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Altaite from
Hamilton Mine, Blanca Mining District, Costilla County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Altaite
Formula:PbTe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Altaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hamilton Mine, Blanca Mining District, Costilla County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:373216
Long-form Identifier:1:3:373216:8
GUID (UUID V4):0ab98fd0-ae40-40ac-852b-03404bf9f36b
Nearest other occurrences of Altaite
90.8km (56.4 miles) Findley Gulch (Findlay Gulch), Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
93.6km (58.2 miles) Klondike Mine, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
98.7km (61.4 miles) Empress Josephine Mine (Empress Josephine claim; Boss Mammoth claim), Bonanza, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
References
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Report (issue)
101.26 100.00 100.00 (1) Tellurium mine, Virginia, USA. (2) Oya mine, Japan. (3) Bi2 Te3 . Polymorphism...tellurides, tetradymite, altaite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite. Distribution: In the USA, from Field’s vein,...the Tellurium mine, Fluvanna Co., Virginia; in New Mexico, from the Little Mildred mine, near Hachita...Grant Co.; at the Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona; in Colorado, from near Whitehorn, Fremont...at the Little Gerald and Hamilton mines, Sierra Blanca, Huerfano, Costilla, and Alamosa Cos. In Canada
Book (edition)
to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay
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 ....................................
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)
LICKOIISEKI’ATOIW, ]. E. Kceler, I>irector ; Mount Hamilton, California. 2. Illustrations of Recent Investigations...\Vnshington ; Telluride, Colorado ; Elmoro, Colorado. WALLM A P S : b. Tintic Mining rcgion, Utah. C. Absaroka...Telluride Mining District, Colorado. f. Mother Lodc Mining District,, California. f Tenmile Mining District...District, Colorado. K. Trinidad Coal Ficld, Elmoro Folio, Colorado. h. Estillville and Hristol Folios, Tennesscc...Basin. i. Monograph on the Crystal Falls Iron District of Michigan. tii. Monograph on the Illinois Glacial
Report (issue)
........................................... R15 Mine Waste Characteristics........................................................................ R17 Mine Closure...........................................Kankberg deposit in the Skellefteå VMS district of Västerbotten County, Sweden. Combined, these two groups...tellurium, however, is produced as a byproduct of the mining of porphyry copper deposits. These deposits typically...The environmental data available regarding the mining of tellurium are limited; most concerns to date
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
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)
INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...23 23 24 24 25 26 26 26 26 26 27 28 28 29 Page MINING DISTRICTS ....................................................................... 30 Bernalillo County ............................................................................ 30 Tijeras Canyon District .................................................................................... 30 Catron County ..............................................
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
Book
Gkologim-in-charge. CATALOGUE OF MINERALS FOUND IN COLORADO. BY • F. M. ENDLICH. [EXTRACTED FROM THE TENTH...been adopted. tar as practicable, analyses of Colorado minerals have been given. They will aid examination...of the catalogue. systematic enumeration of the Colorado mineral species and references to the publications...Endlich, S. IN COLORADO. X. D. The continuous development of mineral resources of Colorado is productive...Geological .Report for PS75. Now, the survey of Colorado is completed, many additions of species new to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, USA Z. Zhang Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy...Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia Y. Qiu Sino Mining Ltd., 7th Floor, Sea Plaza, 3A Xi Xin St., Xi’an...only focus on gold deposits in the Xiaoqinling district, with an emphasis on their fluid inclusion characteristics...length, and many others exceed 500 m in length. Gold mining in the region started in the Ming Dynasty (1451...tetrahedrite, chalcocite, bornite, tellurbismuth, altaite, native gold, and electrum. Supergene minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
terranes such as the Kolar Schist Belt, India (Hamilton and Hodgson 1986) and Red Lake, Ontario, Canada...Western Australia, a n d the Kolar Schist Belt (Hamilton and Hodgson 1986): see Table 1 for a summary....greenschistrfacies-hosted deposits (Phillips 1985, Hamilton and Hodgson 1986), (2) synmetamorphic mineralisation...common in the mine area, and locally host quartz veins and gold mineralisation (e.g. OK Mine, Fig. I). Where...zone that transects the stratigraphy and, in the mine workings, follows a N-striking, E-dipping (50 ~
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geological boundary ---- major lineament 4~ sampled mine site dyke,vein or ~'~"~" alteration zone 1 km ...are common an indicative of an open-space The old mine workings, exploration pits and prospects are development...Samples of mineralization from the Major's Creek district were collected from mullock dumps at the following...vein material and openlocalities (Fig. 2): Banner Mine, Camages Reef, Dargues space textures are absent...at the Banner Mine is probably contempoMine, Scotsmans Gully Reef (south), Snobs Mine, and the United
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
interest of several prospecting companies. One Au mine (Enfisen) has been in operation since 1984. At the...in Sweden have been centered on the Bergslagen district, south-central Sweden, where an exceptional homogeneity...et al. 1988), the N~isliden deposit, Skellefte district (Rickard and Svensson 1984), the Kiuri-Rassfiive...Sweden, but equivalent rocks in the Skellefte district and in Bergslagen in south-central Sweden yielded...volcanic rocks in the Skellefte district, Los district, and Bergslagen district, south-central Sweden (Welin
Journal (issue)
M11se11111 ofVic10ria Associate Editors The Daydream Mine, Silverton, N.S.W. John D. Leach .................P. 0. Box 39100 Lafayette, LA. 70593 California, USA This n otable Australian pegmatite locality has...(1981 census). Imining and supply town with a popula­ tion of 30,000,...the same age, probably 2500-2600 million years. Mining activity for gold started prior to 1900 in the...prices. Only sporadic mining by a few individuals can be expected in this district for the future. Thus
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (edition)
Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART
Report (issue)
gold at the Jewel and other mines in the Greenwood Mining Division (R. Bell , 1902-3: Geo l. Surv. Can ....masses and crysta l s in vugs at the Highland Bell Mine , Wallace Mountain , n ear Beaverdell , 23 miles...3 Argentite has b een found at the Silver King Mine , Toad Mountain, about 5 miles south of Nelson (G...Surv . Can ., Ann. Rept. , IX, 27A). At the Slocan mining camp , argentite is present as a primary min eral...supergene mineral replacing galena at the Hewitt Mine, and as films associ ated w ith nativ e silver coating
Book
cable manufacture, the use of lead telluride (altaite) results in a considerable (20%) economy o( the...copper turned out by the plants of the Mansfeld mining district. The copper smelting plants in Belgium handle...content) and the uranium-vanadium ores of the Colorado Plateau (U.S.A.). Another potential source for...seleni1e, berzeline Penroseite Na1ne Fonnula Altaite* PbTe Coloradoite HgTe Frohbergite Fe'fe2...been found in quartz-barite veins of the silver mine at El Plomo (Tegucigalpa, Honduras). No other occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the gold-bearing quartz-fuchsite vein at the Dome mine, Timmins area, Ontario, Canada R.P. Moritz *, J...St. W, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4Ml Abstract. The quartz-fuchsite vein at the Dome mine, Timmins...lead in the vein-galenas was derived from the Dome mine porphyries. However, lead isotope systematics do...galenas. The Archean quartz-fuchsite vein at the Dome mine, Timmins area, Ontario, Canada, is a highly coherent...carries the highest grade gold mineralization in the mine environment (Rogers 1982). Galena is intimately
Report (issue)
OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional reference, Patchick (2) p. 237. This...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches...Panamint Range, McAllister (4) p. 52. San Bernardino County: 2, Pargasite variety of hornblende occurs in coarsely
Report (issue)
D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F. Califobnia...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...industry. Respectfully submitted. Fletcher McN. Hamilton, State Mineralogist. .4^4H4H* TABLE OF CONTENTS...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...literature of a general nature on the geology and mining industry of the State. bibliography of A. may
 
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