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Sphalerite from
Monticello Mine, Park Mining District (Whitecross Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monticello Mine, Park Mining District (Whitecross Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:488210
Long-form Identifier:1:3:488210:7
GUID (UUID V4):b24925b3-e439-400c-9d3b-495f42fcb62e
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Cleveland Group (Hilluron Millsite; Ida; Lock Lommond), Park Mining District (Whitecross Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Champion Mine, Cinnamon Pass, Park Mining District (Sherman Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Bon Homme Tunnel, Park Mining District (Whitecross Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Isolde Mine (Belcher; MS 15635; Baltimore; MS 2157; Isolde; MS 15635), Park Mining District (Whitecross Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) Gnome Mine (Bull Run; Bull Run No. 1; Unpatented Claims: Sydney Nos. 1-3; Gnome Nos. 1-26; Patented Claim: Gnome; MS 14680), Park Mining District (Whitecross Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Ohio Mine, Park Mining District (Whitecross Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Highland Chief Mine (Wall Street; MS 16478a; Empire Chief Mine; Mathison; MS 16479a), Galena Mining District (Henson Creek Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Pearl and Ruby Groups (Ruby; MS 12860; Patented Claims: Pearl; MS 12860), Galena Mining District (Henson Creek Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) Golconda Mine, Galena Mining District (Henson Creek Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) Dolly Varden Mine (Varden Belle Mine; Patented Claim: Dolly Varden; MS 172), Galena Mining District (Henson Creek Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
microprobe, etc.) Because New Mexico is a mining state, mining districts are given whenever possible in...2015 Bernalillo County Cerro Colorado, W. of Albuquerque: carnotite. Placitas district (Sandia Mountains)...schorl. Tijeras Canyon district (Manzano Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite...subdistrict (Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of Reserve:...Reserve: quartz (chalcedony). Mogollon district, NE of Glenwood: acanthite, bornite, chalcocite, fluorite
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
omitted from locality information. Where lot and district numbers are given, it is necessary to use topographic...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium and the...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 ALAN GOLDSTEIN Falls of the Ohio State Park 201 West Riverside Drive Clarksville, Indiana 47129...Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. K entucky...Commonwealth is Black Mountain in the Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of...of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level...small, nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden
Report (volume)
............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (volume)
Uranium Deposits of the Moab, > Monticello, White Canyon, and Monument Valley Districts . Utah and Arizona...and older units. 2. Tectonic map of the Moab, Monticello, White Canyon, and Monument Valley districts...of Utah and Arizona showing location of Moab, Monticello, White Canyon, and Monument Valley districts...ratios in ore deposits of the Monument Valley district, Utah and Arizona________________ 3. Map showing...Cu:UsOg ratios in ore deposits of the White Canyon district, Utah._----_-_--_-_--_--------____________ 4.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
prevailing temperaturesand pressuresof formation of the Colorado Plateau uranium depositsthe maximum amount of...associated withthe unoxidized orebodiesfrom the Colorado Plateau and was chosen as the best mineral to...dunetlon Triallie X Hydrotharmal e, Ignaoul rocks COLORADO j •mzo#• NEW MEXICO i eFIogltoff I o o...showstrongcorrosionby the urani• minerals. Mi Vida mine, Monticello district, San Juan Count], Utah. Polished section...border o• the picture. Hidden Splendor mine, San Rafael district, U•h. Polishedsection,plain light. OCCURRENCE
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)
Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 87801 ginger@gis.nmt...beryl production from the Harding pegmatite, Taos County. Current drilling in the Apache Warm Springs deposit...were discovered in the Victorio Mountains, Luna County in the early 1900s. Gulf Minerals Resources, Inc...porphyry Mo and W-Mo-Be skarn deposits northwest of Mine Hill and south of Middle Hills. At a cut-off grade...Mountain, Otero County and in the molybdenum porphyry deposit at Questa, Taos County, although not in
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing...Geophysical studies Hydrology Economic geology Mining directory Environmental studies Engineering studies............................................... Sphalerite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................. 170 County Index ........................................
