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Forsterite from
Italian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Italian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:388226
Long-form Identifier:1:3:388226:9
GUID (UUID V4):a2740856-d231-4d7e-8081-3b3d678aa8ca
Localities for Forsterite in this Region
Blue Wrinkle Mine (Anderson claim), Italian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
82.0km (50.9 miles) South Park Basalt (2), South Park, Park County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Thesis/Dissertation
mineralogic mapping technique in the Italian Mountain area, Colorado Item Type text; Thesis-Reproduction...MINERALOGIC MAPPING TECHNIQUE IN THE ITALIAN MOUNTAIN AREA, COLORADO By Henry Albert Truebe A Thesis submitted... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining History . .......................................APPENDIX C: DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF THE ITALIAN MOUNTAIN AREA . . ............. .....................Location and tectonic setting of the Italian Mountain area in Colorado. . . . . . . . . . : ............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80205-5798 jmurphy @ dmns.org PETER...Survey MS 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0046 pmodresk @ usgs.gov Unless otherwise...to 2000) J oin us for a gemstone tour around Colorado! Our field trip takes us from east to west in...in the same way you may have toured through Colorado on a mineral collecting trip. This route, from the...gemstones are known to occur. We cannot discuss every Colorado gemstone occurrence; rather, this is a general
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England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...67 by M. C. Bandy Minerals of the Italian Mountain area, Colorado .....................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...the dump there. Figure 3. The Chanarcillo mining district. The many dumps do not show up in the picture...picture. This is on the west side of the district, the Veta Descubridora is in the background over the low
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chernushka in the Baikal area, Italian Mountain in Colorado [11], San Bernardino county [12], and the Big Horn...lazurite deposits in Russia occur in the Slyudyanka district, Irkutsk oblast, southwestern Baikal area, and...deposit is hosted in diopside skarns and spinel–forsterite calciphyres developing after dolomites in the...dolomite with disseminated forsterite, spinel, and pyrite. The lazurite–forsterite vein located in the middle...anomalous birefringence in the presence of colorless forsterite and spinel. In addition to this deposit, two
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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...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244 Iron-manganese
Report (issue)
Association: Calcite, pyrite, diopside, humite, forsterite, haÄuyne, muscovite. Distribution: Exceptional...Campania, and in the Alban Hills, Lazio, Italy. In the USA, at Ontario Peak and Cascade Canyon, San Bernardino...Co., California, and on North Italian Mountain, Gunnison Co., Colorado. In Canada, about 15 km north
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Sr-Isotope Geochemistry of Tertiary Stocks, Colorado Mineral Belt E. Craig Simmons* and Carl E. Hedge...Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA Abstract. Rocks of the northeast portion of the Colorado mineral belt...Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA tent and higher Rb/Sr ratios...igneous rocks in the northeastern half of the Colorado mineral belt. Many of these rocks are clearly...with their wall rocks. Igneous activity began in Colorado soon after the onset of the Laramide orogeny (Tweto
Journal (issue)
- - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North
Journal (issue)
Marvin Hanner Additions to the Ore Mineralogy of Colorado.................................................by Donald Grybeck Crystallized Minerals of the Colorado Mineral Belt....................................Journal, 27, No. 7, 1040. ITALIAN MOUNTAIN, COLORADO by M. M. Groben Italian M ountain (elevation 13,378...betw een A spen and Crested Butte in w estern Colorado. Although probably visited by early miners, it...summary of the geology and min­ eralogy of the Italian M ountain area was subsequently pub­ lished by
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granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...collectors or students should get hold of geological and mining maps and records of visits made by others. Few...more than a puddle. It is also vital to know how mining has been carried out in the past. Long blasting
Journal (issue)
gem areas have dried up as there is very little mining activity and practically nothing coming through...519 Fig. 4. Young and old female members of the mining family washing the gravel. Fig. 5. A group of...near the railway line to Chieng Mai. The actual mining areas are: Wang Chin, 50km from Den Chai at 17°54'N...the town of Kantaralak, 14°40'N. 104°40,E. The mining area is at Kor Sa Ad nearby. We were also told...the Blue John variety of fluorite in the Peak District of Derbyshire. Historical notes are included and
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56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Dosen ONN/ QBI96-40247 Trade Distribution by Mountain Press Publishing Company P.O. Box 2399, Missoula...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcite, dolomite, phlogopite, pargasite, diopside, forsterite, scapolite, and/or pyrrhotite. The spinels vary...and calc-silicate rocks (including humite- and forsterite-rich metacarbonates); (3) sapphire-bearing calc-silicate...in the Kimmirut area contain peak metamorphic forsterite with subsequent (near peak metamorphic or retrograde)...(rock forming minerals i.e., diopside, pargasite, forsterite, phlogopite, humite, calcite, spinel); and (2)...(calcite/dolomite with subordinate silicates such as forsterite, pargasite, diopside, and phlogopite) with K/Al
Journal (issue)
Altissimo about eight miles from Serravezza. This mountain rises to a height of 5440 feet a n d its precipitous...when Napoleonic rule prevailed a n d export of Italian goods to Great Britain was prohibited, and to overcome...to form an orthosilicate of the olivine group—forsterite (Mg 2 SiC>4)— while the lime molecule forms calcite...2CaMg(C03)2 + Si02 = 2CaC03 + Mg2Si04 + 2C02. Thus a forsterite marble is produced. If the silica be in excess...marble or Irish green marble, which is found in County Galway, Ireland. Iona stone, found near the Bay
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted
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Director Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Featuring Photographs by Harold and Erica Van...detailed description of all varieties of gem deposits, mining and recovery methods, as well as the production...selection and up-to-date description of the geology, mining operations, production, and economy of the most...gallery in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, entitled "Gemstones and Their Origins," which...exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, would not have been possible without the encouragement
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Director Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Featuring Photographs by Harold and Erica Van...detailed description of all varieties of gem deposits, mining and recovery methods, as well as the production...selection and up-to-date description of the geology, mining operations, production, and economy of the most...gallery in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, entitled "Gemstones and Their Origins," which...exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, would not have been possible without the encouragement
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rhoColorado; eolorless scheelite (19.66 cc), Kern Cowny, California;...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout... most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache
Report (volume)
4, 5, 8; Museum Paper, nos. 5, 6; County Report, no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific...vols. 3-12. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 145-156; Technical Publication...1-157; Transactions, vols. 60-76. New York. See also Mining and Metallurgy. American Journal of Science, 4th...vols. 9-17. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletins 79, 85-101. San Francisco, Calif...vols. 33-42. Ottawa, Ont Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vols. 23-30; Monthly
Book (edition)
the Calcium Silicates," by L. Heller and H. F. W. Taylor, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1956. "Crystal...of us spent most of our weekends in the museun1 park and some even rushed through school homework to...sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson,...OCCURRENCE: Occurs in Colorado at the Pelican Dives rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma
Journal (issue)
N. von Koksharov is found in the Lake Baikal district. Its analysis is given below. Si02 A1203 FeO MgO...along with lazurite, phlogopite, forsterite and pyrite. (i) Forsterite: M g 2 S i 0 4 Orthorhombic. Prisms...hauyne, sodalite, pyrite, calcite, scapolite, forsterite, humite, diopside. 2. Lake Baikal:—Lazurite...lazuritediopside-epidote rock in the Myaungok district associated with augite gneiss, enstatite gneiss...perhaps the material noted by Bauer. 7. Gunnison County, Colorado:—Mineralogical composition not known,
Book (edition)
Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For Reference Not to...Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD New York ...Cal and Kerith Graeber Cureton Mineral Company Colorado School of Mines Charles and Marcelle Weber Dan...the Calcium Silicates, by L. Heller and H. F. W. Taylor, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1956. Elements...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;
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culture, derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric...have been made. In the course of present-day salt-mining, still flourishing there, traces of ancient workings...do not merely tell us about the occurrence and mining of minerals but also of the many magic and medicinal...for uplifting vast portions of the crust to form mountain ranges, exposing thereby, for the first time perhaps...rocks are impregnated by molybdenite (Climax, Colorado), or cassiterite. When the country rock, usually
Book (edition)
Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere nee Not to...Sagtiache Co1tntr Publlc I...ibran' Saguache, Colorado ~ VANNOSTRAND REINHOLD ~ - - - - N e w York...Cal and Kerith Graeber Cureton Mineral Company Colorado School of Mines cw Charles and Marcelle Weber...Calciu,n Sz'licares, by L. Heller and H. F. \\' . Taylor. H er Majesty's Stationery Office, 1956. Elen1ents...sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...Hewett in 1927 who was able to demonstrate that in mining countries exploitation, export and import of metals...passed its climax. At the very end the domestic mining industry can no longer cater for the needs and...looked up in various publications such as the “World Mining Data”, a yearbook issued by Weber and Zsak (2007)
 
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