 | | Journal (issue) | | BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like...rank among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Isotopes of the Flooded Underground Mine Workings of Butte, Montana CHRISTOPHER H. GAMMONS,1,† DEAN M....Engineering, Montana Tech of The University of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, Montana 59701 2 Department...Applications, 200 Technology Way, Butte, Montana 59701 Abstract Over a century of mining and smelting of the world-class...world-class porphyry lode ore deposit at Butte, Montana, has resulted in extensive environmental damage...most acidic mining pit lakes, Butte is host to over 16,000 km of flooded underground mine workings. Of |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | MANGANESE AT BUTTE, MONTANA. By J. T. PARDEE. INTRODUCTION. The great increase in the value of manganese...attention to the manganiferous gangue of the silver-zinc lodes at Butte, Mont., a material which, although formerly...published reports describing the ore deposits of Butte, supplemented by a brief field examination in August...richer of these two grades so far reported by the mining companies, though not wholly satisfactory, by no...material below the oxidized zone at Butte consists of rhodochrosite and rhodonite, the carbonate and silicate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | neverthealess re orted from localities worldwide. Rhodochrosite crystallizes in the trigonal class of the hexagonal...and occurs in a number of diverse forms. Fine rhodochrosite specimens in various habits have been found...at Hotazel and N'Chwaning, South Africa; at Butte, Montana; at Mont St. Hilaire, Ouebec; at several localities...stalactites and botryoids at San Luis, Argentina. Rhodochrosite has also been found in many localities in Colorado...crystals (Wenrich 1998). Rhodochrosite occurs in significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AND REFRACTIVE INDICES OF RHODOCHROSITE;RHODOCHROSITE FROM BUTTE. MONTANA* Russrn G. Wevr,nNl, Suraey...C. U . S. Geologi.cal, Ansrnesr New data on rhodochrosite are presented, including unpublished analyses...quantities as isomorphous constituents of the 79 rhodochrosite specimens is found to be in the ratio 2l 17:...refractive indices and specific gravities of rhodochrosite are shown to vary directly with the composition...considerably larger. Rhodochrosite lrom Butte, Montana, is described and analyses of rhodochrosite and onkerite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...significant mineral localities in C o l o r a d o ,by county. In addition, there is a complete listing o f all...type localities, and an alphabetical cross-index by mine name. T INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1976 a group...LOCALITY INDEX BOULDER COUNTY Caribou Mine Caribou (near Nederland), Caribou District (Silver, Uraninite, Galena |  | | Report (issue) | | 250 years, men have sought to extract gold and silver from these mountains. However, it was not until...of their mineral wealth. In addition to gold and silver, the region produced economic quantities of lead...zinc, tungsten, and copper. In 1896 world-renowned mining engineer Thomas ''T.A." Rickard called the San...San Juans one of Colorado's four great mining regions along with Leadville, Cripple Creek, and Central City...during the eighteenth century, were the first to mine in the San Juans. One of the earliest recorded expeditions |  | | Book (volume) | | in elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides |  | | Catalog/List | | and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history. During his second year...the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana. He did extensive research...and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...memories are of collecting quartz in Montana, calcite in Utah, silver, galena, sphalerite, and amethyst |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................... MINERALS OF THE BlJ'I"I E DISTRICT. By Peter A. S111ith ..... .... A MINERAL TRIP...MINERALS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA By PETER A. SM 1TH Placer gold was discovered in Butte in -r-----~Ui~...and the first silver vein the next year. In a few years Butte was a prosperous silver mining camp. Copper...1886 the the fire areas is not lost as the water Butte mines have annually yielded more leaches it out...any other single district in water containing copper sulphate is pumpthe world. Butte Hill is locally |  | | Report (issue) | | MANGANESE ORE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON. By J. T. PARDEE. DEPOSITS IN MONTANA. HISTORY AND...production of manganese ore in Montana. Although since 1870 the Butte and Philipsburg districts had produced...produced large quantities of the ores of copper, silver, and other metals, the fact that large bodies of...In 191Y the production in that district so greatly increased that Montana jumped far ahead of the other...manganese oxide ore was mined from the lodes at Butte, and rather unsuccessful attempts were made to concentrate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE SUNNYSIDE