAX Exploration...than about 15 m that do not greatly complicate mining. Some post-ore structures were the sites of acid...mechanisms. The abundance of opaline silica, repeated mono- or bi-mineralic layers, and the mass of gold in
Report (issue)
3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA CopyrightŠ 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph by J...percent of the state. Nevada's public lands offer mining, livestock grazing, wild horse viewing, .scenic...Road and Geologic Tours in th<' Las Vegas Area. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91
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Leicht KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle... Gressman tom.gressman@minrec.org The Tintic District: Juab and Utah Counties, Utah...................CLINOCLASE, 3.9 cm, from the Mammoth mine, Tintic District, Utah. Rock Currier collection; Jeff Scovil photo...of a pascoite group mineral at a mine in Grand County, Utah. Died, Alex Earl, 26 Jayson Alexander (“Alex”)...West. A trip to the Blue Bell mine near Baker, California, in 2016 was particularly influential in solidifying
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
seriesof tilted faultblocks(Fig. 1). The veins in the district are primarily formed along east-west-striking...and 8 X 106 oz of gold havebeen minedfrom the district,makingit the third largestproducerof silverandthe...calcite.The main silverbearingmineralis argentite-acanthite, andthe maingoldbearingmineralis electrum.Basemetal...fluids. readers.Financialsupportwas providedby the Mining Usingthe shiftsin the oxygenisotopecompositions...silver-goldveinsin the Tayoltita mine, SanDimas district, Mexico: ECONOMICGEOLOGY,v. 83, p. 1830-1840.
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garnet in Ordovician lavas in t.he Capel Curig district. However. an interesting suite of acce ory primary...occurring as detrital grains in the rivers of the district. A list of these minerals is presented in Table...lead-zinc mineral veins occur in the Llangynog district of Powys, where ore ha been recovered from about...Silurian edimentary rocks in the Central Wale Mining District (Jones, 1922: Raybould, 1976). Lead. zinc and...1988). In the eastern part of the Central Wales Mining Di Lrict. northwest of Llanidloes. the mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Durango,Mexico. Productionfrom the San Dimas district spansa 1976)districtswhereaccess to the underground...includingthe Arana, Cinco Sefiores,San Luis, and county seat for the Municipio de San Dimas. It is Candelariamineswhich...Canyon-like as the Tayoltita mine. Other mines in the district, chasm,or barranca,of the Piaxtla River, 150 km...seatof the San Dimas mining 1,840m downto 540 m and are servicedby several district,is locatednear the...volcanicsequence,and the two Formation within the district indicates deposition comprisethe only known intrusive
 
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