| | 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...Martin Mineral collecting at the Sunnyside & Idarado m in e s ..................................... | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Although Colorado may be most noted for rhodochrosite or amazonite, the many varieties and associations...a k e w o o d , Colorado 80225 DIANNE L. K I L E 333 S a l e m Street Aurora, Colorado 80011 C O L O...and J. A. Mur phy for an update to Minerals of Colorado: A 100-Year Record (Eckel, 1961). 374 ROCKS... Quartz was a familiar gemstone to many early Colorado residents, as documented by an extensive body...body of literature. The first published list of Colorado mineral localities (in cluding quartz) was included | | Lipman, P. W., Fisher, F. S., Mehnert, H. H., Naeser, C. W., Luedke, R. G., Steven, T. A. (1976) Multiple ages of mid-Tertiary mineralization and alteration in the western San Juan Mountains, Colorado. Economic Geology, 71 (3) 571-588 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.3.571 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | nandAlteration in the WesternSanJuanMountains,Colorado PETERW. LIPMAN, FREDERICKS. FISHER, HARALDH. ][VIEHNERT...Needle ß Lo Plato Mrs ß ¸Durango • >• • ß COLORADO 37 ø NEW MEXICO 0 0 /I 25 25 50 MILES 50...Engineer '.'Red Mountoln ",",//• • \\ II // mine p¾ ¸ IO 20 KILOMETRES FIC.:2. Generalized...ore Camp Birdveinore Camp Bird replacement ore Idarado replacement ore IDA-136 Crosscutting rhyolite...required. Accordingly, were counted on an external muscovite detector we alsodatedintrusiverocksthat seemgeometrically | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Metals Mine ,; Pilot Mine , ; ,-e Grizzly Bear Mine ~ Silver Link Mine ~ Mountain Monarch Mine o TOM...Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81421 Telluride ~ Oyama Mine ,-e Titusville Mine Downloaded...Mineralogy of the San Juan Mountains o , Southwestern Colorado Unless otherwise noted, mineral photography by..."Microminerals of the San Juan Mountains, Southwestern Colorado" (Rosemeyer 1989) was the topic of the first Through...discoveries. Pilot Mine Yankee Boy Basin is located approximately 8 miles southwest of Ouray and in the 18705 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Geology Vol. 72, 1977, pp. 1285-1320 Sunnyside Mine,EurekaMiningDistrict,SanJuanCounty, Colorado'Geochemistry...Sunnysidemine, in the Eureka mining district, San Juan County, Colorado, produces700 tons/day of gold-silver-copp...geologicaland •09 o MONTROSE iO =1 'IsUN NYs IDE MINE __ <[I •-•:1 Ii iI •I -- •' • •U•AN•O COLa...southwesternColorado showing location of the Sunnyside mine and calderas of the San Juan volcanicfield. (Modified...Sunnysidemine, Eureka mining district, San Juan County, Colorado (Fig. 1). The rediscoveryin 1971 of Sunnyside | | | 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 | | | Journal (issue) | alex@aibmr.com CHAPTER PRESIDENTS (ALSO BOARD MEMBERS) COLORADO CHAPTER: Mark Jacobson; markivanjacobson@gmail...FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY 2014 FALL MEETING Denver, Colorado September 12, 2014 The meeting was called to order...Minerals of Colorado. Mark Jacobson presented a summary of the activities of the Colorado Chapter, and...that those shiny spots were nothing more than muscovite. This insight was provided by none other than...Mineralogy Colorado Chapter 2014 Year in review: President’s Message By Mark Jacobson This is FM Colorado Chapter’s | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Two Point claim, Pikes Peak batholith, Teller County. The Collector’s Edge specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Mail Stop 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 pmodreski@usgs.gov C olorado is, of course...been written as guides to mineral collecting in Colorado. A classic, which went through three major editions...1951 version with a slightly different title), is Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide, by Pearl (1951,...up-to-date guidebook to the state’s minerals is Colorado Rockhounding, by Voynick (1994). Other published | | | Catalog/List | 7. E:. 9. 10. 11. 12. Camp Bird mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Choice rich brassy-golden 5x5 to 5x7 ~n...vein section. 2xl-3/4xl/2" $85.00 Idarado mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Choice golden thin polished slice...Weight: 39 g. 2x3-3/4xl/8" $ 150.00 Caribou mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Superb rich orassy-golåen fine grained...211 g. 3-1/4x2··1/4xl-1/2" $ 350.00 Golden Crown mine, Hunboldt Co., Nevada Select bright golden elongated...62 g. l-l/2xl-3/4xl-1/4'' $ 50.00 Bestand Belcher mine, Virginia City, Nevada Thin golden 1 mmveins and | | | Journal (issue) | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University.....157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................Iron and Washington Counties) and Arizona (Mojave County). This region is one of the last American frontiers...by Richard A. Kosnar Route 6, Box 263 Golden, Colorado 80401 n 1 9 0 2 , the well-known mining engineer...districts of the San Juan, in southwestern Colorado. We left Ouray early on the 5th of September, 1902, with | | | Catalog/List | last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Geology, and Mineralogy of the San Juan County, Colorado rooklyn mine, located at an elevation of 11,456...feet at the head of Browns Gulch. San Juan County, Colorado. has been operated sporadically during the...galena. and rhodochrosite were recovered from the mine. Continued mining in 1980 produced an array of exotic... discovered in 187 1 and named the Little Giant mine. was situated northeast of Arrastra Creek Gulch...negotiations continued throughout the summer between Chief Ouray and Felix Brunot. and on 13 September 1873 the Brunot | | | Book (edition) | Tourist as well. All of the 19 Rock Forma tions at Ouray, dating from the Pre-Cambrian to the Cenozoic Eras...1S80 relating to the growing Mining Industry at Ouray is printed in its entirety. Many historic photographs...Survey, Tom Rosemeyer, Chief Engineer, Camp Bird Mine and Miss Margaret B. Allen, M.A. of Orange, New...Introduction to Mineral Collecting at Ouray................ The Minerals at Ouray................................Characteristics of Ouray Minerals................ Mineral Collecting Sites at Ouray.................. | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ventures. The Highland Bell mine in Beaverdell is a still operating silver mine. The ore minerals include...with bright leaf silver. Arnold mentions that this mine has been continuously operated since 1901. 486 ...discussed. One particular locality, the snow flake mine in Revelstoke, has produced this mineral. A 1x0...Chalcocite and malachite come from the Aberdeen mine in Lower Nicola. The 2x4 cm fine grained massive...crystals are being found at the Anaconda-Britannia mine in Britannia. One 5 mm crystal was interesting as | | | Journal (issue) | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Person-other—Other persons such as miners, field assistants, mine managers, etc. Place —Used when a mineral is named...Czechoslovakia France Germany Japan Italy Mexico Namibia USSR USA Zaire Total Total number of species during 5-year...leached, ferruginous gossan. Stolzite from this mine was occasionally seen overlying or associated with | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80205-5798 jmurphy @ dmns.org PETER...Survey MS 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0046 pmodresk @ usgs.gov Unless otherwise...to 2000) J oin us for a gemstone tour around Colorado! Our field trip takes us from east to west in...in the same way you may have toured through Colorado on a mineral collecting trip. This route, from the...gemstones are known to occur. We cannot discuss every Colorado gemstone occurrence; rather, this is a general | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard...near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. July/August:...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines Museum specimen | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | BIRD MINE Ouray County, Colorado TOM R O S E M E Y E R 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado...circa 1900. Photo courtesy Colorado Historical Society. The Camp Bird mine is one of Colorado's most...the world's greatest gold producers. To date, the mine has produced almost 1.5 million ounces of gold along...R D M I N E , located 6 miles southwest of Ouray, Colorado, is situated in the rugged and beautiful San...San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. The area is referred to as the Switzerland of America and | | | 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) | SUNNYSIDE MINE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO TOM ROSEMEYER Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427...81427 The Sunnyside mine is Colorado's largest underground gold producer and to date has produced over $150...the rugged San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Nestled in a beautiful alpine mountain valley...valley at an elevation of 12,240 feet, the mine was originally located on the shores of the now-drained Lake...height of mining activity, the sprawling Sunnyside mine complex was a self-contained community with offices | | Collins, Donley S., Cobban, Robert R., Foord, Eugene E., Murphy, Jack A. (1989) Bibliography for update and revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado -- a 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel, Part A - Paper copy --Bibliography data file disks. Open-File Report Vol. 1989 (89-206) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89206a | 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). | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 01 0.05 0.01 Argentine vein, Idarado Mine, San Juan Mountains, Colorado [29,31] I-3, vein ep -113...composition Reference [33] -100 c -88 c 73-149 Alpine Mine -32 m -34 -32 T(°C) no data Osgood mountains...actinolite, hbl = hornblende, chl = chlorite, musc =muscovite, glauc = glaucophane. Aep_soI = 1000 In aepidote_solution...circulation systems [8,32,33], a vein deposit (Idarado Mine) in a subvolcanic complex [31] and Ca-Fe-A1-Si...Silverton Caldera area of the San Juan Mountains (Idarado Mine), the isotopic compositions of the meteoric-hydrothermal | | | 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 supplement...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines...Thompson George Witters Martin Zinn III and Colorado in the :Mineralogical Record Supplement to The | | | Journal (issue) | CA Articles Great pockets: the National Belle mine ..................................................T. Rosemeyer Phosphate minerals from the Tip Top mine, Black Hills, South D a k o ta ...................& W. L. Roberts The Stoneham barite locality, Colorado....................................................... 255 by N. L. Bennett The Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, I ta ly ................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur | | | Report (issue) | Bldg., 2600 corridor, 18th and CSts.,NW. DENVER, Colorado-Federal Bldg., Rm. 169,1961 Stout St. LOS ANGELES...ROLLA, Missouri-1400 Independence Rd. DENVER, Colorado-Map Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal Center FAIRBANKS...Juan Mountains, Colorado By FREDERICKS. FISHER Gold in the Alma Mining District, Colorado By DANIEL R....Precious Metals in the Leadville Mining District, Colorado By TOMMY B. THOMPSON Part I is Chapter C U.S...Juan Mountains, Colorado/ by Frederick S. Fisher. Gold in the Alma Mining District, Colorado / by Daniel |
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