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Pyrite from
Incas Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Incas Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:377896
Long-form Identifier:1:3:377896:8
GUID (UUID V4):36f87838-a564-4168-87a6-e7d285aee83c
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.5km (0.9 miles) Lady Eleanora Mine (Butterfly), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) May Day Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Idaho Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Comstock Mine, Parrott City, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
3.1km (2.0 miles) Lucky Discovery Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Copper Age Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Copper Hill Mine (Gold Eagle; Delaware Claims), La Plata, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Allard Tunnel Occurrence (Audrey Nos. 1-2; Protection; Ruby Nos. 1-95; Shorty Nos. 1-4; Jane Nos. 1-4; Minnie), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Allard Stock, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Puzzle Mine (Unpatented Claims: Puzzle Nos. 4-9; Jennie Lind), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Deposits of the La Plata District Colorado By EDWIN B. ECKEL with sections by J. S. WILLIAMS...cooperation with the Colorado State Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund UNITED STATES...along the Animas River. _ _ _ Lithology in La Plata district _ _______ Permian system____________________________...along the Animas River._____ Localities in the La Plata quadrangle __ Collections from the Rico formation_____...its tributaries..__________ Localities in the La Plata quadrangle __ Interpretation of the Rico collections
Report (issue)
Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient Perú A translation of Minería y Metalurgia en el Antiguo Perú Arqueológicas...20191 USA Special Paper 467 3300 Penrose Place, P.O. Box 9140 Boulder, Colorado 80301-9140, USA 2010...Penrose Place, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, Colorado 80301-9140, USA. GSA provides this and other forums for...Penrose Place, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, Colorado 80301-9140, USA www.geosociety.org Printed in U.S.A. GSA...[Minería y metalurgia en el antiguo Perú. English] Mining and metallurgy in ancient Perú / by Georg Petersen
Report (issue)
LLC Denver, Colorado USA © 2009 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303...(presumably without the shrine) to a European in La Paz, Bolivui. Rolf Wein bought the specimen on July...the Leicht 's at their shop in Laguna Beach, California. Printed in the United States ot America Front...plwto Plldi.wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt...Anthony R. Kampf Brian Kosnar, Saul Krotki, Jesse La Plante, Gary Moss, Bendeguz Nagy Gunther Neumeier
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)
fluorite crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection;...H. Currier 13100 Spring Street Baldwin Park, California 91706-2283 Terry Szenics Avda. Rey Gustavo Adolfo................................. History of Peru Mining in Peru The Mineral Specimen Business C o l l e.............. Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La Libertad PASTO BUENO G.................................... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u
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104 Scapolite ("rosa/inda'') frog from Tambo Colorado, 15 cm high. Coll. Z. Rosales. Photo J Hyrsl....splendid specimens of crystallized sul:fides like pyrite, sphalerite, galena, etc. The mineralogy of Peruvian...by the Incas after 1400 (Abbott and Wolfe, 2003). With the abrupt coming to power ofthe Incas in 1450...had been found in nearby ruins, therefore ancient mining of the lapis lazuli is highly improbable (Ruppert...department, the first near Alca on the Cotahuasi river, La Unión province, and the second near Chivay in Colea
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HELMUT WASZKIS Mining in the Americas Stories and history WOODHEAD PUBLISHING CAMBRIDGE ENGLAND LIMITED...and his grandfather into the exciting world of mining and metals and on to the discovery that there is...was also a mining tycoon with mines and smelters all over Europe. It was he who called mining 'God's Greatest...galleons soon brought gold and silver, the first mining wealth of the New World, by the shipload to Europe...Europe. These are stories and histories about metal mining in the western hemisphere. The theft of myriad
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... Columns W h a t's n e w in m i n e r a l s D e la w a r e S h o w 1 9 9 8 ...........................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