MINE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO TOM ROSEMEYER Box 586 Ouray, Colorado...Colorado 81427 The Sunnyside mine is Colorado's largest underground gold producer and to date has produced...produced over $150 million in gold, silver, lead, copper, and zinc. T H E S U N N Y S I D E M I N E , 7...beautiful alpine mountain valley at an elevation of 12,240 feet, the mine was originally located on the...early 1900s, at the height of mining activity, the sprawling Sunnyside mine complex was a self-contained |  | | Report (issue) | | SILVER ENRICHMENT IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO. By EDSON S. BASTIN. INTRODUCTION. The following...forms part of a topical study of the enrichment of silver ores begun by the writer under the auspices of...made in the study of a particular topic in one district would aid in the study of the same topic in the...specimens to the ores of many camps that had been rich silver producers but had not been studied geologically...regional report, it must be remembered that for each district only such information could be used as was readily |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection,...from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with...million pounds (Del Rio 1960). By comparison, Butte, Montana, produced more than 266 million pounds of copper...in 1925 alone (Gerry 1928). Butte mined copper; Colorado mined gold, silver, lead, and zinc. Nearly all |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 0.75 inch on edge, from the Henderson mine, Clear Creek County. Figure 2 (right). Green fluorite encrusted...Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County; largest crystal measures 1.25 inches on edge;...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O FLUORITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs...locations in Mexico; in Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee, and in Hardin County, Illinois, in the United States;...Fluorite occurs in significant amounts in many of the mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt. [The Colorado |  | | Book (volume) | | conditions: the Cumberland Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: |  | | Report (issue) | | SOME MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. By J. T. PARDEB. INTRODUCTION. The deposits described...of Madison Valley near Cherry and Wigwam creeks and in the foothills east of Jefferson Valley near Renova...are, respectively, 70 and 30 miles southeast of Butte, Mont. Though they are small, these deposits yield...formerly iron ore was shipped to the smelters at Butte and used as a flux. On Wigwam and Cherry creeks...ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1918, PART I. In the Renova district a bed of iron ore that as~a rule is steeply inclined |  | | Book | | enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground...oFtne ato aa Gem Ghd nQkTeane Uva a nes ly ia" mine Ui nrobs inesob cere ts ou ioe tok us 'aaieomolitt...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley Caballo Mountains...Mountains Chloride District Hansonburg District Socorro Area New Placers District Grants Area Nacimiento |  | | Report (issue) | | Mn2+ CO3 Rhodochrosite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point...(2) 38.29 61.71 Total 100.41 100.00 (1) Ljubija district, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (2) MnCO3 . Polymorphism...(Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya) district, Romania. In the Wolf mine, near Herdorf, Westphalia, Germany...Quebec, Canada. In the USA, from the Emma mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana; in Colorado, at many localities...Home Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park Co., from the Climax mine, Lake Co., in the Sunnyside mine, near Silverton |  | | Report (issue) | | on sulfide and nonsulfide mineralogy, gold and silver grades and deposit tonnage. A discussion of ore... local geographical area, mineralogy, gold and silver grades, tonnage, and references are given in table...deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS... These deposits are primarily worked for gold. Silver is a minor byproduct; about 14 percent of the deposits...deposits described here have reported silver grades. Sulfides commonly make up less than 5 percent of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | information-for example, the peridot discovery in Park County and updates on property ownership and accessibility...MINERALS metal deposits-gold and silver. During the course of metal mining, numerous splendid mineral crystals...rather than hydrothermal vein deposits, with rhodochrosite being a notable exception. Although the best-known...such as the zircons at Saint Peters Dome, El Paso County. Although blue corundum (sapphire), zircon, and...iolite), which occurs near Grape Creek in Fremont County, an occurrence that was mistaken for sapphire when |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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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Emma Mine, Butte Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA