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Silver from
Happy Thought Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Happy Thought Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:355876
Long-form Identifier:1:3:355876:8
GUID (UUID V4):f3637918-d876-49dc-b6c5-fb69d0d7c097
Nearest other occurrences of Silver
0.7km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Amethyst Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) ā“˜Last Chance Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ā“˜Holy Moses Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Bachelor Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Solomon Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ā“˜Monte Carlo Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) ā“˜Emperius Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ā“˜Commodore Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ā“˜Exchequer Tunnel Occurrence, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ā“˜Windy Gulch, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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.....................................
Report (issue)
RECENT MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO By ESPEK S. LAKSEN ABSTRACT The Creede district...metal, mostly silver. By far the greater part of this output came from the great Amethyst vein, which lies...Nearly all of the ore was mined from parts of the vein that were enriched by surface solutions and were...were above the Nelson tunnel. Production from this vein practically ceased about a decade ago. Extensive...opened a good ore body in the western branch of the Amethyst fault at its south end, and several small but
Report (issue)
organization is carrying on for the direct advancement of mining interests throughout the country than can readily...two parts, the second part comprising papers on mineral fuels. These volumes for 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909... GOLD AND SILVER. NOTES ON THE GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISĀ­ TRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA....writer spent 10 days in the Carrville district, Trinity County, Cal., and, incidental to other work,... gathered some data on its mining geology. A paper on the gold gravels x was pubĀ­ lished, but baggage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY, AND HISTORY OF FOUR Native Silver Localities 7 in Colorado Downloaded by [University of California...72 Golden, Colorado 80403 All photos by author unless otherwise noted SINCE 1859 COLORADO HAS PRODUCED...threequarters of a billion ounces of silver. Most of this production has come from silver-bearing minerals rather...native metal. Native silver in Colorado has been deposited both as a primary mineral, crystallized directly...directly from hydrothermal fluids, and as a secondary mineral, precipitated during the various processes involved
Report (issue)
Control of Ore Deposition in the Creede District San Juan Mountains Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...487 Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Metal Mining Fund Board Geology and Structural Control...Control of Ore Deposition in the Creede District San Juan Mountains Colorado , By THOMAS A. STEVEN and JAMES...487 Ā·Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Metal Mining Fund Board UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Fisher Quartz La ti te ___________________________ _ Creede Formation _____________________________ _ Surficial
Book
MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine ā€”_ā€”< Ā¢ 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 resourcesā€”Colorado...resourcesā€”Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”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 (issue)
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 STATESĀ· 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...pipes or mantos __________ _ Replacement bodies in vein walls and secondary veins alongfissures________
Report (issue)
Mineralogy, Mineral Chemistry, and Paragenesis of Gold, Silver, and Base-Metal Ores of the North Amethyst Vein...Vein System, Sari Juan Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...Alaska-Rm. 101, 4230 University Dr. ā€¢ LAKEWOOD, Colorado-Federal Center, Bldg. 810 ā€¢ MENLO PARK, California-Bldg... Mineralogy, Mineral Chemistry, and Paragenesis of Gold, Silver, and Base-Metal Ores of the North Amethyst Vein...Vein System, San Juan Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado By NORA K. FOLEY, STANTON W. CADDEY, CRAIG B.
Report (volume)
... GOLD AND SILVER: Notes on the gold lodes of the Carrville district, Trinity County, Cal., by D. F...preliminary report on the geology and ore deposits of Creede, Colo., by W. H, Emmons and E. S. Larsen.........account of the ore deposits of the Loon Creek district, Idaho, byJ. B.Umpleby................................................. Notes on the Antelope district, Nev., by F. C. Schrader................... Notes...Mountains, Grand County, Utah, by J. M. Hill. Survey publications on gold and silver.................
Thesis/Dissertation
TDfl SbQ AEEAL GEOLOGY OF 0?HS CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO. By ' X ESEBR S* H B LARSEIT. S...Approved: The Areal Geology of The Greede Mining District, Esper 3. Larson. COKTEIIT3 Chapter I...11 General conditions 11 Humphreys mill 13 Amethyst mill 15 Solomon mill 16 Hidge mill 16 Bibliography...volcanic series 22 Lower division Upper division The Creede formation The llacXenzie 26 .'-.fountain quartz...Megascopic Microscopic Weathering and outcrops Creede Formation Chapter V. Name, general nature, and
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__ __ __ ____________ __ __ ___ ______
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 Ā„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
wulfenite on the front cover and the picture of the amethyst geode on page 1 are reproduced by courtesy of...which characterize their change. Most of the great mineral and gem discoveries of the world have been made...sapphire. The pigeon-blood red of the ruby is thought to result from traces of chromic oxide and the...often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in MonĀ¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...formation of coal is interĀ¬ esting. It has very little mineral substance but has been formed by pressure on vegetable
Journal (issue)
TECHNOLOGY SR-treatment* N failures. BLUE RIBBON MINING AWARD 1960 *pat. pend. SMtlas Copco 545 Fifth...REPAIRS IN 29 YEARSā€™ WORLD MINING Edition, WORLD including the Export MINING March VOL. 23, No. 3 ...on Coloradoā€™s Badger Flats as a third beryllium mineralā€”the rare euclaseā€”is discovered. Production at... Request Bulletin No. 063. WHAT'S GOING ON IN MINING Rocky Mountain Southwest Central and Eastern ;...to hard 2 in. and Newsmakers in World Mining Metal and Mineral Prices Concentrates Geologistā€™s Reduce
Report (volume)
precipitation of the metalo........ Composition of mine waters............................................Composition of mine waters Continued. Discussion of analyses Continued. Page. Mineral changes indicated........................................ Gold and silver............................................ Changes...on depth..................... Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions....... Oxidation...relations and minerals of silver........................... Principal silver minerals................
Report (volume)
depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico...__ 233 Shasta County, California______ _ __ 234 Snowstorm lode, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho__ _ 235...235 Encampment district, Wyoming_____________;___ 236 Ducktown, Tennessee______________________ Gossan
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...Abbreviations and Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text
Report (issue)
area, Colorado Distribution of Beryllium Tin, and Tungsten in the Lake George area, Colorado By C....------------------------------------Outline of mining history--------------------.- ------------------------Geologic...-----------------------------------------------------Boomer mine area -------------------~---------------------------Redskin...----------------------------------------------------~ary Lee mine area ------------------------------------------------Geology...6. Geologic and geochemical map of the ~ary Lee mine area ---------7. Geologic map of the Tappan ~ountain
Report (issue)
Beryllium Area, Park and Jefferson t:-1 Counties, Colorado g ~ s:p ~ I> li:tl ~ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Flats) Beryllium Area, Park and Jefferson Counties, Colorado By C. C. HAWLEY GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE...SOUTHERN TARRYALL REGION PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A A...Boulder Creek{?) Granodiorite ______________ _ Silver Plume(?) Granite ____________________ _ Pikes Peak..._ Greisen pipes ______________________________ _ Vein deposits ______________________________ _ Deposits
Book (volume)
Two Volumes Ā® Volume I Gemstones, of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps... 5 = fii? i a j ā€” Ā» ya y _ā€” ā€™* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...Department of Conservation; and on the Four Peaks amethyst deposit in Arizona by Dr. F. W. Galbraith of the...furnished by Col. E. M. Barron of the Southern Gem and Mineral Company of El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin
Report (issue)
PROSPECTS, LAWSON-DUMONT-FALL RIVER DISTRICT, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO By C. C. Hawley and Frank Baker...and summary of geology Production References cited Mine descriptions Ā« Lawson area, north of Clear Creek...group Boulder Nest-Free America vein White vein St. James vein Tabor vein Commodore tunnel Suggestions for...ClevelandC?) mine Flat Iron vein Mines east of Red Elephant Hill Central America (Tinker) mine-Comstock vein...vein Dexter mine i Johnson group Last Chance mine Ā« r Little Giant mine Little Superior (Jack Rabbit)
Book (edition)
Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...Published with the assistance ofthe Tucson Gem and Mineral Society The University of Ariwna Press / Tucson..."Published with the assistance of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society." Includes bibliographical references and...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Statehood 48 PART 3 rr 22 NOTABLE ARIZONA MINERAL DEPOSITS Porphyry Copper Deposits 57 Porphyry-Copper-Related
Book (edition)
Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...Published with the assistance ofthe Tucson Gem and Mineral Society The University of Arizona Press / Tucson...ā€œPublished with the assistance of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society.ā€ Includes bibliographical references and...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...NOTABLE AND wu MINERALOGY ā€”22 48 ARIZONA MINERAL DEPOSITS Porphyry Copper Deposits 57 Porphyry-Copper-Related
Report (volume)
Deposits Of the Lawson-DumontFall River District Clear Creek County Colorado By C. C. HAWLEY and FRANK BAKER...of the general geology and ore deposits of the district which forms the northwestern part of the important..._________________________ Wallrock control of mineral deposition___________________________ Residual...section of the Lawson-Dumont-Fall River district, Clear County, Colo. 2. ~ap showing major faults (veins)...(veins) of the Lawson-DumontFall River district projected to a horizontal plane having an elevation of 8
Book (edition)
google.com The of resource s Arizona : its mineral , farming , grazing Patrick and ... Hamilton...ARIZONA : OF ITS 49005- MINERAL, FARMING, AND GRAZING LANDS, TOWNS, AND MINING Celax. H. Richm ond...ARIZONA: ITS 49045- MINERAL, FARMING, AND GRAZING LANDS , TOWNS, AND MINING CAMPS ; ITS RIVERS , MOUNTAINS..... MINING RESOURCES CACHISE COUNTY . PIMA COUNTY .. YAVAPAI COUNTY .. PINAL COUNTY . GILA COUNTY ..... MOHAVE COUNTY ... YUMA COUNTY ... MARICOPA COUNTY ... PAGE 3 5 7 10 12 16 21 25 33 35 41 47 58 61 66
 
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