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Orthoclase from Colorado, USA

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Orthoclase

Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
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Orthoclase

Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
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  • Colorado
    • Boulder County
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
      • Jamestown Mining District
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
        • Jamestown
Lovering, T.S., Goddard, E.N. (1950) Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado. Professional Paper 223. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp223
    • Chaffee County
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
      • Nathrop
        • Upper Browns Creek area
P. G. Worcester (1919) Molybdenum Deposits of Colorado. Bulletin 14 - Colorado Geological Survey
      • Turret Mining District
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Clear Creek County
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
USGS PP 223(Lovering,1950)
    • Dolores County
      • Rico Mountains
        • Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District)
          • Silver Creek
Larson, P. B. (1987). Stable isotope and fluid inclusion investigations of epithermal vein and porphyry molybdenum mineralization in the Rico mining district, Colorado. Economic Geology, 82(8), 2141-2157.
    • Douglas County
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • El Paso County
      • Cheyenne Mining District (St. Peters Dome Mining District)
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
      • Deadmans Canyon (Dead Man's Gulch)
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • Fremont County
      • McClure Mountain Complex
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • Garfield County
      • Piceance Basin
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • Gunnison County
      • Dorchester Mining District
        • Taylor Park
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
Tschernich, Rudy W. (1992) Zeolites of the World. Geoscience Press, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona. 567pp.
      • Goose Creek Mining District
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Vulcan Mining District (Cebolla Mining District; Domingo Mining District)
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • White Earth Mining District (Powderhorn Mining District)
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
Larsen, E.S. (1942) Alkalic rocks of Iron Hill, Gunnison County, Colorado. Shorter contributions to general geology, 1941-42. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 197-A.
    • Jefferson County
      • Ralston Buttes Mining District
USGS: Geological Survey Circular 320
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • Lake County
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
        • Climax
Freeport-McMoRan
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
Bill and Diana Dameron Collection
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
      • Iron Hill
Paul Broyles
      • Leadville
        • Breece Hill
Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Samuel F. Emmons, 1886
        • Printer Boy Hill
Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Samuel F. Emmons, 1886
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
Behre, C.H. (1953) Geology and ore deposits of the west slope of the Mosquito Range. Professional Paper 235. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp235
    • Larimer County
      • Home Mining District
Louis L. Ray (1947) Quartz paramorphs after tridymite from Colorado. American Mineralogist, 32, 643-646.
    • Mesa County
      • Ladder Canyon
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • Mineral County
      • Creede Mining District
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • Moffat County
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • Ouray County
      • Ouray Mining District
        • Gold Hill
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1753
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1753
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1753
      • Sneffels Mining District
        • Imogene Basin
King, Vandall T., Robinson, George W. (1989) What's New in Minerals? - Sixteenth Annual Rochester Academy of Science Mineralogical Symposium. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (5) 387-399
Rocks & Min.:62:9
Rocks & Min.:64:140-141
Rocks & Min.:65:114-149
    • Park County
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Pitkin County
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
Henry A. Truebe (1977), Orthoclase from West Maroon Pass, Colorado. Mineralogical Record, Vol. 8, 363-367
    • Rio Blanco County
      • Piceance Basin
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • Rio Grande County
      • Summitville Mining District (Summit Mining District)
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
        • South Mountain
Holmes, Richard Walker, Kennedy, Marrianna B. (1983) Mines and Minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York.
    • Routt County
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • Summit County
USGS PP 75(Ransome,1911)
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
USGS PP 223(Lovering,1950)
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
    • Teller County
Carnein, Carl R., Bartos, Paul J. (2005) Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado, in March - April 2005. The Mineralogical Record, 36 (2) 143-185
        • Cripple Creek
Carnein, Carl R., Bartos, Paul J. (2005) Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado, in March - April 2005. The Mineralogical Record, 36 (2) 143-185
Carnein, Carl R., Bartos, Paul J. (2005) Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado, in March - April 2005. The Mineralogical Record, 36 (2) 143-185
Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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