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Quartz from
Ouray County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Purchased in April 2001 at "Spring Show of the Rockies" in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rhodochrosite173 photos of Quartz associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality.
Calcite104 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Sphalerite96 photos of Quartz associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Pyrite66 photos of Quartz associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite53 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Gold51 photos of Quartz associated with Gold at this locality.
Galena47 photos of Quartz associated with Galena at this locality.
Fluorite31 photos of Quartz associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Epidote15 photos of Quartz associated with Epidote at this locality.
Scheelite13 photos of Quartz associated with Scheelite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28515
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28515:1
GUID (UUID V4):b601bf8f-480c-495e-959d-95fc23e0231e
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Barstow Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Brown Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Brown Mountain Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Genesee Mine (Genesee-Vanderbilt Mine), Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Gertrude Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Indiana Mine, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Silver Mountain Mine, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Topeka Mine, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Topeka-Kentucky Giant vein, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Guston Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Idarado Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
National Belle Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Grizzly Bear Mine, Bear Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Silver Queen Mine, Bear Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Begola Mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Goodfro Mine, Canyon Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Mineral Farm Mine, Canyon Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Ores and Metals Mine, Canyon Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Thistledown Mine, Canyon Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Crystal Cave, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
American Nettie Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Bright Diamond Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Great Western Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Iron Clad Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Jonathan Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Sieberg Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Laura Dunmore occurrence, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Morning Star mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Mother Cline Mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
O.S. Pocket, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Rock of the Ages Mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Sunset Mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
K.D. Pocket, The Amphitheater, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Ohio Mine, The Amphitheater, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Portland Mine, The Amphitheater, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Zanett Tunnel, The Amphitheater, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Uncle Sam Mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Daniel Bonanza Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Michael Breen Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Mountain Monarch Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Royal Albert Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Silver Link Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Silver Point Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Bachelor-Syracuse Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Black Girl mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Calliope Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
New Discovery vein, Dexter Creek, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Neodesha Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
News Boy Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Pony Express Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Senorita Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Slide Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Red Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Red Mountain No. 3 deposit, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Bullion King Mine, Red Mountain Pass, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Atlas Mine, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Mountain Top Mine, Governor Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Terrible Mine, Governor Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Virginius Mine, Governor Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Camp Bird Mine, Imogene Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Potosi Mine, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Revenue Mine, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Wheel of Fortune Mine, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Eldorado Mine, Yankee Boy Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Yankee Boy Mine, Yankee Boy Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Tennessee Tunnel, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Treasury Tunnel, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Yankee Girl Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inches; a floater specimen, Cross vein, Idarado mine, Ouray and San Miguel countries. Figure 2 (right). Cluster...Fremont County. C-O-L-O-R-A-O-O CALCITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427...Russia. Calcite also occurs at many localities in Colorado. Further, the state is the source of calcite as...marble (from the Yule quarry at Marble in Gunnison County) that has been used for many of the great monuments...Calcite, the most common carbonate mineral in Colorado. is found in a variety of occurrences, including
