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Sepiolite from
Berkeley Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Sepiolite
Formula:Mg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sepiolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Berkeley Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:179665
Long-form Identifier:1:3:179665:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sepiolite
40.0km (24.8 miles) Bonanza prospect, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
40.6km (25.2 miles) North pit, Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
References
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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
Journal (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...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:
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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...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure
Report (issue)
MBMG 268 THE MINERALOGY OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA by John M. Guilbert and Lester G. Zeihen December...Spokane, Washington THE MINERALOGY OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA JOHN M. GUILBERT and LESTER G. ZEIHEN Prepared...Prepared for Presentation to the Northwest Mining Association, Spokane, Washington December 4, 1964 CONTENTS...Acknowledgments General Geology Butte Quartz Monzonite and Related Rocks Butte Quartz Monzonite Aplite-Pegmatite...Boulder Batholith, Montana 2 Figure 2 General Geology of the Butte District, Montana 2 Table 1 Mineralogy
Report (issue)
2015 Mining and Mineral Symposium May 8–10, 2015 Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Butte, Montana TABLE...Volcanics of Southwestern MT Kaleb C. Scarberry, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology .................................................... 8 Minerals of Montana, A Journey Across the Treasure State Michael J........................... 10 Use of Narrow Vein Mining Methods and Geologic Grade Control on the J-M Reef...PalladiumPlatinum Deposit Sarah Jensen, Stillwater Mining Company, Nye, MT .............................
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products of trace-metal precipitation in neutralized pit-lake waters without ferric and aluminous adsorbent:...neutralization experiments with waters from two acidic pit lakes. The objectives of our study were to identify...and the significance of these minerals for future pit-lake remediation initiatives are discussed. K EY...low-crystallinity products, geochemical modelling, pit-lake waters, trace-metal precipitation. Introduction...water bodies (typically, 40 m to >130 m) the acidic pit lakes of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) in southwest
Report (Issue volume)
of nonfuel minerals and a chapter on trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral...State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey. Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. V Nebraska:.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • 291 Montana, by Rodney J. Minarik and R. B. McCulloch . . ...this report. Name State____________ SECTION 2. County _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Stocks. production, end
Book (volume)
= TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION...I! Published by : : The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. NEW
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Lornex copper-molybdenum mine and plant, Highland Valley, British Columbia. (By permission of Rio Algon...mine levels when measured feet, values of gold and silver in troy ounces, some in and tonnage figures...inhabited continent. Also, to those exploration and mining geologists, and the personnel of foreign geological...L. Jensen Salt Lake City, Utah CONTENTS “The mining industry is infinitely worse off today than it...the politicians’ failure to recognize that the mining industry is a highly risky business.” James Boyd
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Lornex copper-molybdenum mine and plant, Highland Valley, British Columbia. (By permission of Rio Algon...levels when measured in feet, values of gold and silver in troy ounces, and some tonnage figures. I would...inhabited continent. Also, to those exploration and mining geologists, and the personnel of foreign geological...L. Jensen Salt Lake City, Utah CONTENTS "The mining industry is infinitely worse off today than it...the politicians' failure to recognize that the mining industry is a highly risky business." James Boyd
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University, Cambridge, MA, USA and K. K. Turekian Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA ELSEVIER 2005 AMSTERDAM...University, Cambridge, MA, USA and K. K. Turekian Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA Geochemistry has deep...Institute, Troy, NY, USA P. Adriaens The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA H.-J. Albrechtsen...W. Trenton, NJ, USA J. E. Barbash United States Geological Survey, Tacoma, WA, USA P. L. Bjerg Technical...Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA E. Callender US Geological Survey, Westerly, RI, USA T. Charette University
Book (edition)
concentrated above normal crustal levels to make mining it profitable. Conchoidal fracture. A type of fracturing...compositional range where unmixing occurs. Mississippi Valley–type deposit. An epigenetic ore deposit hosted...(craton) of major continents. Precious metals. Gold, silver, platinum, and sometimes other platinum group elements...Bronze Age began in Greece. The refining of gold and silver for coins and art was widespread. Other elements...elements, including lead, chlorine, potassium, sulfur, silver, and nitrogen, basing his values on weights determined
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Truran, Jr. and A. Heger University of Chicago, IL, USA 1.01.1 INTRODUCTION 1.01.2 ABUNDANCES AND NUCLEOSYNTHESIS...isotopes of nuclei on the proton-rich side of the valley of beta stability. Our subsequent discussions will...characteristic lifetime for b-unstable nuclei near the valley of b-stability, ensures that as captures proceed...neutron-capture path will itself remain close to the valley of b-stability. This defines the s-process. In...into the neutron-rich regions off the b-stable valley. Following the exhaustion of the neutron flux,
 
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