 | | Report (issue) | | The Triangle of Colorado Mountains of Minerals Contributors David W. Bunk, Robert B. Cook, Don Earnest... Contents PAGE4 PAGE 10 4 The San Juan Triangle of Colorado Ho for the San Juans! by Duane A. Smith, Mark...and Karen A. Vendl L ocated in southwestern Colorado and covering over 31,000 square kilometers, the...during the eighteenth century, were the first to mine in the San Juans. One of the earliest recorded expeditions... Above: August sunrise on middle Blue Lake, Ouray County Photo Jack Brauer/WideRange Photo LLC, 2010 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Inc. 1441 West 46th Avenue, Suite 14 Denver, Colorado 80211 eraines@ Icolorado.net The Great Irony...house. Photo hy Uycrs, CB.1904. courtcs\ Ouraj County Historical Society. Volume 75, November/December...preached what amounted to Ed Raines, who researches Colorado ‘s geology, mineralogy, and mining history, is...convention. Colorado’s silver interestsdomposed of mine, milling, and smelter entrepreneurs; managers, professionals...Fourth of July speaking engagement at Telluride. Colorado (Fetter and Fetter 1979). Although a July Fourth |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Although Colorado may be most noted for rhodochrosite or amazonite, the many varieties and associations...associations of quartz found throughout the state rank it as one of the premier worldwide localities for that...a k e w o o d , Colorado 80225 DIANNE L. K I L E 333 S a l e m Street Aurora, Colorado 80011 C O L O...for about 750 known mineral species.* Of these, quartz is one of the most desirable from a collector's...to Minerals of Colorado: A 100-Year Record (Eckel, 1961). 374 ROCKS & MINERALS Quartz was a familiar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Henderson mine, Clear Creek County. Figure 2 (right). Green fluorite encrusted with quartz on a plate...plate of quartz, from a prospect in the Needle Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County;...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O FLUORITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John...locations in Mexico; in Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee, and in Hardin County, Illinois, in the United States;...eastern Russia. It also occurs in many localities in Colorado, where it is found in colors ranging from pale |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A Famous Quartz Locality Rediscovered The Ohio Mine, Ouray County, Colorado The Ohio mine, a lost locality...recently has again been the source of large milky quartz crystal groups from a cavern in the Leadville...STOUFER P.O. Box 1884 Ouray, Colorado 81427 TOM ROSEMEYER P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 T H E O H I...large glacial cirque situated on the east side of Ouray, Colo rado. The Amphitheater was formed during...its trib utaries, is heavily timbered. The Ohio mine is located at the south end of the Amphi theater |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO B A R B A R A and J O H N M U N T Y A N 6978 Wapiti Court Boulder, Colorado 80301...material has been obtained from a number of San Juan County mines and prospects during the last decade, in...almost ceased. COLORADO S A N J U A N C O U N T Y L I E S in southwestern Colorado. Some of the state's...vicinity of Silverton, the principal town in the county. The American Tunnel, located just north of town...of the Sunnyside mine complex and has been the major source of specimens in the county. Most museums and |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...Martin Mineral collecting at the Sunnyside & Idarado m in e s ..................................... |  | | Catalog/List | | Bird mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Choice rich brassy-golden 5x5 to 5x7 ~n masses in milky white quartz with...00 Idarado mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Choice golden thin polished slice in pale milky white quartz matrix...Weight: 39 g. 2x3-3/4xl/8" $ 150.00 Caribou mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Superb rich orassy-golåen fine grained...grained 4CJx70 mm noåular mass in mi1.Ky quartz matrix with two sawed surfaces. This specimen is extremely...211 g. 3-1/4x2··1/4xl-1/2" $ 350.00 Golden Crown mine, Hunboldt Co., Nevada Select bright golden elongated |  | | 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...Mines and minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index...index. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BARBARA L. MUNTYAN 536 Third Avenue P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 81427 All photographs by John R. Muntyan of...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) | | BIRD MINE Ouray County, Colorado TOM R O S E M E Y E R 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado...circa 1900. Photo courtesy Colorado Historical Society. The Camp Bird mine is one of Colorado's most...the world's greatest gold producers. To date, the mine has produced almost 1.5 million ounces of gold along...R D M I N E , located 6 miles southwest of Ouray, Colorado, is situated in the rugged and beautiful San...San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. The area is referred to as the Switzerland of America and |  | | 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...in the same way you may have toured through Colorado on a mineral collecting trip. This route, from the...gemstones are known to occur. We cannot discuss every Colorado gemstone occurrence; rather, this is a general |  | | Catalog/List | | Rich, metallic grey, pure mass w:th very minor quartz and 8'oall blades Df Stibnite in assDciat ion....a pDrtion Df a clear well fDrmed quartz crystal, with smaller quartz crystals attached. I-txf". £5.50;...large, cDmpletely transparent, sharp terminated quartz crystal with add sharp Anatase crystals to 5 mm...40. 41. 42. 43. NATIVE COPPER. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Rich, dark. coppery, h3Ckly...minor fragments of Quartz attached. 