 | | 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...like bornite, chalcocite, colusite, covellite, digenite, djurleite, and enargite rank among the finest in...in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome specimens of barite,... quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many of them in extraordinary |  | | Journal (issue) | | BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...Front cover: COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H...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) | | 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) | | of the Flooded Underground Mine Workings of Butte, Montana CHRISTOPHER H. GAMMONS,1,† DEAN M. SNYDER,1...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...of the world’s largest and most acidic mining pit lakes, Butte is host to over 16,000 km of flooded underground |  | | Report (issue) | | Continental [Butte], Montana) resources. By-Product Commodities Molybdenum, gold, and silver are the economically...polymetallic assemblage of copper-, zinc-, lead-, and silver-bearing sulfide minerals. Example Deposits There...which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...ores, a typical assemblage might be chalcocite + covellite ± bornite (Schwartz, 1966). In oxide ores, a typical...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite + galena + tetrahedrite ± silver. This paragenetic sequence differs from that published |  | Lund, Karen, McAleer, Ryan J., Aleinikoff, John N., Cosca, Michael A., Kunk, Michael J. (2018) Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic lodes overprinted by younger stockwork Cu-Mo ores and penecontemporaneous Cu lodes. Ore Geology Reviews, 102. 666-700 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.05.018 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Accepted Manuscript Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic... M.J. Kunk, Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...journal pertain. Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926-A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 rmcaleer@usgs.gov c U.S...for world-class deposits of the Butte mining district, Montana, USA, is deep pre-Main Stage porphyry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Structural Geologic Evolution of the Butte District, Montana Robert A. Houston†,* and John H. Dilles...Bldg., Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Abstract The Butte district contains two porphyry Cu-Mo deposits and the...and folding in southwest Montana. New geologic mapping of the Butte district reveals three distinct episodes...that are limited to the northwest part of the district and synchronous with the eruption of the Lowland...fluid inclusion data indicate that exposures of the Butte Granite, which hosts mineralization, crystallized |  | | Report (issue) | | Virginia-503 National Center, Rm. 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105...in the Bingham District, Utah By EDWIN W. TOOKER Gold in the Butte District, Montana By EDWIN W. TOOKER...TOOKER Gold in the Ely (Robinson) Copper District, White Pine County, Nevada By LAURENCE P.JAMES The Tomboy-Minnie...Tomboy-Minnie Gold Deposits at Copper Canyon, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, STEPHEN S. HOWE, and...in the Bingham District, Utah / by Edwin W. looker Gold in the Butte District, Montana / by Edwin W. looker |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Porphyry Copper Center in the Superior (Pioneer) District, Arizona SCOTT L. MANSKE† Independent Consultant...has been discovered in the Superior (Pioneer) district of east-central Arizona, lying under thick Tertiary...lies within the well-known Superior (Pioneer) district, a base and precious metals camp that has been...Regional Geologic Setting The Superior (Pioneer) district lies on the eastern margin of the Basin and Range...Basin ARIZONA 34" AZ NM Phoenix Carlota Pinto Valley 32" Miami / Inspiration Ray San Juan Superior |  | | Report (chapter) | | 24, 2015 The hydrogeochemical dynamics of mine pit lakes R. J. B O W E L L S R K Consulting, Windsor...Cardiff C F l O 3BX, U K Abstract: On cessation of mining open pits or opencast workings that extend below...likely to fill with water and thus develop a mine pit lake (MPL). This body of water remains as a permanent...sulphate and depressed pH. The prediction of future pit lake water quality within a MPL is, therefore, essential...these in turn. Consequently, in order to predict pit lake water quality it is essential to understand |  | | Book | | paper) . Copper mines and mining—West (U.S.)—History. . Copper mines and mining—Environmental aspects—West...)—History. . Copper mines and mining—Health aspects—West (U.S.)—History. . Mining engineering—West (U.S.)—History...Heavens and the Earth The Stack The Pit The Dead Zones From New Delhi... Bingham Pit in Berkeley Pit flooded Underground miners in Butte Butte steam engine...engine Map of Butte and Anaconda region Big Washoe stack under construction Washoe stack |  | Lund, K., Aleinikoff, J. N., Kunk, M. J., Unruh, D. M., Zeihen, G. D., Hodges, W. C., du Bray, E. A., O'Neill, J. M. (2002) SHRIMP U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar Age Constraints for Relating Plutonism and Mineralization in the Boulder Batholith Region, Montana. Economic Geology, 97 (2) 241-267 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.97.2.241 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization in the Boulder Batholith Region, Montana KAREN LUND,† U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop...Denver, CO 80225 GREGORY D. ZEIHEN, Montana Resources, Butte, Montana 59701 WENDY C. HODGES, U.S. Geological...batholith, Montana, hosts a variety of mineral deposit types, including important silver-rich polymetallic...the northern part of the batholith and the giant Butte porphyry copper-molybdenum pre-Main Stage system...deposits and magma for quartz porphyry dikes at Butte have all been considered to be late-stage differentiates |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Inc. Economic Geology, v. 108, pp. 1379–1396 The Butte Magmatic-Hydrothermal System: One Fluid Yields All...Mine exposures and deep drilling reveal that the Butte porphyry Cu-Mo ores occur in two, internally zoned...Geochemical modeling of reaction of a magmatic fluid with Butte granite between 600° and 200°C at 1 kbar shows that...alteration and mineralization features observed in the Butte system. Thus, a single fluid composition may form...these cut by low-temperature veins containing covellite and enargite with quartz-kaolinite alteration—is |  | | Report (issue) | | PREDICTING WATER CONTAMINATION FROM METAL MINES AND MINING WASTES NOTES FROM A WORKSHOP PRESENTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL... Predicting Water Contamination from Metal Mines and Mining Wastes O^ggg^C. Kathleen S. Smith, Ph.D. Geoffrey... Predicting Water Contamination from Metal Mines and Mining Wastes FOREWORD This report contains copies of...site prior to mining. 