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Calcite from
Modoc Mine, Tortugas Mountain Mining District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Modoc Mine, Tortugas Mountain Mining District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:796356
Long-form Identifier:1:3:796356:8
GUID (UUID V4):a99b5f40-7e0c-42e9-8477-09325f0add82
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
6.8km (4.2 miles) Jones and Santiago Prospect, Tortugas Mountain Mining District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) Tortugas Mine, Tortugas Mountain Mining District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Stevenson-Bennett Mine (Stephenson-Bennett Mine), Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Ruby (Hayner) Mine, Modoc Mining District, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) Modoc Mine, Modoc Mining District, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) Fillmore Canyon prospect, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) Memphis Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) Homestake Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) Big Three Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
References
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Report (issue)
------------------- 15 The Geography of Dona Ana County---------------------------------------------...0 PART II. AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF DONA ANA COUNTY --------------------------------------------...7 PART II. AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF DONA ANA COUNTY—Continued Pre-Tertiary rocks--Continued Paleozoic...---------------------------------------------------169 Dona Ana Mountains ----------------------------------------------...RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY ----------------------------------------------- 185 Mining districts -----
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cascade Mountains Range I 396 ROCKS & MINERALS Modoc Plateau / THE MINERALS Downloaded by [McGill...Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau, 1880-1943 (Bradley 1945). Northern Provinces... and Modoc Plateau occupy the most northerly portion of the state. The Cascade Range and Modoc Plateau...found in the area around Glass Mountain near the ModocSiskiyou county line. Also of minor importance...deposits of southeastern Oregon into northern Modoc County. Ultramafic rocks, largely altered to serpentine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vol. 98, 2003, pp. 339–366 The Tuscarora Au-Ag District: Eocene Volcanic-Hosted Epithermal Deposits in...MCINTOSH, New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico... California 94025 Abstract The Tuscarora mining district contains the oldest and the only productive...productive Eocene epithermal deposits in Nevada. The district is a particularly clear example of association of... and Carlin-type deposits may lie beneath the district. Introduction 120° Period Source Au (oz)
Book (edition)
org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them ...that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A...Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER JR. HIGH SCH LIBRARY Revised Edition UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS...ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED REVISED EDITION LIBRARY...BOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRINTING PLANT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U. S. A. FOR IVAH 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Excursion of the M. S. P. was taken Sunday the 11th, to New Street Quarries, Paterson N. J., thru the courtesy...Chester Countfriends were M.S.P. field trip to New Street trap rock quarry, Paterson, N. J . Sept. I...2017 Wilson Jennings (in hole) with son, David. New Street quarry, Paterson, N. J . Sept. I I , 1955...exposed surfaces many times. The second opening of the mine occured in June 1914. From that date to the final...brilliant flakes up to }/g inch. Massive crystalline calcite, white and greenish with more or less byssolite
Book (edition)
and often gems can be found. valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain..."scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...the mother rock. In general, the United States mountain them. is divided geologically into the areas
Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of the South Warner Wilderness, Modoc County, California By WENDELL A. DUFFIELD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Mineral resources of the South Warner Wilderness, Modoc County, California. (Studies related tc wilderness...bedrock and stream-sediment samples __________ Mining claims._________________________________________...claims _____________________________________ Bagley mine _______________________________ Kaiser Canyon prospects...aeromagnetic map of the South Warner Wilderness, Modoc County, California. In pocket. 2. Map showing sample
Report (issue)
OR PROFE SIONAL PAPER 68 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXI.CO BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN, LOUIS C. GRATON AND...PRQ)tESSIONAL PAPER 68 T·H E ORE DEPOSITS O.F NEW MEXICO.. . . ., .,· ;,.: BY WALDEMAR LINpGREN,........ . J,5 Historical sketch of mining and smelting in New Mexico....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... : . .............. - ........ .. . . T~os County, by L. C. Graton and W ..Lindgren ..... ................. . . , ... -.. . Rio Hondo. (Twining) district . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................
Report (issue)
collectors of minerals as a collection of a long many new and and varied rare species liave most list ...Universitv of also supervised the gathering of new data and Call- revisions in cooperation with Dr...R 5 1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...mineral species. At that early time California was a new and largely unexplored field, and only a few scattered...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist
Report (issue)
THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA BY w-ALDEMAR LINDGREN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining _. _................... _.... _... _..... __ ............................................... 68 Modoc limestone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Calcite .................. ~ ..................... ~.............................. ~... . . . . . . 133 Modoc formation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...and Nancy Gilson New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 SOCORRO,...1996 11 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Daniel H. Lopez, President NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF...REGENTS Ex Officio Gary Johnson, Governor of New Mexico Alan Morgan, Superintendent of Public Instruction...ESSER, Lab Technician ROBERT W. EvELeth, Senior Mining Engineer NANCY S. GILSON, Assistant Editor KATHRYN
Report (issue)
particular service in co- operating with the State ^Mining Bureau in making possible this addition to our...seventy-five mineral .speeies. early time California was a new and largely unexplored field, and only a few scattered...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then quently...the thirty years which elapsed since the State Mining Bureau. appearance of the second list, our knowledge...literature of a general nature on Die geology and mining industry of the State. The various kinds of minerals
Report (volume)
South Warner Contiguous Wilderness Study Area, Modoc County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...Alaska Distribution Section, U.S. Geological Survey, New Federal Building - Box 12 101 Twelfth Ave., Fairbanks...Distribution, Bldg. 810. Federal Center FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. Chapter F Mineral...South Warner Contiguous Wilderness Study Area, Modoc County, California By MICHAEL G. SAWLAN and JAMES G
Report (issue)
said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...decade. In addition, the publication of data on new minerals (which surprisingly are still found in ever-increasing... are reported for the decade 1954-1964. Several new sections have been added. Tributes to serious students...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch
Journal (volume)
Chief Geologist Logan, District Mining Engineer W. Burling Tucker, District Mining Engineer Reid J. Sampson...Assistant District Mining Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer J. C. O'Brien, District Mining...Statistician and Curator James M. Little, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) Elisabeth L. Egenhoff, Editor...Geology of Palm Springs-Blythe Strip, Riverside County, California, by William J. Miller Geology of Parts...Parts of tbe Barstow Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California, by William J. Miller 9 11 73 Geology
Report (issue)
an overall guide been written on gold and gold mining of publications have no single report or to...longer district Hulin, respectively. the principal features of each gold-bearing district are described...was believed to have been a great island north of Mexico where gold and precious stones were abundant. Richard...publications were written on various phases of gold mining. The reports of John Trosk, the first State Geologist...Commissioner of Mineral prepared reports of mine production and gold-mining Bureau, and later now the California
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manuscript Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...J. Kunk, Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...pertain. Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...for world-class deposits of the Butte mining district, Montana, USA, is deep pre-Main Stage porphyry Cu-Mo...processes diminished in intensity outward from district center along lode veins, synchronously forming
Report (issue)
" ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. FIFTH Hanks, State Mineralogist...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor... REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report by the...statistical information in reference to mines and mining as shall be deemed important." In obedience to...Mineralogist, has been prepared. The prosperity of the Mining Bureau, and the growth and progress of the State
Journal (volume)
Logan, District Mining Engineer McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining...Statistician and Curator Herbert A. Franke, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) — Sacramento San Francisco...REPORTS OF DISTRICT MINING ENGINEERS 7 Redding Field District 7 Sacramento Field District 7 Gold...Mines of Placer County 7 San Francisco Field District 07 Los Angeles Field District 97 GEOLOGIC BRANCH
Book
the serrated and fluted ridgeline of this great mountain range. The steep descent from crest to Owens Valley...California, Santa Barbara John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York Santa Barbara London Sydney 'Toronto • • •...Provinces Klamath Mountains, 69 69 Cascade Range, 76 Modoc 4. Plateau, 84 Basin Ranges 91 Drainage, 96 ...Mountains, 191 Mountains of Central Ventura County, 196 Santa Monica Mountains and the Channel Islands...and Tertiary volcanic rocks of Cascade Range and Modoc Plateau Mesozoic-Paleozoic metamorphic and granitic
Report (issue)
and bituminous rock Barite Beryllium Black sands Calcite (optical) Cement Clays Diatomite Dolomite Feldspar...and Chemical Corporation near Salinas, Mimtercy County 224-225 Aerial photo showing sea-water chemical...Calaveras County. li, Photo showing Permaneute Cement Company plant, Permanente, Santa Clara County _ A, Photo...Sonora, Tuolumne County. /?, Photo showing Foucii-Tlioinpsdn pumice pit. Siskiyou County Aerial photo showing...showing view east toward clay pits at Lincoln, Placer County Photo showing Kaiser Steel Corporation's blast
Report (issue)
summary of the mineral resources of each and every county in the state. For the first time all the essential...geologic features, mineral resources, significant mining activities during 1947, and mineral production...142 was done by Charles V. Averill, Supervising Mining Engineer of the State Division of Mines. Other...44 Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa...Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County __ Fresno County 3 4.j — Glenn County Humboldt County
Journal (issue)
00 $1.50 $3.25 S large rocks ft We are adding new items all the time, so come in and look around. You...1.50 ct. 3-15 ct PRECIOUS & SEMIPRECIOUS STONES NEW YORK 19, N.Y. i*i ■ LARGE EACETEDLscnuine) j j...00 ct. |T| CARNET emerald cut, clean good color NEW ENGLAND DJAMOND COEIP. CUTTERS Cr POLISHERS ■ CAMEOS...Speaking 3 T5I California Convention 4 Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha Counters 5 Berkeley Cass iter ite...IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD BY THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW, MORE READABLE FORMAT. ThIS IMPROVE­ MENT WAS MADE
Journal (issue)
Show, (returning to its old location), Je erson County Fairgrounds, Exhibit Building. The club had earlier...presented by the Cripple Creek District Museum. Cripple Creek’s Cresson Mine: The Untold Stories, by Steven...25-27, 2022: Fort Collins Rockhounds Show, Larimer County Fairgrounds, Longmont, CO. June 10-12, 2022: Pikes...Matthew Stanley and Shelby Sha er IV. Introduction of new members by Adelaide Bahr, Membership Secretary: V...future meeting speakers 2. Displayed an Iron Pyrite/Calcite rock given to him by a Kosovar USAFA student B
Report (issue)
87 New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...TECHNOLOGY Mineral and Water Resources of New Mexico I'repared by U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S...with: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission New Mexico...SOCORRO1977 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Cibutus R. HOLMES. Acting President NEW MEXICO BUREAU...OF REGENTS Ex Officio Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayu, Superintendent of Public Instrucilun
 
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