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Quartz from
Laxey Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ilvaiteⓘ8 photos of Quartz associated with Ilvaite at this locality.
Hedenbergiteⓘ4 photos of Quartz associated with Hedenbergite at this locality.
Arsenopyriteⓘ3 photos of Quartz associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Laxey Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:76052
Long-form Identifier:1:3:76052:8
GUID (UUID V4):3f3ebc4b-3694-4135-82a3-be44a67497b5
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Mines in Southern Idaho: Volume II: Flint Creek-South Mountain Area, Owyhee County, Idaho Earl H. Bennett...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...Mines in Southern Idaho: Volume II: Flint Creek-South Mountain Area, Owyhee County, Idaho Earl H. Bennett...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...2000 for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Idaho Operations Office, under Assistance Agreement No
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
r------' .--. !i i , i ' i Boundary '---~ IDAHO Bonner_j l--;~u:d{ene\, I , L~ Coeur'cI'Alene...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I...Power i..r v. ) 't,.,. 1. r': ~ Caribou Idaho 83816-2043 , • c-vz..J. '. 2",_J'-1 '\ o, ...INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that may have produced well-crystallized...localities for minerals that were first discovered in Idaho. Unfortunately for the field collector, most of
Report (issue)
Idaho Mining and Exploration, 2008 Virginia S. Gillerman E.H. Bennett Staff Report 09-5 June 2009 Idaho...Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014 Idaho... Idaho Mining and Exploration, 2008 Virginia S. Gillerman E.H. Bennett Staff Reports present timely information...June 2009 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...83844-3014 Contents Metal Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
Idaho Mining and Exploration, 2012 Virginia S. Gillerman Earl H. Bennett Staff Report S-15-1 May 2015...2015 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014 208-885-7991...208-885-7991 IdahoGeology.org Idaho Mining and Exploration, 2012 Virginia S. Gillerman Earl H. Bennett...May 2015 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...……………………………………………………………………………… 1 Metal Mining …………………………………………………………………………… 5 Phosphate Mining …………………………………………………………………………
Report (issue)
Idaho Mining and Exploration, 2010 Virginia S. Gillerman Earl H. Bennett Staff Report 2011-1 November...November 2011 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...83844-3014 Idaho Mining and Exploration, 2010 Virginia S. Gillerman Earl H. Bennett Staff Reports present...November 2011 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014..........................................1 Metal Mining ..............................................
Book (edition)
Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...PISTOLS Idaho Minerals Idaho Minerals The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Rerun Publishing P .O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Ale ne, Idaho 83814 Copyright © 1989 by L.R. Ream Publishing...R Ream Publishing P.O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily in the...occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found with smithsonite...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...(Graham or Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire. It
Report (issue)
Association: Grunerite (iron formations); arfvedsonite, quartz, fayalite (granites, syenites). Distribution:...the USA, at Iron Hill, Gunnison Co., Colorado; ¯ne crystals from the Laxey mine, South Mountain, Owyhee...Owyhee Co., Idaho; in the Pima district, Pima Co., and the Westinghouse mine, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona; at...crystals from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. In the Obira mine, Bungo, Oita Prefecture, Japan...Tirodi, Madhya Pradesh, and Kacharwali, Nagpur district, Maharashtra, India. Fine crystals from the Skardu
Report (issue)
