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Generalsulfur from Washoe Co., Nevada

2nd Jun 2023 04:45 UTCDon Windeler

I recently acquired a nice 2.1 cm, cavernous / skeletal sulfur thumbnail labeled "Washoe County, Nevada." In poking around, I see every sulfur photo from Washoe County is attributed to the Steamboat Springs Mining District, https://www.mindat.org/loc-3928.html. (Sorry, no photo of my piece yet but it's basically a dead ringer for some of the examples in the Steamboat Springs gallery.)

My question is whether it's safe to attribute the piece to the Steamboat Springs district or if there are any other spots in the county that are known to have sourced big clean crystals. I'm feeling pretty safe about this attribution given the volume of other sulfur specimens from this spot, but always prefer to check that there's not something out there that I'm missing.

Cheers,

2nd Jun 2023 07:19 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert

Hi Don,

You can be confident that your specimen is from Steamboat Springs. Although there are a couple of other spots up here where sulfur occurs, none of them produce crystals like those found at Steamboat.

Regards...

2nd Jun 2023 11:02 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

The description of

https://www.mindat.org/loc-64955.html

Silica pit, Steamboat Springs Mining District

says

"May be the same as Steamboat Springs Mine."

Russ: Do you agree? Should they be merged? (Coordinates are nearly the same.)

2nd Jun 2023 15:55 UTCDon Windeler

Russ:

Thanks for the confirmation -- I'll add "Steamboat Springs Mining District" to the label I use. When I get around to photographing and posting I'll include reference to this discussion as well.

Have an excellent weekend!

2nd Jun 2023 19:18 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert

Uwe,

Yes they should be merged. The marker for both locations is directly over the the Ormat Steamboat Power Plant, a geothermal power plant. I would keep the Silica Pit location.

Regards...

3rd Jun 2023 19:09 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Ok, done.

4th Jun 2023 07:39 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert

Looks good... Thanks Uwe.