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⇱ Pyrargyrite from Dewey Mine, Thunder Mountain Mining District, Valley County, Idaho, USA


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Pyrargyrite from
Dewey Mine, Thunder Mountain Mining District, Valley County, Idaho, USA

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Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrargyrite
Formula:Ag3SbS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dewey Mine, Thunder Mountain Mining District, Valley County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:216823
Long-form Identifier:1:3:216823:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrargyrite
25.2km (15.7 miles) Trigold Prospect (Goldena; Abstine & Blevins Occurrence), Valley County, Idaho, USA
66.3km (41.2 miles) Grouse Creek (Bismarck; Grouse Creek Venture; Bismark; Grouse Creek Open Pit; Grouse Creek Project; Grouse Creek Unit; Golden Sunbeam; Golden Sunbeam Mine), Yankee Fork Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
74.2km (46.1 miles) Idaho Prospect (Idaho-Custer; Enterprise), Yankee Fork Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
74.7km (46.4 miles) Continental Mine, Yankee Fork Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
75.8km (47.1 miles) Wire Silver Prospects, Yankee Fork Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Mineral Deposits of the Thunder Mountain Caldera Complex, Central Idaho, U.S.A.* B. F. Leonard and...group; the sulfosalts matildite, miargyrite, pyrargyrite, argentian tetrahedrite, and unnamed Ag-Sb--S...cryptically in some plants of the region. At Red Mountain, for example, the * Contribution to the Ore Mineralogy...Silber in den Erzlagerstiitten des Thunder-Mountain-Caldera~ Komplexes, Idaho, U.S.A. Silber ist in den Gold-...invariably accompanies gold and is a coproduct of gold mining. In spite of its low price, coproduct silver is
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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...Adams'. McCall -j' ('I. ,I) , \' ,I ',Ji / Valley L..yJashingtonf ( • _ _ .l- - ---r' .LJ ,- '1-/Challis...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts i \ Ada, I 'f"Q --; - Camas '-; I -J'-,/,_~, ~ -C- Souu,;Mountain I Elmore'~.... ~efferson~_adlson ~Teton \ .---~- l , ' J' • Idaho Falls 1 ' r_ r--- :-.... J. • I L.... -,
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Pyrargyrite Downloaded by [New York University] at 17:35...dominant member of the family, the antimony-analog pyrargyrite, is similarly sought, yet offers collectors somewhat...specimens of pyrargyrite have been recovered from an interesting array of important mining districts; it...Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Peru. When fresh, pyrargyrite is dark red; however, it tarnishes when exposed...hardness of 2.5 and a measured density of 5.82. Pyrargyrite is hexagonal (3m), most commonly forming stout
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volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite VILLAGE...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE I I...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
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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
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Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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no other group of minerals has more associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great...recovered as a byproduct of low-grade copper and lead mining. This fact, coupled with the historically low price...copper were the first). The earliest known siIver mining occurred in Cappadocia in Asia Minor and is dated...probably reflects the fact that the earliest silver mining amounted to gathering the metal in its native state...silverware trade (Grimwade 1985). The other great silver-mining center of ancient times was Spain. The earliest
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microprobe, etc.) Because New Mexico is a mining state, mining districts are given whenever possible in...2015 Bernalillo County Cerro Colorado, W. of Albuquerque: carnotite. Placitas district (Sandia Mountains)...schorl. Tijeras Canyon district (Manzano Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite...subdistrict (Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of Reserve:...Reserve: quartz (chalcedony). Mogollon district, NE of Glenwood: acanthite, bornite, chalcocite, fluorite
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Report (issue)
History of the Florida Mountain Mines, Owyhee County, Idaho Victoria E. Mitchell Staff Report 10-7 August...August 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014...83844-3014 History of the Florida Mountain Mines, Owyhee County, Idaho Victoria E. Mitchell Staff reports...August 2010 Idaho Geological Survey Morrill Hall, Third Floor University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 83844-3014... . . . v History of the Florida Mountain Mines, Owyhee County, Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Report (issue)
...ICII: ;:) = o:c ...REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO by R. R. Asher \ Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Moscow, Idaho TABLE OF...Hydrothermal Alteration . . . Veins on War Eagle Mountain . . . . . • . . . . . . Veins on Florida Mou~tain...De Lamar Mountain. . • • . . . . . . . . . Silver-Gold Mineralization North of the Old Mining Areas •
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SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................