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Al (Abyss Lake) Copper, Iron, Silver Juneau district MF-436, loc. 53 Mt. Fairweather C17.3, 7.9) 58°26...and 10 ft ( thick) with minor chalcopyrite and pyrite between marble and granite. Sample from one lens...exploitable. (Adams Inlet) Molybdenum Juneau district MF-436, loc. 45 Mt. Fairweather (22.25, 15.4)...Alaska Chief Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc(?) Juneau district MF-436, loc. 59 Mt. Fairweather (21.85, 8.2)...58°27'N, 136°07'W Massive sulfides (chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, and probably sphalerite) replaced
Journal (issue)
crystal with calcite, 6.5 cm, from the Cosq uez mine, Colombia; found in 1998. Scott Rudolph collection............................................... 22 Mine Exploitation (or not) Today ................................................................. 28 Mining Methods .........................................late 20th century, when the Gachala, Penas Blancas, La Pita and other deposits were first worked, these...major specimens of euclase, parisite-(Ce), quartz, pyrite and dolomite have also emerged. Episodes of bloody
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K. Nassau Honorary Life Members: D.). Callaghan, LA. lobbins, H. Tillander Council of Management: C.R...Nacken/Cermany H Espig/IG-Farben/Germany CC Chatham/USA Cilson/France W Zerfass/Cermany FIS FIS FIS FIS...Flanigen/Quintessa/Linde/USA Adachi Shin/Japan Regency/Vacuum Ventures/USA HyS 1988 Aquamarine, red...Hoquiam/USA 1903 Ruby (SP) 1907 Blue sapphire Verneuil/Baikovsky/France 1942 Ruby L Merker/Linde/USA 1947...corundum Linde/USA Linde/USA 1960 Ruby discs (SP) FR Charvat/Linde/USA 1965 Ruby H LaBelle/Tyco/USA 1971 Sapphire
Report (issue)
Geological of America, Boulder, INC. Place Colorado Printed in the United States by Edwards Inc...8137-1131-2 Published THE GEOLOGICAL Society Card Colorado Michigan Soctety 80301 48104 The publication...no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...e@eeeeeeoe 323 COLORADO PLATEAU (COLORADO-UTAH-NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA) ... 323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323...323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope tick Rock DIsEEIcL sCoLoradO) sietss) 0001010016 «06 324 DeeGkante
Report (issue)
Empire. N o attempt has been made to give details of mining or metallurgical processes. HARCOURT, Chairman...'•,.‘iti.,,.'-t1 :r_1.1-:.9..it, 0.4,'i— > iIk 4 !la •0 'J = .:I;f1 ,-"4 ‘1!d e'4311t'I 6 J l:? ;•C o...,':i4 .I" 1,. , !,• ,,',''''„,',,Vt.. t, •rA ,,, la ,i7,,..1,.,,,44,,, ,4'1,..,,.,'i,lin,,;:tir,iI1... : . . . " , t i I : - P .A-t,' $4 ' '' 44(r.:.•-lA •-• % 0 ' 0 . . ' . 1' ' ' ' . ' t o 1 1 . 1 1.....1851-186o coincided with the discoveries of gold in California and Australia, which added t o t h e g o l d
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1629-1644 Metal Ratiosof the Quiruvilca Mining District, Northern Peru PAULJ. BARTOS ASARCOInc., R...other vein districts such as Freeland-Lamartine, Colorado. The configurations of individualmetalratiosare...generate too muchnoiseto discernsignificantpatterns. District-scale metalratiosof basemetallodedepositsshowconsiderable...Thisstudydealswiththe southern partof theQuiruvilcabasemetallode district(Coco-LuzAngelica area),whichis locatedapproximately..."sacredtooth" in Quechua,the linguafrancaof the Incas (J. Fox, pers. commun.,1983), and refersto a prominentvolcanicneck
Journal (issue)
by D. Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R...by W. Hunt Famous mineral localities: the Hilltop mine ..........................................121 by...by D. K. Miller and W. E. Wilson The Silver Bill mine, Gleeson, Arizona ................................foijJKineijds in ^Q nisfiJJ^pnQ by William D. Panczner 640 N. La Cholla Boulevard Tucson, Arizona 85745 and Christopher...years ago. Evidence of their work in the form of mining artifacts occasionally turns up, and in one instance
Report (issue)
nomenclature. ABSTRACT The Castrovirroyna mining district lies in the Andean Cordillera of South Central...Supervene silver ores vere first mined. Currently the district produces about 20,000 tons of laad*sinc ore and...and 50OO tons of silver ore annually* The district: Is underlain by Tertiary andesitlc rocks interbedded...are, front east to vest: San Gaanro, Caudslosa, and la Virreyna. A less liaportant set of veins, sinilarly...abundant in the vestermaost veins at la Virreyna* In tha center of the district, around Caudalosa, lead sulfantiiaonldas
Book
rush / by Peter Vescia. p. cm. — (Spotlight on Colorado) Includes index. ISBN 978-1-4994-1456-1 (pbk.)...(Colo.) — Gold discoveries. 2. Gold mines and miningColorado — Pikes Peak Region — History — 19th century...Peak Region (Colo.) — Juvenile literature. 4. Colorado — History — Juvenile literature. I. Title. F782...William Henry, 1843-1942, photographer/ File:Denver Colorado 1898 LOC 09570u.jpg/Wikimedia Commons, 37; Denim...Cassidy/Shutterstock.com, 41; Resprinter]23/File:1860 colorado territory map. png/Wikimedia Commons, 42; Bobkeenan
