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Wad from
Amethyst Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Wad' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wad data
Locality Data:Click here to view Amethyst Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:355842
Long-form Identifier:1:3:355842:3
GUID (UUID V4):f1788342-73e7-4224-8e8b-e3e388cce704
Nearest other occurrences of Wad
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘHappy Thought Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘWhite Star Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘPark Regent Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘBachelor Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘEmperius Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘCommodore Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘAlexite Manganese Mine, White Earth Mining District (Powderhorn Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘIron Hill deposit, White Earth Mining District (Powderhorn Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
55.3km (34.4 miles) ⓘBuckhorn Mine (Adelia; Baltic; Oceanic; Buckhorn; Atlantic; Queen of Sheba; Celtic; Adriatic), Crystal Hill Mining District, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
55.4km (34.4 miles) ⓘLast Chance No. 1; No. 2 Occurrence (No. 2; Red Bird Claims Claims Claims; Mexican Lode No. 1), Crystal Hill Mining District, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
References
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Report (volume)
718 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ' CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS AND ESPER S. LARSEN................................................. Mining and treatment of ores......................................................................... Amethyst mill.......................................................................................... Creede formation........................................58 58 59 59 59 59 59 60 CONTENTS. Chapter V. Creede formation.....................................
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...American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Colorado...resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna B. II. Title. III. Title: Great...possible steps should be taken to preserve our mineral heritage, whether in physical form as irreplaceable
Report (volume)
Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge) including the chief occurrences of 445 mineral species UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE..._______________ Source minerals of Colorado's mineral industry________________________ Minerals first...______ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________ Mineral localities and how...them ____________________________ ~ _ Noteworthy mineral localities__ __ __ ____________ __ __ ___ ______
Report (volume)
50. II. Tertiary History of the G-rand Caiion District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, Capt. U. S... Geology of the Comstocls Lode and the Washoe District, with atlas, by George F. Becker. 1882. 4°. xv...of 21 sheets folio. Price $11.00. IV. Conistock Mining and Miners, by Eliot Lord. 1883. 4°. xiv, 451 pp...Price $1.20. VIII. Paleontology of the Eureka District, by Charles Doolittle Walcott. 1884. 4°. xiii... Price $1.75. XII. Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado, with atlas, by Samuel Franklin
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...Harney Peak. The northern section is characterized by vein deposits, while the Southern Hills Dist. Includes...beds, excavations, etc.ï‚ŸSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ï‚Ÿgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ï‚Ÿpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds
Book (volume)
gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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
Book (volume)
gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Missouri. N o comprehensive list of Missouri mineral occurrences has been published since Leonhard (1...attempt was made to list all the state’s many mineral-prcducing properties. For example, minerals known...location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE
Book (edition)
quartz crystals, Ow-ay. Katherine H . Jensen. AND MINERAL GUID E RICHARD M . PEARL A COMPLETE GUIDE - \i\/ITH...REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL Thb famous...takes you on an extensive „em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places...little-known localities in all sections of this great mineral-producing state. Included are numerous mileage...want to make the best use of their time. Gem and mineral societies that welcome visitors-museums that display
Book
MINERALOGIST'S DIRECTORY : OR , A GUIDE TO THE PRINCIPAL MINERAL LOCALITIES IN THE United Kingdom of Great Britain...he be sure of obtaining a true estimate of the mineral wealth of the locality in question. Although Great...Great Britain possesses so great a variety of mineral species, many of which are rare and exceedingly...of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...Royal Dublin Society, an excellent paper on the mineral localities in Donegal. The materials for this Directory
Journal (issue)
on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family; Tom Spann photo...Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Collected by George Stacy; Jeff Scovil photo. Amethyst, 12 cm, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Collected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rutherford Mine at Amelia is now being worked by W. D. Balzley, a young man with varied mining experience...Rutherford Mine. This means that Rutherford minerals will again be available to collectors. Near die mine Mr...stock of representative minerals from the Rutherford Mine itself. Collectors may visit the dumps after paying...to Mr. Keener who owns the mine property. Directions to the Rock Shop, mine and to Mr. Keener's house...360 (toward Richmond) approximately 1.2 miles to county route 609, a left turn, with the sign "Powhatan
