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Pyrite from
Moose Mine, Central City Mining District (Central Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moose Mine, Central City Mining District (Central Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:491532
Long-form Identifier:1:3:491532:4
GUID (UUID V4):f5df7c58-ec73-424b-b7c8-13a7b4499ee3
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Druid Mine (Drvid Mine), Central City Mining District (Central Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Two Brothers Tunnel, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Cherokee Mine, Eureka Mining District, Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) De Lesseps, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Willis Gulch Occurrence (Carcasonne; Adudell; Colfax; Elkhorn; Bertha; Druid; Moose), Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Sun & Moon, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Kokomo Mine, Central City Mining District (Central Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Hazeline, Central City Mining District (Central Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Moose Shaft, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Bellman, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...hrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver starting...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA e-mail: pbartos@mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...hrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver starting...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA e-mail: pbartos@mines
Book
Gkologim-in-charge. CATALOGUE OF MINERALS FOUND IN COLORADO. BY • F. M. ENDLICH. [EXTRACTED FROM THE TENTH...been adopted. tar as practicable, analyses of Colorado minerals have been given. They will aid examination...of the catalogue. systematic enumeration of the Colorado mineral species and references to the publications...Endlich, S. IN COLORADO. X. D. The continuous development of mineral resources of Colorado is productive...Geological .Report for PS75. Now, the survey of Colorado is completed, many additions of species new to
Report (volume)
Geology of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado GEOLOGICAL (=) I o 00...of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and -i ;i ?i Gilpin Counties, Colorado By ROBERT H. MOENCH and...____ Mines and prospects in the Idaho Springs district ________________ Previous studies.___________...the veins____-_-_-__________.___________________ Pyrite veins ______________________________________________...sequence of primary vein minerals ____________________ Pyrite stage_______________r ______________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RHODOCHROSITE IN COLORADO By DON INGLE Blue Creek Read, Evergreen, Colo. Colorado, the highest state...gold, and zinc. A common mineral with pyrite. Of the many Colorado locations, perhaps the best specimens...specimens have come out of the Sweet Home Mine, in the Alma District, Park Co. The color, transparency, and...a 70ton hunk of quartz crystal in Kazakhstan (Central Asia). It was described as piezoquartz, a type...not always welcome here, I cannot comment on the Colorado rhodochrosite without mentioning this location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2013 BARBARA L. MUNTYAN P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 8 I427 hodochrosite, a manganese carbonate with...Rhodochrosite has also been found in many localities in Colorado, particularly in the mines of the San luan Mountains...it i s one of the most recognized and coveted Colorado minerals. partiY DO e the presence of a mix...occurs in significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt, a large, elongated,...extreme southwestem comer of Colorado. Most of the metal mining in Colorado has been within this belt since
Journal (issue)
Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John
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)
Smith. Director Professional Paper 138 MINING IN COLORADO A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTJON...location, area, and organization of the mining counties of Colorado _________________________ _ Adams County_-..._____________________ _ Alamosa County __________________________ _ Arapahoe County _________________________...Archuleta County _________________________ _ Baca CountY-----------------------------Boulder CountY------...CountY----------------------~----Chaffee County _____________________·______ _ Clear Creek County _______________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...MICHAEL J. GOBLA 19055 East Bethany Place Aurora, Colorado 80013 gobla@copper.net Unless otherwise noted...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded
Report (volume)
BUIJLETIN 528 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS 1 OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and animal life....................----.-----.....Mining......................................................................... 74 Mineralogy of Lemhi County ores....................................... 74...... Future of mining in Lemhi County.......................................... Mining districts of Lemhi...Lemhi County.......................................... Scheme of treatment...........................