Journal (volume)
By Eichard E. Chism, By George Frederick Kxjnz Mining Laws of Mexico. Precious Stones of Mexico. sion...By William P. . Blake, The Mining 94 100 140 156 163 179 216 District of Pachuca, Mexico. By Ezequiel...Ezequiel Ordon’EZ, Statistics of the Mining and Metallurgical Industry of the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico...Mexico. By Edward Halse, Mexican Railroads and the Mining Industry. By Luis Salazar, Notes on the Potable...Harvey Weed, 396 444 vin CONTENTS. PAGE The District of Hidalgo Del Parral, Mexico, in 1820. By Norbeeto
Report (issue)
Colloids, and Bed Sediments of the Animas River, Colorado by S.E. Church 1 , BA Kimball2 , D.L Fey1 , D...Contents Executive Summary Introduction Summary of Acid-Mine Drainage Studies in Other Areas Study Objectives...Lead-isotopic data Animas River Drainage Basin: Silverton, Colorado to Aztec, New Mexico Arsenic Cobalt Copper Lead...71 71 72 72 Metal transport from the La Plata Mining District Metals from the smelter sites south of...Figure 13. Figure 14. Index map of southwest Colorado showing Animas River watershed Map of Animas River
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Wulfenite, Empire mine, Tombstone, Arizona; Wendell E . Wilson photo and specimen. March/April: Mine engineers...engineers, Camp Bird mine, Colorado; Tom Rosemeyer histori­ cal photo. May/June: Barite on calcite, Stoneham...Stoneham, Colorado; Brian Lees specimen, John Muntyan photo. July/August: Fluorite, William Wise mine, Westmoreland...Westmoreland, New Hampshire; Resur­ rection Mining Co. specimen, Ronald E . Bentley photo. September/October:...Keweenawan Basalt, South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, W. S. Cordua, 412-415 Anatase, New
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..............xi Site Descriptions Department of La Paz..................................... 1 Department...Geologico de Bolivia located in their main office in La Paz. All of the data presented in this report have...States, and the Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia in La Paz, Bolivia. This report is an edited version of...deposits, or a formally designated mining district. For some mining districts described in this report...individual deposits within the district are also given. This was done so that district-scale phenomena, such as
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Because most of its mine development occurred in the late 1800s, this district, with its approximately...HAWK (also known as Bullard Peak) district is the largest district of the silver-nickel-cobaltbismuth-uranium-arsenic...Kongsberg, Norway; Bou Azzer, Morocco; and the Consols mine at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. These...also in number of mineral species. The Black Hawk district contains over fifty recorded species, while some...replacement features. During mining operations in the Black Hawk district, significant amounts of specimen
Book
fR/^PI5C0%ubUc library lineral Wealth and Colonial Mining and Metallurgy in Spanish America edited by Alan...Quest of Mineral Wealth Aboriginal and Colonial Mining and Metallurgy in Spanish America edited by Alan...Anthropology Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70893-6010 The Geoscience and Man series of symposia...Anthropology, Louisi¬ ana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70893-6010. All rights reserved. Library of Congress...quest of mineral wealth: aboriginal and colonial mining and metallurgy in Spanish America / edited by Alan
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Saavedra province (politically equivalent to a U.S. "county"), Potosf department ("state' 1), southwestern...and silver mines, the Colavi-Machacamarca mining district, which have been worked since Spanish colonial... A hundred years ago, the Machacamarca mine in this district became the world's firs locality for well-crystallized...in the district produced large quantities of specimen material in the 1990s, including pyrite, boumonite...the three Ninache brothers, miners from the Colavi mine, were hiking over the barren hills of the unworked
Report (issue)
Ore Deposits of the· Kokomo-Tenmile District, Colorado By M. H. BERGENDAHL and A. H. KOSCHMANN . I...PAPER 652 Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Mining Industrial Development Board .. 1\ UNITED..._ Carbonate veins ___________________________ _ Pyrite-sphalerite-galena veins ________________ _ Ore...llypogene ore minerals__________________________ Pyrite __ -_-________________________________ Sphaler...ores-----------------------------Mine descriptions----------------------------------Wilfley-Kimberly mine __ --------________________
 
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