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81421 Telluride ~ Oyama Mine ,-e Titusville...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...Basin is located approximately 8 miles southwest of Ouray and in the 18705 and 18805 was a bustling scene...silver-bearing vein at different elevations. Drifting on the quartz-barite-rhodochrosite vein at the various levels
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Clear Creek County. Figure 2 (right). Green fluorite encrusted with quartz on a plate of quartz, from a prospect...Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County; largest crystal measures 1.25 inches on edge;...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O FLUORITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John...locations in Mexico; in Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee, and in Hardin County, Illinois, in the United States;...eastern Russia. It also occurs in many localities in Colorado, where it is found in colors ranging from pale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BARBARA L. MUNTYAN 536 Third Avenue P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 81427 All photographs by John R. Muntyan of...Hardin County, Illinois, among other localities. Barite also occurs in many localities in Colorado, where...wellcrystallized crystal groups. Colors reported for Colorado barite range from sky-blue to snowwhite to golden...considerable variety for a single mineral species. In Colorado, barite is found in a variety of environments...amounts in many of the mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt as a gangue mineral, it is seldom
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2013 BARBARA L. MUNTYAN P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 8 I427 hodochrosite, a manganese carbonate...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...significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt, a large, elongated, highly mineraiized...extreme southwestem comer of Colorado. Most of the metal mining in Colorado has been within this belt since
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 13:31 09 June 2016 Colorado boasts numerous localities where fine sphalerite...of sphalerite also occur at many localities in Colorado, in shades of amber, emerald- or lime-green,...rail for the mines, standing on Main Street in Ouray (1886). The Wright Opera House is the large building...Muntyan, former director of the Ouray County Museum in Ouray, Colorado, is a frequent contributor to Rocks...in her series on Colorado minerals appeared in the July/August I994 issue (“Colorado Pyrite”), September/October
Journal (issue)
602-297-6709 Articles The Iron Cap mine, Graham County, A rizona.................................81 by...discoveries in Ouray County, Colorado ............... 89 by B. & J. Muntyan Anatase on quartz from Ouray...Ouray County, Colorado ........................ 103 by T. Rosemeyer, E. Raines & R. Stoufer Departments Notes...made in Arizona (the Iron Cap mine) and in Ouray County, Colorado, are described in three articles, and a...huge i show organized by Herb Duke at the Pima County Fairgrounds. Following the advertising section
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by [Gazi University] at 01:28 05 January 2015 Colorado Mineral Treasures from The Field Museum Chicago...article highlights some of the more interesting Colorado specimens there, along with historical background...structures on the grounds included the State of Colorado Building. Many items appeared at the exposition...Vendl are geologists who collect Colorado minerals and study Colorado mining history. Located in the Chicago...the exposition. Harvard Figure 3 (right). The Colorado mineral exhibit was assigned a place of honor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Prehnite in the Red Mountain Mining District Ouray County, Colorado AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE of prehnite was discovered...with grossular, epidote, tremolite, magnetite, quartz, and calcite. The minerals were formed by thermal...had been reported from only two localities in Colorado (Eckel 1961). The first locality was referred...who, in his “Catalogue of the Minerals Found in Colorado” listed prehnite as occurring in the mines near...described occurrence is on Mt. Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado (Eckel 1932). Here, the prehnite occurs
Report (issue)
OF PARTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS COLORADO By W. S. Burbank and Charles T. Pierson UNITED...PARTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO By W. S. Burbank and Charles T. Pierson This...PARTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO CONTENTS Page Abstract.........................Cochetopa area, Gunnison County....... Cebolla mining district, Gunnison County......................................... Upper Uncompahgre district, Ouray County....................... General geology.....
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(above). Pyrite, Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County. Cluster of intergrown crystals showing light...(right). Pyrite, Mountain Spring mine, Rico, Dolores County. Cluster of modified cubes; specimen 2 by 2 inches;...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O PYRITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John...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
Report (issue)
The Triangle of Colorado Mountains of Minerals Contributors David W. Bunk, Robert B. Cook, Don Earnest... Contents PAGE4 PAGE 10 4 The San Juan Triangle of Colorado Ho for the San Juans! by Duane A. Smith, Mark...and Karen A. Vendl L ocated in southwestern Colorado and covering over 31,000 square kilometers, the... Above: August sunrise on middle Blue Lake, Ouray County Photo Jack Brauer/WideRange Photo LLC, 2010...the Domfnguez­ Escalante 1776 expedition through Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico Ho for the San
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Art, see Robinson, S. Austinite, 367 Azurite: Colorado, 106; Wyoming, 167 Downloaded by [University...Greb. July/August: Pyrite, quartz, and galena, Camp Bird mine, Ouray, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen...photo. November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht...Mineralogical Symposium Acanthite, 25 Actinolite, Colorado, 302 Aegirine, Arkansas, 181 Aguilarite, 27 Albite...Minas Gerais, 313 Alforsite, 367 Allanite-(Ce), Colorado, 301 Alpine-Cleft Mineralization at Pedreira Atalaia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Although Colorado may be most noted for rhodochrosite or amazonite, the many varieties and associations...associations of quartz found throughout the state rank it as one of the premier worldwide localities for that...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...for about 750 known mineral species.* Of these, quartz is one of the most desirable from a collector's...to Minerals of Colorado: A 100-Year Record (Eckel, 1961). 374 ROCKS & MINERALS Quartz was a familiar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cliff-Hanger Pocket, the Amphitheater, Ouray County, Colorado Figure 1. View of the Cliff-Hanger pocket...side of Ouray, Colorado. Shown is Robert Stoufer. Mark Vendl photo, May 2006. S uperb milky quartz crystals...Mississippian age at various localities in and around Ouray, Colorado. Their large size, sheer beauty, and aesthetic...rank these occurrences as some of the best milky quartz specimens in the world. The Amphitheater, a large...side of Ouray, contains outcrops of Leadville Limestone that have been bisected by the Ouray fault, a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
T R I C T, located about 4 miles north of Ouray, Colorado, comprised an area of approximately 3.6 square...location of the Paquin mining district in Ouray County, Colorado. Cartography courtesy William Besse. Tom...from the mining industry. He is still active in Colorado mining and mineralogy, doing research and collecting...beautiful crystal groups of white barite on drusy quartz that were collected in the Senorita and Black Girl...the Mining Region of San Juan, Ouray, and Dolores Counties, Colorado.” This is believed to be the earliest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of COLORADO ED RAINES Geology Museum Colorado School of Mines 1310 Maple Street Golden, Colorado 80401...Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection, photographer unknown...unknown. B etween 1868 and 1922, Colorado produced almost 260 million pounds of copper. Nearly 100 million...with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926). During the twentieth century...mined (Beaty, Landis, and Thompson 1990). Total Colorado production prior to 1958 reached 585 million pounds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A Famous Quartz Locality Rediscovered The Ohio Mine, Ouray County, Colorado The Ohio mine, a lost locality...recently has again been the source of large milky quartz crystal groups from a cavern in the Leadville Limestone...STOUFER P.O. Box 1884 Ouray, Colorado 81427 TOM ROSEMEYER P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 T H E O H I...large glacial cirque situated on the east side of Ouray, Colo­ rado. The Amphitheater was formed during...a 75-foot tunnel driven along an unmineralized quartz vein that passes through the northern edge of a
Report (issue)
COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOULDER R. D. GEOqGE, State Geologi.t BULLETIN 22 MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE...oozi5137 EAME"S BROS, STATE PRINTERS FOR COLORADO DENVER. COLORADO GEOLOGICAL B O A R D His Excellency...Shoup George Norlin Governor of Colorado President University of Colorado Victor C. Aldersox.. Charles...TRANSMITTAL State Geological Survey, Uxiversity of Colorado, October 28, 1920. Governor Oliver H. Shoup. Chairman...honor to transmit herewith Bulletin 22 of the Colorado Geological Survey. Very respectfully, R. D. George
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama 36849-5305 SCHEELITE CAMP BIRD MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO I n keeping with the theme of the 1996... and fluorite in high-temperature hydrothermal quartz veins; with garnet, epidote, and diopside in skarns...have been pro­ duced. The Boriana mine in Mohave County, Arizona, has fur­ nished orange euhedral crystals...section of the famous Camp Bird mine near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A complete description of this spectacular...colorless fluorite with variable amounts of associated quartz, calcite, hiibnerite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Inc. 1441 West 46th Avenue, Suite 14 Denver, Colorado 80211 eraines@ Icolorado.net The Great Irony...house. Photo hy Uycrs, CB.1904. courtcs\ Ouraj County Historical Society. Volume 75, November/December...preached what amounted to Ed Raines, who researches Colorado ‘s geology, mineralogy, and mining history, is...Fourth of July speaking engagement at Telluride. Colorado (Fetter and Fetter 1979). Although a July Fourth...silver could find a receptive audience in any Colorado mining town that had suffered during the Panic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Through the 'Scope 1 OURAY Eldorado mine IfXCamp Bird mine TEIXURTOE 'TMdarado mine q Eureka Red Mountain...ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P . O . Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 Tom Rosemeyer is the owner of Red Mountain...Explora­ tion and has mined and collected minerals in Colorado for the past twenty years. Microminerals of the...the San Juan Mountains, Southwestern Colorado WELCOME TO -THROUGH THE 'SCOPE," a column devoted to news...mining in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado for Ihe past twenty years. Dur­ ing this time
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...association of radium, uranium. and vanadIum on the Colorado Plateau sparked several periods of exploratIon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 Link Mine Downloaded by [JAMES COOK...ANATASE & RUTILE from the Silver Link Mine Ouray County, Colorado Mineral photography by Dan Behnke; specimens...San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, anatase crystals on quartz were discovered in the abandoned...however, until the summer of 1991, when mineralized quartz from the dump of the Silver Link mine was examined...to contain microcrystals of anatase scattered in quartz vugs. Additional collecting at the mine in 1991
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mine in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, one of the many mines in that region that did...mine is located about 8.6 miles southwest of Ouray, Colorado, near the head of Yankee Boy Basin in the Sneffels...2 (top). Map showing Yankee Boy Basin, Ouray County, Colorado, where the Sneffels mining district is...from the mining industry. He is still active in Colorado mining and mineralogy, doing research and collecting...and would become the future townsite of Ouray. By 1876 Ouray had been incorporated and boasted a population
 
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