| | Journal (issue) | E-mail: leicht@kristalle.com T he Sw e e t H ome Park C o u n t y , C o l o r a d o This publication...Leonard Beach, whose undying faith in the Sweet Home Mine made it all happen. M in e FRONTISPIECE:... found in the Good Luck Pocket, Sweet Home mine, in 1992. Sweet Home Rhodo, Inc. specimen; photo by Harold... found in the Good Luck Pocket, Sweet Home mine, in 1992. Sweet Home Rhode. Inc. specimen; photo by Harold...adventure in specimen collecting in our time: the Sweet Home mine operation. Many thousands of specimens have | | | Report (issue) | Bldg., 2600 corridor, 18th and CSts.,NW. DENVER, Colorado-Federal Bldg., Rm. 169,1961 Stout St. LOS ANGELES...California-Federal Eldg., Rm. 7638,300 N. Los Angeles St. MENLO PARK, California-Bldg. 3 (Stop 533), Rm. 3128, 345MiddlefieldRd...ROLLA, Missouri-1400 Independence Rd. DENVER, Colorado-Map Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal Center FAIRBANKS...Replacement Deposits Part II Gold in the Tintic Mining District, Utah By HALT. MORRIS Gold Deposits in the...Bird Mining Districts, San Juan Mountains, Colorado By FREDERICKS. FISHER Gold in the Alma Mining District | | | Journal (issue) | Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan Whatâs new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Kosnar Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..........................................333 by R. A. Kosnar Famous mineral localities: Mount A n tero ............................ 339 by M.... I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A. Murphy | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of COLORADO ED RAINES Geology Museum Colorado School of Mines 1310 Maple Street Golden, Colorado 80401...noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection,...photographer unknown. B etween 1868 and 1922, Colorado produced almost 260 million pounds of copper....from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with | | | Book | MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine â_â< Âą 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 resourcesâColorado. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesâNew Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground | | | Book | Gkologim-in-charge. CATALOGUE OF MINERALS FOUND IN COLORADO. BY âą 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) | the series selected from different areas of the Sweet Home Paul W. Pohwat is the collections manager in...National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire series...there are examples of chalcopyrite, cuprite, covellite, pyrite, bournonite, and sphalerite after tetrahedrite...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock of...present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs with rhodochrosite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | JanuaryEebruary: Cerussite and fluorite, Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo. MarchlApril:...MarchlApril: Wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona. Vienna Natural History Museum specimen, 0. Medenbach...Medenbach photo. May/June: Legrandite, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural Science...tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, and quartz, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey... NovemberDecember: Silver, Bulldog mine, Mineral County, Colorado. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcomb Hjerstedt | | | Catalog/List | fossils in open fields within walking distance of home. Kevin's family moved to Mobile, Alabama which ...the western states. Colorado and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history...the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...country as well as exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana...and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History...Azurite on malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and... calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff | | | Catalog/List | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street âą Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street âą Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years...hundred years ago and from the present. âą A faceted Sweet Home Rhodochrosite weighing 22.93 carats with exquisite... 52002 SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region | | | Journal (issue) | growth of pectolite was recently found at Prospect Park, New Jersey. The specimen is made up of a remnant... described from slags at Le Celine di Cotoriano Mine (Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy). I have...aesthetic end we saw the best stibnite from Xikuangshan Mine (Lengshuijiang, Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China)...on the This year, giYe the gift of information! Mine al The Mineral Collector's Mineral News, The Mineral...crystals Jochen Hintze collected in the Morogoro District in Tanzania. Imagine a mineral dealer going in | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Saint-Hilaire, La VallĂ©e-du-Richelieu RCM (Regional County Municipality), MontĂ©rĂ©gie, QuĂ©bec, Canada. The...Benitoite Bornite Cavansite Celestine Chalcophyllite Covellite Kinoite Kyanite Lazulite Leadhillite Linarite...Afghanistan 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona Tsumeb, Namibia, and Touissit, Morocco San Benito County, California...California Dzhezkazgan Mine, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan Wagholi, Poona District, Maharashtra, India Maybee...Monroe County, Michigan Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado | | | Journal (issue) | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Michigan Correspondents Dudley Blauwet Louisville, Colorado Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Renato Pagano Milan...COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michiganâconsidered by some to be the worldâs...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...commemorative labels for the specimen owners to take home, over 100 showcase title placards and informative | | | Journal (issue) | Cover Covellite with iridescent play-of-colors sitting atop a quartz matrix, West Colusa Mine, Butter...Butter Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, courtesy Heritage Auctions; an interpretive geotourism...courtesy of Jim Brace-Thompson; thunderegg from Oregon mine, courtesy Lori Coleman, owner of Spanish Stirrup...Rhodochrosite with Quartz & Sphalerite Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine Sweet Home lode and Pulaski lode [Patents...[Patents 106 and 107]) Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park Co. Colorado, USA 5.71 x 3.73 x 2.96 inches | | | 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) | (Continues on page~-z) Grand Canyon Uranium: The Orphan Mine Dr. Vivien Gornitz vgornitz@giss.nasa.gov Better...deposit was the Orphan Lode (later renamed the Orphan Mine), located on the south rim of the Grand Canyon,...visitors to Grand Canyon National Park are aware that a uranium mine operated here as recently as 35 years...before establishment of the Grand Canyon National Park in 1919 (Chenoweth, 1986). Daniel L. Hogan, who...detected in 1951 and uranium mining began in 1956. Mining within the national park was permitted because the | | | Journal (issue) | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical...deemed more appropriate (and more likely to gain mining industry support) to propose designating copper | | | Catalog/List | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street âą Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street âą Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine âshaving brushâ and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority | | | Journal (issue) | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...disposition of the collection remains unknown. The Fair home still stands in Lewiston. William S. Beekman (1867â1930s) | | | Journal (issue) | Update on Rare Minerals at the Sweet Home Mine, Park County, Colorado Martin Jensen Collectors Edge Minerals...Minerals, Inc. P.O. Box 1169 Golden, Colorado 80401 martin@collectorsedge.com During micromineralogical...examination of selected specimens from the Sweet Home mine which have either been recently exposed underground...(EDS) at the facilities of the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. For the original, comprehensive...comprehensive written work on the Sweet Home mine, the reader may refer to the special issue of The Mineralogical | | | Journal (issue) | Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ......................Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England .....................inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don and Gloria Olson...AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 22...$327/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals | | | Journal (issue) | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Steven R. Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor...Number One Âź Articles Mineral identification in the home laboratory: some useful techniques ...............Famous mineral localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah .....................................Wise The Wagon Wheel Gap fluorspar mine, Mineral County, Colorado .........................................33 by B. Cairncross The Jan Coetzee copper mine, Namaqualand, South Africa .................... | | | Journal (issue) | Weber by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (see February 2005 Mineral News - Ed.). Between...noted for the mounted specimens acquired by the LA County Museum, the collection provides a solid reference...unpublished 'skorpionite' from the new Skorpion Mine near Rosh Pinah in Southwest Namibia were offered...or tarbuttite. Skorpion Mine is expected to become the world's largest zinc mine, covering 15% of our zinc...new minerals from that mine. I saw a few pieces of kochsandorite from the coal mine at Many in Hungary. | | | Journal (issue) | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Denver, CO 80211 303-477-6897 (by appointment) Colorado & W orldwide Specimens The Crystal Group George...Road Colorado Springs, CO 80906 719-634-0635 (By Appt. Only) Amazonite & Smoky Quartz Fine Colorado Minerals...Minerals Genesis Epoch Mel & Pam Bersch 248 Little Park Rd. Grand Junction, CO 81503 970-242-3134 (call...1686 So. 21st Street Colorado Springs, CO 80904 719-442-6630 Producing Colorado Amazonite & Smoky Quartz |
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