| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Stapleton prospect, Stapleton Gulch, Argenta, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 131381 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131381:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | ed2382be-cdf1-4d3b-8dad-a7095582ada4 |
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| 2.2km (1.3 miles) | ⓘGladstone-Argenta Mine (Gladstone Group), Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 2.2km (1.4 miles) | ⓘGold Day Occurrence, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | ⓘDexter Mine, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘGalena Occurrence (MRDS - 10012860), Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 5.2km (3.2 miles) | ⓘYellow Band Mine, Yellow Band Shafer Group (Shafer Group), Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 10.7km (6.6 miles) | ⓘNew Departure Mine, Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 11.3km (7.0 miles) | ⓘWheal Rose Mine, Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 11.8km (7.3 miles) | ⓘBirch Creek Iron Prospect (Jumbo), Utopia Mining District (Birch Creek Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 12.0km (7.4 miles) | ⓘDel Monte Mine (Bonaparte), Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 12.3km (7.6 miles) | ⓘCottontail Mine (Huron Mine), Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 2. Western side of Stapleton Gulch in the Argenta district. The Stapleton workings are visible in...of the center below the crest of the hill. in Montana Unless otherwise noted, all photographs by the... CHRISTOPHER S. TUCKER PO Box 22575 Billings, Montana 59104 tuckerj@mcn.net W ith the variety of colors...wulfenite; however, they seldom have specimens from Montana in their collections. When one thinks of wulfenite...Southwest come to mind, not the mountains of western Montana. Figure 1. Wulfenite, with vanadinite, 8 mm across |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collector's The Minerals of the Stapleton Prospect, Montana Lanny R. Ream PO Box 2043 Coeur d 'Alene... Larry B. French 21 N. Winchester Miles City, Montana 59301 T he discovery o f significant amounts of...interest in m ine ral wealth o f the area that is now Montana. By the m id 1860s, m iners had spread from Bannac...lesnake Creek, abo ut 12 mi les northwest of Dillon, Montana. This discovery became the foc us of pros pecting...istence; o rigina lly named " Montana", the name was changed to "Argenta" after the Fre nch word for silver |  | | 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...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals. Most...Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke, Washington County. It has also...at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; as good micromount material at the...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as...as pale blue rosettes of pearly plates in calcite veins cutting trap rock at Moore, the long-abandoned |  | | Journal (issue) | | ewslett. Field trip to Bull Run Quarry Loudoun County, Virginia Brander Robinson P.O. Box 76 1 Midd lesburg...Quarry, Loudoun County, Vi rgini a. This quarry has been in operation . 1ce 1957, "trap" mining from a Triassic-age...specimens of apophyllite, prehnilc, stilbite, and calcite, and has been a favorite of mine for a number of...with minor stilbite , Bull Run Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia collected by Brander Robinson, July 1998...specimens and particularly the mining districts where the geologist and mining engineers used petrographic |  | | Report (issue) | | _______ Muscovite granodiorite of Spruce Pine district-_____ ________________________ Pegmatite. ___...Jefferson-Boone district. _______ Wilkes district __ _ _______----Spruce Pine district- ___________ Buncombe...Woodlawn district_____________ Franklin-Sylva district- ________ References cited. __________________...Spruce Pine district. 4. Woodlawn and Buncombe districts. 5. Outer part of Franklin-Sylva district. 6. Central...Central part of Franklin-Sylva district. FIGURE 1. Map showing location of pegmatite districts in the southeastern |
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