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Malachite from
Big Four Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine Dump
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Linarite1 photo of Malachite associated with Linarite at this locality.
Goethite1 photo of Malachite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Pyrite1 photo of Malachite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Four Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1483470
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1483470:5
GUID (UUID V4):e2b36210-885e-4294-83e3-f2aa3d0b8879
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Highland Chief Mine, Yankee Hill, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Ibex Mine, Breece Hill, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Little Bertha, Breece Hill, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Adelaide Mine, Iron Hill, Lake County, Colorado, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Crown Point Mine, Rock Hill, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Continental Chief Mine, Dyer Mountain, Horseshoe District, Mosquito Range, Lake County, Colorado, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Sherman Mine (Sherman tunnel; Leadville Corporation Mine; Day Mines; Hilltop Mine), Upper Iowa Gulch, Lake County, Colorado, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Dauntless Mine (Dauntless tunnel), Horseshoe Basin Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) Peerless Mine (Peerless Maud), Horseshoe Basin Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) London Mine, London Mountain, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
References
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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
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
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)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur........ .................... ..... ^ B lllii Leadville.................................................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
Report (volume)
............................................. Colorado.................................................years ago the annual imports of Portland cement were four times the domestic production, and the total quantity...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee,...minerals and rocks, their occurrence and uses: Colorado State Geol. Survey Bull. 6, 1913. 8 USEFUL...Utah______.Mr. G. W. Ritter, Salt Lake City. Mr. Maynard Bixley, Salt Lake City. Vermont_____Prof. G. H.
Report (volume)
Twenty-five years ago the imports of Portland cement were four times the domestic production, and the total quantity...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...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
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...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
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most spectacular minerals, including azurite, malachite, smithsonite, wulfenite, pyromorphite, and mimetite...Preble Hill mine near Garland, Maine; the old lead mine near Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Sterling Hill, New Jersey; and the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, and the well-known Wheatley and nearby...nearby mines, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania (Slot0 1989). In the western United States. where...districts, Chaffee County; the Leadville district, Lake County; the Bulldog Mountain mine in the Creede district
Book (volume)
SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas...Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas...Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE THIS BOOK...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...sites as quickly and easily as possible. Each of the four volumes covers one quadrant of the 48 contiguous
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...........................................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
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...........................................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 (issue)
2021 Articles The Dragon's Lair gold, Beta Hunt mine, Western Australia ...............................specimen), 49.5 cm (over 49 kg), from the Beta Hunt mine, Western Australia. Photo by Robert Mosely (The...$324/ three years, (Canada) $196/ one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...Forrest was born April 21, 1932 in Willits, Mendocino County, California, the son of Helen and Forrest E. Cureton...2007 he was a full-time volunteer at the Empire Mine State Historic Park in Grass Valley, California
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commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation,
Journal (issue)
Kosnar R.A., Berg111anT. L·oro 111cris1alh del Colorado, U.S.A. (111)........... pag. 2-l I Orfa,ufi P...GR. Coli. e fo10 Giancarlo Brizzi. ADVISE TO OUR USA AND CANADA SUBSCRIBERS: The circulation agents for...MINERALOGICAL RECORD P.O. BOX 35565, TUCSON. ARIZONA 85740, USA. Please state thc purpose of your payment and your...perpuovi luoghi di ritrova :E E O ini abbonamenti": MINE Sode Verla GmbH • Postfach 405 • D- E' uscito...Lucky Knoch a Tonasket. Okanogan County nello stato di Washington (USA). Al nuovo minerale é stato dato
Report (issue)
east-central Idaho. Most of the Forest is in Lemhi County; only a small portion falls within Idaho and Valley...per ton. Gold mineralization at the Yellowjacket mine occurs in quartz veins and lenses in quartzitic...terrain located in east-central Idaho. It adjoins four other national forests, the Beaverhead on the east...National Forest. Most of the Salmon Forest is in Lemhi County; only a small portion falls within Idaho and Valley...reported on the geology and ore deposits in Lemhi County and his work is an excellent source for mining
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instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...group, 13 cm, w ith calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection;...Sterling mine at Antwerp, New York; the Alpine veins near Sherbrooke, Quebec; the Nanisivik mine on Baffin...country and soon became a collector. The cobalt mine at Bou-Azzer was among his favorite localities,...really fine azurite specimens from the now-famous mine at Touissit, and later many superb cerussites and
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF TILE LEADVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO BY S. F. EMMONS, J. D. IRVING,...High terrace gravel_ 15 Low terrace gravel_ _ 17 "Lake beds"_ 17 Character and distribu17 tion _ Deformation...Relation to mineralization_31 Geologic age _ 31 Leadville limestone (" Blue " limestone) _ _ 32 Name_ 32...anticline _ Origin of the Iron-Mikado fault 61 Colorado Prince anticline _ group _ 95 61 Mosquito Gulch...95 62 Kokomo syncline_ Faults southeast_ of _ Leadville 62 the_ Fryer Hill folds _ 62 district _ 95 Warping
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
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Pleistocene debris. The state was buried completely four times by Ice Age glaciers, leaving the land surface...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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Pleistocene debris. The state was buried completely four times by Ice Age glaciers, leaving the land surface...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Report (Issue volume)
accumulating steadily since 1853, when the first mine (a coal property) was developed. Actually it antedates................................ . Copper-Stevens County ....................... . Lode gold ....................................... . Lode gold-Stevens County ..................... . Placer gold ................ .. Lead-Pend Oreille County ..................... . Lead-Stevens County ........................................................ . Silver-Stevens County ........................ . Tin, titanium .....
Report (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...COLOR PLATES (following page 242) Gold, Mexican Mine Gold, Majuba Placer Pyromorphite after Galena with...with Conichalcite Gold, Round Mountain Mine Quartz, Lovelock area Acanthite Grossular, Nightingale
Book
Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite (Polished Slice)...particularly valid in terms of monetary value. The "big four" are nonetheless the most popular and dominant...PbCO 3 100 Azurite Cu,(CO 3>i{OH) 2 101- 106 Malachite (see gems also) Cui(CO 3)(OH)2 103-107 SULFATES...Octahedral Diamond Crystal in Kimber lite Premier Mine, Kimberley, South Africa On loan from Mrs Charles... ~ 29 Native Gold Sheet on Quartz El Dorado County; California 30 5 cm (2 In.) high Native Gold
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Petrified Forest Trails Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High Tension (A Biography)...\merica Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho... Recently, archaeologists working in the remote Lake Rudolf area of Africa's Kenya found shaped stone...cultural evolution and the possibility of language. The Lake Rudolf implements are some 1,800,000 years older...the Bronze Age in central Europe, the prehistoric Lake Dwellers were boring holes into garnets and stringing
 
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