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Sphalerite from
Atlantic Cable Mine, Rico, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Atlantic Cable Mine, Rico, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:305344
Long-form Identifier:1:3:305344:7
GUID (UUID V4):21449fee-328b-4510-b251-401ab5274006
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Van Winkle (San Juan National Forest), Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) South Park Mine (Patented Claim: South Park; MS 1563), Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Enterprise Mine, Newman Hill, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Aztec Mine, Expectation Mountain, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Argonaut Mine, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Lexington Tunnel, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Yellow Jacket Mine, Telescope Mountain, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) N. A. Cowdrey Mine (Patented Claim: N.A. Cowdrey; MS 6317), Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) St. Louis Tunnel (Rico Argentine), Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Sambo Mine, Expectation Mountain, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
References
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Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...............171 J. M. Shannon and G. C. Shannon Rico ..................................................SPECIMENS from the collection of the Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. See page 242 for a full description... All rights reserved. notes fromthej EDITOR COLORADO-III Here we are with our third special issue devoted...devoted to the mines and minerals of Colorado. As most long-time subscribers know, the first in the series
Book
\‘ ' , TEIE ORE DEPOSITS ‘ \ or THE i RICO MOUNTAINS, comRAno BY FREDERKH§LESLHQRANSOME ¢ EXTRACT...OFFICE E ‘ THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS COLORADO B \' FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME 229 98939..................................... . . 249 Sphalerite ................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . _ . _ . Future of the district . _ . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . ....Hill and Dolores Mountain . _ . . . . . _ . . . _ . . _ . . . _ . . . . . . . Enterprise mine . . . .
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Rico District, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 723...723 Geology and Ore Deposits of the Rico District, Colorado By EDWIN T. McKNIGHT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ...------------------------------------Location and geography of district -----------History --------------------------...-------------Middle and Upper ( ?) Pennsylvanian Series_ Rico Formation ---------------------Permian System -...n fault ----- - ---------------------FauUs of Dolores Mountain and vicinity --Faults of Deadwood Gulch
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(above). Pyrite, Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County. Cluster of intergrown crystals showing light...Figure 2 (right). Pyrite, Mountain Spring mine, Rico, Dolores County. Cluster of modified cubes; specimen...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O PYRITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John R...Park City, Utah; Washington State; and numerous Colorado localities. Pyrite crystallizes in the isometric...Pyrite is the most common sulfide mineral found in Colorado; it is found in a wide variety of occurrences
Book
MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine —_—< ¢ 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 resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground
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
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)
PorphyryMolybdenumMineralizationin the RicoMiningDistrict,Colorado PETER B. LARSON Department of Geology,Washington...99164-2812 Abstract The Rico miningdistrict,westernSanJuanMountains,Colorado,containsepithermal veindeposits...sedimentaryrocksthat havebeen uplifted into the Rico dome,whichis coredby a horstof Precambriangreenstoneand...1985; Brooks et al., 1986; The Ricominingdistrict,Colorado,containsa diverseassemblage of hydrothermalmineraldeposits...vein formationat Ca- mineralization in the Rico district, and to look for sapalca,Peru. Minor magmatic
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
Book
193-256 137-208 129-192 209-264 193-256 [ [ COLORADO-Ill] 177-256 121-184 89-168 1-120 1-88 [ ...177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400 COLORADO-II] 321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400...69-132 65-128 1-64 11 / 1980 20 I 1989 [ COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to
Report (issue)
Smith. Director Professional Paper 138 MINING IN COLORADO A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTJON...location, area, and organization of the mining counties of Colorado _________________________ _ Adams County_-..._____________________ _ Alamosa County __________________________ _ Arapahoe County _________________________...Archuleta County _________________________ _ Baca CountY-----------------------------Boulder CountY------...CountY----------------------~----Chaffee County _____________________·______ _ Clear Creek County _______________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...MICHAEL J. GOBLA 19055 East Bethany Place Aurora, Colorado 80013 gobla@copper.net Unless otherwise noted...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded
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
Journal (volume)
