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Shale from
Wire Patch Mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Shale
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Goldā“˜2 photos of Shale associated with Gold at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Shale associated with Calcite at this locality.
Limoniteā“˜2 photos of Shale associated with Limonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Shale data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wire Patch Mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1029085
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1029085:1
GUID (UUID V4):ce0f6be6-242c-4d79-ac39-1f1b318300bc
Nearest other occurrences of Shale
26.3km (16.3 miles) ā“˜New Orphan Boy Occurrence, Mosquito Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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67.5km (41.9 miles) ā“˜Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10018235), Beaver Creek, Grand County, Colorado, USA
68.8km (42.8 miles) ā“˜Mizpah Gold Mine, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
69.0km (42.8 miles) ā“˜Unnamed Fe Mine (MRDS - 10013740), Morrison Area, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
79.3km (49.3 miles) ā“˜Park Regent Mine (Cascade; Alaska; Tiger; Lizzie; Iowa No. 2; Regent; Siberia; Claims: Park; Joplin No. 2), Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
79.4km (49.3 miles) ā“˜Bushwhacker Mine (Claims: Bushwhacker; Alpine), Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
79.6km (49.5 miles) ā“˜Della S. Mine (Ballarat; Fossil Fraction; Della S.; J. C. Johnson; Alpine; Last Chance; General Jackson; Bushwhacker; Claims: Alma M.; Chatfield), Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
80.3km (49.9 miles) ā“˜Mollie Gibson Mine, Aspen, Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
81.7km (50.7 miles) ā“˜Belden Shale, McCoy Mining District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
References
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Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THR BRECKENRIDGE DISTlliCT, COLORADO BY :b_,REDERICK LESLIE RANSOME ..._.......................... . Situation of the district. ....... ____ . __ .. __________ ................ _. ___ ....... _..... _... _..... __ .. The district. __ ... ____ .... __ ... ___ ... ___ .. ____ .... _. __ ..... __ . _.. __ ...... . History o.f mining .. ___ .. ______ .... _. ________________ . __............. _. Sedimentary formations of the Breckenridge distriet .............. _..................
Journal (issue)
A llgood & J. Pradenas Colorado Fam ous m ineral localities: Breckenridge, C olorado . . . 51 by E...Nugget," collected in 1865 at the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and donated...localities not mentioned in G old-I. . . Australia, Colorado and Appalachia, for example. It seems that we...Harperā€™s article. John Dysart, Manager of the Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site, sent much additional information...gold. Genne and Robert Allgood (mining geologists for the Sonora Mining Company, right in the Mother Lode
Book
SUMMIT ear eS Loos ty tp den Ue sure Sr oa ies AE at aks SUMMIT AGold Rush History of...of Summit County, Coldrado By Mary Ellen Gilliland Copyright 1980 by Mary Ellen Gilliland All rights...Press Box 499 Silverthome, Colorado 80498 iv For the people of Summit County, past and present, and...Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Summit Map Bibliography Index This Is Summit County Before the Rush Began: The...Ute Indians: ā€˜Dwellers of the Turquoise Skyā€ Breckenridge: Coloradoā€™s First Western Slope Community Montezuma:
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AZURITES 16 Part I: Electric blues from the Milpillas mine. By Bob Jones 16 PREHISTORIC TEXAS Lubbock landmarks...Bob Jones THE GOLDEN HISTORY OF BRECKENRIDGE 36 This legendary Colorado gold camp is full of attractions...others, at an auction. I was told it was taken from a mine in Alaska called Aurora Borealis in the ā€™60s. I...Gold Rush (circa 1849-52), attest to the extent of mining activity and richness of the North Fork of the...responsible for the rich hydraulic mines in Iowa Hill to the east and Dutch Flat to the north of the Stevens
Report (issue)
SURV Department of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado/ 2009 NOa COVER CREDITS Design: Larry Scott...location map (page 73) Back cover: U.S.G.S. Breckenridge 7.5 minute quadrangle map detail (inverted)...collection, Colorado Historical Society (see page 16) ISBN: 978-1-884216-23-7 Colorado Geological Survey...koom?/ 15 Denver, CO. 80203 (303) 866-2611 Colorado Geological Survey Information Series 33 GOLD...GOLD PANNING AND PLACERING 622.342 P238 IN COLORADO How AND WHERE =e Drawings and maps drafted by
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BRECKENRIDGE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO BY T. S. LOVERING UNITED STATES...-----Location and topography _______________ History of mining..__-._..-_-..----..__ General geology___...__-_--_--_... Dakota quartzite______________________ Benton shale._-_______.--____.__---... Niobrara formation ____________________..._ Criteria of enrichment in the Breckenriclge district......__._.._-._-..._.__.___-_._ Enrichment of...______________________ Character of ore____--------------_-------Mine descriptions.________-_-___-_______-_____---__ Guides
Report (issue)
5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Lapis International, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut USA Collection 'Alan Table of Contents What Is Gold...First Gold Rush: Gold Fever in the Southeastern USA . . . . . . . .P. 16 R. Chris Tacker California and... . . . . . . . . . . P. 84 A Photo Gallery Farncomb Hill: Colorado's Finest Gold Specimens . . . . .
