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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz 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:377900
Long-form Identifier:1:3:377900:2
GUID (UUID V4):6fabf8a4-2ce8-4b00-89c7-23cad7d95981
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.9km (0.6 miles) Lucky Four Mine (Delphic; MS 19336), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) Southern Boy Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Lady Eleanora Mine (Butterfly), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) May Rose Mine (Yuletide), 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
2.1km (1.3 miles) Little Nona Mine (Unpatented Claim: Little Nona), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Jumbo - Morovoratz Mine (Jumbo; MS 19879; Patented Claims: Morovoratz; MS 88; Morovoratz; MS 91), 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
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 _______________________
Book
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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sells to hear ror Cr’ :ER and together such mine was into recently book stories in being the... often, and with truly, Publi ark, TM, The Mining Journal kindest personal CO. OF CONTRACTOR...ourselves. Gold was discovered by accident in California, by accident in Cripple Creek, and by accident...if a greedy state government doesn’t, a greedy county government will, and if one government or another...we found a gold mine of information at a public library in a small town in Colorado. Same with James
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104 Scapolite ("rosa/inda'') frog from Tambo Colorado, 15 cm high. Coll. Z. Rosales. Photo J Hyrsl....source of this gold was very probably in nearby quartz-gold veins. Another find of gold and copper foils...by the Incas after 1400 (Abbott and Wolfe, 2003). With the abrupt coming to power ofthe Incas in 1450...of cemented necklaces of sodalite, spondylus and quartz. According to Shida (1995), it probably carne from... Amethyst Amethyst beads, along with ordinary quartz, are quite common in the north, especially in the
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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Mining in _ By Carlos Prieto Chairman, Cia. Fund Fierro y Acero de Mo In exploring the history of colonial...colonial mining in Spanish and Portuguese America, the author of this provocative work, which is published...is concerned in any way with the development of mining and metallurgy. His controversial thesis is that...in fáct, contribute enormously to civilization. Mining not only created the Latin American peoples and...the English Industrial Revolution, and advanced mining technology. Maintaining a historical perspective
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mighty snow-clad Ilimani, which overlooks the town of La Paz. This name "Ilimani" signifies "Eternity." The...absorbed in the Amazon and La Plata rivers. The confluents of the La Plata system are first, the Tauru...length, flowing through a populated and cultivated district. The rivers rising in the Eastern and Western...Tambo, Chunguisa, Rio de las Batallas, Garrapata, Colorado, Tiahuanaco, Guaqui, Hancuyo, with others of minor...which connect the Peruvian and Bolivian railroads to La Paz, as well as by Indians who, in spite of the severity
Book
MINERAL, FAMING, AND GRAZING LANDS, TOWNS, AND MINING CAMPS; ITS RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, PLAINS, AND MESAS;... 25 , Mining Resources Cachise County Pima County Yavapai County Pinal County Gila County 33 35 41...41 47 58 61 Mohave County Yuma County 66 71 Maricopa County Graham and Apache Counties Coal and Salt...marched. Gulf of California was discovered, and named the Sea of Cortez. The Colorado and the Gila rivers...discovered. Those streams were no doubt the Little Colorado and the Verde. More than a century elapsed after
Journal (issue)
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...21st Street Colorado Springs, CO 80904 719-442-6630 Producing Colorado Amazonite & Smoky Quartz. Beginner
Book (edition)
MINERAL, FARMING, AND GRAZING LANDS, TOWNS, AND MINING Celax. H. Richm ond Ja, Ann Arbor , Mich...MINERAL, FARMING, AND GRAZING LANDS , TOWNS, AND MINING CAMPS ; ITS RIVERS , MOUNTAINS, PLAINS, AND MESAS..... MINING RESOURCES CACHISE COUNTY . PIMA COUNTY .. YAVAPAI COUNTY .. PINAL COUNTY . GILA COUNTY ..... MOHAVE COUNTY ... YUMA COUNTY ... MARICOPA COUNTY ... PAGE 3 5 7 10 12 16 21 25 33 35 41 47 58 61 66...marched. The Gulf of California was discovered , and named the Sea of Cortez. The Colorado and the Gila rivers
Book (edition)
:;^x >.*?% LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Class A IIISTURV i' <.)F THE I'RKCIOUS...XV 11 I. — (iUA'IEMALA. XIX.— Peru Chile, — A Plata or Buenos XXII.— BkAzii XXIII. — North /Vmerk I...Xmerica, XXX. . Chronology of Gold XXXI. in California, in Australasia, .Australasia Chronology...worth a,q9nclusion long familiar to practical mining men, but sounding st,rangely to those who ignore...hazards, expense, and losses of gpl4 and silver mining. ns^mong the graphic portions are the details of
Report (issue)
Al (Abyss Lake) Copper, Iron, Silver Juneau district MF-436, loc. 53 Mt. Fairweather C17.3, 7.9) 58°26...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)...oxidation; gangue mainly calcite with smaller amounts of quartz. Prospect consists of stripped area about 150 ft...depth not known. Alaska Independence Mining Co. Gold(?) Juneau district Mt. Fairweather N 1/2 SE 1/4 quad
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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
Journal (issue)
Famous mineral localities: The Königskrone topaz mine, Schneckenstein, Saxony, Germany . . . . . . . ...and Devon afe Da uise Minerals of the nglish La e District aldbec ells Mineralogical Record Gene and...Mineralogical Record SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPH E E nglish La e District aldbec E Mineralogical Record, 22 E Minerals... Famous Mineral Localities: The Konigskrone Topaz Mine Schneckenstein, Saxony, Germany Helmut Leithner...at time e site as a long and involved istory of mining and collecting and, ama ingly, is not yet e austed
Journal (issue)
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...still be found on the dumps. Various mines in the district produced large quantities of specimen material...the three Ninache brothers, miners from the Colavi mine, were hiking over the barren hills of the unworked
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...times, major specimens of euclase, parisite-(Ce), quartz, pyrite and dolomite have also emerged. Episodes
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
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---- |----:-( |- % A DICTIONARY OF SPANISH MINING TERMIS MININAND METALURCICALPUBLICATIONS Geology...Studies. Mining Geology . . Prospecting for Minerals . Ore and Stone Mining. . Elements of Mining . . Coal...Coal Mining . Practical Coal Mining . Elementary 39 Elect. Colliery Practice . Mine-Surveying . . Mine...Mine Air, Investigation of. Mining Law . . Blasting and Explosives . Testing Explosives . Shaft Sinking...Sinking . 39 - e - - - º - Mining - - . - *3 - - - 7º . - - $10.00 - H. W. HUGHES, F
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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)
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
 
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