 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Y A N D O R E DEPOSITS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT PARK COUNTY, COLORADO BY HORACE B. PATTON ARTHUR J...Lincoln as seen from the Hoosier Pass road. The valley on the mountain is Lincoln Amphitheater, with a...Extent of the District 15 Description of the Maps 17 Degree of Accuracy 19 Description of Mining Claim M a...O n Pennsylvania Mountain Pennsylvania Tunnel Butte Mine and the Maumee Tunnel O n London Mountain Northwest...Rock Streams 141 Geologic Sections 142 The Platte Valley 142 Above Montgomery 142 Below Montgomery 143 Geologic |  | | 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) | | ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...quartz– sphalerite–tetrahedrite–rhodochrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado...mined for silver starting in 1873. For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA e-mail: pbartos@mines.edu D. Misantoni Colorado Calumet | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...quartz– sphalerite–tetrahedrite–rhodochrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado...mined for silver starting in 1873. For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA e-mail: pbartos@mines.edu D. Misantoni Colorado Calumet |  | | Report (issue) | | RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN PARTS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT PARK COUNTY, COLORADO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF...RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN PARTS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO By C. T. Pierson and Q. D. Singewald...RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN PARTS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO By C. T. Pierson and Q. D. Singewald...1. Generalized geologic map of the Alma district, Park County, Colo.................. Inside back cover........ 2 2. Geologic sketch map of part of Orphan Boy mine........................................... |  | Klepper, Montis Ruhl, Ruppel, E.T., Freeman, V.L., Weeks, R.A. (1971) Geology and mineral deposits, east flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana. Professional Paper 665. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp665 | Report (issue) | | Flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 665...Flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana By M. R. KLEPPER, E. T. RUPPEL, V. L. FREEMAN... 49 2. Morrison and Swift Formations near Montana Silver Star mine____________________________ 52 ...(Kleinschmidt mine), Edna No.2 adit, Silver Saddle adit, and January mine, Winston mining district. 3. Geologic...mines, Park mining district. 4. Geologic maps of the Diamond Hill mine area, Blacksmith mine, and Little |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (above). Pyrite, Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County. Cluster of intergrown crystals showing light...Figure 2 (right). Pyrite, Mountain Spring mine, Rico, Dolores County. Cluster of modified cubes; specimen...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O PYRITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs...States, fine pyrite specimens have been found at Butte, Montana; Park City, Utah; Washington State; and numerous...in significant amounts in virtually all of the mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt. (The Colorado |  | | Report (volume) | | and jefferson Counties, Montana U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1805 MONTANA Mineral Resources of...Study Area, Broadwater and Jefferson Counties, Montana By WILLIAM R. GREENWOOD, STEVE LUDINGTON, WILLIAM...Study Area, Broadwater and Jefferson Counties, Montana. (Studies related to wilderness) (U.S. Geological...no.: I 19.3:1805 1. Mines and mineral resources-Montana-Elkhorn Wilderness. 2. Elkhorn Wilderness (Mont...forest land in the Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area, Montana, that is being considered for wilderness designation |  | | 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 |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | these card catalogues would be as useful to the mining industry as they have proved to be to the Division...and expense involved are justified and that the mining industry will find that having this material readily...accumulating steadily since 1853, when the first mine (a coal property) was developed. Actually it antedates...During the 90 years or more that prospecting and mining have been active, a vast amount of information...extensively to the fund of published data. Also, mining journals and periodicals, many of which are no |  | | Report (volume) | | most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...the Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New...mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor...GEOLOGY area, Montana and Wyoming, and the deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According...Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo, and from the Eldorado mine, Great Bear Lake, Canada. The Shinkolobwe deposit |  | | Report (issue) | | Virginia-503 National Center, Rm. 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105...Replacement Deposits Part II Gold in the Tintic Mining District, Utah By HALT. MORRIS Gold Deposits in the...Bird Mining Districts, San Juan Mountains, Colorado By FREDERICKS. FISHER Gold in the Alma Mining District...R. SHAWE Precious Metals in the Leadville Mining District, Colorado By TOMMY B. THOMPSON Part I is Chapter...bibliographies. Contents: pt. 1. Bald Mountain gold mining region, northern Black Hills, South Dakota / by |  | | Report (issue) | | Resources of the Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area, Montana A cooperative study by the U.S. Geological Survey...Pyritiferous veins Silver-lead-zinc replacement deposit':?.. Elkhorn-Tizer Basin zone Elkhorn district -»_»_.,H"1...and zinc in brecciated Lowland Creek Volcanics Silver, lead, and zinc in rhyolite Placer gold deposits...Ridge prospect Breccia pipe deposits Skyline Mine Blackjack Mine Chicago and Last Hope Mines Group I - Precious-...geology Important occurrences Mining districts (lodes) Beaver Creek district C O O /-\ t£ +L fU -t-L Y-* |  | | Report (issue) | | Virginia-503 National Center, Rm. 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105...Part II Geology and Gold Deposits of the Oatman District, Northwestern Arizona By ED DEWITT, JON P. THORSON...Marysville Mining District, Montana By JAMES W. WHIPPLE Gold Deposits of the Boulder County Gold District...Ferry County. 3. Hydrothermal deposits Nevada. 4. Hydrothermal deposits Washington Ferry County. I. Geological... CONTENTS Geology and gold deposits of the Oatman district, northwestern Arizona Abstract II Introduction |  | | Report (volume) | | with the STATE OF COLORADO and the COLORADO METAL MINING FUND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...-____-_-____-___________ Deposits in the Alma district...-____________________________ Distribution ...veins of the London type._________________________ Silver-lead deposits in limestones________________________... tunnel-_------_---__---_---_ -__--_-____-Ophir mine. _______________________ _,_ _ ___!_____ _______...tunnel_____-_----_,__--._---__- T -__;-__-_-___-__ London-Butte mine___._-_______---__-:__.___-_-_____-__ Deposits |  | | Report (issue) | | ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by R.G. Tysdal 1 , Steve Ludington2 , and...ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-683-A...in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the...the Forest has produced gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and phosphate minerals. * At the |  | | Catalog/List | | limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline |  | | Report (volume) | | GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN...GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN...deposits 2 22 Early Tertiary ( ?) deposits 2 23 Gold-silver deposits 2 23 Deposits of the early Tertiary (...of the late Tertiary epoch of metallization 23 Silver-lead deposits 2 25 2 Copper deposits 26 Deposits...of the ore deposits 2 27 30 Mining districts 2 Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal 2 30 30 Location and accessibility |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund ~ oopr is PUBliC P[O'J>ERTY aud 1• DOt ~re~~o~...__________________________________________ _ 1 Summary of mining districts---.---------------------Introduction..._________________ _ Pikes Peak granite _____________________ _ Silver Plume granite ___________________ _ Pegmatites...Pre-Cambrian deposits _________________________ _ Mine descriptions __________________________ _ 39 39...disseminations_ Cotopaxi mine _____________________ _ Copper deposits in Jefferson County __ _ F. M.D. property |  | | Journal (issue) | | -2 6 1 -3 9 1 2 . S econd class postage paid at Bow ie, Md. INVESTING IN MINERALS: NO GUARANTEES Many...a large num ber of people who collect with the “silver pick”, and who are concerned with getting their...had achieved considerable fame, and the right to mine diopside was obtained that year by G eorge L. English...thereafter. In 1971 both the land and the right to mine diopside were purchased by the present owners, Schuyler...Alveum, R obert Dow, and G eorge Robinson. T he mine is now being worked interm ittently each year for |  | | Report (issue) | | geology-Colorado-Denver Region. 3. Acid mine drainage-Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.) 4. Acid mine drainage-Colorado-Denver...mineralization of the Idaho Springs and Central City Mining Districts, by Helen W. Folger.................................... Generation and interactions of mine drainage at the Argo Tunnel, by Kathleen S. Smith................................ Influence of acid-mine drainage on Clear Creek, Colorado, by Walter H............. Constructed wetland treatment of acid mine discharge at Idaho Springs, Colorado, by John C |  | | Report (issue) | | 88-91. 1. Zinc ores-Colorado. 2. Zinc mines and mining-Colorado. I. Title. (Series) For sale by the Superintendent...County___________________________________________ Georgetown-Silver Plume district____________________________ Jefferson...__ Summit County_____________________________ ___ __ __ __ __ __ _____ Kokomo (Ten ~ile) district _______...district_______________________________ ~osquito Range district, including some outlying parts of the Leadville...County________________________________________________ Silver Cliff, Ilse, and Rosita districts_________________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | Basin structure Structure in the San Francisco district Geology Sedimentary rocks Geologic periods represented...relations Morehouse (?) quartzite (Silurian?) of Star district Distribution General character Conditions of deposition...Quartz monzonite of the Rocky district Quartz monzonite of the Star district Comparison of analyses Dike...82 San Francisco district 82 Beaver Lake district 86 Rocky district 87 Star district 88 Comparison of...region 91 Native elements 91 91 Sulphur 91. Gold 92 Silver 92 Copper 92 Sulphides 92 Stibnite 92 Bismuthinite |
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