Bingham, Utah, Mining Black Sand Page. Abbott, James W A Visit to Ely, Nevada Mining at Bingham, Utah...Greenwater District Ditto Ditto Ditto Abyssinia, Minerals In The Requirements of Modern Mining 70S 52...Charles [64 James W. 82 431 114 Nelll 815 District, British W Columbia, The 783 431 795 736 241...Tube-Mill Lining Forbes Rlckard 511 17 The Boundary District The Mineral Output of. In 1906 Broken Hill, Acid...Proprietary Mine, He Treatment at G. D. Del prat Brown, Walter 8 A Filing System for Mining Engineers llucke
Report (issue)
" ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. FIFTH Hanks, State Mineralogist...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor... REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report by the...statistical information in reference to mines and mining as shall be deemed important." In obedience to...Mineralogist, has been prepared. The prosperity of the Mining Bureau, and the growth and progress of the State
Journal (volume)
f.p. for for:v -" ...THE EN. N o GI "RNAL MINE NI'N NG G. J ou VOLUN/1E JANUARY TO LXIII. ...YORPQ. : - . - ". • : THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. VOLUME LXIII. JANUARY TO JULY, 1897...Aluminum, Prices of.................. 565 Accident Mine, Colo.......... 97 63, 159 Aluminum Reduction, Gooch's...118 Alabama Industrial and Scientific Amador Queen Mine, Cal..... ...... 263 Acetylene Gas, Conner's Pat... Doddridge's Pat...... 487 "Alabama, Johns Coal Mine. 74 Amalgamating Process, FischerAcetylene Gas,
Journal (issue)
HISTORY OF MINING IN NEWFOUNDLAND 1 1 Mineral Exports. 7 THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANO THE MINING INDUSTRY... 15 Prospecting . . . . • . . . . • 1G The Mining Law of Newfoundland (By C.K.Howse). Labrador. Taxation...Howse) Geological Features • Description of Veins. Mining Practice. Milling Practice. Power . • . . Poss1b111t1es...Poss1b111t1es •. Wabana Iron Mines. . • Geological Features Mining Practice Quarries . . . • . . Limestone . . • ...showing location of mineral concession to Labrador Mining and Exploration Co. Ltd . . (In pocket) VI. Map
Report (issue)
69 69 69 69 69 70 70 70 70 70 70 71 History of mining, by V. C. Heikes.__________________ The first prospectors...Cotton wood area. _________ Regulations governing mining locations____________ Early shipments and experiments...Electric power________________________________ Mining-_______________________________________ Milling...____ Big Cottonwood district.________________________ Little Cottonwood district.______________________..._________________________________ American Fork district._________________________ Ore deposits, by B.
Journal (volume)
ahead of any thing yet found on this ridge. This mine has also been explored and equipped in a very superior...City, Sierra county, to be thankful for a good deal. The telegraph for the Bald Mountain mine maintains...eters A — To drift mining, a method by which hydrau- ready achieved mining operations are sometimes...supplemented, the remarks in an article on hydraulic mining last week may be largely applied; this branch olfcthe...very rich min- and 25° below. ing region, the mountains being full of iron, On our coast on that date
Journal (volume)
of Alfred Brile, superintendent of the Kentucky Mining and Smelting Company, we have the following report...and the Hartsfeld Portable Smelting Furnace and Mining Co., Newport, Ky. The latter-named company will...sufficient to store $60,000,000. THE Young America quartz mine of Sierra City has become a solid dividend payer...We note in the North San Juan Times, of Nevada county, that a hydraulic gravel elevator is soon to be...well-known North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company, at North Bloomfield, Nevada county, this State. We have interviewed
Book (edition)
military and civil projects, from large dams to pioneer roads in rough terrain for microwave sites. He...978-0-538-73755-5 ISBN-10: 0-538-73755-7 20 Davis Drive USA Cengage Learning is a leading provider of customized... Groundwater Storage and Management 251 Groundwater Mining CaS€CSTUDY 9.3 ¢ New Orleans: The Flood Happens...National Ice Core Laboratory 382 Wine, and the Atlantic Flip-Flop CaSe€STUDY 12.3 « Arroyo Cutting and... 353 Mining and Its Environmental Impacts 436 Impacts Impacts Impacts Impacts of Coal Mining 438 of
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIRECTOR 408 A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING GAMPS IN ELKO, UNDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA............................. Mountain ranges and mining districts................................................................ Midas or Gold Circle district........................................ Location...geology............................................. Mine descriptions......................................44 44 45 46 47* 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 49 50 Rex mine..................:.............................
Journal (issue)
plant that produces zinc dust, and the Sterling Mine in Ogdensburg, N.J., th ' ^npplies ore to Palmerton...Illinois which produces zinc dust; and the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey which supplies ore to...Palmerton, Pennsylvania, along with the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey. The move itself came...impact of the news of a major layoff at the Sterling mine last September. Reportedly, the new investiture...facilities will remain in operation. The Sterling mine reportedly has sufficient ore reserves to meet market
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-- - I I I --- I I - 201 6503 Printed In USA 11 'iT""H"f ·r,r ""'"'TT OO,L 3 0239 87330474...17 17 19 20 21 21 22 O RES, PRODUCTI ON, AND MINING 23 Elements and Ores Formation of Ores Metals...Lead Arsenic Cadmium Other Metals Land Use for Mining Activities Air Quality and Air Pollution 309 310...resources and energy sources. In them I discuss mining, milling and other preparatory techniques, then...additions to reserves are more likely from known mining areas and less li kely from similar areas of little
 
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