 | | 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...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. In...most acidic mining pit lakes, Butte is host to over 16,000 km of flooded underground mine workings. Of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...hodochrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...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...hodochrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...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) | | Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome specimens...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...see the extensive collections at the museum of Montana Tech. For those inclined toward history as well |  | | Report (issue) | | AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE MONTANA BY WILLIAM HARVEY EMMONS AND FRANK CATHCART CALKINS...-INTRUSIVE ROCKs-Continued. Page. Diorite southwest of Georgetown Lake. ______ ... __________________________________________.... _. _. _______ . _______ _ 93 Granodiorite at Cable. ____ .. ____ .. . _. . ___ . _.... ______ ... _........................................... . 144 Cable Mountain anticline_ .............................. ........... . 146 Observations northeast of Georgetown Lake ....... _...... __ ... _..... , .· .... |  | 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) | | Denver Show Figure I (above). Pyrite, Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County. Cluster of intergrown crystals...specimen. Figure 2 (right). Pyrite, Mountain Spring mine, Rico, Dolores County. Cluster of modified cubes;...Muntyan specimen. C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O PYRITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral...Mineral photographs by John R. Muntyan PYRITE, IRON SULFIDE, one of Nature’s most common minerals, is...In the United States, fine pyrite specimens have been found at Butte, Montana; Park City, Utah; Washington |  | | 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........................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | Y A N D O R E DEPOSITS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT PARK COUNTY, COLORADO BY HORACE B. PATTON ARTHUR J...Extent of the District 15 Description of the Maps 17 Degree of Accuracy 19 Description of Mining Claim M a...Pennsylvania Mountain Pennsylvania Tunnel Butte Mine and the Maumee Tunnel O n London Mountain Northwest...M I N I N G DISTRICT 146 Early Placer Workings 146 Lode Claims—Primitive Mining 149 Mining Under Difficulties...Future Outlook 157 Prehistoric Mining 158 High-grading 158 Early Mining Customs 158 C H A P T E R VI. |  | | 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...on canvas, painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of...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: |  | | Report (volume) | | most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico...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 |  | | 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...the Eagle mine’s (Gil304 ROCKS & MINERALS man district) production. This does not mean that copper has |  | | 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...Pre-Cambrian deposits _________________________ _ Mine descriptions __________________________ _ 39 39...disseminations_ Cotopaxi mine _____________________ _ Copper deposits in Jefferson County __ _ F. M.D. property...property _____________ _ Malachite mine ________________ _ Empire mine __________________ _ Hypothermal replacement |  | | Report (issue) | | George Otis Smith. Director Professional Paper 138 MINING IN COLORADO A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT..._____ _ The location, area, and organization of the mining counties of Colorado _________________________..._____________________ _ Alamosa County __________________________ _ Arapahoe County _________________________...Archuleta County _________________________ _ Baca CountY-----------------------------Boulder CountY------...CountY----------------------~----Chaffee County _____________________·______ _ Clear Creek County _______________________ |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...Geology and gold deposits of the Marysville mining district, Montana Abstract 129 Introduction 129 Geologic |  | | 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) | | 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...Tintic Mining District, Utah / by Hal T. Morris. Gold in the Sneffels-Telluride and Camp Bird mining districts |  | | Journal (issue) | | track, to collect specimens underground at the Kelly mine, famous for exceptional blue-green botryoidal smithsonite...nearby Graphic mine, noted for azurite and malachite crystals, and visit the Blanchard mine to collect fine...included that of Ms. Blanchard at the Blanchard mine, who greeted someone she didn’t know with a shotgun... including periodic visits to Elk Creek, Meade County, to collect superb transparent golden barite found...throughout the Cascade Mountain range, including: pyrite, quartz, (Vesper Peak) grossular garnet, diopside |  | | Report (issue) | | Historical Notes, by K. C. Stewart Influence of acid-mine drainage on Clear Creek, Colorado, by W. H. 26 Ficklin...pilot-scale constructed wetland for remediation of acid mine discharge at Idaho Springs, Colorado, by J. C. Emerick...Clear Creek sediment 34 Figure 18. Plan view and cross section of the Big Five constructed wetland Figure...on the colorful history of the area related to mining, and discussions on the geology and miningrelated...City-Idaho Springs hard-rock mining district and is a source of acid-mine drainage, arsenic, and heavy |  | | 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...References cited F. Mineral resource geology of mining districts/areas Lincoln Region by R.G. Tysdal, |  | | Report (volume) | | California. 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