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Amethyst from
Grizzly Bear Mine, Bear Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Grizzly Bear Mine, Bear Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:363144
Long-form Identifier:1:3:363144:7
GUID (UUID V4):d9a56d69-e795-48b9-a477-9ace654d5503
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘZanett Tunnel, The Amphitheater, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘPortland Mine, The Amphitheater, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘTopeka-Kentucky Giant vein, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘTopeka Mine, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘIndiana Mine, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘSunnyside Mine group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘIdarado Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘTreasury Tunnel, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘTelluride, Ophir Mining District (Iron Springs Mining District), San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘGenoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
References
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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...zinc, tungsten, and copper. In 1896 world-renowned mining engineer Thomas ''T.A." Rickard called the San...of Colorado's four great mining regions along with Leadville, Cripple Creek, and Central City (Smith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COLORADO oDenver Ouray ‱a IM The Grizzly Bear Mine Ouray County, Colorado Grizzly Bear Mine Figure...Figure 1: Grizzly Bear mine in Bear Creek Canyon, circa 1900; courtesy Ouray County Historical Society...302 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S In 1875, the Grizzly Bear was one of the first mines in the San Juan Mountains...rhodochrosite crystals. In 1981, deeper exploration of the mine pro­ duced additional outstanding specimens of rhodochrosite...minerals. TOM R O S E M E Y E R P.O. BOX 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 pected tracery of line wound in and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[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,...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
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BARBARA L. MUNTYAN 536 Third Avenue P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 81427 All photographs by John R. Muntyan of...B ~i~~~~ 1. Mine along West willow Creek, near Creede and across from the Bachelor mine. Photo by author...the Rock Candy mine in British Columbia, Canada; and in the United States in Hardin County, Illinois, among...localities. Barite also occurs in many localities in Colorado, where it often forms attractive, wellcrystallized...wellcrystallized crystal groups. Colors reported for Colorado barite range from sky-blue to snowwhite to golden
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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;...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)
Silverton, Colorado; photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt. September-October: Wire silver, Cobalt Lode mine, Ontario;...Alluaudite group, 234 Almandine, 175, 188, 409 Amethyst, 420 Analcime, 155 Anatase, 188, 410 Anhydrite...421 Argellite, 188 Arkansas, Stand on Your Head #2 mine cookeite, 318; Magnet Cove eggonite, 114 Arsenopyrite...Wollastonite and Titanite Near Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York, 78; 13th Rochester Academy of Science...Augusta, Maine, 417 Colorado, Crystal Mountain district, 230; Grizzly Bear mine, Ouray, 302; state fos­
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...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
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...Mines and minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index...index. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground
Report (issue)
IR eae Bante Her eatin eeritna : 5 # bees i he BEAR Aah: AMA SS s te ee veal ee siBie ay 5455) Aataheiess...https://archive.org/details/fluorspardeposito00Oharr COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOULDER R. D. GEORGE, State...State Geologist BULLETIN 18 FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS COLORADO By HARRY KAMES A. AURAND BROTHERS, STATE...-...- Governor of Colorado GEORGE UNORLING nee ee President University of Colorado VicCTOR Ct A LDERGONG...TRANSMITTAL. State Geological Survey, University of Colorado, April 29, 1920. Governor Oliver H. Shoup, Chairman
Report (issue)
Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961).
Book
193-256 137-208 129-192 209-264 193-256 [ [ COLORADO-Ill] 177-256 121-184 89-168 1-120 1-88 [ ...177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400 COLORADO-II] 321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400...69-132 65-128 1-64 11 / 1980 20 I 1989 [ COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
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)
SUNNYSIDE MINE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO TOM ROSEMEYER Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427...81427 The Sunnyside mine is Colorado's largest underground gold producer and to date has produced over $150...the rugged San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Nestled in a beautiful alpine mountain valley...valley at an elevation of 12,240 feet, the mine was originally located on the shores of the now-drained Lake...early 1900s, at the height of mining activity, the sprawling Sunnyside mine complex was a self-contained
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
Report (issue)
in 2016 in a disused tunnel of the Sieroszowice mine, and the Spirifer website, with typical conscientiousness...deposits
known as [the] Legnica-GƂogów copper district, mining Kupferschiefer copper shales
Formation of... Ag, and Pt-group elements. In the Sieroszowice mine, which exploits both halite and Kupferschiefer,...halite crystals
grew in only a few months’ time. Mining will restart around September 2017, and will result... Halite, 3.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer Minerals
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)
City: Tourmaline pocket from the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego Co., Calif. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum...the Apache mine, Gila Co., Ariz.; Wulfenite and mimetite pocket from the San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico;...Cave of the Swords, Santa Eulalia, Mexico. Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum, Bisbee, Ariz.: Copperstained...associated with Bisbee mines. Boston Museum of Science: Amethyst pocket from Sweden, Me.; Tourmaline pocket with...with specimens primanly from the Himalaya mine, San Diego Co., Calif. (a fantasy pocket). Carnegie Museum
Catalog/List
of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...largest known faceted gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Person-other—Other persons such as miners, field assistants, mine managers, etc. Place —Used when a mineral is named...Czechoslovakia France Germany Japan Italy Mexico Namibia USSR USA Zaire Total Total number of species during 5-year...leached, ferruginous gossan. Stolzite from this mine was occasionally seen overlying or associated with
Report (issue)
Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989 Colorado Geological Survey Department of...Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 Information Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989...Institute under contract to the Colorado Geological Survey Colorado Geological Survey Department of...of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 ii FOREWORD In recognition of the need to more effectively...published literature on the state's geology, the Colorado Geological Survey is pleased to release Information
Book
COLORADO MININC DIRECTORY. . 1 THE te COLORADO Directory of Mines, DESCRIPTION OF THE MINES AND...AND MILLS, AND THE MINING AND MILLING CORPORATIONS OF COLORADO, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTUS. j^ISTORY... WHOSE NERVE, ENERGY AND INDUSTRY HAVE PLACED COLORADO IN THE FRONT RANK OF BULLION PRODUCING STATES...WEALTH AND PROSPERITY, UNEQUALED IN THE HISTORY OF MINING COMMUNITIES, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED...FARM FOB EVERYBODY Railway. COLORADO. Healthy, Attractive. Colorado is the great Sanitarium and Pl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high
Catalog/List
included in this catalogue are: a huge Alaskan Brown Bear; a full body mount of an outstanding Lion; a record-sized...not paid in full when due, the unpaid balance will bear interest at the highest rate permitted by law from...arbitration shall be conducted in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas in accordance with the then existing Commercial...in the Courts of the State of Texas, in Dallas County, Texas, and if necessary the corresponding appellate...ALASKAN BROWN BEAR FULL-BODY MOUNT Ursus arctos middendorffi Sometimes known as the Kodiak Bear – inaccurately
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard...May/June: Quartz (amethyst), near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines Museum specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Engineering Corporation P.O. Box 1569 Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 THE STATE OF WYOMING CONTAINS A M E R I...was first discovered in placers at the mouth of Bear Creek, right at the northern boundary of Yellowstone...prospectors named Crevice Creek (gold was found in a crevice, of course) and Hellroaring Creek. In June 1870, A...more detail in the Jardine-Crevice Mountain mining district (just north of the park boundary near Gardiner...consists of the Washburn, Sunlight, and Thorofare Creek (youngest) groups; these form most of the Absaroka
 
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