2-t;-x2xl-!:-". £4.50. CoRNWALLITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall- |  | | 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....with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926). During the twentieth century...mined (Beaty, Landis, and Thompson 1990). Total Colorado production prior to 1958 reached 585 million pounds |  | | Book (edition) | | Tourist as well. All of the 19 Rock Forma tions at Ouray, dating from the Pre-Cambrian to the Cenozoic Eras...1S80 relating to the growing Mining Industry at Ouray is printed in its entirety. Many historic photographs...Survey, Tom Rosemeyer, Chief Engineer, Camp Bird Mine and Miss Margaret B. Allen, M.A. of Orange, New...Introduction to Mineral Collecting at Ouray................ The Minerals at Ouray................................................................. l ( 8-23 Quartz............................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University.....157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................Iron and Washington Counties) and Arizona (Mojave County). This region is one of the last American frontiers...by Richard A. Kosnar Route 6, Box 263 Golden, Colorado 80401 n 1 9 0 2 , the well-known mining engineer...districts of the San Juan, in southwestern Colorado. We left Ouray early on the 5th of September, 1902, with |  | | Journal (issue) | | Marvin Hanner Additions to the Ore Mineralogy of Colorado.................................................by Donald Grybeck Crystallized Minerals of the Colorado Mineral Belt.................................... 1973). T he crys tals occur with trem olite, quartz and calcite in talc-filled pockets that have developed...had achieved considerable fame, and the right to mine diopside was obtained that year by G eorge L. English...thereafter. In 1971 both the land and the right to mine diopside were purchased by the present owners, Schuyler |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SUNNYSIDE MINE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO TOM ROSEMEYER Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427...81427 The Sunnyside mine is Colorado's largest underground gold producer and to date has produced over $150...the rugged San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Nestled in a beautiful alpine mountain valley...valley at an elevation of 12,240 feet, the mine was originally located on the shores of the now-drained Lake...height of mining activity, the sprawling Sunnyside mine complex was a self-contained community with offices |  | | Catalog/List | | 1" in sizo, thickly intergrown on Arsenopyrite/Quartz matrix with h;o b12c:...matrix.~xltxlt". £2.50. 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime...ltxl". 1:1.25. 7. A5TROPHYLLITE. El Paso Co., Colorado, U.S.A.Select, lustrous light brownish bladed...crystals to 2~" in length, richly embedded in milky Quartz. 3x2-}x 2 " • £4.50. 8. AUTUNITE. Bess:·.nes...display. 7~x4x2" .£22.00. 10. AZURITE. Ting Tar.g Mine, Gwannap, Cornwall. Rich, Bright blue small sparkling |  | | Catalog/List | | all times. JULY 1977 1. 2. AJOITE. New Cornel~a Mine, Ajo, Pima Co.; Arizona, U.S.A. Turquoise coloured...matrix. lMinE, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Sharp olive green...3tx2xlt". £:.3.00. 9. AXINITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Lustrous, clove brown, sharp...blue, small sharp crystals thickly encrusting milky Quartz matrix. Very colourful and attractive specimen...Ting-Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Small bright blue crystals thickly encrusting a large area of Quartz/Slate |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Person-other—Other persons such as miners, field assistants, mine managers, etc. Place —Used when a mineral is named...Czechoslovakia France Germany Japan Italy Mexico Namibia USSR USA Zaire Total Total number of species during 5-year...leached, ferruginous gossan. Stolzite from this mine was occasionally seen overlying or associated with |  | | Journal (issue) | | - - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December...at www.MineralogicalRecord.com Frontcover Smoky quartz with amazonite, 11.8 cm, from the "Smithsonian..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection; Jeff Scovi...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special supplement...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines |  | | Catalog/List | | £13.00 8. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of minute sparkling...MALACHITE. 1tx1-tx1f", £5.5Op 16. 8ORNITE. Red-a-Ven Mine, Meldon, Devon. Rich purply tarnished masses associated...Specimen 8: 1tx1 -:r", £2.50p 17. 8OURNONITE. Julcani Mine, Junin Prov., Peru. Specimen A: Choice bright silvery-grey...brownish-black Sphalerite crystals and sharp lustrous milky quart z crystals to t" in size. Att ractive specimen...mm in size richly scattered over shiny sharp milky quartz crystals with minor golden drystals pf Pyrites |  | | Catalog/List | | three sides of a "Clear slightly smoky section of a quartz crystal. ~xlxl". re.50; Specimen B Two sharp -t"...ones scattered on a tenninated clear well formed quartz crystal. 2xtxt". £6.50. 2. ANGLESITE. Monte Poni...Calcite. 2xl". £4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery grey, pure solid mass showing...display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green, botryoidal...Specimen B - Itxlxi". £2.50. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Bright blue, botryoidal |  | | Journal (issue) | | 85740 602-297-6709 Articles The Iron Cap mine, Graham County, A rizona..................................discoveries in Ouray County, Colorado ............... 89 by B. & J. Muntyan Anatase on quartz from Ouray County...County, Colorado ........................ 103 by T. Rosemeyer, E. Raines & R. Stoufer Departments Notes...Finds made in Arizona (the Iron Cap mine) and in Ouray County, Colorado, are described in three articles...huge i show organized by Herb Duke at the Pima County Fairgrounds. Following the advertising section |
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Idarado Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA