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Chalcedony from
Blue Jay Mine, Jamestown, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Jay Mine, Jamestown, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:662716
Long-form Identifier:1:3:662716:4
GUID (UUID V4):7cbdb30a-92ab-4fa0-a5c3-5477712dcbb7
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
8.1km (5.0 miles) Logan & Sunbeam Occurrence, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Peewink Mountain tunnel, Boulder County Tungsten Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) Cold Spring Mine, Boulder County Tungsten Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) Clyde Mine (Lily Mine; Gale Mine; Hoosier; Western Star), Boulder County, Colorado, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) Conger Mine, Boulder County Tungsten Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) Bettig mine, Boulder County Tungsten Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) Caribou Mine (Caribou shaft), Caribou Mine group, Grand Island, Caribou Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) German and Belcher, Quartz Hill, Central City Mining District (Central Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
38.8km (24.1 miles) North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
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Report (volume)
Geology of Uranium Deposits in the Front Range, Colorado By P. K. SIMS and D. M. SHERIDAN With sections...______________ Boulder CountY----------------------------------~-----------Jamestown district_______...Generalfeatures--------------------------------------Blue Jay mine, by R. U. King__________________________ Fair...mine________________________________________ Nations Treasure mine, by R. U. King___________________ Victory group...IV Description of principal mines-Continued Boulder County-Continued Other areas __________________________
Report (issue)
predecessor organization, the Manhattan Engineer District ; and, to a lesser extent, by staff members of...United States. The pre-1940 history of uranium mining and geology is concerned largely with veins in...areas as the Front Range mineral belt of Colorado; the Boulder batholith area, Montana ; the Sierra Ancha...Marysvale district, Utah. All the Western States, including Arizona, California, Colorado~ Idaho, Montana...comments on the history of uranium geology and mining. The other chapters deal principally with pertinent
Report (volume)
important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico...Schwartzwalder (Ralston Creek) and Los Ochos mines, Colorado; the Early Day and Buckhorn claims, Nevada; the...mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor...deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According to Nininger (1954, p. 43), as
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
Book (volume)
...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Report (issue)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Peninsula, Mich. 10. Porphyry molybdenum ore, Colorado 11 . Zinc ore, Edwards , N . Y. 12. Manganese...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once they are discovered...important types of fluorine occurrences-Continued Colorado-New Mexico-western Texas-southeastern Arizona
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
containing molybdenum and ¯uorite occur in the Central Mining Area, near Marysvale, Utah, and formed in an epithermal...913, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 R.O. Rye US Geological Survey, MS 963, Box...Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 P.D. Rowley US Geological Survey, 6770 South...Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, Colorado 80401-1887 J. Selverstone...tu€s, and volcanic domes. Formation of the Central Mining Area began when the intrusion of a rhyolite stock
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..._ Quartz diorite and associated hornblendite_ Boulder Creek granite _________________ _ Pikes Peak granite...Pre-Cambrian deposits _________________________ _ Mine descriptions __________________________ _ 39 39
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Copper Mine Downloaded by [North Carolina State University] at 23:01 15 March 2015 SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH...HAMPSON P.O. Box 1379 1301 Memtt Way Dolores, Colorado 81323 Unless noted, all photos by the author and...INDIAN COPPER MINE is an open-pit copper mine located within the Big Indian mining district in San Juan...Juan County, Utah, approximately 33 miles northwest of Monticello and about the same distance southeast of...of Moab. The mine has been a noted source of exceptionally fine specimens of azurite rosettes and clusters
Book (edition)
MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive ¥em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =· - ·, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...PEARL Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak...Atlas of Colorado American Gem Trails Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado . Scenery
Book (edition)
— _ ; COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ! ■ : ' BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado Gem Trails...Trails and Mineral Guide Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils America’s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes...Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado Scenery Guide to Geologic Literature Popular Gemology...Gemology Mineral Collectors Handbook Colorado Gem Trails The Art of Gem Cutting (With Dr. H. C. Dake)...Dake) * RICHARD M. PEARL ★ COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ★ SKETCH MAPS BY MIGNON WARDELL PEARL
Report (volume)
. 234 " y { " ,-t .. .~,:",. I " , COLORADO "or.! _ +, (~ STATE OF .~ :'(' COL~ADO /... BULLETIN 40 RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BlaLlllGRAPHY by James L. Nelson-Moore,...Energy COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESUURCES STATE OF COLORADO DENVER, COLORADO 1978...ete 11 st r ng of rad i aaet 1ve occurrences 1n Colorado, with a comprehensive blbi iography and bibliographic...on the Colorado Plateau sparked several periods of exploratIon that ultimately led to a mining "boom ll
Book (edition)
ice, every blood red glow, every touch of green, blue, gold or royal purple. Gem stones have been the...fortifi- material by rely on color sapphires blue. all six or eight different gem as color, ... its tourmaline may B are, in fact, A blue gem minerals. turn up even two or three colors...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose
Book
DEPOSIT. ^ jflnzona mining Directory A DIRECTORY OF Arizona^s Mines^ Mining Districts Owners or...or Operators AND POSTOFFICE ADDRESSES (Yavapai County) Copyright RUSSELL H. J 903 MILLWARD PRESCOTT...PRESCOTT, ARIZONA Published by The Arizona Mining Directory Prescott, Arizona Price $2.50 '-^ '...#;^ XXc. No. a. PREFACE Yavapai, the treasure county of Arizona, has developed beyond the speculative...operators than to this county a greater is October 298 1, were 1876, of mining locations Hinton, the
Report (issue)
and Butler, G. M.-Arizona lode gold mines and mining: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 137, 1934...Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 148, 1941. Apache County 2: 17 Gregory, H. E.-Geology Prof. Paper 93, 1917...the Navajo country. U.S. Geol. Survey Cochise County 3:04 Ransome, F. L.-The geology and ore deposits...Tombstone district, Arizona: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 143, 1938. Gila County 4:03 Ransome...Ransome, F. L.-Geology of the Globe copper district, Arizona: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 12, 1903. 4:19
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...(left). Levyne, 6 mm across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side
Report (issue)
figures in Bulletin 140. Lode deposits Cochise County-Warren (Bisbee) and Turquoise districts, with ores...silver, and lead. Tombstone district, with lead-silver ores. Pearce district, with silver ores. Dragoon...Dragoon Mountains, Manzoro district. Dos Cabezas Mountains, Dos Cabezas and Teviston districts. Huachuca Mountains...Mountains. Swisshelm Mountains. Gila County-Globe-Miami district, with ores of copper and silver. Dripping...Mountains, Barnes district, with ores of copper, lead, and silver. Payson district. Graham County-Galiuro Mountains
Report (issue)
the most promising for the mining of uranium ore. In western San Juan County, on the eastern flanks of...Farther south in the Zuni Mountains of Valencia County joint coatings in pre-Cambrian granites show abnormal...deposits, and a uraniumand thorium-bearing pegmatite district. In central New Mexico only two deposits, one...Lorenzo district in Socorro County and the other in the Scholle district in Torrance County, had been...districts in Grant County and the Terry prospect in Sierra County. In the White Signal district autunite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high
Book
•:-~ ' yt '~ . • • • • ': . ·• Ranson1 , Jay E . Gems an d minerals of Arnerica 549 . 075 RAiJSO... GEMS and MINERALS of AMERICA OTHER BOOKS BY JAY ELLIS RANSOM A Complete Field Guide to American...Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High Tension (A Biography) Jay Ellis Ransom EMS of...Rock-Hunter's Range Guide, both by Jay Ellis Ransom. Copyright© 1974 by Jay Ellis Ransom. All rights reserved...Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Ransom, Jay, Ellis, 1914Gems and minerals of America} 5w fui
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 (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest
 
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