Sulphate minerals of the Comstock Lode, Nevada

Economic Geology
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Abstract

Seventeen representative samples of supergene sulphates from old workings on the Comstock Lode are described. They range from simple minerals such as gypsum and epsomite to complex aggregates of four or more distinct species. All are well known species except a mineral of the copper (chalcanthite) or magnesium sulphate pentahydrate group, with about half the magnesium replaced by copper, zinc, ferrous iron, and manganese. Four new analyses of Comstock Lode mine waters are given. © 1938 Society of Economic Geologists, Inc.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Sulphate minerals of the Comstock Lode, Nevada
Series title Economic Geology
DOI 10.2113/gsecongeo.33.7.749
Volume 33
Issue 7
Year Published 1938
Language English
Publisher Society of Economic Geologists
Description 23 p.
First page 749
Last page 771
Country United States
State Nevada
Other Geospatial Comstock Lode
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