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Covellite from
Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Lode
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:941784
Long-form Identifier:1:3:941784:7
GUID (UUID V4):57f03947-4963-40c9-a6db-48a3cdf3c5ac
Localities for Covellite in this Region
Hale & Norcross Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Andes Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Hale & Norcross Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Flowery Lode, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Rocky Hill mine, Galena Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
49.1km (30.5 miles) Nevada Denver Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
50.8km (31.6 miles) Ludwig Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
51.6km (32.1 miles) Casting Copper Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
51.7km (32.1 miles) Douglas Hill Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
53.5km (33.2 miles) Yerington Mine, Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
53.6km (33.3 miles) Anaconda's Yerington open pit (Empire-Nevada Mine; Nevada-Empire Mine; Weed Heights), Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RENO 1° x 2° QUADRANGLE, NEVADA, with a comprehensive bibliography by Gary R...Figure 1. Location map of mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................Known production from mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................of mineral deposits in mining districts of the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................prospects, and claims in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada.......................................... 19 21
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Comstock District, Nevada DONALD M. HUDSON† 1540 Van Petten Street, Reno, Nevada 89503 Abstract...metal deposits of the world-renowned Comstock district of western Nevada constitute one of several superimposed...superimposed Miocene hydrothermal systems. In the district, Mesozoic metasedimentary and igneous rocks are...kaolinite alteration exposed at the periphery of the district may be linked to preore alteration near the paleowater...and in the lower parts of orebodies in the Comstock lode, but it was deposited in the upper parts of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
western andesite assemblage and include the Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, Bodie, Paradise...the United States since the discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859. Production from these deposits through...(Long et al., 1998). Famous districts include Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, and Bodie, and...showed that lowsulfidation deposits in northern Nevada could be divided into two subtypes based on their...ve Ri Yellowstone Hot Spot Wyoming 0 Ma 40° Nevada S ie GREAT BASIN rra NNR Utah Ne da va California
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
08:10 15 April 2015 T he discovery of the Comstock lode in the early 1850s was a long time in coming...gold fields of California on a trail from Salt Lake City, Utah. A few of these ’49ers, while pausing for...including Sandy Bowers, Joe Platos, and Henry Comstock, staked claims. By the time Pat McLaughlin and...astonishment when out of nowhere appeared Henry Comstock, who, upon examination of the pale dust, began...quickly, so O’Riley and McLaughlin agreed to take in Comstock and Penrod as equal partners. Unknown to the men
Report (issue)
Center, Rm 1C402, 12201 Sunnse Valley Dr • SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State...Deposits-Part I The Goldfield Gold District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY The Tonopah...Precious-metal District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY The Republic Gold District, Ferry...Ferry County, Washington By MORTIMER H. STMTZ and ROBERT C. PEARSON The Comstock Lode Precious-metal District...District, Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada By WILLIAM C. BAGBY and ROGER P. ASH LEY U.S. GEOlOGICAl
Report (issue)
BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA. By EDSON S. BASTIN. INTRODUCTION. ' \ 1 i...the long and diversified history of mining on the Comstock lode the engineering problems of handling...all others in influencing the progress of deep mining. Yet more fundamental than these or other problems...gold and silver, then little encouragement to deep mining is offered. With the steady progress in the metallurgical...revival of the golden (and silver) age of Comstock mining, for fracturing on a tremendous scale created
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Journal (issue)
Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt... San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan material...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg-
Report (volume)
.................................... Review of mining districts...................................................................... Burro Mountain district, N. Mex.........................................187 189 191 192 193 194 6 CONTENTS. Review of mining districts Continued. Nacozari, Mexico.................................... Snowstorm lode, Cceur d'Alene district, Idaho........................... Copperopolis..................................... Encampment district, Wyo.........................................
