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Tremolite from
Contention mine, Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Tremolite
Formula:◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tremolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Contention mine, Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:654510
Long-form Identifier:1:3:654510:9
GUID (UUID V4):111966ad-ae50-445a-a625-429efa755714
Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Carissa pit, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Buckingham mine (Hardy mine; Bentley mine; O'Leary mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
10.5km (6.6 miles) Copper Canyon mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
11.7km (7.2 miles) Minnie prospect, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) Tomboy Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) Phoenix Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) Buffalo Valley Molybdenum Prospect, Lander County, Nevada, USA
43.5km (27.0 miles) Distal zone, Robertson - Triplet Project, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
47.1km (29.3 miles) Gold Acres mine, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PA...MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT AND SURROUNDING AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA FRONTISPIECE. Buckingham area. Group...Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, DAVID W. BlAKE, THOMAS...JOHNSON and a section on SUPERGENE COPPER DEPOSITS AT COPPER BASIN By DAVID W. BLAKE and a section on...GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA U.S. GEOLOGICAL
Report (issue)
the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 459-B...the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada By RALPH J. ROBERTS and D. C. ARNOLD GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL Summary of base- SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...and precious-metal deposits in the Battle Mountain mining district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING..._________________ Battle Formation ____ - ______ -- _____ Antler Peak Limestone______________ Edna Mountain Formation_
Report (issue)
the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...Humboldt and Lander Counties Nevada By RALPH J. ROBERTS, GEOLOGY OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL...regional relations of geologic units in a complex mining district \ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...the Antler Peak quadrangle, Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964... in pocket. Bibliography: p. 87-90. 1. Geology-Nevada-Antler Peak quadrangle. I. Title. II. Title: Antler
Report (issue)
Platinum-Group Element Analyses from the Lost Basin Mining District, Northwestern Arizona By Norman J Page 1...Platinum-Group Element Analyses from the Lost Basin Mining District, Northwestern Arizona By Norman J Page 1...amphibolite that crops out in the Lost Basin Range, Mohave County, Arizona is derived from both sedimentary...with komatiites. INTRODUCTION The Lost Basin mining district, predominantly a gold producing one in northwestern...Arizona, is located in Mohave County, 120km southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and about 95km north of Kingman
Report (volume)
101... frcv valley-fill gravel to the east. Basin-and-range-associated tectonism during the Miocene...conspicuous basin-and-range fault sets trend east-west, northwest, and northeast within the district. Hawkins...northeast- and northwest-trending faults during the basin-and-range event. The Snow Canyon fault, one of the...scale east-west-trending faults in the Enfield Bell mine are are the Marlboro Canyon, Bell, and Ridge faults...upper- and lower-plate rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district is thought to be a high-angle fault. Exposure
Book (edition)
Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...ARIZONA MINERAL DEPOSITS Porphyry Copper Deposits 57 Porphyry-Copper-Related and Other Hydrothermal Deposits...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll
Book (edition)
Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Porphyry Copper Deposits 57 Porphyry-Copper-Related and Other Hydrothermal Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise...Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal...Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S: The Cameron Area 85 Breccia
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Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...time when Neolithic man was picking up gold and copper nuggets to be hammered into ornaments ( 20,000-14...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least
Book (edition)
interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information...Murphy, Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Harold Noble, Leo
Book
boundaries of the mineral industry are clear: the mining and milling of feldspar, for example, belong to...does not. But how does one draw the line between mining and manufacturing where brine from a salt well...districts, or a representative district if there are many. We name the chief mining companies, and give production...supply must come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many...government may even decide to go directly into mining, as Saskatchewan has done with potassium minerals
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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...rift that extends from Mexico along the Rocky Mountain Front to possibly the North Slope of Alaska. In...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...and the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley Caballo
Book
etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G Greenland...book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland;...I 1991 337--424 273-336 [ 1-128 129-208 [ COPPER] [ 177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400...ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich) 22:65-69 [Abstracts
Report (issue)
Director G. H. RQSEVEARE, Metallurgist G. R. FANSETT, Mining/Engineer ELDRED ,D. WILSON, Geologist 'J.W. ANTHONY...13 13 13 14 15 17 CHAPTER n.-BISBEE OR WARREN DISTRICT. By Wm. G. Hogue and Eldred D. Wilson................................ History of Lead and Zinc Mining..................................................Eastern Part of District ........................ Lead and Zinc in Western Part of District................29 29 29 CHAPTER nI.-JOHNSON CAMP AREA, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA. By John R. Cooper ..................
