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Tourmaline from
O.K. Mine, Metaline Mining District, Pend Oreille County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view O.K. Mine, Metaline Mining District, Pend Oreille County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:491611
Long-form Identifier:1:3:491611:6
GUID (UUID V4):7f3dee39-d0a4-4e31-b7ad-94b4acaa3dc9
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
12.9km (8.0 miles) Little Noisy Prospect, Metaline Mining District, Pend Oreille County, Washington, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) CLY Group (BiTel Knoll), Bunker Hill, Salmo, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
31.1km (19.3 miles) Longshot Mine, Colville Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) Emerald Tungsten Mine, Rossland, Trail Creek Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
49.6km (30.8 miles) Durango Mine (Howard Mine), Ymir, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
73.4km (45.6 miles) Midge Creek Beryl Occurrence, Kootenay Lake, Nelson, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
75.5km (46.9 miles) Golden Scepter Mine (Golden Septure; M & F; Chief Joseph), Hall Mountain, Moyie - Yaak Mining District, Boundary County, Idaho, USA
79.9km (49.7 miles) Blu Starr, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
80.5km (50.0 miles) Washington Metals Mine, Stevens County, Washington, USA
81.3km (50.5 miles) Columbia Tungsten Prospect, Stevens County, Washington, USA
References
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Book
Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata­ logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall
Report (Issue volume)
State of Washington ARTHUR B. LANGLIE, Governor Department of Conservation and Development W. A. GALBRAITH...GLOVER, Supervisor Bulletin No. 37 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS By MARSHALL...Volume 2 - MAPS STATE PRINTING PLANT. OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON lll!UI For sale by Department of Conservation...volumes-text and maps) $4.50. INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS Volume 1...Bulletin 33, "Nonmetallic Mineral Resources of Washington," published in 1936. Since then the catalogue
Journal (issue)
give a first person account of the wild days of mining in California. Through their eyes she brings to...drawings $1.00 The Emigrant Trail and a Lost Gold Mine . . . TERRIBLE TRAIL: THE MEEK CUTOFF 1845 by Keith...of back country roads and washes leading to old mining camps, stamp mills, fantastic formations and other...turn south on State 85 to Ajo (Ahhoe), a copper-mining town. The Papago Indians called it au'auho for...and in profusion here. Ajo has the oldest copper mining history in Arizona. Spaniards mined there in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
generosityand hospitality of the' officialsof various mining companies,to all of whom I extendmy most sincerethanksand...: Geologyand ore depositsof the Cripple Creek district. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 54: 225, •9o6. Lindgren... S ........... BaO ......... Mo .......... 2 O.K. 3 4 5 6 70.83 14.41 78.62 io.8o 80.78 9.26...silicified (core)---computed from thin section study. 5. O.K. monzonite--f•eshmR. C. Wells, Analyst. 6. O. g....Analyst. * Climax analyses from Bull. 846-C, p. 225. O.K. Surv. Prof. Paper 8o, p. 76. analyses from U.S
Book
conditions on th P desert . are changing rapidly; Mining claims are filed, property, once open to collectors...and is punishable under the law. Do not disturb mining machinery or buildings, posted or not, they are...Hole 15 Northwest Darwin Hills 15 Christmas Gift Mine 15 Rainbow Ridge 17 Opalite 17 Sheep Springs 18...Paso Mountains 20 Ricardo Basalt 20 Cowden Opal Mine 20 Hidden Forest 20 Ricardo Gem Fields 20 (map 19)...Amethyst Tecopa Opal Soda Mountains Copper Toltec Mine Clark Mountain Afton Canyon (Canon Rio de las Animas)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
03* 1.04 2.35 -- 4.04 --63 Climax, Colo. O.K. Mine, Utah Qtz. monz., fresh 2 Qtz. monz. alt. 2a...vein filling, Veteran Mine. * Numbers in parenthesesfollowing name of district refer to "References"... 744 HUGH McKINSTRY 153. Porphyry ore, Copper Flat Mine. 154. SilicAfledvariety of porphyry ore, Copper...(4) 1. Fresh rock. British tunnel, Last Chance Mine. 2. Dark porphyry (altered rock), Boston Consolidated... Utah Copper Mine, north end oi pit.' 4. Wall of lode, British tunnel, Last Chance Mine. 4. Porcupine
Book (volume)