Report (issue)
and Butler Wash Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1754-A ...and Butler Wash Wilderness Study .Areas, San Juan County, Utah By CHARLES G. PATTERSON, MARGO I. TOTH, JAMES...MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS UPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...areas, San Juan County, Utah. (Mineral resources of wilderness study areas upper Colorado River region,...Wash (UT-060-169) Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah. CONTENTS Abstract Al Summary Al Introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
page). The Bassett Stone Company quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, ca. 1962. Shown are the older...removed. The operations then changed to open-pit mining, expanding into new areas and reclaiming the limestone...dolomite from the Bassett Stone quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Terry Huizing specimen and...Catnip Hill facility near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...Catnip Hill facility, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Report (issue)
Selected Mining Districts of Utah by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 What is a mining district? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 How many mining districts are there in Utah and are they still...mineral resources are mined in Utah’s most productive mining districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...most common types of ore deposits found in Utah’s mining districts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
Occurrence of Uranium and Vanadium Minerals From the Colorado Plateaus GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1009-B...OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM AND VANADIUM MINERALS FROM THE COLORADO PLATEAUS By A. D. WEEKS and M. E. THOMPSON ABSTRACT...identification and occurrence of uranium minerals of the Colorado Plateaus, contains descriptions of the physical...mineralogic investigation of uranium ores from the Colorado Plateaus. This work is part of a program undertaken...other 13 14 URANIUM AND VANADIUM MINERALS FROM COLORADO PLATEAUS compilations: Gruner and Gardiner's
Report (issue)
the most promising for the mining of uranium ore. In western San Juan County, on the eastern flanks of...Farther south in the Zuni Mountains of Valencia County joint coatings in pre-Cambrian granites show abnormal...deposits, and a uraniumand thorium-bearing pegmatite district. In central New Mexico only two deposits, one...Lorenzo district in Socorro County and the other in the Scholle district in Torrance County, had been...districts in Grant County and the Terry prospect in Sierra County. In the White Signal district autunite and
Report (volume)
important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico...Schwartzwalder (Ralston Creek) and Los Ochos mines, Colorado; the Early Day and Buckhorn claims, Nevada; the...mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor...deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According to Nininger (1954, p. 43), as
Report (issue)
quadrangles-------5. Map of magnetic anomaly in the Hillsboro district with north-south section showing the measured...of magnetic anomaly of the Carpenter (Swartz) district with east-west section showing the measured field...monzonite and gold-bearing vein material from the Chance mine and from Copper Flat with supplemental atomic absorption...3. Ore samples from the Carpenter (Swartz) mining district with supplemental gravimetric analyses for...silver ----4. Ore samples from the Kingston mining district with supplemental atomic absorption analyses
Book (volume)
...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
within the village of EUenville, New York. (Ulster County) have a documented history as far back as 1728...mines in the district were at EUenviUe, in Ulster County, near SummitviUe in Sullivan County and near Guymard...Guymard and Mount Hope in Orange County. By today's standards these mines were small scale and no significant...been done in nearly one hundred years. Exploratory mining and limited opera­ tions were carried on during...Shawangunk Mine near SummitviUe in 1948 and 1949. A small amount of work was done at the Shawangunk Mine during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
meteoricin origin) in Mesozoicsedimentsof the Colorado Plateau area were reducedby anerobic bacteria...collectedfrom uranium depositsin the Monticello mining district, San Juan County, Utah. The Sa2/Sa4 ratios of...Morrison Uravan District, pyrite North Formation Montrose County, Colorado Star mine: mineralized ...--23.0 Gypsum Valley District, San Miguel County, pyrite Colorado Pitchfork mine: sulfide from sheared... sulfur. Thomsons District, Grand County, Utah pyrite-marcasite Little Eva mine: pyrite as interstitial
Report (volume)
. 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
Report (volume)
Western Sierra C:ourlty, New Mexico, Suggested by Mining Distri.cts, Ceologyt and c ·eochemicaf, Anomalies... Mineral Belts in Western Sierra County, New Mexico, Suggested by Mining Districts, Geology, and Geochemical...information on mineral belts in western Sierra County, New Mexico, indicates many new areas favorable...1921Mineral belts in western Sierra County, New Mexico, suggested by mining districts, geology, and geochemical...resources-New Mexico-Sierra County. 2. Geology-New Mexico-Sierra County. I. Heyl, Allen Van, 1918- II
 
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