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Altaite from
Smuggler Mine, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Altaite
Formula:PbTe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Altaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Smuggler Mine, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:662686
Long-form Identifier:1:3:662686:0
GUID (UUID V4):5dbc8c45-c3ec-4d53-93b7-8ce7e5e092e1
Nearest other occurrences of Altaite
8.0km (5.0 miles) Golden Age, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) Fourth of July Mine, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) Cold Spring and Red Cloud, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) New Rival - Black Rose, Ward Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) Richard occurrence (Minnie Bell; Washburn; White Eagle; Dolly; Plough Boy; Oceola; Gillaspie), Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
13.9km (8.6 miles) Prussian, Ward Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) John Jay Mine, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Richmond Mine, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) Cold Springs Group (Times Tunnel; Hoodoo; Horsefal; Haddock; Crown; King; Wolf Tongue; Red Cloud), Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) Slide Mine, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
oresofo0000kell Telluride Ores of Boulder County, Colorado The Memoir Series of The Geological...America, Inc. Memoir 109 Telluride Ores of Boulder County, Colorado WILLIAM C. KELLY EpwINn N. GODDARD Department...SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. Colorado Building, P.O. Box 1719 Boulder, Colorado 80302 Printed in the United...assembling a representative collection of the Boulder ores. Dr. T. S. Lovering of the U.S. Geological...and numerous ore samples were donated by local mining men, particularly Fred Dopp, H. M. Williamson,
Report (issue)
Mineral Group: Sphalerite group. Association: Altaite, calaverite, krennerite, petzite, gold, pyrite...In the USA, in Colorado, at the Good Hope mine, Vulcan, Gunnison Co.; in the La Plata district, La Plata...Lion, Smuggler, and Ellen mines, Boulder Co. [TL]; from the Cresson mine, Cripple Creek district, Teller...California, at the Norwegian mine, near Tuttletown, and the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne Co.; in Nevada, at...Getchell mines, Potosi district, Humboldt Co.; from the Outlaw mine, Round Mountain district, Nye Co.; and at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
\Vnshington ; Telluride, Colorado ; Elmoro, Colorado. WALLM A P S : b. Tintic Mining rcgion, Utah. C. Absaroka...Telluride Mining District, Colorado. f. Mother Lodc Mining District,, California. f Tenmile Mining District...District, Colorado. K. Trinidad Coal Ficld, Elmoro Folio, Colorado. h. Estillville and Hristol Folios, Tennesscc...Basin. i. Monograph on the Crystal Falls Iron District of Michigan. tii. Monograph on the Illinois Glacial...Topographical and Geological Maps of Allegheny County, Maryland. Exhibited by thc MAHYLAXD GEOLOGICAL
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
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 (issue)
61.5 61.12 Total 99.6 99.9 100.00 (1) Mattagami mine, Canada; by electron microprobe, average of analyses...grains; corresponds to Sb1.91 Te3.00 . (2) Kobetsuzawa mine, Japan; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...(Mattagami Lake mine, Canada). Association: Altaite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite (Mattagami Lake mine, Canada);...Canada); altaite, tellurium (Kobetsuzawa mine, Japan). Distribution: In Canada, from the Mattagami Lake mine...[TL]. At the Smuggler, Little Johnny, Washburn, and other mines, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA. From the Kobetsuzawa
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the tellurides are unusually interesting to the mining geologist and the prospector, as compounds of gold...Kalgoorlie (Western Australia), Cripple Creek (Colorado), and Kirkland Lake (Ontario), and all of these...rickardite); nickel (melonite); iron (frohbergite); lead (altaite, nagyagite); mercury (coloradoite); bismuth (hedleyite...severalspectacularspecimensof ore from the Robb-Montbray Mine, Montbray Township, Quebec; to Dr. M. H. Frohberg...Hopkins for specimens from the Wright-Hargreaves Mine, Kirkland Lake, Ontario; to Dr. E. P. Henderson
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Front Range Colorado By T. S. LO\'ERING and E. N. GODDARD GEOLOGICAL...cooperation with the Colorado State Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund ~ oopr is...__________________________________________ _ 1 Summary of mining districts---.---------------------Introduction..._ Quartz diorite and associated hornblendite_ Boulder Creek granite _________________ _ Pikes Peak granite...Pre-Cambrian deposits _________________________ _ Mine descriptions __________________________ _ 39 39
Report (issue)