Idaho Mining and Exploration, 2013 Virginia S. Gillerman Earl H. Bennett Staff Report S-15-2 August...August 2015 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho 875 Perimeter Drive MS...MS 3014 Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014 Phone 208-885-7991 IdahoGeology.org Idaho Mining and Exploration, 2013...S-15-2 August 2015 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho 875 Perimeter Drive...Drive MS 3014 Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014 Phone 208-885-7991 IdahoGeology.org Contents Introduction ……
Report (issue)
Idaho Mining and Exploration, 2011 Virginia S. Gillerman Earl H. Bennett Staff Report S-12-3 November...November 2012 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...83844-3014 Idaho Mining and Exploration, 2011 Virginia S. Gillerman Earl H. Bennett Staff Reports present...November 2012 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...………………………………………………………………………….... 1 Metal Mining …………………………………………………………………………. 4 Phosphate Mining ……………………………………………………………………
Report (issue)
with other calc-silicate minerals. Association: Quartz, magnetite, hedenbergite, sphalerite, °uorite....southern Greenland. In the Kamioka mine, Gifu Prefecture, and the Obira mine, Bungo, Oita Prefecture, Japan...Russia. In the USA, splendid crystals from the Laxey mine, South Mountain, Owyhee Co., Idaho; from Middlemarch...Dragoon Mountains, Cochise Co., Arizona; on Copper Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Name: From the
Report (issue)
3 (Index of Colours) ; 4 (I. of Man) ; 5 (Lake District) • : 7 (N. Wales) ; 8 (Central England) ; 9 (Eastern...—42 NW, NE, 56, 60 SW, SE. RUTLANDSHIRE,— this county is wholly included SW. within Sheet 64*. DERBYSHIREt...Table showing Output of Manx Mines, 495. 493-498 Mining Details 499-549 - List of Mines and Trials described...Description of the Workings Beckwith's Mine, 504. Cross's Mine, 508. Dixon's Mine, Foxdale {Old Foxdale) and associated...Hodgson's, Faragher's, or Louisa Mine, 513. East or Central Foxdale Mine, 514. Ellerslie, Bishops Barony
3 (Index of Colours) ; 4 (I. of Man) ; 5 (Lake District) • : 7 (N. Wales) ; 8 (Central England) ; 9 (Eastern...—42 NW, NE, 56, 60 SW, SE. RUTLANDSHIRE,— this county is wholly included SW. within Sheet 64*. DERBYSHIREt...Table showing Output of Manx Mines, 495. 493-498 Mining Details 499-549 - List of Mines and Trials described...Description of the Workings Beckwith's Mine, 504. Cross's Mine, 508. Dixon's Mine, Foxdale {Old Foxdale) and associated...Hodgson's, Faragher's, or Louisa Mine, 513. East or Central Foxdale Mine, 514. Ellerslie, Bishops Barony
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Commissioner from Idaho, who spent nearly two years 'in collecting specimens from every mine of importance...with stephanite, from the Reese River district, Lander County. Among these are several quite valuable...specimens. One large piece of ruby silYer with quartz, having cavities in the sides lined with crystals...The excellent l'eprel!eDtatioD from t he Rocky Mountain and which hal! inserted rubber jawli to receive...perfectly transparent crystals of quartz, from the Chase Mine, Lander County. The ores from this locality
Report (chapter)
u m b e r of entries concerns the mines and the mining industry which survived until the 1920s. Numerous...contributed references from his private database on mining and minerals. The author is greatly indebted to...Times, 17th S e p t e m b e r . 1895. An Auriferous Quartz-vein near Douglas, Isle of Man; first record of...Series, I, 101-114. 1956. Island Hopes (Snaefell Mine). Mine and Quarry Engineering, 22, 139. 1957. China...New Series, VII, - - 270-276. 1966. The Great Laxey Wheel in its prime. Industrial Archaeology, 3, 305
Report (edition)
CALEDONIAN GRANITES AND OTHER INTRUSIONS 20 MINES AND MINING 23 PEEL GROUP 30 CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE TERTIARY...team remapping the Skiddaw Slates in the Lake District looking along strike at the equivalent rocks in...Contorted quartz veining, Maughold Formation 21 21. Foxdale granite cut by pegmatite and quartz-muscovite... 25 24. Great Laxey Wheel 25 25. Shafts, levels and stopes in Great Laxey Mine 27 2. Ill The...Peel, with gently rolling plains to both north and south of the mountains. Both west and east coasts are
Report (issue)
