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Covellite from
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Gilman Mining District (Battle Mountain Mining District; Red Cliff Mining District), Eagle County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eagle Mine, Gilman, Gilman Mining District (Battle Mountain Mining District; Red Cliff Mining District), Eagle County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:34840
Long-form Identifier:1:3:34840:5
GUID (UUID V4):37e829c4-e037-4fee-acfb-052b72c5e688
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
30.7km (19.1 miles) ā“˜Ling Mine, Upper Blue River Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
31.7km (19.7 miles) ā“˜Horse Mountain Uranium Mines, Brush Creek Mining District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) ā“˜Russia Mine, Mount Lincoln, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) ā“˜Moose Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) ā“˜Dolly Varden Mine (Varden Mine), Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) ā“˜Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
38.8km (24.1 miles) ā“˜Sherman Mine (Sherman tunnel; Leadville Corporation Mine; Day Mines; Hilltop Mine), Upper Iowa Gulch, Lake County, Colorado, USA
41.5km (25.8 miles) ā“˜Sherwood Mine, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
46.0km (28.6 miles) ā“˜Winning Card (American Eagle; Eliza Jane), Peru Creek area, Argentine Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
60.0km (37.3 miles) ā“˜Ruby Mine (MS 12174; Claims: Ruby 1-4), Lincoln Mining District (Lincoln Gulch Mining District; Ruby Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
January 2015 Minerals of the Gilman District and Eagle Mine Eagle County, Colorado WILLIAM J. WARREN JR. Front...632 Golden, Colorado 80402 wjwmineral@aol.com ED PEDERSEN 11582 Ash Circle Thornton, Colorado 80233 pedersencpg@aol...298 ROCKS & MINERALS T he Gilman district, in Eagle County, Colorado, and its premier mineral specimen...Companyā€™s Eagle mine, are located about 120 kilometers west-southwest of Denver. The Gilman district was originally...known as the Battle Mountain district and was later referred to as the Red Cliff district. Much of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cm. GILMAN, COLORADO! Minerals of the Eagle Mine and Gilman District No other mine in Colorado, and...crystalized mineral species as the Eagle mine at Gilman, Colorado. Most experienced collectors are familiar...pyrite specimens that have been proĀ­ duced from this mine over the years, but few are aware of the entire...WILLIAM J. WARREN 1400 Utah Street, #105 Golden, Colorado 80401 R O B E R T B. COOK Geology Department Auburn...the Eagle mine and the somewhat larger Gilman district (also known as the Battle Mountain district) within
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....from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with
Report (issue)
Ore Deposits of the Oilman District, Eagle County, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Study made in cooperation...cooperation with the Colorado Mining Industrial Development Board PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1017 Ore Deposits...Deposits of the Oilman District, Eagle County, Colorado By THOMAS S. LOVERING, OGDEN TWETO, and T. G. LOVERING... 1017 Study made in cooperation with the Colorado Mining Industrial Development Board Description of...geologic setting of a mining district that is the leading source of zinc in Colorado and an important source
Report (issue)
Carbonate-Hosted Sulfide Deposits of the Central Colorado Mineral Belt DAVID W . BEATY, GARY P . LANDIS...paralle l to host-rock bedding. Black Cloud mine, Leadville district. Sherman-type ore (bottom) in paleokarst...veined with ferroan dolomite. rv1oose mine, North Alma district. Photographs b)' \Villiarn Sacco, Peabody...Carbonate-hosted sulfide deposits of the central Colorado mine ral belt: Introduction, general discussion,...Regional geologic and tectonic setting of the central Colorado mineral belt . . . . Alan R. Wallace Paleozoic
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, Nā€™Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Acanthite-argentite, Colorado, 307 Actinolite/tremolite, Michigan, 344 Adularia, Michigan 341 ā€œAlaskaite,ā€ Colorado, 307...395 Allanite-(Ce), California, 162 Allophane, Colorado, 307 Almandine, Connecticut, 261 Almandine-spessartine
Book
MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine ā€”_ā€”< Ā¢ 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 resourcesā€”Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground
Journal (issue)
Marvin Hanner Additions to the Ore Mineralogy of Colorado.................................................by Donald Grybeck Crystallized Minerals of the Colorado Mineral Belt....................................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...Alveum, R obert Dow, and G eorge Robinson. T he mine is now being worked interm ittently each year for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...ore mineral of copper. Fortunately for both the mining industry and the collector, chalcopyrite forms...One such locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy of consideration...throughout the world in diverse locales such as the Colorado Rockies, the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes, and...example of chalcopyrite from French Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 10-cm-wide specimen has chalcopyrite
Report (issue)
limestone or dolomite. It is a useful ore guide in many mining districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE........... Characteristics of jasperoid in major mining districts of the United States ..................................................... Tri-State district, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri ................Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona .............................. Bisbee (Warren) district, Arizona .......Ely (Robinson) district, Nevada .............................. Leadville district, Colorado ...........
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 ā€“ Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Journal (issue)
- - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan Whatā€™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...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Northeastern University] at 11:57 17 November 2014 Husky Mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada T he ruby silvers...have been available in recent years from the Husky mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Consequently, in keeping...this yearā€™s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, a Husky mine polybasite has been nominated as this issueā€™s Connoisseurā€™s...of the more interesting Colorado occurrences include mines of Clear Creek County, particularly in the Georgetown...American Sisters, and Colorado Central mines; elsewhere in Clear Creek County crystals and masses to
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).
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...sandstoneāŽÆred ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL...nearby exposures, deep red to variegatedāŽÆocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the
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...sandstoneāŽÆred ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL...nearby exposures, deep red to variegatedāŽÆocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Knoxville] at 12:13 05 June 2016 Milliken Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri I n part because of its unusual...galena. Galena pseudomorphs after chalcocite, covellite, and even wood have also been reported. Galena...specimens, particularly from vein-type deposits of the Colorado mineral belt. Well known among these are the lustrous...Creede district, Mineral County; the Camp Bird mine in Ouray County; the Eagle mine at Gilman, Eagle County;...County; mines of the Leadville district, Lake County, including the currently productive Black Cloud; prospects
Report (issue)
Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States Part 3. Colorado By ALLEN V. HEYL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...deposits and the resources of oxidized zin.c ores in Colorado UNITED STATESĀ· GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...19180xidized zinc deposits of the United States. Part 3. Colorado. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. vi...Bibliography : p. 88-91. 1. Zinc ores-Colorado. 2. Zinc mines and mining-Colorado. I. Title. (Series) For sale..._________ Eagle County_________________________________________________ Red Cliff (Gilman) district_
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
view of the Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection...and Grace Dyck and wus titled ā€œThe Sunrise Iron Mine near Hartville, Wyomingā€; it appeared in the MaylJune...Minerals was titled ā€œThe Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyomingā€ and was in the JulylAugust...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...under the district name. District names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, beĀ­ cause of its large oil and gas exploration...Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district...minerals. Mining here was continĀ­ uous from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? ā€” ā€” ā€” ā€” best occurrence
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to 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 of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...ā€¢ Idaho Falls 1 ' r_ r--- 'f"Q --; - Souu,;Mountain : Iā€¢__ .... _ Spencer ,(~\ - -, _Custer r j'...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...collecting areas. Collectors lost one important battle in May 199I-the right to collect in the Sawtooth...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality
 
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