Book (edition)
McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner...copyright 1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R............................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona .......................................213 by J. A. Crowley The Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona ..............................219
Journal (issue)
California. July 4-5—Sixth Annual Rodeo, Austin, Nevada. July 4-6 — Desert Peaks Section, Southern California...Boundary Peak (El. 13,465 ft.), highest point in Nevada. Trailless climb from base camp at head of Trail...Colorado Basin BOTANY Comment from Desert's readers Desert Cousins of Candytuft and MINING . 24 24...Desert Magazine, Palm Desert, California "The Basin" in Big Bend National Park. This is the concession...and between that date and 1930 when the principal mine finally was closed, many millions in flask silver
Journal (issue)
visit a new working gold mine in South Carolina and so he rushed down before the mine superintendent would...of Columbia, S.C., had arranged the visit to the mine and the Editor is deeply grateful for her kind interest...northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached, many specimens...For details con­ tact Mark Pearce, 2921 Upper Mountain Rd., Sanborn, N. Y. 643 COMING EVENTS (Continued)...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at rhe
Book (volume)
ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...1 MAR 06 200 MAR 2 ¥ 2001 | NEVADA STATE LIBRARY CARSON CITY, NEVADA Digitized by the Internet Archive...Graton-Sales Volume Other Volumes in the Rocky Mountain Fund Series CONFERENCE ON REVERBERATORY SMELTING...(1933) AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME TRANSACTIONS MINE PLANT VOLUME 112, MILLING METHODS (1933) (1934)
Book (edition)
Isotope Ratios 213 Application of Geothermometry in Mining Districts 8 THE CLASSIFICATION OF ORE DEPOSITS...Titanium Deposits 241 Iron Deposits 245 Palabora Copper-Carbonatite Deposits 10 PEGMATITES 258 Simple...260 Petaca District, New Mexico 266 11 IGNEOUS METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS 272 Central District, New Mexico...Mexico 276 Iron Springs District, Utah 283 12 HYPOTHERMAL DEPOSITS 293 Morro Velho, Brazil 297 Broken...MESOTHERMAL DEPOSITS 317 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 319 Magma Mine, Arizona 325 Chuquicamata, Chile 333 14 EPITHERMAL
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPH_INE COUNTY, OREGON 1979 STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY...JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON By LEN RAMP, Resident Geologist and NORMAN V. PETERSON, District Geologist Oregon...030 Funded in part with a grant from Josephine County Board of Commissioners STATE GEOLOGIST GOVERNING.............................................. 27 COPPER ................................................. ILLUSTRATIONS Page FIGURES 1. Index map of Josephine County showing 15-minute quadrangle map coverage and locations
Book (edition)
Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably...his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express
Report (issue)
a and actively engaged are has heretofore district than and for men greatly the There is feldspar...Mr gentlemany on occasions. The Gouverneur district fessor C. H. the was Smyth prosecuted cambrian...becomes east. Peneplains The and Adirondack district has rather upward to move inherent an tion...streams wear a con- low altitude. peneplained district commence created, after down the entire comparatively...valley-widening still tends to with The Adirondack district has been twice time cut them no peneplain.
Report (issue)
Paper· 96 THE GEOijOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ELY, NEVADA BY .. ARTHUR C. SPENCER WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT............................. . Situation of the district ......................................................................... . Geology of eastern Nevada ....................... .'..... ·~ .................................... General geology of the district ................................................. , ......................·................. . Nevada lin1estone ...................................
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ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN ST A TES Rocky Mountain Fund Series THE PORPHYRY COPPERS By A. B. Parsons...METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS sponsored by the ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUXD NEW YORK 1933 " C'OPYRIOnT, 1033, IJY...appropriate is the linking 0£ the narne of the R ocky Mountain Club with this volume. That famous institution...Institute oC Mining and M etallurgical Engineers has made a grant from the Rocky Mountain Fund for the...a research "of especial interest to the Rocky :Mountain region." This use of income derived from the assets
Journal (issue)
livestock show, Richfield, Utah. Sep. 1-3—Morgan county fair, Morgan, Utah. Sep. 1-31—Beehive Midway, fairgrounds...P. G. A. Open Golf tournament, Reno, Nevada. Sep. 3-6—Elko county fair and state livestock show, Elko..." Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sep. 4-6—Nevada state fair, Fallon, Nevada. Sep. 4-6—Annual Labor Day rodeo,...rodeo, Bishop, California. Sep. 4-6—Nevada rodeo, Winnemucca, Nevada. Sep. 4-6—Sierra Club of Southern...and Boundary peaks, White Mts., California and Nevada. Sep. 5-6—Quarter horse show and rodeo, Benson
 
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