 | | Report (issue) | | 1 COUNTY REPORT HYSICAL >ci 8 PHYSICAL •CI. .Lib. IES TN 24 C3 1ERAL RESOURCES OF A34 1 IPINE...IPINE COUNTY, CA! IA -*ci?2®^?^a£~Vfes^A^Gw^i I ver Mou nta i nV-*- Digitized by the Internet...Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://www.archive.org/det...OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA by WILLIAM B.CLARK With sections on the Zaca gold-silver mine and...and the Leviathan COUNTY REPORT sulfur mine by James R. Evans 8 1977 CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LOCALITIES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By MERRITT HERRING 337 Colusa Avenue, Berkeley, California Introduction...and since they are not fit Bolander of Oakland, California, that for commercial acknowledgement, they there...productive is the stop and examine some of the material mine dump because of the source of the lying by the side...Minerals of Alpine County Markleeville Area from I X L Mine at Silver Mountain. Mining at this time...death of what might have been a great mining district. Alpine County is situated directly south of Lake |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Acid Mine Drainage Darrell Kirk Nordstrom U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder, CO 80303, USA; dkn@usgs...precipitation reactions in the complex matrix of acid mine drainage is fundamental to understanding natural...in acid mine drainage are iron, aluminum, and sulfate. During the neutralization of acid mine drainage...better fit. Keywords: geochemical modeling; acid mine drainage; iron and aluminum precipitation; schwertmannite;...geochemical model to the process of neutralization of acid mine drainage (AMD) with particular reference to the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE PYRITE FROM ALPINE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA A. Pensr, Univers'ity oJ Cal'ifornio, Berkeley...visiting the Leviathan mine with a party from the California State Division of Mines. This mine is located...located on the eastern, right, bank of Leviathan Creek at an eleva"tionof about 7.200 feet. sevenmiles east...Markleeville, the county seat of Alpine County (Fig. 1). The mine is owned by the Leviathan Sulphur Co., and...Shipments of sulphur have been reportedl from Alpine County only during 1933 and 1934, but the amount produced |  | | Report (issue) | | areas of the Walker Lake 1° x 2° quadrangle, California-Nevada By H. L. Cannon, Sara Trimby, T. F. Harms.......................... Santiago mine, Copper Mountain, California....................... Molybdenum-copper....................... Star City molybdenum mine, California............................ Molybdenum............................... Pine-Nut molybdenum district, Nevada............................. Luni ng,........................... Bertha Hall lead mine, California................................ Tungsten. |  | | Report (issue) | | Hydrologic Data for Leviathan Mine and Vicinity, Alpine County, California, 1981-83 By Dale P. Hammermeister...Report 85-160 Prepared in cooperation with the CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, LAHONTAN...Location of Leviathan Mine Major features of the mine Surface-water sampling sites in the mine area Surface-water...Surface-water sampling sites downstream from the mine area Test holes drilled with the CME-750 rig, and...36. 37-40. Leviathan and Mountaineer Creeks, May 1982 Bryant Creek, May 7, 1982 Leviathan and Mountaineer |  | | Report (chapter) | | the oxidation of common sulfide minerals such as pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and marcasite in rocks...often intensified by human activities related to mining, mineral processing, construction, soil drainage...concentrated and exposed to air as a result of mining and mineral processing. Acid sulfate waters produce...properties. INTRODUCTION TO ACID SULFATE ENVIRONMENTS Mine drainage The best known examples of acid sulfate...may be as many as 500,000 inactive or abandoned mine sites in the United States alone (Lyon et al. 1993) |  | | Report (issue) | | (1951); see the annotated bibliography, sulfur and pyrite general reference 1. 1 deposits or districts...The index map shows the locations of sulfur and pyrite deposits in the United States and Alaska, and also...EXPLANATION OF ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX MAF 1. Pyrite and marcasite deposits, some containing other recoverable...have produ,:ed pyrites. A considerable number of pyrite mines and coal mines that produced pyrites prior...acid manufacture. For that reason, mines whose pyrite production ceased prior to Jan. 1, 1925 are distinguished |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | our understanding of the geology and Mining Company Twin Creeks mine field tripguide,October, mineralogy...fromtwolargegeochemical databases The Twin Creeks mine is located on the eastern flank of to investigate...the ousrocksandan overthrust wedgeknoxvn asthe "Leviathan timeof thisstudy,withannualproduction of about450... 