 | | 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...rather than the native metal. Native silver in Colorado has been deposited both as a primary mineral,...Bald Mountain, Caribou area, Grand Island district, Boulder County. Specimen owner anonymous. Downloaded...(Front Range, central, and San Juan Mountains) of Colorado mineral belt. Some representations of mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces The state...MICHAEL J. GOBLA 19055 East Bethany Place Aurora, Colorado 80013 gobla@copper.net Unless otherwise noted |  | | 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) | | DIEGO FREEWAY 14051 p a c if ic COAST HIGHWAY Gold-Nevado Co. California Hours: Tues-Sar. 10-5 Sunday...Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ......................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo |  | | Report (issue) | | oresofo0000kell Telluride Ores of Boulder County, Colorado The Memoir Series of The Geological...America, Inc. Memoir 109 Telluride Ores of Boulder County, Colorado WILLIAM C. KELLY EpwINn N. GODDARD Department...SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. Colorado Building, P.O. Box 1719 Boulder, Colorado 80302 Printed in the United...assembling a representative collection of the Boulder ores. Dr. T. S. Lovering of the U.S. Geological...and numerous ore samples were donated by local mining men, particularly Fred Dopp, H. M. Williamson, |  | | Report (volume) | | Uranium Deposits of the Caribou Area, Boulder County Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report...Uranium Deposits of the Caribou Area, Boulder County Colorado By F. B. MOORE, W. S. CAVENDER, and' E..._________________ . Idaho Springs formation --______________ Boulder Creek granite____..________________ _ Caribou ...deposits_______________________________________________ Gold veins. _ __ Lead-silver veins_____________________________________...mines__________________ Great Northern mine___________________ Gold-silver mines.. ___ ________________ ____ __________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Pyrargyrite Downloaded by [New York University] at 17:35...dominant member of the family, the antimony-analog pyrargyrite, is similarly sought, yet offers collectors somewhat...specimens of pyrargyrite have been recovered from an interesting array of important mining districts; it...Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Peru. When fresh, pyrargyrite is dark red; however, it tarnishes when exposed...hardness of 2.5 and a measured density of 5.82. Pyrargyrite is hexagonal (3m), most commonly forming stout |  | | Book | | Gkologim-in-charge. CATALOGUE OF MINERALS FOUND IN COLORADO. BY • F. M. ENDLICH. [EXTRACTED FROM THE TENTH...been adopted. tar as practicable, analyses of Colorado minerals have been given. They will aid examination...of the catalogue. systematic enumeration of the Colorado mineral species and references to the publications...Endlich, S. IN COLORADO. X. D. The continuous development of mineral resources of Colorado is productive...Geological .Report for PS75. Now, the survey of Colorado is completed, many additions of species new to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Downloaded by [University of Colorado - Health Science Library] at 05:32 11 October 2014 PART 1 Downloaded...Downloaded by [University of Colorado - Health Science Library] at 05:32 11 October 2014 A Historical...Historical Overview of t h e District and the Smuggler Union and Associated Mines and Veins of Marshall Basin... Inc. 1441 West 46th Avenue, Suite 14 Denver, Colorado 80211 n 1875 Co\orado was still a territory awaiting...Hontirig a t Argenteuil-and John Fallon discovered gold and silver in the high mountains near where the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | no other group of minerals has more associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great...from hundreds of localities worldwide, and unlike gold, silver is quite a reactive element, forming more...recovered as a byproduct of low-grade copper and lead mining. This fact, coupled with the historically low price...utilized by humans (gold and copper were the first). The earliest known siIver mining occurred in Cappadocia...was rarer than gold. This probably reflects the fact that the earliest silver mining amounted to gathering |  | | Journal (issue) | | Marvin Hanner Additions to the Ore Mineralogy of Colorado.................................................by Donald Grybeck Crystallized Minerals of the Colorado Mineral Belt....................................Lapidary Journal, 27, No. 7, 1040. ITALIAN MOUNTAIN, COLORADO by M. M. Groben Italian M ountain (elevation 13...betw een A spen and Crested Butte in w estern Colorado. Although probably visited by early miners, it...writing Alpine Exploration, Box 277, Crested Butte, Colorado 81224, for ap plication. A fee of S6.00 is requested |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral...Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure Chest, Only Much Larger...Minerals Secondary Minerals Gangue Minerals Post-Mining Minerals 20 Descrip�on of Mineral Species 40 Future...Mine 41 Appendix - Geology & Mineralogy Creede District 44 References In January 1985, after producing...century of mining ended in the renowned Creede Mining District. On August 5, 1992, Homestake Mining Company | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral...Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure Chest, Only Much Larger...Minerals Secondary Minerals Gangue Minerals Post-Mining Minerals 20 Descrip�on of Mineral Species 40 Future...Mine 41 Appendix - Geology & Mineralogy Creede District 44 References In January 1985, after producing...century of mining ended in the renowned Creede Mining District. On August 5, 1992, Homestake Mining Company |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral...Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure Chest, Only Much Larger...Minerals Secondary Minerals Gangue Minerals Post-Mining Minerals 20 Descrip�on of Mineral Species 40 Future...Mine 41 Appendix - Geology & Mineralogy Creede District 44 References In January 1985, after producing...century of mining ended in the renowned Creede Mining District. On August 5, 1992, Homestake Mining Company | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral...Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure Chest, Only Much Larger...Minerals Secondary Minerals Gangue Minerals Post-Mining Minerals 20 Descrip�on of Mineral Species 40 Future...Mine 41 Appendix - Geology & Mineralogy Creede District 44 References In January 1985, after producing...century of mining ended in the renowned Creede Mining District. On August 5, 1992, Homestake Mining Company |  | | 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...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks |  | | Journal (issue) | | Thomas Warren Museum of Fluorescence at Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ, presented a slide tour of the museum...tax . A11tero Aquamarines By Mark I. Jacobson. Colorado' s famo us aquama rine occurrence. 7 x 10 inch...P .O . Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene , ID 83816 -2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com...to about I inch. some with silver wires. also pyrargyrite, with quartz from Uchucchacua Mine, Dos de Mayo...including the twins. For those looking for old classic USA material, he had a couple Bristol, Connecticut chalcocite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | two most familiar ruby silvers, proustite and pyrargyrite, have been covered previously in this column...include pyrargyrite, stephanite, tetrahedrite and other silver and lead sulfosalts; silver; gold; acanthite;...of the more interesting Colorado occurrences include mines of Clear Creek County, particularly in the Georgetown...American Sisters, and Colorado Central mines; elsewhere in Clear Creek County crystals and masses to...other silver minerals in mines of the Rico district, Dolores County, where it has been found as small hexagonal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | commonly show cubic, octahedral, less available than gold, and from that and dodecahedra1 faces. Parallel...Complete solid solution exists between silver and gold, proceeding relationship between the production...varieties aurian silver and argentian gold (electrum) to gold. Mercurian ment of Andean countries, detailed...those containing other silver minerals, Keweenaw County. barite, fluorite, and quartz and those characterized...characterized by nickel The search for silver and gold during the latter half of the and cobalt arsenides with |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...exten sive deposits, such as coal and iron fields, gold belts, etc., are mentioned in general terms. 688...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...ALABAMA—Mined. Mineralogical name. Coal, var. bitu minous. Gold. Common name. Remarks. Coal, bituminous coal |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...SPECIMENS from the collection of the Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. See page 242 for a full description... All rights reserved. notes fromthej EDITOR COLORADO-III Here we are with our third special issue devoted...devoted to the mines and minerals of Colorado. As most long-time subscribers know, the first in the series...about $200 on the out-of-print market. The second Colorado issue was vol. 10, number 6 (1979), and we still |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | city in Columbia, South America, that was rich in gold and treasure. The name is also synonymous with a...a place or source of fabulous wealth in gold, and it can also be used in a metaphorical sense to indicate...were inspired by the name, as almost every major mining camp had a vein, claim, or mine with that name...mine in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, one of the many mines in that region that did...southwest of Ouray, Colorado, near the head of Yankee Boy Basin in the Sneffels mining district. The portal to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Art, see Robinson, S. Austinite, 367 Azurite: Colorado, 106; Wyoming, 167 Downloaded by [University...Pyrite, quartz, and galena, Camp Bird mine, Ouray, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen, John Muntyan photo...photo. November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona...Mineralogical Symposium Acanthite, 25 Actinolite, Colorado, 302 Aegirine, Arkansas, 181 Aguilarite, 27 Albite...Minas Gerais, 313 Alforsite, 367 Allanite-(Ce), Colorado, 301 Alpine-Cleft Mineralization at Pedreira Atalaia |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Denver, CO 80211 303-477-6897 (by appointment) Colorado & W orldwide Specimens The Crystal Group George...Road Colorado Springs, CO 80906 719-634-0635 (By Appt. Only) Amazonite & Smoky Quartz Fine Colorado Minerals...1686 So. 21st Street Colorado Springs, CO 80904 719-442-6630 Producing Colorado Amazonite & Smoky Quartz...Denver, CO 80212 303-455-1977 (Call for Appt.) Colorado & Pikes Peak M inerals L & T Creations Lee A |
|
