 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Microminerals in the Creede Mining District The Amethyst, Commodore No. 5 Mineral County, Colorado Unless otherwise...Mountain Mines C reede is located in southwestern Colorado on the edge of the San Juan Mountains just south...in the Creede district was at the Holy Moses mine high above East Willow Creek, but the district did not...West Willow Creek approximately 1.5 miles north of Creede. The Commodore No. 5 ore bins are the first structures...Commodore mine perched on the mountainside. The Amethyst mine is north of the Commodore mine, and most |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | S OF C R E E D E , M I N E R A L C O U N T Y , COLORADO By ARTHUR E. SMITH, JR. 91 18 Concho, Houston...written in recent years on the mineral and rock collecting at Creede. This region has much to offer the...collectors make Creede a stopping point for their Color ado vacations. The region around Creede is said to...mines where the prin cipal collecting is for mineral specimens though some lapidary materials such as...turquoise have been collected. Many who collect at the Creede Mines do not know what minerals to look for and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2014 Creede The last Wild West Silver Mining Camp in Colorado T he Creede mining district, located...and rugged San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Although silver was discovered in the area in...cause much excitement until 1889 when Nicholas C. Creede and his two partners found rich silver ore near...Amethyst, Last Chance, Commodore, and Bachelor. The mining encampment grew from a small settlement to a town...gravitated to mining boom towns. In 1890 the settlement was unofficially named Creede (Mumey 1949) in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 13:31 09 June 2016 Colorado boasts numerous localities where fine sphalerite specimens have been found...phalerite, (Zn,Fe)S, can be one of the more desirable mineral species for collectors and museums alike. One...reported from numerous localities worldwide. Fine sphalerite specimens, for example, have been found at Elmwood...Elmwood, Tennessee; the mines of the Tri-State district of Missouri-OklaDownloaded by [University of Nebraska...We1I-crystaIIized examples of sphalerite also occur at many localities in Colorado, in shades of amber, emerald- |  | | Report (issue) | | Control of Ore Deposition in the Creede District San Juan Mountains Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...487 Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Metal Mining Fund Board Geology and Structural Control...Control of Ore Deposition in the Creede District San Juan Mountains Colorado , By THOMAS A. STEVEN and JAMES...487 ·Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Metal Mining Fund Board UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Fisher Quartz La ti te ___________________________ _ Creede Formation _____________________________ _ Surficial |  | | Book | | MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine —_—< ¢ te om At _SHT 40...MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Richard Walker Holmes and Marrianna...American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Colorado...resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna B. II. Title. III. Title: Great...possible steps should be taken to preserve our mineral heritage, whether in physical form as irreplaceable |  | | Report (volume) | | Radioactivity in the Metal-Mining Districts of the San Juan Mountains Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY --*_-...Radioactivity in the Metal-Mining Districts of the San Juan Mountains Colorado By C. T. PIERSON, W. F. WEEKS...radioactivity in the metal-mining districts of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, by C. T. Pierson, W. F..._______________ CeboUa district..______________________________ Upper Uncompahgre district. ______ _________________________...Uranium occurrences___________ ________ __ Bonanza district..____________________ ___________________ General |  | Bethke, P. M., Rye, R. O. (1979) Environment of ore deposition in the Creede mining district, San Juan Mountains, Colorado; Part IV, Source of fluids, from oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon isotope studies. Economic Geology, 74 (8) 1832-1851 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.74.8.1832 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ore Depositionin the CreedeMining District, SanJuan Mountains,Colorado' Part IV. Sourceof Fluids from Oxygen...vein depositsat Creede was measuredby direct analysis of inclusionfluidsin sphalerite,quartz,and rhodochrosite...of determinationsgiven in parentheses): Mineral Sphalerite Quartz Illire aDn2o %o -81 to -54 (4) -97...valuesof fluidsassociated with the formationof sphalerite, quartz,illite/chlorite,andcarbonate mineralsdiffer...,probablydominantly magmatic, in origin. The sphalerite and illite/chloritewatersmusthavebeendominantlymeteoric |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HISTORY OF FOUR Native Silver Localities 7 in Colorado Downloaded by [University of California, San Diego]...72 Golden, Colorado 80403 All photos by author unless otherwise noted SINCE 1859 COLORADO HAS PRODUCED...metal. Native silver in Colorado has been deposited both as a primary mineral, crystallized directly from...from hydrothermal fluids, and as a secondary mineral, precipitated during the various processes involved...silver specimen producers-Caribou, Ward, Aspen, and Creede. Secondary silver may be the only form of the native |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | August 2013 BARBARA L. MUNTYAN P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 8 I427 hodochrosite, a manganese carbonate with...with the formula Mn2+C0,, i s one of the mineral species most desired by collectors and museums alike...alike. Although not larly common mineral, it is neverthealess re orted from localities worldwide. Rhodochrosite...Rhodochrosite has also been found in many localities in Colorado, particularly in the mines of the San luan Mountains...it i s one of the most recognized