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Illite from
Carpenter Mine, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Illite
Formula:K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Illite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carpenter Mine, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:567664
Long-form Identifier:1:3:567664:4
GUID (UUID V4):3b241e21-3a68-4931-b98a-10d24dbccc89
Nearest other occurrences of Illite
10.4km (6.5 miles) Placerville Mining District, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) Camp Bird Mine, Imogene Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) Longfellow Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
27.4km (17.0 miles) Silver Creek Molybdenum deposit, Silver Creek, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
27.8km (17.2 miles) Calico Peak Alunite Deposit, Horse Creek, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
84.1km (52.3 miles) Cougar Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
91.5km (56.9 miles) Bulldog Mountain Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Depositsin the EntradaSandstone, PlacervilleMining District, SouthwesternColorado GEORGE N. BREIT U.S.GeologicalSurvey...onlyclayis authigenic, vanadiferous (>1 wt % V2Oa)illite (roscoelite), whichformsribbonsandplatesthat locallyconstitute... depositsproducedthe similarcharacteristics of illite in barren and ore samples.Geochemicalconstrain...precursorclay minerals.Later, duringthe Tertiary, illite formedby reactionbetweenepigeneticsolutions at...EntradaSandstone. The unusuallylarge abundanceof illite in ore relative to barren sandstone is consistentwith
Report (issue)
Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 87801 ginger@gis.nmt...been from pegmatites in Taos, Rio Arriba, Mora, San Miguel, and Grant Counties, with the majority of the...beryl production from the Harding pegmatite, Taos County. Current drilling in the Apache Warm Springs deposit...volcanic-hosted beryllium deposits in the Sierra Cuchillo and San Mateo Mountains, Socorro and Sierra Counties by BE...were discovered in the Victorio Mountains, Luna County in the early 1900s. Gulf Minerals Resources, Inc
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 (edition)
to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay
Report (issue)
the bits and pieces exposed in the Colorado mineral belt and the San Juan volcanic field. Hydrothermally...matching the exposed mineralized rocks of a mining district with corresponding parts of a model (Briggs...(Lipman and Steven, 1971) of the southern San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The Model The porphyry-metal edifice...the East Fork of .the San Juan River in the southern San Juan Mountains, Colorado (fig. 3). The relationship...Crater Creek study area to the San Juan volcanic field and the Colorado mineral belt is shown in figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA 2Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro...Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA (Received June 1I, 1992; accepted in revised form October 15, 1992) Abstract-Rhenium...enriched in K-Al-silicate intergrowths which may be illite( ?). These minute intergrowths are present in several...erroneously old ages, or it may be adsorbed into the illite intergrowths, creating ages which are too young...30 set background counting time. This ensured a lower detection limit of 0.0 1 wt% for Re, with 0.0 1
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)
Index of the Geology of the Creede Mining District and Vicinity Colorado By Daniel O. Hayba and Constance...bibliography and index of the geology of the Creede mining district and vicinity was prepared in support of the...information pertaining to the geology of the Creede district. Thus, references range from papers dealing entirely...also PALEONTOLOGY and PALEOENVIRONMENT) GEOLOGY, District GEOLOGY, Regional GEOMORPHOLOGY GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS...Stable and Radiogenic MAPS MINERAL DEPOSITS, Creede district (see also FLUID INCLUSIONS; ISOTOPES; and ALTERATION)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte...of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company 8 “Pirate’s Treasure...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mixed-layer illite/smectite as a paleotemperature indicator in the Amethyst vein system, Creede district, Colorado...Colorado, USA Duane G. Horton 1 University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA Abstract. Ordered i!lite/smectite...Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu-Au Amethyst vein system, southwest Colorado. Hydrothermal illite/smectites exhibit all Reichweke from...from about 25% to about 3% illite. - The composition and Reichweite of illite/smectite vary smoothly with...percent illite and the Reichweite decrease. When composition-temperature relationships of illite/smectite
Report (issue)