Report for the Abandoned and Inactive Mines in Idaho on U.S. Forest Service Lands (Region 4), Boise National...Boise River Areas, Boise, Ada, and Elmore Counties, Idaho (Selected Properties) Field Inspection by: Dave...January 2007 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...Report for the Abandoned and Inactive Mines in Idaho on U.S. Forest Service Lands (Region 4), Boise National...Boise River Areas, Boise, Ada, and Elmore Counties, Idaho (Selected Properties) Field Inspection by: Dave
Report (issue)
MINES IN SOUTHERN IDAHO: VOLUME I: SILVER CITYWAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN AREA, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO JOHN KAUFFMAN...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...MINES IN SOUTHERN IDAHO: VOLUME I: SILVER CITYWAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN AREA, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO JOHN KAUFFMAN...February 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...2000 for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Idaho Operations Office, under Assistance Agreement No
Catalog/List
...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo­ rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite . 3.50 AGATE See QUARTZ AJOITE Copper
Journal (issue)
eligibility of INVESTMENTS when required. HOLDERS of mining shares DIFFICULT OF SALE in the open market may...to act in the disposal or abandonmentof doubtful mining stocks may Pp .~ tbiy avail of Mr. CRorts’ long...75 West Maria, 37s. 50 Drake Walls, 20s. 5 Great Laxey, £1914. 15 West Caradon, 23s. 15 Don Pedro, £3 8...BROAD STREET, LONDON, E.C. RISLEY, E.C. AND MINING STREET, LONDON, B.C. and STOCK SOLD SHARE... R. THOMAS THOMPSON, STOCK AND SHAREDEALER, AND MINE AGENT, 12, OLD JEWRY CHAMBERS, LONDON, B.C. R. C
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentrations ranging from 0.21% (Cerro Huemul) to 12.3% (Laxey), by mass. The quoted radioelement concentrations...Temple Mountain Utah, USA Triassic 7.0 U4 — 24.6 24.9 24.7 400 26.7 437 Moonta South Australia...Archaeanb 4.2 U5,6 — 21.3 550 21.8 279 Laxey Isle of Man Irish Sea 12.3 22.2 21.0 20.7...during the exploration and development of the uranium mine at this site (Hoeve and Sibbald, 1978). Its presence...Archaean metasediments of the Moonta copper mines of South Australia. Although the bitumen was originally attributed
Journal (issue)
Che Mining Jornal, FORMING A COMPLETE RECORD No. 1783.—Vou. R. JAMES LONDON, XX XIX. CROFTS, STOCK...eligibility of INVESTMENTS when required. HOLDERS of mining shares DIFFICULT OF SALE in the open market may...to act in the disposal or abandonmentof doubtful mining stocks may > profitabiy avail of Mr. CRoFTs’ long...3-16 prem. 5 Great Laxey, £19. 5 Bronfloyd, £4. 25 Chontales, 16s. 3d. 20 Gt. No. Laxey, 22s. 6d 5 Great...3d 20 50 5 50 2 50 50 5 30 Redmoor, 18s. 9d. South Condurrow, Spearn Moor, £20. Taquaril, 13s. 6d.
Report (chapter)
east-west (to east-northeast-west-southwest) and north-south. The belt can be traced into the offshore where...east-west dextral strike slip faults and north-south sinistral strike slip faults interpreted to have...principal stress (~1) rotated from northnortheast-south-southwest to northwest-southeast as Eastern Avalonia...of major northeastsouthwest, east-west and north-south faults (e.g. Fig. 1). These faults are rarely observed...fault 41 Dhoon intrusion 4 Maughold Head vein 42 Laxey vein 5 Dhyrnane dyke 43 Snaefell vein 6 Port Mooar
Book
120) Page 6: Mimetite (see page 139) Page 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia *...made dramatically apparent to us as spectacular mountain ranges, erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and even...Earth’s crust are composed ofjust a few minerals; quartz and the feldspar group are the most abundant processes...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals
Catalog/List
Geology ..... . Petroleum Geology ..... . Mining and Mining Engineering . Prospecting and Fluorescence...VANADINITE specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES .........fluo­ rescence under ultra violet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...calcium hydroxy-silicate. California Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinitegehlenite...Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro xls and coatings on
 
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