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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia...Australia M any mineral species of particular interest to the collector are derived from near-surface processes...dissolved oxygen in rain water and its control of mineral oxidation, particularly in sulfides and sulfosalts...have favorably affected the economics of many mineral deposits, especially those of copper. At relatively...Connoisseur’s Choice. Cuprite is most familiar as a red mineral varying in hue from cochineal-red through ruby- |
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| 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 |