Journal (issue)
at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...George and Salt Lake City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2)...mineralpro@hotmail.com The Czech Republic, in central Europe, is a relatively small country (about 80...and world- famous history of mining and associated mineralogy. In the city of Brno (pronounced burn oh)...seen from many km away and from all points of the city. The mineralogy department of the museum is led
Report (issue)
Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA. 3.03 (10), 2.11 (7), 2.94 (6), 2.23 (5), 2...Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA; corresponds to (Au1.02 Ag0.02 )Σ=1.04 Te2.00 . (2) Moose mine, Cripple Creek...Creek, Colorado, USA; Fe is from pyrite; corresponds to (Au0.80 Ag0.20 )Σ=1.00 Te2.00 . (3) Săcărı̂mb...krennerite, petzite, hessite, tellurium, gold, pyrite, quartz. Distribution: In Romania, from Săcărı̂mb... In the USA, in Colorado, at several mines in Cripple Creek, Teller Co.; the Smoky Hill mine, Boulder
Report (volume)
Resources of the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1766...Resources of the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana By R. C. PEARSON, B. R. BERGER, H. E....resources of the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1766)...Geochemistry 12 Mineral resources 19 Setting 19 Mining districts in the eastern Pioneer Mountains 19 Resource...10 Map of eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana, and vicinity 3 20 Generalized geologic
Report (volume)
SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Report (issue)
COLORADO STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOULDER R. D. GEORGE. State Geologi.t BULLETIN 3 G E O L O G Y A...N D O R E DEPOSITS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT PARK COUNTY, COLORADO BY HORACE B. PATTON ARTHUR J. HOSKIN...Charles A. Lory Governor of Colorado President University of Colorado President State School of Mines...TRANSMITTAL State Geological Survey, University of Colorado, December 1, 1912. Governor John F. Shafroth,...the honor to transmit herewith Bulletin 3 of the Colorado Geological Survey. Very respectfully, R. D. GEORGE
Report (volume)
veins in the northeastern part of the Lemhi Pass district J UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...-----------------------------Future of thorium mining ................ -----------------------------...Lemhi Pass quadrangle, Page Lemhi County, Idaho, and Beaverhead County, Mont ..... Jn pocket FIGURE 1....lies astride the Continental Divide in the east-central part of the Beaverhead Mountains. This quadrangle...only a part of the much larger Lemhi Pass thorium district, is the area of the most abundant thorium veins
Report (issue)
(Pickthorn, 1982), and McKinley Peak (Haney, 1982) mining areas, but nowhere has there been a compilation...occurrence, whether or not there has been production (a "mine"), prospecting (a "prospect"), or reported mineralization...numbered from NS1 to NS113. Mine, Prospect or Occurrence lists the name of the mine, prospect or occurrence...listed first Gold Mining District or Region gives the name of the gold mining district, however, if a locality...locality lies outside of a recognized district a regional name was used (i.e. "Port Dick"). Quad lists
Report (volume)
................'........................ 47 Pyrite.. .....^.........................................elongated rhombic crystal faces, from Nugget mine, Gilpin County, Colo.-................... II. A, Wedge-shaped...from Hoosier mine, Nederland, Colo.; B, Cuboid ferberite crystals from Georgia A. mine, Nederland. Colo...Nugget mine, Gilpin County, Colo.............................. IV. A, Hiibnerite from Birdie mine, Butte...Rollinsville, Colo.; B, Hubnerite crystals from Regan mining district, 35 miles north of Osceola, Nev...........
Journal (issue)
page 14. CHAPTER II GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT.... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ...44; Ore distribution, pa~e 49; Genesis, page 52; Mining, milling, and metallurgy, page 55; DeSCription..... .. ....... . ..... In pocket Waverley gold district .. . . . ........ . .. . ...... . .. . . ... ...corrugations .............. . XII. Belt of veins, Dufferin mine, showing entrance of angulars from the foot-wall............................... . XIII. Richardson mine, showing angulars in the foot-wall on the apex of
Report (issue)
LOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, COLORADO BY \V ALDEl\;IAR LINDGREN A:'\D FREDERIC... . . . . . . . First geological survey of the district .............................. _• . . . . . ..................... Geological structure of the district ............... _................... __ .. _...._____________ ........ . 100 Petrology of the district ______________ . _______________________________________________...___ _ 113 Chapter IV. -General mineralogy of the district . _______________ .... ____ .. ______________
Report (volume)
GEOLOGICAL RESURVEY OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, COLORADO BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN AND FREDERICK LESLIE..... ...:......................_...._....... 8 Mining and metallurgy ....................................^...... 11 First geological survey of the district ................................... Modifications............................. 32 Future of the district.................................................report on a "Resurvey of the Cripple Creek district of Colorado," by Messrs. Waldemar Lindgren and F. L
Report (issue)
Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 849 1 THE MOOSE PASS-HOPE DISTRICT KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA BY RALPH TUCK...and industries. ..._. ... ._.__ ...... 474 Mining conditions. _________ __-.._._ ___.____________-...._. _ .. _____ .._.__.--___ .. History of lode mining _ ..._._.....__..-___._-.....____.._ General character...________________________________ Future of the district._____________________________________ Mines and...1________.________ Colorado Creek.______________________________________ Colorado..__-___-.______________________
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
 
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