Carbonate-Hosted Sulfide Deposits of the Central Colorado Mineral Belt DAVID W . BEATY, GARY P . LANDIS...paralle l to host-rock bedding. Black Cloud mine, Leadville district. Sherman-type ore (bottom) in paleokarst...veined with ferroan dolomite. rv1oose mine, North Alma district. Photographs b)' \Villiarn Sacco, Peabody...Carbonate-hosted sulfide deposits of the central Colorado mine ral belt: Introduction, general discussion,...Regional geologic and tectonic setting of the central Colorado mineral belt . . . . Alan R. Wallace Paleozoic
Catalog/List
1/ 5· 6. 8. 9. 10. ALTAITE. smuggler Mine, Balarat, Boulder Cty., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich metallic grey...under ultra-violet light. 4x2". £6. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co.Galway, Eire. Sparkling blue crystals with minor...limonitic gossan. 3tx2tx2" • £8. AZURITE. TL~g Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed... 20. 21. 22. 24. 25· BISMUTHINITE. Old Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Delicate silvery needles in...with minor Feldspar. Hxl". 80p. BORNITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Pure massive , with bright irridescent
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
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)
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vitriol VJne&,ar. The Board of Health of the District of Columbia has con­ The muflle is kept at a...to health. John Jay, Mt. Lion, and Keystone, Colorado. crown of the fire-box and the shell, while at...sul­ was about 400 lbs., shipped from the John Jay Mine; this phateof lime equivalent to �17!.JIT grains...producing the richest ore in tellurium are the Smuggler, and besides that, five grains of free steam...its center and was attached to the little..Ag; Altaite, Pb Te; Nagya­ minute hand. Hessite, .o\.g·Ler
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vitriol VJne&,ar. The Board of Health of the District of Columbia has con­ The muflle is kept at a...to health. John Jay, Mt. Lion, and Keystone, Colorado. crown of the fire-box and the shell, while at...sul­ was about 400 lbs., shipped from the John Jay Mine; this phateof lime equivalent to �17!.JIT grains...producing the richest ore in tellurium are the Smuggler, and besides that, five grains of free steam...its center and was attached to the little..Ag; Altaite, Pb Te; Nagya­ minute hand. Hessite, .o\.g·Ler
Book (edition)
OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2015, 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...greenish tinted greys distinct fine red specs Altaite yes Tetradymite yes Godlevskite polysynthetic... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...SPECIMENS from the collection of the Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. See page 242 for a full description... All rights reserved. notes fromthej EDITOR COLORADO-III Here we are with our third special issue devoted...devoted to the mines and minerals of Colorado. As most long-time subscribers know, the first in the series...about $200 on the out-of-print market. The second Colorado issue was vol. 10, number 6 (1979), and we still
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org/details/coloradoitsgolds1880foss 77 Colorado Gold and Silver Mines, FARMS AND STOCK RANGES...r^HIS volume, as its name implies, is devoted to Colorado. Its con¬ tents are descriptive, statistical...interests. devoted to the mines. Part fourth is As mining is Colorado’s main industry and source of wealth...could make them. The narrative of gold and silver mining possesses enough of romance and adventure to interest...general reader, and the descriptions of mines, and of mining and milling, together with statements of requisite
Journal (issue)
Marvin Hanner Additions to the Ore Mineralogy of Colorado.................................................by Donald Grybeck Crystallized Minerals of the Colorado Mineral Belt....................................had achieved considerable fame, and the right to mine diopside was obtained that year by G eorge L. English...thereafter. In 1971 both the land and the right to mine diopside were purchased by the present owners, Schuyler...Alveum, R obert Dow, and G eorge Robinson. T he mine is now being worked interm ittently each year for
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
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sOO0Ofoss Colorado LITHO BY WALSWORTH PUB. CO., INC., MARCELINE, MO. Colorado GOLD AND FARMS...Denver, of all other McMahon, unpublished Mining District, in reproduction. map Colo. places Albuquerque...Albuquerque, NM of Leadville a map of Territorial Colorado c. 1876, and a woodcut engraving Bird’s Eye View...scock G. York, Includes indexes. 1. Colorado. 2. Colorado. is Waele. Mines and mineral resources--...DressOne. MEXIC ies 35 Publisher’s Preface Colorado! The very name (which means “‘colored red’’) conjures
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Opbir-Burroughs, HILL anp NEVADAVILLE. Mercer County. ; ; California, First Nat’] Burroughs and Kansas...ae American Hilae Ss POSEN 1% xiS LEA Colorado GOLD AND FARMS SILVER AND Peet tt Ae STOCK...HIS volume, as its name implies, is devoted to Colorado. tents are descriptive, statistical, and historical...part information A devoted to the mines. As mining is Colorado’s main industry and source of wealth...could make them. The narrative of gold and silver mining and possesses enough of romance : lays from
 
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