and coveted Colorado minerals. partiY DO e the presence of a mix |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JR.,PHILIP M. BETHKE,ANDEDWINt•OEDDER Abstract Mineral assemblages involving pyrite, hematite, chlorite...chlorite, quartz, K-feldspar, sericite, sphalerite,galena,and chalcopyrite are interpretedwith the aid of data...modelfor ore depositionhas importantimplications for mineral exploration. Mineralshavingretrograde solubilities...of the Creedemining district. The ore depositsand the detailedgeologyof the district have been described...vein, one of the importantproducingveinsin the district,togetherwith evidencefrom fluid inclusionstrappedin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80205-5798 jmurphy @ dmns.org PETER...Survey MS 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0046 pmodresk @ usgs.gov Unless otherwise...to 2000) J oin us for a gemstone tour around Colorado! Our field trip takes us from east to west in...the same way you may have toured through Colorado on a mineral collecting trip. This route, from the plains...gemstones are known to occur. We cannot discuss every Colorado gemstone occurrence; rather, this is a general |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard...near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. July/August:...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines Museum specimen |  | | Report (volume) | | 1420 Mineral Resources of the La Garita Wilderness, San uan Mountains, Sout iwestern Colorado By THOMAS... SURVEY BULLETIN 1420 An evaluation of the mineral potential of the area UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Garita Wilderness, San Juan Mountains, southwestern Colorado. (Studies related to wilderness wilderness areas)...Supt.ofDocs.no.: 119.3:1420 1. Mines and mineral resources Colorado La Garita Wilderness. I. Bieniewski,...survey these wilderness areas to determine the mineral values, if any, that may be present. The act also |  | | Book (edition) | | quartz crystals, Ow-ay. Katherine H . Jensen. AND MINERAL GUID E RICHARD M . PEARL A COMPLETE GUIDE - \i\/ITH...REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL Thb famous...takes you on an extensive ¥em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places...little-known localities in all sections of this great mineral-producing state. Included are numerous mileage...want to make the best use of their time. Gem and mineral societies that welcome visitors-museums that display |  | | Journal (issue) | | TECHNOLOGY SR-treatment* N failures. BLUE RIBBON MINING AWARD 1960 *pat. pend. SMtlas Copco 545 Fifth...REPAIRS IN 29 YEARS’ WORLD MINING Edition, WORLD including the Export MINING March VOL. 23, No. 3 ...on Colorado’s Badger Flats as a third beryllium mineral—the rare euclase—is discovered. Production at... Request Bulletin No. 063. WHAT'S GOING ON IN MINING Rocky Mountain Southwest Central and Eastern ;...to hard 2 in. and Newsmakers in World Mining Metal and Mineral Prices Concentrates Geologist’s Reduce |  | | Report (issue) | | _________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ Pag« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...Ltd., mine...... --_--______.______ Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ Tern Piute district............ Mineral County____-_______________ Rawhide district____ .________..__ Nevada Scheelite mine.. _ ______...______ Hooper No. 2 mine __ _____ _ _ Yankee Girl mine_______________ Desert Scheelite and Gunmetal mines |  | | Journal (issue) | | Twenty-five, Number Four Articles Earthquakes and mineral collections .....................................manager for rates,) (Tinted in the U.S.A. New mineral occurrences from the Laurium mines, Greece ..............305 by W. E. Wilson & M . O'Donoghue Mineral Stories .........................................overcooking can release harmful fumes. 242 Glossary of Mineral Species 1995 We have been sold out of the last...judgment on descriptions and names of potential new mineral species prior to their publication (see Dunn and |  | | Book | | l JJ 1atYON RALPH Moore's COMPENDIUM of Mineral Discoveries -------~►►--.•.... -~~1---------- ...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...crystals and in themselves are never of interest to mineral collectors. However, unusual discoveries in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | this explain why Hydroseals Tee IN THE MAJOR MINING PUMPS PROTECTED CENTERS OF THE WORLD Most... Most of the world’s molybdenum comes from this Colorado pit. The 12,250-ft. elevation doesn’t make the...machines like the “Caterpillar” Diesel products mining throughout the world. Tractors. Bulldozers, Motor...repiling bauxite and loading trucks for Reynolds Mining Corporation, near Hurricane Creek, Arkansas. CATERPILLAR...JJ SYD)! te up in a wooden pail. Missouri lead mine about 1890. —_—— ; eee if atOT ace | | Horse |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | and development of the Nation's water, wildlife, mineral, forest, and pork and recreational resources. It...chapters on virtually all metallic, nonn1etallic, and mineral fuel commodities important to the domestic economy...Area Reports: Domestic, contains chapters on the mineral industry of each of the 50 States, the U.S. isla...Reports: International, presents the latest available mineral statistics for more than 130 foreign countries...Department of Environ1nental Resources. Puerto Rico: Mining Commission of Puerto Rico: Economic De,elopment |  | | Report (volume) | | if not ineffective. Knowledge as to location of mineral supplies, domestic and foreign; past and current...highlights of the defense program as it affected. the mineral industries. Despite the fact that much of the new...with the Bureau of Mines, assist in collecting mineral IV FOREWORD statistics, ther_eby eliminating_...; Garland Peyton, director, division of mines, mining, and geology, department of natural rnsources,...M. M. Leighton, chief, and Walter IL Voskuil, mineral economist, State geological survey division, Urbann |
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Emperius Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA