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Sphalerite from
Tower Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tower Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:767052
Long-form Identifier:1:3:767052:7
GUID (UUID V4):94b62b24-0af6-45bc-94f3-4c9d192ee09e
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
7.0km (4.3 miles) ā“˜Banner Mine (Dog Mine; Wild Bill group; Old Glory Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) ā“˜Comanche Mine (Kerrick Mine; Comanche & Kerrick Mine), Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
35.5km (22.1 miles) ā“˜Lucky Strike prospect, Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
35.6km (22.1 miles) ā“˜Luckly Strike prospect, Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
37.1km (23.0 miles) ā“˜Lucky Bill Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
40.4km (25.1 miles) ā“˜Little Sister Mine (Tungsten Mines Company), Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
41.9km (26.0 miles) ā“˜Mammoth Consolidated Mine (Mammoth Mine; Crystal Craig Mine; Argosy group), Mammoth Lakes, Lakes Mining District (Lake Mining District; Mammoth Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
48.2km (30.0 miles) ā“˜Bull Domingo Mine (Domingo Mineral Company; Gator No. 2 prospect), Index Hill, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
48.8km (30.3 miles) ā“˜Mexican Mine (Reed Flat), Index Hill, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
49.3km (30.7 miles) ā“˜Lemont group, June Lake, Mono County, California, USA
References
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Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RICHARD SACHSE, Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1940 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 85005 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Of CALIFORNIA DAVIS ] DIVISION OF MINES...A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. Jenkins, Chief Geologist McK. Laizure, District W. Burling...Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals ā€” 197 204 210 220
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
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN NĀ«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to 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 of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Arkansas..........Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"ā€”DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to
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
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 ā€“ Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Book
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
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................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...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................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...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
settlement was initially spurred by the lead-zinc mining in its southwest comer, a heritage preserved by...several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials...Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...marcasite. A major mining district, the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district, was in these rocks...coarse galena, sphalerite, marcasite, calcite, barite, and copper minerals were found. Mining in this district
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|gā€žgy. 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
Book
A Range Guide to MINES and MINERALS " How and Where A ,-A 1 to Find Valuable Ores and Minerals...quickly informative.ā€ā€” ā€œPractical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by Jay Ellis Did...stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...of popular the Ellis Ransom, Rock-huntefs Range Guide, tells everything you need to know to go about...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present
Report (issue)
NOTES ON LEAD AND COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE BEAR RIVER RANGE, IDAHO AND UTAH. By R. W. RICHARDS. INTRODUCTION...deposits, mainly lead and copper, in the Bear River Range of Idaho and Utah, concerning which there is apparently...reconnaissance examination of the portion of the range lying partly in and bordering on the phosphate reserve...December, 1908, and December, 1909. The Bear River Range extends in a northsouth direction from latitude...average width 10 to 15 miles. The location of the range and the localities described are indicated in figure
Report (issue)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Ā»v ' " ; ^,- ā€¢ ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry...UNIVERSiiY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS To his Excellency George Stoneman, Governor of California: Sir: I have...fifth annual report of the State Mineralogist of California, in compliance with section three of an Act of...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor...1885. REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report
Journal (issue)
S STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RICHARD SACHSE, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist January, 1941 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 95183 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF- CALIFORNIA DAV I 1 DIVISION OF...A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. Jenkins, Chief Geologist McK. Laizure, District W. Burling...Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas
Book (volume)
THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description of localities. A R K A N S A...A S H A S A R I C H M I N E R A L and mining heriĀ­ tage that started in the early 1800s with explorers...noting the minerals of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in northĀ­ ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove...extensive collecting in Magnet Cove. In the 1900s, mining and minerals continue to play important roles in...the state, with obvious peaks in exploration and mining having occurred during World Wars I and I I .
Journal (issue)
COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.ā€ The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...World Museum of Mining is also located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote...an underground stope at Butte, Montanaā€™s Kelley mine in the early 1970ā€™s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful
Book (volume)
This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between Newark (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum...include the highly colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry...Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rareāŽÆDiamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Toddā€™s Ford, a mineral depositāŽÆHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford
Book (volume)
This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between Newark (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum...include the highly colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry...Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rareāŽÆDiamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Toddā€™s Ford, a mineral depositāŽÆHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford
Report (issue)
Description of localities ____________ Nevada and California, by E. N. Cameron and L. A. Warner__ _________________..._________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ PagĀ« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...area.. California-Nevada Barite Co. 63 64 64 64 64 65 65 65 65 Barium Products Corp., Ltd., mine........Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ Tern Piute district....... __ ___ ... Mineral County____-_______________
 
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