.........................................411 Washington ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
.........................................413 Washington ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES DIVISION OLYMPIA, WASHiNGTON 98504 METAL MINES OF WASHINGTONPRELIMINARY REPORT...DERKEY NANCY L. JOSEPH and RAYMOND LASMANIS WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN...Earth Resources standards and nomenclature. 1, WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF Natural Resources Brian...DERKEY NANCY L. JOSEPH and RAYMOND LASMANIS WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN...standards and nomenclature. • CONTENTS Page Page County and site name Kelly Camp Kettle Key East Knob
Journal (issue)
Newsletter $2.0 Developments at the William Wise Mine Eric Greene 158 Log Plain Road Greenfield, MA 01301...for a visit to the William Wise Mine in Westmoreland, NH. The Wise Mine is arguably the premiere locality... The Keene Club has been fortunate to have both mine owners as long-standing and active members, and...each year to comb the dumps and catch up on the mining operation. This year's trip proved both interesting...interesting and memorable. The trip up to the mine showed the first evidence of significant changes: the road
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent... Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills...(Malcolm, 1912), galena was widely considered by mine operators to be correlated with better gold grades...was described in a carbonate quartz veinlet in one mine in the Mother Lode system (Knopf, 1929). Method
Journal (issue)
Names-Lost Stories by Nathaniel Edwards 18 HISTORIC MINING CERTIFICATES The Sutro Tunnel Company by Richard...earlier sub­ scribers. For example, we don't publish mining history articles unless a mineralogical connection...Ernest Weidhaas) said, "my father found a black tourmaline. He took it to the American Museum of Natural...be a tourmaline, which is one of the commonest of minerals-and espe­ cially a black tourmaline, which...black tourmaline--donated by its finders, James Manchester and Ernest Weid­ haas. The tourmaline specimen
Journal (issue)
horizon. That world was calling 3 ginia City mining district. Virginia spacious and free. " His freedom...Specimen-A Hamlin in 1886. lection. Mount Mica Tourmaline ........ 77 "Tommy," as he was known at Will...Boyce Thompson (I 869-1930). Founder of Newmont Mining Corporation. His superb mineral and carving collection...superintendent in what proved to be an unsuccessful silver mine. In 1895 Thompson married Ger­ trude Hick.man, a...commercial center of Montana. Thompson en- gaged in mining ventures, real es­ tate and insurance.He soon realized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
**, and E. S. Shagalova, d, *** a Ural State Mining University, Yekaterinburg, 620144 Russia of Experimental...station Laki, Gornozavodsk district, Perm Krai). The first data on the mining of chromite ores in the Sarany...At present, the largest in Russia chromite-ore mining enterprises are concentrated in the studied area...and “chromium phengite”. The latter was found by O.K. Ivanov in 1970 as crusts of bright green tabular...chromite deposit, mined in the past at the Biser Mine, is confined to the southern part of the massif
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COOK Department of Geolo Blackbird Mine, Cobalt, Lemhi County, Idaho Downloaded by [University of...North Groton, New Hampshire, and at the State Forest mine, East Hampton, Connecticut. Roberts and Rapp (1965)...Dakota. Here, it occurred in the Bull Moose mine, Custer County, as beautiful apple-green to pale green crystals...relatively plentiful in mines of the Keystone district, Pennington County, including the Big Chief, Dan Patch,...ludlamite occurrence is the Blackbird mine, near Cobalt, Lemhi County, Idaho, an occurrence .. described
Journal (issue)
ou sur rendez-vous Elbaite - 7,1 cm de largeur Mine Hima/aya,Mesa Grande,Californie,U.S.A. Coll. : 8...Scovil • Barite surfluorite Crista/: 4 x 3 x 0,4 cm Mine de /'Ave/lan, Var Coll. : G. Mari Photo : l.-D....liee principalement au phenomene du "bouche a oreille", fruit de la satisfaction de nos lecteurs, ainsi...et kunzite(cristal 10 x 6 cm) dans quartz avec tourmaline (gangue 11 x 10 cm) de Laura Do Urucum,Bresil...380 PennsylvaniaAvenue- San Francisco- CA 94107- USA (Traduitde l'anglaispar J. GALVIER) Les pegmatitesgemmifereseta
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