Origin of the Mariano Lake Uranium Deposit, McKinley County, New Mexico By Neil S. Fishman and Richard L. Reynolds... Origin of the Mariano Lake Uranium Deposit, McKinley County, New Mexico ABSTRACT The Mariano Lake uranium...per mil); precipitation of mixed-layer smectite-illite clays; partial dissolution of some of the detrital...chemically reduced host sandstone such that upper and lower contacts of mineralized rock roughly parallel bedding...water (Shawe, 1976; Granger and others, 1980; Carpenter, 1980). Because some organic material has the
Report (issue)
and 3, respectively. Arituzar Mine Calichar Caftuelas Daniel Mine San Marcos Volcanclto Salar Centenario...Mucar Laguna Guacha|ayte Laguna Guayatayoc Baratoyoc Mine Grupo Cordoba Laguna Vilama Adriana Lari Los Bayos...Bayos Tropa Pete 3erta Prospect 3lanca Lila Mine Boratera de Antuco Celti Occurrence Coyaguaima Archibarca...Archibarca Archibarca AREA/ DISTRICT S S D S S c s 3 S S S D S S S S S S DISTRICT or SITE? 1000314 AR08059...Pozuelos Margarita San Mateo Mine Salar de Pucar Salar de Rio Grande Betina Mine Boratera Blanca Lila
Report (issue)
Geology of the Salt Anticline Region in Southwestern Colorado By FRED W. CATER With a section on STRATIGRAPHY................................................ . San Rafael Group ......................................of the salt anticline. region of southwestern Colorado.................................................block diagram of Paradox Valley anticline, Montrose County, Colo............................................ In packet Tectonic sketch map of part of the Colorado Plateau showing location of report area......
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
Book
The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- LX x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SCIENCE, formerly Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B: Applied Earth Science...Canada AUSIMM BULLETIN. AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY Bulletin Subscriptions, P.O. Box...BULLETIN CIM National Office, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 3400 de Maisonneuve...Stuttgart, Germany EXPLORATION AND MINING GEOLOGY Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 3400...Cu accumulation by plants grown on Cu containing mine tailings in Cyprus—Lisa Johansson, Constantinos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ore Depositionin the CreedeMining District, SanJuan Mountains,Colorado' Part IV. Sourceof Fluids from Oxygen...rhodochrosite and was estimatedfrom analyses of illite and chlorite. The oxygen isotopiccompositionwas...sphaleriteand was estimatedfrom analysesof quartz, illite, rhodochrosite, siderite, and adularia. The carbon...fluidsassociated with the formationof sphalerite, quartz,illite/chlorite,andcarbonate mineralsdiffer substantially...probablydominantly magmatic, in origin. The sphalerite and illite/chloritewatersmusthavebeendominantlymeteoric in
Book
The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in México...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in México, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- x / Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors
Book (edition)
Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite...from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near...Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from the Grandview mine, Coconino County. A few of the additional...has been a name change, the old name is given in lower case letters and the new name follows in capital...edition under the old name. Jeromite ---Names in lower case indicate that the mineral (or substance) is
Report (volume)
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. University of Colorado. Boulder, Colo. Arctic lnst. North America Research...Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San California Dept. Water Resources Bull. Bulletin...California Div. Mines and Geology Bull. Bulletin. San Francisco, Calif. California Division of Mines and... Mines and Geology Map Sheet Geology Map Sheet. San Francisco, Calif. California Division of Mines and...and Geology Spec. Rept. Geology Special Report. San Francisco, Calif. California Division of Mines and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mississippian Chouteau limestone, near Shelbina, Shelby County, Missouri (O'Laughlin quarry in SE 1/4, sec. 6...and other rocks in part of the Joplin lead-zinc district in southwest Missouri (Tarr and Keller, 1937)...(although the overlying clay is kaolinitic with some illite). Scan electron micrographs of kaolinsM Dickite...Bonneterre formation in the southeast Missouri lead district (Tarr and Keller, 1936), Fig. 8. Both dickire...of A. B. Carpenter, Nov. 1975). Three occurrences of solid-lump dickite, collected from San Juanito,
Report (issue)
Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Mineral and Water Resources of New...of Mines SOCORRO1977 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Cibutus R. HOLMES. Acting President.... Director, &M.—Pub. Other ROBERT W. EVEI.ETH, Mining Engineer K. BABF.TTE FARIS. X-ray Lab Manager ROUSSEAU...RENAULT, Senior Geologist JAMES NI. ROBERTSON. Mining Geologist GuE . rritEN H. ROYBAL, Coal Geologist...ALLOTT, Colorado LEN B. JORDAN, Idaho MILWARD L. SIMPSON, Wyoming PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado JERRY T
 
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