Report (issue)
THE LOS BURROS DISTRICT, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By JAMES M. HILL. INTRODUCTION. The following...prospects of the Los Burros district, in the southwestern part of Monterey County, Calif., are based on observations...properties and the caretaker at the Buclimo mine. The district lies on the west side of the rugged Coast Range...Range, near the south line of Monterey County, in Tps. 23 and 24 S., R. 25 E. Mount Diablo meridian. Most...Monterey and San Luis Obispo. It is reached from King City, a station on the Coast Line of the Southern Pacific
Report (volume)
................... (A) The Candelaria silver district, Nev., by Adolph Knopf (published Jan. 20, 1922)...Clark County, Nev., by L.F. Noble (published Feb. 23,1922) (C) Bonanza ores of the Comstock lode, Virginia...Virginia City, Nev., by E. S. Bastin (publishedMar. 29,1922)..............................................1922)............... (H) Peridotite dikes in Scott County, Ark., by H. D. Miser and C. S. Ross (published.......... (I) Diamond-bearing peridotite in Pike County, Ark., by H. D. Miser and C. S. Ross (published
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Report (volume)
Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Morenci, Arizona. _________________ ___ 217 Ely, Nevada, by A. C. Spencer_________________ 219 Santa Rita...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico... Utah, by B. S. Butler_________ 229 Yerington, Nevada _______________1________ 231 Jerome, Arizona, by...__ 233 Shasta County, California______ _ __ 234 Snowstorm lode, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho__ _ 235
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado occurrences include mines of Clear Creek County, particularly in the Georgetown area, where it...Colorado Central mines; elsewhere in Clear Creek County crystals and masses to 1 cm are reported from the...other silver minerals in mines of the Rico district, Dolores County, where it has been found as small hexagonal...Eagle County. The famous silver vein system exploited in the Bulldog mine at Creede, Mineral County, produced...Eldorado, Ouray County, and in the Golden Fleece and Monte Queen mines at Lake City, Hinsdale County. Small,
Report (issue)
Geological Survey, 959 National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092, U.S.A. Dianne L. Seay, U. S. Geological...Geological Survey, 913 National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092, U.S.A. George E. Ericksen, U. S. Geological Survey...Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092, U.S.A. Open-File Report 87-577 1987 This report...Geology and development of the Hishikari mine: Mining Geology, v. 36 (2), no. 196, p. 117. Adams, S....46, p. 9-24. Ashley, R. P., 1974, Goldfield mining district, in Guidebook to the geology of four Tertiary
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Report (issue)
obtained at Tonopah, Nev.,1 and at the Comstock lode, Virginia City, Nev.,2 have previously been published...made in the study of a particular topic in one district would aid in the study of the same topic in the...regional report, it must be remembered that for each district only such information could be used as was readily...work in the encouragement which they offer to deep mining, irrespective of more purely scientific results...a Bastin, B. S., Bonanza ores of the Comstock lode, Virginia City, Nev.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 735
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at: No. 19, Beitucheng Western Road, Chaoyang District, 100029 Beijing, P.R. China. E-mail address:...et al. (1999) classified LS deposits of northern Nevada as type 1 LS (associated with a western andesite... pyrite – enargite – luzonite – famatinite – covellite as major ore minerals, quartz – sulfate (e.g....important in the 600-km-long Walker Lane in Nevada (e.g., Comstock Lode), the 750-km-long Sierra Madre Occidental...Ciobanu et al., 2002; Grancea et al., 2002), Baguio district of the Philippines and Morobe goldfield of Papua
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Blind Ag-Au Bonanza in the Calera Vein, Orcopampa District, Peru a a b Peter Craig Gibson , Donald C....Mackay School of Mines , University of Nevada , Reno, Nevada, 89557 b Companía de Minas Buenaventura...Blind Ag-Au Bonanza in the Calera Vein, Orcopampa District, Peru, International Geology Review, 35:9, 780-796...Blind Ag-Au Bonanza in the Calera Vein, Orcopampa District, Peru 1 P E T E R C R A I G G I B S O N , D O...NOBLE Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 R A U L B E N A V I D E S G., A N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
"Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In the March-April...near Denver, Colo, (west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956,...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently...5 miles southwest of Monroe, Iowa, in Marshall County."—on label. KANSAS—"I am mailing you a limonite
Report (issue)
NevadaiGity —'Grass: Valley) iter ore ae ee Shasta County a eee cere asses ee avs Oe ee COlOTAMGS ee Pie...possible to designate the individual mines of which a district is composed but rather that the geological conditions...conditions from one mine to another within the district are so generally the same that what is said of...Canadian Institute of Mining*and| Metallurgye a. 12ers ee ett elt hanes Engineering and Mining Journal.........Features (Book)....................+-4..-Canadian: Mining Journal ssi elora fs aeent-< sia tac nes etare
Report (issue)
by the United States Geological Survey in many mining camps of the western United States. The work of...Black Mountains, and Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Ariz.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 397, 1909. 17...sulphide ores. The reasons for the suspension of mining on most of the silver veins were probably complex...ores and were more costly to mine. Resumption of mining during the recent period of high silver prices...million 4 in similar waters of the Comstock lode, Nev. Both these Nevada waters occur in regions climatically
Catalog/List
Lowe@BTintemet.com January 2000 £6.00 COVELLITE, Butte, Montana, USA. Blacl...PLUMBOJAROSITE, Tombstone, Cochise Co, Arizona, USA. Yellowy chalky mass. RWB. RF.SC. £8.00 8 PHOSGENITE...RWB. GRF.C. £12.00 21 NATIVE COPPER, Trephina Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Golden thin...metallic. VGRF. C. £14.00 26 CASSrTERrTE, 'Crowans Lode', Botallack Mne, St Just, Cornwall. Small xtls to...NATIVE COPPER on CALCITE, Copper Queen Mine, Arizona, USA. Large 14mm single copper xll In calcite. Impressive
Report (issue)
Salvador, Chile; Rodalquilar, Spain and Goldfield, Nevada. Supergene alunite has S^S virtually identical...steam-heated environments, such as those at the Tolfa district, Italy and Marysvale, Utah, and numerous modern...precious-metal ore deposits such as at Buckskin, Nevada. Initial 8 18OsO4 and 834S values are kinetically... Colorado; Julcani, Peru and Red Mountain, Lake City, Colorado are characterized by vertical aspect and...by reconnaissance data on samples from several mining districts and predictions about the origin of the
 
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