believesthat someof these deposits, asfor example, the O.K. pipein Utah (6, fig. 12), andpipeswith quartzcoresin...becauserelatively few of them have been bottomedby mining operations. Of the two main types of structurethat...oredeposits. On theotherhand,wherethesestructures occurin mining districts, theyarelikelyto be guides to oreeitherbecause...highertemperature of outflowthan in otherpartsof the district. The unusualconcentrations of phosphates in some...PebbleDikes.--As Cook (8, p. 76) remarksof the Tintic District, "The closetemporaland spatialassociation of
Report (issue)
000unse FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ‘MINING INDUSTRY. of IDAHO FOR THE YEAR ARTHUR CAMPBELL...Secretary. | FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY of IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 19 2476 IDAHO...Processing Mills, 34 Located in Coeur d’Alene District Lucky Friday Makes Rich Silver Strike South Side...Custer Mine Still Lingers Giant Explosion at Arco 2 Leesburgh—A Ghost Town : Clark Fork District, Lead...Largest in World (Morning Mine) Gem Collectors, Work At Own Mine Idaho Mining Association Hopes and Fears
Book (edition)
Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Meet., IMA, 1986. 102. Mira Flores mine, H u a n u n i district, Oruro, Bolivia. FeA16(PO4)a(OH)8.4H20...subhedral crystals to 1 mm in a quartz vein from Ankang County, Shaanxi Province, China. Ideal formula Ba(Ti,V...pleochroism; reflectance data are given. Named for the County in which the type locality is situated. Antimonselite...accordingly. Gen~ve, 47, 45. From the Cap Garonne mine, Arsenoflorencite-(Nd). B. Scharm, M. Scharmov~t...phosgenite in a vein at Bounds Aufschluss, 44, 250. Clara mine, Schwarzwald, Cliff, St. Endellion, Cornwall, England
Journal (issue)
modifiedcrystalsin quartzdrusefrom RoundMountain (Nevada,USA).JurgenTron specimen. (Continues on page 2) The...than usual and available with more dealers. The Gem Mine in San Benito Co. (California) also produced a few...NJ 1.16 Guadalcazar, Mexico 5.00 First Soviet mine, Russia 0 MnO 1.60 I 13.69 I : 1.73 ! ...Slovak Republic South Africa Sweden Switzerland UK USA: California Connecticut Maine Montana Nevada New...Vennont Virginia Washington Australia Namibia Slovak Republic Sweden Tanzania USA: Michigan Nevada Manganaxinite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
field season &nd numerous subsequent trips to the district. A topographic map of the principal emery producing...and biotite. Other accessoryminerals include tourmaline, staurolite, sillimanite, apatite, kyanite, zitcon...(extinction on (100) albite twin lamellae:30o), tourmaline, allanite, and possibly q:uartzhave been introduced... A contact metamorphic ore deposit, the Dolores Mine at Matehuala' San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Economic...observations on contact metamorphism at the Dolores Mine, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Subsequent comments by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ABSTRACT. The Copper Creek area is in eastern Pinal County, Arizona. Cretaceous(?) sediments,interbeddedwith...500,000have been recovered. The Childs-Aldwinkle mine, the largest producer, is a pipe deposit with the...gangue minerals. Molybdenite, in the ChildsAidwinkle mine is the latest hypogenesulphide. The depositis consideredto.............................. Other pipesof the district .............................. Origin of the pipesof...CopperCreek area. Weed, consultantfor one of the early mining companies, was interestedin the origin of the numerouspipesof
Report (issue)
PAPER 229 and prospects examz"ned in each district, some z"llustrated by maps .and structure sections...• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1950 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. - Price $1.50 (paper cover) CONTENTS..._________________________________ _ History of mining __________________________________ _ Geologic features...Mineralogy of mica and beryL ______________________ .:. Mining, preparation, and uses of mica and beryL _____
Report (issue)
detailed investigations of single ore deposits, or of mining districts, to large-scale regional syntheses,...responsible for gold deposition, Alleghany district, Sierra County, California, 26 McMillan, W. J., and Johan...Upper Cretaceous turbidite sequence, Hope-Sunrise district, southern Alaska, 5 Radtke, A. S., Wittkopp, R...of gold-bearing quartz veins of the Alleghany district, California (abs.), 25 Robyn, T. L., Henage, L...mineralization of the Washougal mining district, Skamania County, Washington, 15 Shreiner, Alexander, Jr
 
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