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...Upper Cretaceous ______________________ _ Benton shale ______________________ _ 7 8 8 12 15 19 19 19...Cretaceous-Continued Niobrara formation ________________ _ Pierre shale _____________ '~ _________ _ Fox Hills sandstone
Journal (issue)
Montanaā€™s capital city, is partnering with The Carter County Museum in Ekalaka ā€“ dinosaur fossils from within...Tradition And ā€˜Living the Dreamā€™ at Wild Turkey Mine 20 cherishing chert A Mother Rock for the Ages...Leaf gold atop matrix mined in Clear Creek County, Colorado; Banded Iron Formation (BIF) chert mined near...P I R AT I O N ! STERLING SILVER WIRE COPPER WIRE RED BRASS WIRE DEAD SOFT Round, Half-Round & Square...STERLING SILVER SHEET FINE STERLING SILVER WIRE PATTERN WIRE 20ga to 26ga Prices at $48.95 28ga Prices
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
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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 (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...quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo
Report (volume)
Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado By MARGO I. TOTH, ANNA B....Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado / by Margo I. Toth ... [et...mineral resources Colorado White River National Forest. 2. Mines and mineral resources Colorado Arapaho National...National Forest. 3. Geology Colorado White River National Forest. 4. Geology Colorado Arapaho National Forest
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Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989 Colorado Geological Survey Department of...Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 Information Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989...Institute under contract to the Colorado Geological Survey Colorado Geological Survey Department of...of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 ii FOREWORD In recognition of the need to more effectively...published literature on the state's geology, the Colorado Geological Survey is pleased to release Information
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Collecting, 1960 ONTARIO, MICHIGAN AND COLORADO. By KEN FISHER Downloaded by [University of Florida]...above one's previous standard. On gan, then on to Colorado and return. this trip I was fortunate enough to...because of extensive road repair There was also some wire silver from the work on Route 11, between Huntsville...the original ways", with fast travel possible. Bud mine at Cobalt, the Right-of-Way, we Coxon, proprietor...old shaft being pumped big beryl from the Sullivan Mine, near out, some "good material" had been Rouyn,
Book (edition)
sOO0Ofoss Colorado LITHO BY WALSWORTH PUB. CO., INC., MARCELINE, MO. Colorado GOLD AND FARMS...Denver, of all other McMahon, unpublished Mining District, in reproduction. map Colo. places Albuquerque...Albuquerque, NM of Leadville a map of Territorial Colorado c. 1876, and a woodcut engraving Birdā€™s Eye View...scock G. York, Includes indexes. 1. Colorado. 2. Colorado. is Waele. Mines and mineral resources--...DressOne. MEXIC ies 35 Publisherā€™s Preface Colorado! The very name (which means ā€œā€˜colored redā€™ā€™) conjures
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org/details/coloradoitsgolds1880foss 77 Colorado Gold and Silver Mines, FARMS AND STOCK RANGES...r^HIS volume, as its name implies, is devoted to Colorado. Its conĀ¬ tents are descriptive, statistical...interests. devoted to the mines. Part fourth is As mining is Coloradoā€™s main industry and source of wealth...could make them. The narrative of gold and silver mining possesses enough of romance and adventure to interest...general reader, and the descriptions of mines, and of mining and milling, together with statements of requisite
Report (volume)
precipitation of the metalo........ Composition of mine waters............................................of sulphide enrichment Continued. Composition of mine waters Continued. Discussion of analyses Continued...on depth..................... Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions....... Oxidation....................................... Review of mining districts...................................................................... Burro Mountain district, N. Mex......................................
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
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depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico...__ 233 Shasta County, California______ _ __ 234 Snowstorm lode, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho__ _ 235...235 Encampment district, Wyoming_____________;___ 236 Ducktown, Tennessee______________________ Gossan
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael...group, 13 cm, w ith calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection;...York; the Helvetia district, Arizona; O ntarioā€™s Grenville Province; the Sterling mine at Antwerp, New York;...Alpine veins near Sherbrooke, Quebec; the Nanisivik mine on Baffin Island; the fluorite mines of Madoc, Ontario;
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...tours for collectors are permitted by the friendly mine management, and visitors have even been allowed...Valley. It serves as the center of a very active mining area; a narrow-gauge railway for hauling ore passes...et al., 1983). (1) Loose deposits (2) Siliceous Shale and Sandstoneā€” Upper Jurassic (3) Limestoneā€”Upper...Sandstoneā€” Upper Triassic (5) Sandstone, Siltstone, Shaleā€” Upper Triassic The mines are situated on the western
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specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history ........with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...(deceased) Peter L. Via Salim Edde Daniel Trinchillo Lyda Hill Scott A. Rudolph Daniel J. Record Gail & Jim Spann...worldwide, from books and mineral magazines in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian since 1960. The press...very rare loose crystal. Ossining, Westchester County, New York. wckport, New York. Ex. Coll. : New
 
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