 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGY, AND HISTORY OF FOUR Native Silver Localities 7 in Colorado Downloaded by [University of California...72 Golden, Colorado 80403 All photos by author unless otherwise noted SINCE 1859 COLORADO HAS PRODUCED...threequarters of a billion ounces of silver. Most of this production has come from silver-bearing minerals rather...rather than the native metal. Native silver in Colorado has been deposited both as a primary mineral, crystallized...well-known native silver specimen producers-Caribou, Ward, Aspen, and Creede. Secondary silver may be the only |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF THE WHITE RAVEN WARD, COLORADO MINE, EnNnsr E. Wanrsrnov., Un'iaersityof Colorado,Boulder, Colorado...The White Raven Mine is located in California Gulch, which is about a mile south of the old mining town...town of Ward, Boulder County, Colorado. The White Raven Mine has been a heavy producer of silver in past...$800,000in lead and silver have been produced since 1913. The ore bodies of this mine are especially interesting...because they are of an unusual type in the Ward District, which was known in the early days for its gold |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | acanthite paramorph after argentite from the Rayes mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Francis Benjamin specimen,...1878); the Baker quarry near Billmeyer, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where it occurs as an alteration...well-known Silver Hill occurrence in Davidson County, and the McMakin mine in Cabarrus County (Genth 1891);...of the Virgilina district, Halifax County, Virginia (Dietrich 1990). The great silver occurrences of the...locally abundant acanthite. Many mines of the Colorado mineral belt contained important amounts of acanthite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MUNTYAN 536 Third Avenue P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 81427 All photographs by John R. Muntyan of specimens...B ~i~~~~ 1. Mine along West willow Creek, near Creede and across from the Bachelor mine. Photo by author...the Rock Candy mine in British Columbia, Canada; and in the United States in Hardin County, Illinois, among...localities. Barite also occurs in many localities in Colorado, where it often forms attractive, wellcrystallized...wellcrystallized crystal groups. Colors reported for Colorado barite range from sky-blue to snowwhite to golden |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of COLORADO ED RAINES Geology Museum Colorado School of Mines 1310 Maple Street Golden, Colorado 80401...noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection,...photographer unknown. B etween 1868 and 1922, Colorado produced almost 260 million pounds of copper....from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department...luster that may be pearly or silky, and it gives a white streak. Siderite’s color normally is a shade of...also be pale green, yellowishgray or ash-gray, and white. An interesting fact concerning siderite is that...1. Gemmy siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department...Figure 2. Siderite with quartz, from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The composite crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology and Ore Deposits of the Front Range Colorado By T. S. LO\'ERING and E. N. GODDARD GEOLOGICAL...cooperation with the Colorado State Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund ~ oopr is...__________________________________________ _ 1 Summary of mining districts---.---------------------Introduction...hornblendite_ Boulder Creek granite _________________ _ Pikes Peak granite _____________________ _ Silver Plume...Pre-Cambrian deposits _________________________ _ Mine descriptions __________________________ _ 39 39 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Utrecht] at 01:16 14 March 2015 WASTA, PENNINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA THIS ISSUE’S CONNOISSEUR’S CHOICE...shades of blue, blue-green, and green. Colorless, white, and pale gray crystals occur abundantly in many...Creek and Box Elder Creek in Meade County and adjacent Pennington County, South Dakota. Barite from these...produced in large quantities during the active mining of base- and precious-metal vein and replacement...famous Eagle mine at Gilman, Colorado; both golden and black crystal groups from the Magma mine in Pinal |  | | Report (volume) | | Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogy lv|ineralogical RccorcT publisher John S. White Smithsonian Institution (USPS 887-700) editor...Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A |  | Collins, Donley S., Cobban, Robert R., Foord, Eugene E., Murphy, Jack A. (1989) Bibliography for update and revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado -- a 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel, Part A - Paper copy --Bibliography data file disks. Open-File Report Vol. 1989 (89-206) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89206a | Report (issue) | | Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961). |  | | Journal (issue) | | affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy John S. White Division of Mineralogy The Smithsonian Institution...Marvin Hanner Additions to the Ore Mineralogy of Colorado.................................................by Donald Grybeck Crystallized Minerals of the Colorado Mineral Belt....................................Mamaroneck, New York circulation manager Mary Lynn White subscriptions The M ineralogical Record costs $10...a large num ber of people who collect with the “silver pick”, and who are concerned with getting their |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 5 , 3 1 6 ,3 1 7 ,8 1 1 Barite in red beds in Colorado. (Howland) 199 Barnes, W. II. an... Jr. 202 Benn,J. H. Occurrenceof vivianite in District of Columbia..... 311 Berman, H. 197,2Il Bernal...'W'illiams, Chapman,R. W. and C, R. Evolution of White 502 Mountain magma series 475 Chloropal. Chondrodite...Mineragraphy and x-ray analysis of stainierite from Swansea Mine, Good27+ springs,Nevada. Copper ore minerals, identificationof...syenites of phism in Virginia mining PleasantMountain, Maine, district,N.M. (Lasky).... 552 discussionof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | In brief, the programis designedto providethe mining industry with necessaryinformation concerningthe...thetypecommonly foundin miningdistrictsof the Front Rangeof Colorado. To investigatethe behaviorof thesemetalsin mountainsoils...Rhyolite Tuffaceous flow West of Castle Granite Silver Plume Southwest Granite Pikes Peak 3 1 17...Lyons granite Boulder Creek granite Intrusive stock Near Westcreek West of Boulder Southwest of Lyons...andfor zincandfor totalheavymetalsin theParkCity district,Utah,by Gilbert(8). It is evidentthata substantial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rocks--"horses," if they are large enough to disturbthe mining. As the abundance of fragmentsincreases, veinsgrade...Loughlin, G. F., The oxidized zinc ores oœthe Tintie district, Utah. Ecom GEOL. 9: 1-19, 1914. x4Talmage, S...different sourcesbut even on specimensfrom a single district. The "personalequation"is probablyimportantin...dustycarbonatelooksbrown in transmittedlight and white by reflectedlight, greatly resemblingthe color effect...eighttimesout of ten..Purington aosaysthat at Telluride,Colorado, if the associatesof carbonatesare usableat all |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William...Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin.........Prof. W. 0. Hotchkiss |  | | Report (issue) | | Smith. Director Professional Paper 138 MINING IN COLORADO A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTJON...location, area, and organization of the mining counties of Colorado _________________________ _ Adams County_-..._____________________ _ Alamosa County __________________________ _ Arapahoe County _________________________...Archuleta County _________________________ _ Baca CountY-----------------------------Boulder CountY------...CountY----------------------~----Chaffee County _____________________·______ _ Clear Creek County _______________________ |  | | Journal (issue) | | - - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North |  | | Report (volume) | | Meetings. Washington, D. C. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Contributions, nos...Section of Bulletin, 1935, 1936. New York. See also Mining and Metallurgy. American Journal of Botany, vols...Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vols. 37, 38; Canadian Mining and Metallurgical...Research, vols. 12-14. Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian Mining Journal, vols. 56, 57. Gardenvale, Quebec. Carnegie...Publications, vols. 5, (no. 1) ; 6. Cleveland, Ohio. Colorado Museum of Natural History: Proceedings, vols. |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Report (volume) | | values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury, etcetera. The Corporation...so successful. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Mining Machinery Dept. 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Try the Western Postal Queen Mine Tour While in Bisbee, adventurous visitors of all |  | | Report (volume) | | values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury, etcetera. The Corporation...California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Hydraulic TurbinpM MILWAUKEE, Metallurgical Machinery Mining Machinery Perforated Oil l-:imini-- Metals I'liiiiliini:...are getting the most in service from Worthington mining equipment — :the most from the standpoint of first...power consumption. Worthington meets needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from |  | | Book | | 193-256 137-208 129-192 209-264 193-256 [ [ COLORADO-Ill] 177-256 121-184 89-168 1-120 1-88 [ ...177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400 COLORADO-II] 321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400...69-132 65-128 1-64 11 / 1980 20 I 1989 [ COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504...15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: silver (chairman R. W. Graeme) 25:69-76 New minerals recently...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON |
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White Raven Mine, Ward Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA