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Rhodochrosite from
Rico Argentine Mine, Silver Creek, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodochrosite
Formula:MnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodochrosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rico Argentine Mine, Silver Creek, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:305384
Long-form Identifier:1:3:305384:3
GUID (UUID V4):4485c768-989a-48c6-a110-4f46cd98a601
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite
2.1km (1.3 miles) Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Enterprise Mine, Newman Hill, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Lexington Tunnel, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Rosebud Mine (Robert Rom; Black Imp Nos. 1-3; Unpatented Claims: Rosebud Nos. 1-3; Rosebud Extension; Rosebud Mill Site), Lone Cone Mining District (Dunton Mining District), Dolores County, Colorado, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) San Bernardo Mine, Ophir Mining District (Iron Springs Mining District), San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) North Star Mine (Sultan Mine; North Star-Sultan), Sultan Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) Alethea group, Sultan Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
31.3km (19.4 miles) Brooklyn Mine, Brown's Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Pittsburg tunnel, Sultan Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Empire group, Sultan Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
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R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...............171 J. M. Shannon and G. C. Shannon Rico ..................................................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
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Geology and Ore Deposits of the Rico District, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 723...723 Geology and Ore Deposits of the Rico District, Colorado By EDWIN T. McKNIGHT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ...discussion of the geology and potential of a famous old silver camp which~ under modern mineral technology~ became...------------------------------------Location and geography of district -----------History --------------------------...-------------Middle and Upper ( ?) Pennsylvanian Series_ Rico Formation ---------------------Permian System -
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Figure I (above). Pyrite, Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County. Cluster of intergrown crystals showing light...Figure 2 (right). Pyrite, Mountain Spring mine, Rico, Dolores County. Cluster of modified cubes; specimen...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O PYRITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John R...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
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0.75 inch on edge, from the Henderson mine, Clear Creek County. Figure 2 (right). Green fluorite encrusted...Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County; largest crystal measures 1.25 inches on edge;... FLUORITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John R...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
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[University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 13:31 09 June 2016 Colorado boasts numerous localities where fine sphalerite...Elmwood, Tennessee; the mines of the Tri-State district of Missouri-OklaDownloaded by [University of Nebraska...of sphalerite also occur at many localities in Colorado, in shades of amber, emerald- or lime-green,...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
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Institution feature articles Mordenite at Wolf Creek Pass............................... 272 by Marvin...Marvin Hanner Additions to the Ore Mineralogy of Colorado..................................................by Donald Grybeck Crystallized Minerals of the Colorado Mineral Belt....................................a large num ber of people who collect with the “silver pick”, and who are concerned with getting their...time I saw the famous Bancroft/ W ilber Alma rhodochrosite it snapped my head around from 40 feet away
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://archive.org/details/manganesedeposit0000gamu COLORADO GEOLOGICAL BOULDER R. D. GEORGE, State Geologist...BULLETIN MANGANESE SURVEY 15 DEPOSITS OF COLORADO BY G. A. MUILENBURG GHOLOGICAL BOARD - His.... Governor of Colorado CSRORGED NORDIN ones ee cere President University of Colorado Vigtoe GSA LD@RSUN:...honor to transmit herewith Bulletin 15 of the Colorado Geological Survey. Very respectfully, R. D. Gores...OF SPR 19 na MANGANESE NO OTOIC ICSETC ae COLORADO............. Location and general features..
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Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States Part 3. Colorado By ALLEN V. HEYL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...deposits and the resources of oxidized zin.c ores in Colorado UNITED STATES· GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...19180xidized zinc deposits of the United States. Part 3. Colorado. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. vi...Bibliography : p. 88-91. 1. Zinc ores-Colorado. 2. Zinc mines and mining-Colorado. I. Title. (Series) For sale..._________ Rifle Creek district_ _ _ _____________ _ ___ ____ __ ________ __ __ __ Clear Creek County_____
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. 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
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