11 Predicting Water Contamination from Metal Mines and Mining Wastes Kathleen...Denver Federal Center, M.S. 973 Denver, Colorado USA 80225-0046 Smith (303) 236-5788 Plumlee (303) 236-9224 |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...FLUORITE Dal’negorsk Tetyuche, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia...12:00 PM CT 9 52004 MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It...pristine and delicate could come from a desolate mining camp high in the Andes - the elevation at the mines |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Water in the Boulder Batholith and the Butte Ore Deposits,Montana* SIMONM. F. SI•EPP^m) Arm HUCH P. TAYLOR...variationsare probably primaryfeaturesof the magmas. At Butte, theisotopic dataforhydrous alteration minerals...hydrogenisotopecompositionof Main Stagealterationmineralsat Butte is very low and extremelyuniform (SD------140__+...oxygenisotopestudiesof argillic alterationin the Butte ore deposits(Sheppard et al., 1969) havetentativelyindicatedthat...magmaticwater (SD = -40 to -80). Thus the early Tertiary Butte ore deposits,and the Late CretaceousBoulder batholith |  | | Journal (issue) | | TECHNOLOGY SR-treatment* N failures. BLUE RIBBON MINING AWARD 1960 *pat. pend. SMtlas Copco 545 Fifth...REPAIRS IN 29 YEARS’ WORLD MINING Edition, WORLD including the Export MINING March VOL. 23, No. 3 ...speed, and ease in sealing of ground water Open pit haulage : is about to undergo a revolutionary...the 75-ton electric wheel truck at Anaconda’s Berkeley Pit shows the advantages over conventional Diesel... Request Bulletin No. 063. WHAT'S GOING ON IN MINING Rocky Mountain Southwest Central and Eastern ; |  | | Book (edition) | | OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2015, 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...is cross-cut by a crack filled with secondary covellite (blue). Optically Similar Minerals of comparable...number of Ag-containing minerals (not limited to silver minerals sensu strictu) develop coatings that are...either coloured films or fine layers of native silver, suggesting the presence of redox processes changing...underlying mineral (e.g., sulfide oxidised to SO2, silver reduced to metal state). Left (top): Ag-rich chalcopyrite |  | Field, C.W., Zhang, L., Dilles, J.H., Rye, R.O., Reed, M.H. (2005) Sulfur and oxygen isotopic record in sulfate and sulfide minerals of early, deep, pre-Main Stage porphyry Cu–Mo and late Main Stage base-metal mineral deposits, Butte district, Montana. Chemical Geology, 215 (1) 61-93 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.049 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Main Stage base-metal mineral deposits, Butte district, Montana C.W. Fielda,*, L. Zhanga, J.H. Dillesa...Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA U.S. Geological Survey, MS-963, Denver Federal Center...CO 80225, USA c Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA Accepted...throughgoing, Main Stage polymetallic veins of Butte. Among the sulfur-bearing minerals recovered from...conventionally bmagmaticQ value of about 1x or 2x for Butte sulfur. However, the high modal mineral ratios of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposit at Butte, Montana BRIAN G. RUSK†,* MARK H. REED, Department of...97331 Abstract The porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in Butte, Montana, formed where magmatic hydrothermal fluids...porphyrytic dikes, fractured and permeated the Butte Quartz Monzonite. These fluids formed a stockwork...provide a vertical view of almost 3 km through the Butte deposit. Deep veins within and below the highest...inclusion phase relationships indicate that the Butte porphyry Cu-Mo deposit formed at 5 to 9 km depth |  | | Journal (issue) | | faceting & lapidary needs! Lapidary Equipment• Silver & Gold Filled Wire & Sheet• Jewelry Making Equipment•...West Federation Show July 18 through 21 Jefferson County Fairgrounds Port Towsend WA Dealer Inquiries Welcome...Steve Voynick 34 A Hotbed of Mining Copper was king in Butte, Montana; by Roger McPherson Field Trip:...rockgemmag@aol.com Cabs, Cabs and More Cabs Gem Center USA Inc. has one of the world's largest selection of...stone, in any shape and in any size. Gem Center USA is also one of the leading distributors of quality |  | | Book (volume) | | ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION...I! Published by : : The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. NEW |  | | Report (issue) | | ruthenium 101.1 rhodium 102.9 palladium 106.4 silver 107.9 cadmium 112.4 indium 114.8 tin 118.7 ...rhenium produced by mining rather than through recycling) is as a byproduct of copper mining, and about 80...80 percent of the rhenium obtained through mining is recovered from the flue dust produced during the roasting...type) account for most other rhenium produced by mining. These types of deposits also have large amounts...recovery are closely linked to the consequences of mining large porphyry copper and strata-bound copper deposits; |  | | Report (issue) | | porphyry gold system High—alumina deposits in Moore County Other deposits in North Carolina Origin and significance...Chesterfield County, South Carolina Figure 6.--Hydrothermal alteration at Pilot Mountain, Randolph County North...to economically extractable quantities of gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, tin and other metals. Fluorine...the Brewer, in Chesterfield County, S.C., and Pilot Mountain, Randolph County, N.C. -- are tentatively classified...to altered rock in certain parts of the greater Butte orebody was also noted by the same authors (Hemley |  | | Catalog/List | | Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...‘goodies,’ as Rock would say, as they came out. Mining projects that Rock was a part of, often yielded...Chile, and Colombia. Besides buying, he started mining projects to provide material for JTI, and, his..............................................41 Montana .................................................Wulfenite Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA “A cluster of red bladed |
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