60000 HAVALLAH FORMATION ETCHART FORMATION LEVIATHAN ALLOCTHON ORDOVICIAN SEQUENCE 58000 ..........LITHOLOGIC CONTACT 50000 NEVADA TWIN CREEKS MINE 48000 ]WINNErlUCCA , ' ELKO RENO 46000 I 44000 |  | Bigham, J.M., Schwertmann, U., Traina, S.J., Winland, R.L., Wolf, M. (1996) Schwertmannite and the chemical modeling of iron in acid sulfate waters. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60 (12) 2111-2121 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(96)00091-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copyright 0 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016.7037/96 $15.00 + .OO Pergamon... The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA *Lehrstuhl fiir Bodenkunde, Technische Universitlt...sediments and associated solutions from twenty-eight mine drainage sites showed that precipitates formed at...was calculated for schwertmannite from selected mine drainage solutions with pH values in the range of...and goethite were obtained from a naturally acid alpine stream. Similar results were predicted from the |  | Hall, C. M., Kesler, Stephen E., Simon, Grigore, Fortuna, John (2000) Overlapping Cretaceous and Eocene Alteration, Twin Creeks
Carlin-Type Deposit, Nevada. Economic Geology, 95 (8) 1739-1752 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.95.8.1739 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | determined in previous studies of the nearby Getchell district, particularly the Osgood stock, which has a date...intimately intergrown with auriferous, arsenian pyrite typical of Carlin-type mineralization. However...Twin Creeks operation consists of two separate mining areas. Chimney Creek on the north includes the...sequence is overlain by a thrust sheet known as the Leviathan allochthon, which contains Devonian(?)-age basalt...basalt and related sediments. Overlying the Leviathan allochthon and clearly in depositional contact with |  | | Report (issue) | | X-ray Powder Pattern: Island Mountain mine, California, USA. 4.79 (10), 4.03 (9), 5.05 (5), 2.38 (3)...Occurrence: As an early alteration product of oxidizing pyrite or pyrrhotite; uncommonly a volcanic sublimate... Distribution: In Germany, from the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains; at Pfaffenreuth, near...Tmavýdůl coal mine, near Rtyně, and from Přı́bram, Czech Republic. In the Kamariza mine, Laurium, Greece...Antofagasta. In the USA, at the United Verde mine, Jerome, Yavapai Co., and the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Cochise |  | | Journal (issue) | | Grice Famous mineral localities: the Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire .................................... J. Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .................................& L. Wagner, Jr. The Monitor-Mogul mining district, Alpine County, California ........................malachite on chrysocolla, from the M ashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire. Sorbonne collection, Paris: photo...fo r Historic Preservation o f the Sterling Hill Mine, provides the following news on the ongoing efforts |  | | Report (issue) | | Robert N. Pennington Sharon A. Watkins Nevad a District Per sonnel Kip K. Allander Marianne August Ray...PROGRAM: Nevada Basin and Range Study Unit, contact: District Chief U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division...the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevrda and California, 1992-96 By Hugh E. Bevans, Michael S. Lico,...Carson and Truckee River Basins in Nevada and California. These areas are the Nevada Basin and Range (NVBR)...and Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada and California, 1992-96 SUMMARY OF MAJOR ISSUES AND FINDINGS |  | | Book | | 353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | | Journal (issue) | | of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mail Stop 901, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 Abstract Numerous important Miocene and...Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, Bodie, Paradise Peak, and Rawhide deposits. Low-sulfidation Au-Ag deposits...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...View, N = National, OL = Olinghouse, PP = Paradise Peak, PW = Peavine-Wedekind, QM = Quartz Mountain, R |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mine Waters: Acidic to Circumneutral Drainage water from the Zarshuran arsenic–gold mine in northern...3$2.50 DOI: 10.2113/gselements.7.6.393 A cid mine waters, often containing toxic concentrations of...produced from the mining of coal and metallic deposits. Values of pH for acid mine waters can range from...circumneutral (pH ≈ 7) mine waters can have high concentrations of As, Sb, Mo, U, and F. When mine waters are discharged...main acid-producing process is the exposure of pyrite to air and water, which promotes oxidative dissolution |  | | Report (issue) | | Dakota is the result of many years of discharge of mine wastes containing high concentrations of arsenic...headwaters of the Arkansas River receive water from mine drains and abandoned tailings that contains high...