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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...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
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....................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Idaho...................................................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
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AN INFLUENTIAL IRON ORE MINERAL + ARTISANAL MINING A Complex Industry ROCK & GEM • Vol. 49 No. 05...Magma Dot Wine Country Bill Rozday 26 ARTISANAL MINING It’s Dangerous, Illegal, Undocumented—and Booming...HEMATITE AND GOETHITE Exploring New Mexico’s U.S. 60 Mine Mark Leatherman 42 PROUSTITE 36 58 THE MINERALS...that result in the huge hematite iron deposits we mine today? Everyone knows that iron and oxygen in a...and pyramidal hematite crystals from the Wessels mine, Hotazel. They are lustrous and sharp in well-formed
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Report (issue)
the Challis Volcanics in the Twin Peaks Caldera, Idaho. USGS photograph by Frederick S. Fisher. Geology...Resource Assessment of the Challis I°x2° Quadrangle, Idaho Edited by Frederick S. Fisher and Kathleen M. Johnson...mineral resources in the Challis 7°x2° quadrangle, Idaho UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...resource assessment of the Challis I°x2° Quadrangle, Idaho / edited by Frederick S. Fisher and Kathleen M....I19.16:P1525 1. Geology Idaho Challis Region. 2. Mines and mineral resources Idaho Challis Region. I. Fisher
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STATE OF IDAHO H. C. BALDRIDGE, Gooernor IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Moscow. Idaho FRANCIS A.... THOMSON, Secretary IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN ISSUF:D QUARTERLY-PRICE 50 CENTS No...SILVER CITY, IDAHO by AR.THUR M. PIPER and FRANCIS B. LANEY UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO MOSCOW, IDAHO Eot~r~d M....\lininK j ~ r o ~ r r t i c ofs the De Lamar district. I)e I , i ~ ~ a>rl i n e . . . . . . . . . ....Development and surface plant.. 9.5 IIistory of mining development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Bibliography 97 ll,LUSTRATIONS Fig 1 Former silver mining areas and silver occurrences in the United Kingdom...Fig 8 United Kingdom production of silver, by county: 1861-1870 85 Table l World primary silver resources...resources 16 Table 2 Selected EEC mining operations with silver-bearing base metal concentrate production...silver-containing batteries 80 Table 10 United Kingdom mine production of silver: 1851-1982 83 Table 11 United...86 Table 13 World mine production of silver: 1821-1981 87 Table 14 World mine production of silver
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
11 October 2014 A Historical Overview of t h e District and the Smuggler Union and Associated Mines and...history have called Leadville the quintessential mining camp of the frontier. If that is true-and it probably...the modem world. Nestled in a picturesque mountain valley and surrounded by cliffs and peaks sculpted...Telluride was the scene of many encounters that the mining frontier had with its own destiny. From its struggle...here, too, the goals of frontier precious-metal mining shifted in midtwentieth century as the quest for
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Book (volume)
...........................................139 Idaho...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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...........................................139 Idaho...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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Report (issue)
................................ 50 History of mining............................................................................ 54 Condition of the mining industry.................................................................. 56 Nespelem (Moses) district............................................. ............................... 58 Production and mining conditions. ................................. 59...Metalliferous deposits Continued. Nespelem (Moses) district Continued. Mines and prospects Continued. Replacement
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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 --
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stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to and in is, author of this...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” to the Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K 4... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 3 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
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deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent... Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills...(Malcolm, 1912), galena was widely considered by mine operators to be correlated with better gold grades...was described in a carbonate quartz veinlet in one mine in the Mother Lode system (Knopf, 1929). Method
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growing upon milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please... SULPHIDE LENSES IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS (Mackinaw Mine) Pentlandite, chalcopyritc, pyrite, raaucherite
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