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Copper from
Moose Mine, Central City Mining District (Central Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moose Mine, Central City Mining District (Central Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:434782
Long-form Identifier:1:3:434782:8
GUID (UUID V4):d4917925-ed37-4fbf-8148-40cd4cd3965b
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
2.6km (1.6 miles) Tom Boy (Treasure Vault; John Paul Jones; Edna Fannie; Golden Treasure), Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Gregory Mine, Eureka Mining District, Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) Mackey; Annie; Fish, Apex Mining District (Kingston Mining District; Pine Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Penobscot Tunnel, Independence Mining District (Perigo Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) Pittsburg, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
16.0km (10.0 miles) Melrose Tunnel Occurrence, Apex Mining District (Kingston Mining District; Pine Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) Centennial group (Barrel; Big I.), Georgetown District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Champion; Lone Star Occurrence, Phoenix, Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) Copper Glance, Sunset, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) Congress; Rothschild; Pennsylvania (Minerou Tunnel), Argentine Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
References
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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)
Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...hrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver starting...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA e-mail: pbartos@mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...hrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver starting...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA e-mail: pbartos@mines
Report (volume)
Geology of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado GEOLOGICAL (=) I o 00...of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and -i ;i ?i Gilpin Counties, Colorado By ROBERT H. MOENCH and...____ Mines and prospects in the Idaho Springs district ________________ Previous studies.___________..._------------------Saver............_._._ 1. . Copper-___----______-_-------_-_------__--------------__Pitchblende...uranium sulfate minerals.__-____..__.____._________ Copper sulfate minerals____________________________________
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 Bird’s Eye View...scock G. York, Includes indexes. 1. Colorado. 2. Colorado. is Waele. Mines and mineral resources--...DressOne. MEXIC ies 35 Publisher’s Preface Colorado! The very name (which means “‘colored red’’) conjures
Book (edition)
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 con¬ tents are descriptive, statistical...interests. devoted to the mines. Part fourth is As mining is Colorado’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 (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)
RHODOCHROSITE IN COLORADO By DON INGLE Blue Creek Read, Evergreen, Colo. Colorado, the highest state...line. Found as an associated mineral in ores of copper, manganese, iron, lead, silver, gold, and zinc...the many Colorado locations, perhaps the best specimens have come out of the Sweet Home Mine, in the Alma...Alma District, Park Co. The color, transparency, and size make this one of the world's most outstanding...a 70ton hunk of quartz crystal in Kazakhstan (Central Asia). It was described as piezoquartz, a type
Journal (issue)
at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...George and Salt Lake City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2)...mineralpro@hotmail.com The Czech Republic, in central Europe, is a relatively small country (about 80...and world- famous history of mining and associated mineralogy. In the city of Brno (pronounced burn oh)...seen from many km away and from all points of the city. The mineralogy department of the museum is led
Book (edition)
B= ——<——_ > Ilinois. Phil’a and Clark-Gardner. Gilpin-Burroughs. : University-Kansas, QUARTZ Hawley-Gardner...Opbir-Burroughs, HILL anp NEVADAVILLE. Mercer County. ; ; California, First Nat’] Burroughs and Kansas...ae American Hilae Ss POSEN 1% xiS LEA Colorado GOLD AND FARMS SILVER AND Peet tt Ae STOCK...HIS volume, as its name implies, is devoted to Colorado. tents are descriptive, statistical, and historical...part information A devoted to the mines. As mining is Colorado’s main industry and source of wealth
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 (issue)
Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’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)
representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal,...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)
BUIJLETIN 528 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS 1 OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and animal life....................----.-----.....Mining................................................................................................ Copper deposits................................................................ 74 Mineralogy of Lemhi County ores....................................... 74...... Future of mining in Lemhi County.......................................... Mining districts of Lemhi
Report (volume)
Resources of the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1766...Resources of the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana By R. C. PEARSON, B. R. BERGER, H. E....resources of the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1766)...Geochemistry 12 Mineral resources 19 Setting 19 Mining districts in the eastern Pioneer Mountains 19 Resource...Characteristics 25 Resource assessment 26 Tungsten, copper, and iron skarn deposits 28 Characteristics 28
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2013 BARBARA L. MUNTYAN P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 8 I427 hodochrosite, a manganese carbonate with...Rhodochrosite has also been found in many localities in Colorado, particularly in the mines of the San luan Mountains...it i s one of the most recognized and coveted Colorado minerals. partiY DO e the presence of a mix...occurs in significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt, a large, elongated,...extreme southwestem comer of Colorado. Most of the metal mining in Colorado has been within this belt since
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
report that the principal rocks underlying Gilpin County, Colorado, and adjacent parts of Clear Creek and...Geology of Gilpin County and Adjacent Parts of Clear Creek and Boulder Counties, Colorado," U.S. Geol...the Cottonwood-American Fork mining region of Utah, southwest of Park City, consists mainly of shallow-water...to the southeast of the Coeur d'Alene lead-mining district. The Algonkian sediments exposed in this area...are correlated with those of the Coeur d'Alene district. The base on which they rest is not exposed. The
Report (issue)
COLORADO STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOULDER R. D. GEORGE. State Geologi.t BULLETIN 3 G E O L O G Y A...N D O R E DEPOSITS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT PARK COUNTY, COLORADO BY HORACE B. PATTON ARTHUR J. HOSKIN...Charles A. Lory Governor of Colorado President University of Colorado President State School of Mines...TRANSMITTAL State Geological Survey, University of Colorado, December 1, 1912. Governor John F. Shafroth,...the honor to transmit herewith Bulletin 3 of the Colorado Geological Survey. Very respectfully, R. D. GEORGE
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
Report (volume)
nos. 1-8. Boston, Mass. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 109-120; Transactions...Mineralogist, vol. 1. Philadelphia, Pa. American Mining Congress: Report of Proceedings, 18th Annual Session...nos. 1-7. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, no. 71. San Francisco, Cal. California...Summary report for 1915. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 45-56; Transactions...Transactions, vol. 18. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 37. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian
Report (volume)
SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................
Report (issue)
standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Denver, Colorado CONTENTS (See also indices listings, p. Ill).......................................... Caribou City (4-161)...........................................(1-306)............................................ Moose Mountain/Deadwood (1-305)................................................................ Caribou City (4-161)...........................................included in the SelwayBitterroot Wilderness in 1980. Mining districts, mines, and mineral occurrences The Meadow
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 40. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bi-Monthly Bulletin, nos. 19-24; Transactions...series, vols. 25, 26. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 10th Annual Session... vol. 2, no. 1. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Report of Board of Trustees for 1908; Bulletins... Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Journal, vols. 10, 11. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 29...Chicago, 111. Colorado College Publications: Science Series, vol. 12, no. 6. Colorado Springs, Colo.
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...-Cook Inlet-Susitna region --------------------Copper River region -------------------------Kuskokwim...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee
Report (volume)
veins in the northeastern part of the Lemhi Pass district J UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...-----------------------------Future of thorium mining ................ -----------------------------..._________ ._________________________ .. __ ..... Copper-bearing veins that do not contain thorium .......74 78 78 79 80 IV CONTENTS Veins- Continued Copper-bearing veins that do not contain thorium- Continued...Lemhi Pass quadrangle, Page Lemhi County, Idaho, and Beaverhead County, Mont ..... Jn pocket FIGURE 1.
 
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