-----------------------------Map showing location of mine seeps and stream sampling sites -Graph showing ranges...showing variation of sulfate concentration in Leviathan Creek during a 35-hour period (October 7, 1982...about 2 kilometers downstream from an abandoned mine ---------------- C-14 C-19. C-14. C-15. C-16. C-17 |  | | Catalog/List | | a protected cavity, on 2x2.5 inch Axinite. Obira mine, Oita prefecture, Kyrushu Island Japan £15 BARITE...masses in quartz, manganese matrix Fort Lismeenagh, County Limerick, was in the Borland collection, bought...CASSITERITE a very rich piece, nearly p from S.Crofty Mine Cornwall,, Seager collection small 2x4 inch £10...(Hingston Down, Cornwall) 2x2 I believe this is the mine rather than the quarry itself. £6 CELESTITE dark...card from the Taplin collection Fort Dodge Iowa USA £4 CINNABAR attractive rich red masses with rock |  | Squire, R. J., Robinson, J. A., Rawling, T. J., Wilson, C. J.L. (2008) Controls on Ore Shoot Locations and Geometries at the Stawell Gold Mine, Southeastern Australia: Contributions of the Volcanosedimentary, Alteration, and Structural Architecture. Economic Geology, 103 (5) 1029-1041 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.103.5.1029 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Shoot Locations and Geometries at the Stawell Gold Mine, Southeastern Australia: Contributions of the Volcanosedimentary...Australia. **Present address: CSIRO Exploration and Mining, Australian Resources Research Centre, PO Box 1130... 0361-0128/08/3762/1029-13 At the Stawell gold mine in southeastern Australia (Fig. 1), northwest-plunging...sandstone and minor black mudstone units of the Leviathan formation (VandenBerg et al., 2000, p. 38–42;... CONTROLS ON ORE SHOOT FORMATION AT THE STAWELL GOLD MINE, SE AUSTRALIA A 1031 B C D FIG. 2. Three-dimensional |  | | Report (issue) | | AND MINING WASTES NOTES FROM A WORKSHOP PRESENTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL LAND RECLAMATION AND MINE DRAINAGE... Predicting Water Contamination from Metal Mines and Mining Wastes O^ggg^C. Kathleen S. Smith, Ph.D. Geoffrey...80225 Workshop 2 International Land Reclamation and Mine Drainage Conference and the Third International... Predicting Water Contamination from Metal Mines and Mining Wastes FOREWORD This report contains copies of...presented at the International Land Reclamation and Mine Drainage Conference and the Third International |  | | Report (issue) | | SierritaEsperanza copper-molybdenum deposit, Pima County, Arizona, in Jenney, J. P., and Hauck, H. R., eds... 1939, Geology of the Lead Mountain area, Pima County, Arizona [M.S. thesis]: Tucson, University of Arizona..., 1920, The southern section of the Amole mining district: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 106, p. 19-25...Report on the Loma Prieta mine (copper and molybdenum), Copper Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona: U.S. Geological...mineralization, Bagdad, Arizona: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical,and Petroleum Engineers Transactions |  | Gregory, Daniel D., Large, Ross R., Bath, Adam B., Steadman, Jeffrey A., Wu, Selina, Danyushevsky, Leonid, Bull, Stuart W., Holden, Peter, Ireland, Trevor R. (2016) Trace Element Content of Pyrite from the Kapai Slate, St. Ives Gold District, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 111 (6) 1297-1320 doi:10.2113/econgeo.111.6.1297 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Trace Element Content of Pyrite from the Kapai Slate, St. Ives Gold District, Western Australia* Daniel...is a continuous, pyrite-rich carbonaceous shale horizon within the St. Ives Au district that is spatially...optical microscopy pyrite texture analyses were used to examine the different pyrite types in the Kapai...that the trace element signature of sedimentary pyrite can be preserved in rocks that underwent upper...St. Ives district could have been sourced from the Kapai Slate. Seven different types of pyrite were identified: |  | Bath, A. B., Walshe, J. L., Cloutier, J., Verrall, M., Cleverley, J. S., Pownceby, M. I., Macrae, C. M., Wilson, N. C., Tunjic, J., Nortje, G. S., Robinson, P. (2013) Biotite and Apatite as Tools for Tracking Pathways of Oxidized Fluids in the Archean East Repulse Gold Deposit, Australia. Economic Geology, 108 (4) 667-690 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.4.667 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Australia 6005, Australia 4 Newcrest 5 CODES Mining Limited, 400 George St., Brisbane, Queensland 4000...sulfide-rich alteration in the core of the deposit (pyrite ± magnetite with minor barite and celestine), and...and relatively reduced sulfide-only assemblages (pyrite ± pyrrhotite with minor pentlandite, millerite...as inclusions in pyrite and associated biotite implying a link between biotite-pyrite alteration and gold...domains (magnetite-pyrite, hematite-pyrite) to reduced domains (pyrrhotite-pyrite) across gold deposits |
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