Book (edition)
— _ ; COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ! ■ : ' BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado Gem Trails...Trails and Mineral Guide Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils America’s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes...and Ores: The Collectors Encyclopedia Successful Mineral Collecting and Prospecting How to Know the Minerals...Minerals and Rocks 1001 Questions Answered About the Mineral Kingdom 1001 Questions Answered About Earth Science...Interpretation of Colorado Scenery Guide to Geologic Literature Popular Gemology Mineral Collectors Handbook
Report (issue)
UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL... MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most common mineral, quartz.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...second largest state, has produced relatively few mineral specimens for collectors and is practically unknown...show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu­ merous mineral occurrences with the potential to produce good...collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be­ cause of its large oil and gas exploration...record locality information or to protect the mineral specimens they picked up and tossed in their buckets
Report (volume)
the Geological Survey's annual report entitled " Mineral Resources of the United States" (the volumes for...of a century. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States have been enormously...showing the composition and character of each mineral and the location of. its principal deposits. Many...These are only examples of notable changes in the mineral production of the United States and of correlated...changes in the appraised value of some of the mineral deposits. In this list, as in the earlier lists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2017 HERMAN WUESTNER Citncin'llaH, Ohio The mining camp of Kelly lies at the west foot of the Magdalena...C. Gordon, at that time employed at the Graphic mine, and some years later Mr. Gordon's private collection...material. Unfortunately the Kelly mine was shut down, the Graphic mine working in sulphide ore only, and...Prochlorite Hydrofranklinite Anglesite Psilomelane Barite Wad Brochantite Calcite Melanterite Siderite Goslarite...yellow color; also filling cracks in the same mineral, in minute globules of a yellow to brown color
Book (edition)
the chapter his accessible materials logs and mineral of the minerals by counties. localities into...important fact of the very wide distribution of the mineral wealth of the state. The miner alogical map which...taken to visit many of he most interesting mineral localities of the state. He was thus enabled to...operative in giving a very considerable impulse to the mineral development of the state, and the addition of many...them not hitherto or elsewhere discovered The Mica mining industry, for example, has brought to a Pi 7
Book (volume)
............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................47 Colorado ...........................................................477 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ........................................year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada...enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized
Book (volume)
............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................................47 Colorado ...........................................................479 Appendix F - Classification of Mineral Deposits ........................................year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada...enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized
Book (volume)
corner of Kimball Co. where it overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townï‚Ÿagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityï‚Ÿagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford
Book
A guide to the most productive and interesting mineral and gem collecting localities, with a Spanish-English...Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2...El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari District ...... Moctezuma...Moctezuma District ... Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District...SECTION 2 — Highway 45 Sabinal District ............... Los Lamentos District.... Placer de Guadalupe Puerto
Book (edition)
University Library TN 24.N8A15 The minerals and mineral localities of A 3 1924 004 112 227 CORNELL UNIVERSITY...LIBRARY ^N§INiiRiNG Library N THE MINERALS MINERAL LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP...request, thrown his accessible materials and mineral localities into the form of a Catalogue of the...important fact of the very wide distribution of the mineral wealth of the State. The mineralogical map which...specimen, besides being many of the most interesting mineral localities of tion in the State taken to visit
Report (volume)
............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................the Geological Survey's annual report entitled "Mineral Eesources of the United States" for 1882 and 1887...more until 1914. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States were enormously...resources of the country. Many changes in the mineral industry other than increase in production have
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Volume Twenty-seven, Number Four Articles Famous mineral localities: The H igher Pitts m ine, M endip H...by M. Mauthner, L. Groat & M. Raudsepp Famous mineral localities: The Rio Tinto m ines, Huelva, S p ain...clinozoisite from the M cKinney m ine, Spruce Pine District, North C a ro lin a.............................a new mineral, and associated lead fluoride m inerals from the Grand Reef m ine, Graham County, A rizona
 
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