| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | 'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species) |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Limonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Porphyry Basin Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1390525 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1390525:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9d3f11a8-6d36-4812-a40a-b867353ddb11 |
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| 8.0km (5.0 miles) | ⓘOsceola Mine, Ophir Mining District (Iron Springs Mining District), San Miguel County, Colorado, USA |
| 8.3km (5.1 miles) | ⓘMayday Mine, Anvil Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA |
| 11.9km (7.4 miles) | ⓘSultan Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA |
| 12.5km (7.7 miles) | ⓘBandora Mine (Esmeralda claims; Little Todd vein), South Mineral Creek, San Juan County, Colorado, USA |
| 14.8km (9.2 miles) | ⓘMineral Farm Mine, Canyon Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA |
| 15.3km (9.5 miles) | ⓘTitusville Mine (Columbia; Mighty Monarch), Round Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA |
| 15.5km (9.6 miles) | ⓘBox Canyon Hot Springs, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA |
| 15.9km (9.9 miles) | ⓘLittle Giant Mine, Little Giant Peak, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA |
| 18.6km (11.5 miles) | ⓘAmerican Nettie Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA |
| 18.7km (11.6 miles) | ⓘGolconda Mine, Galena Mining District (Henson Creek Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA |
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 | | Report (volume) | | THE ! UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, "OT TTHWESTERN COLORADO - c-t SURVEY BULLETIN 1391-E Mineral Resources...the Uncompahgre Primitive Area, San Juan Mountains, Southwestern Colorado By T. A. STEVEN, P. W. LIPMAN...the Uncompahgre primitive area, San Juan Mountains, southwestern Colorado. (Studies related to wilderness...3-.1391-E 1. Mines and mineral resources Colorado San Juan Mountains. I. Steven, Thomas August, 1917-...Uncorhpahgre Primitive Area, San Juan Mountains, southwestern Colorado, and some adjoining national forest |  | | Report (volume) | | ...................... 1. Rocks from Aroostook County..... ^..................'........... 2. Miscellaneous...1. Elliott County dike............................................... 2. Crittenden County dike............................ Schist from the Aragon iron mine............................... ill 17 .18 18 19...95 95 Colorado............................................................. 98 1. Denver Basin............................................ 3. Colfax County................ I............................. |  | | Report (volume) | | crystalline rocks Maine 1. Rocks from Aroostook 'County 2. Miscellaneous rocks5 v New Hampshire 5 Vermont...Carolina Georgia Kentucky 1.. Elliott County dike 2. Crittenden County dike Tennessee Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma...Upper Quinnesec Falls Schist from the Aragon iron mine Page. 5 15 5 18 5 24 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 26 26 5 27...Sepulchre Mountain 3. Absaroka Range 5 Crandall Basin Sunlight intrusives Ishawooa intrusives 5 Dikes...Miscellaneous rocks Idaho 5 Colorado5 1.' Denver Basin 2. Pikes Peak district Granite 5 Rocks of Cripple |  | | Report (volume) | | Mineral Resources of the Uncompahgre Primitive Area Colorado By R. P. FISCHER and R. G. LUEDKE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL...mineral survey in the Uncompahgre primitive area, Colorado. The area discussed in the report corresponds...and R. G. Raabe_____.__..___ Claim coverage and mine workings._____________________________ Patented..._-____.____-______-____---Relationship of underground mine workings to the primitive-area boundary_ ______..._ History of ore-treatment plants serving the San Juan region. _ _ _ Local custom milling facilities |  | | Report (issue) | | the Rio Grande from north of Weminuche meadows, San Cristobal quadrangle. The upper cliff-forming flow... Geology and Petrology of the San Juan Region Southwestern Colorado By ESPER S. LARSEN, JR., and WHITMAN...an area of I2fiOO square miles in southwestern Colorado UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...COURSE OF THE WORK A study of the geology of the San Juan Mountains was begun by Whitman Cross in 1895....the following table. Early work in the western San Juan Mountains Quadrangle Field work Workers La Plata |  | | Report (volume) | | Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. University of Colorado. Boulder, Colo. Arctic lnst. North America Research...Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San California Dept. Water Resources Bull. Bulletin...California Div. Mines and Geology Bull. Bulletin. San Francisco, Calif. California Division of Mines and... Mines and Geology Map Sheet Geology Map Sheet. San Francisco, Calif. California Division of Mines and...and Geology Spec. Rept. Geology Special Report. San Francisco, Calif. California Division of Mines and |
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Porphyry Basin Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA