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Fluorite from
Alaska Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alaska Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:754180
Long-form Identifier:1:3:754180:3
GUID (UUID V4):0ae53fa4-894a-4517-bb41-56d694eed32b
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
1.2km (0.8 miles) Brown Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Fourteen Occurrence, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Mountain Queen Mine, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Topeka-Kentucky Giant vein, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Indiana Mine, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Silver Mountain Mine, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Topeka Mine, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Grand Veiw Occurrence, Mineral Point, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) Sunnyside Mine group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Sunnyside Extension Mine (Gold Prince Mine), Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2013 BARBARA L. MUNTYAN P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 8 I427 hodochrosite, a manganese carbonate with...botryoids at San Luis, Argentina. Rhodochrosite has also been found in many localities in Colorado, particularly...particularly in the mines of the San luan Mountains in the southwestern part of the state. It occurs in colors...it i s one of the most recognized and coveted Colorado minerals. partiY DO e the presence of a mix...significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt, a large, elongated, highly mineraiized
Report (issue)
100(10) X-ray Powder Pattern: Old Lout mine, Colorado, USA. 3.43 (100), 2.96 (90), 2.09 (90), 2.04 (70)...97 15.95 Total 100.1 100.00 (1) Old Lout mine, Colorado, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...hydrothermal sulfide vein (Old Lout mine, Colorado, USA); with topaz and fluorite in a cryolite body (Ivigtut...Association: Galena, matildite (Old Lout mine, Colorado, USA); berryite, aikinite, galena, matildite,...the USA, in Colorado, near Ouray, San Juan Co., from the Old Lout mine [TL], in the Alaska mine, Poughkeepsie
Report (issue)
of the Eureka and Adjoining Districts San Juan Mountains, Colorado By WILBUR S. BURBANK and ROBERT G. LUEDKE...with the Colorado State Mining Industrial Development Board A study of part of the western San Juan Mountains...Tertiary volcanic rocks_- ___ - ___________________ _ San Juan Formation ________________ -------Silverton Volcanic...________________________ _ Fault systems of Poughkeepsie Gulch ____ _ Downfaulted Red Mountain block _______...Mountain area __________________ --- ___ Poughkeepsie Gulch area ___________ ------------Mineral Point
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
Report (volume)
REPORT ECONOMIC GEOLOGT 7 SILVERTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO FREDERICK RANSOME WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...Whitman Cross........................... ........ San Juan volcanic area .......................... .......the volcanic area ......... ...........:..... San Juan formation . ...... ...'......--...-.............Silver Lake mine..... . -.-.-..--....-.---..-.-. ....................... 145 145 145 149 Iowa mine ........Royal Tiger mine......................... 159 ......--.....-....-.-....-. Buckeye mine ...........
Report (volume)
Division of Mines Special Reports _.......__ ________ Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology...the areas and subjects are listed under States, "Colorado Plateau," "United States," or under a few subject...Calif.; 232 Appraisers Building, 630 Sansome Street, San Francisco, Calif.; 468 New Customhouse, Denver, Colo...Utah; and the E. F. Glover Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Circulars (Index Nos. 200-297) are free on application...in Anchorage and College, Alaska ALM U.S. Bureau of Mines, Anchorage, Alaska ALT Territorial Department
Book
.3 COLORADO. of COLORADO. J. S. l GEORGETOWN, COLO. GEORGETOWN COURIER PRINT. 1887. 3 Bancroft...From a mineralogical point of view the wealth of Colorado exceeds that of In the metallic minerals almost...to in the following pages Proceedings of the Colorado Scientific Society. Proceedings of the Academy...the U. S. Geological Survey. J. GEORGETOWN, COLORADO, January, 1887. S. RANDALL. : MINERALS...gravel of streams and in veins. The veins of Gilpin County are especially noteworthy for the amount of gold
Book (volume)
.............................................1 Alaska ............................................................................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ......................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..........................................
Report (issue)
The Triangle of Colorado Mountains of Minerals Contributors David W. Bunk, Robert B. Cook, Don Earnest... Contents PAGE4 PAGE 10 4 The San Juan Triangle of Colorado Ho for the San Juans! by Duane A. Smith, Mark...ocated in southwestern Colorado and covering over 31,000 square kilometers, the San Juans are some of the...not until the last 25 years of the 1800s that the San Juans began revealing the extent of their mineral...mining engineer Thomas ''T.A." Rickard called the San Juans one of Colorado's four great mining regions
Book (edition)
Survey, Tom Rosemeyer, Chief Engineer, Camp Bird Mine and Miss Margaret B. Allen, M.A. of Orange, New................................................ Fluorite........................................................................ Ouray and the Camp Bird Mine; Past, Present. Future The Windham Report of Mining...Ouray in 1880 . . The Mineralogy at the Camp Bird Mine................... Glossary' Including Notes On...(Insert) A Guide to Mineral Collecting at Ouray, Colorado with Notes as to the History and Geology By Ervan
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 (volume)
.............................................1 Alaska.............................................................................................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
Book (volume)
.............................................1 Alaska.............................................................................................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
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 (volume)
Geological Survey office, Room 724, Appraisers Building, San Francisco, Calif. SL Geological Survey office, Room...of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah: TEI-287, Jan. 11, 1954...Results of exploration at the Old Leyden coal mine, Jefferson County, Colo.: TEM-292, Mar. 30, 1953. D, GJ....N., The pegmatites of the Errington-Thiel mine, Elko County, Nevada: TEI-71, Dec. 28, 1949. Office of...Ridge, and West End claims near Clancy, Jefferson County, Mont.: TEM-31, Oct. 19, 1951. D, SL, T. (332,
Report (issue)
the major product (as at Climax and Henderson, Colorado, and Questa, New Mexico), or is a co- or byproduct...XSC XTX XUT XVT XVA XWA XWI XWY ALASKA ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO GEORGIA IDAHO MAINE MISSOURI MONTANA...of the Pine Grove-B la*n Mountain area. Beaver County, Utah: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report...molybdenum system, southern wah wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah (abstract): American Institute of Mining...deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-D, p
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Mineralogical Research Co., 15840 E. Alta Vista Way San Jose, CA 95127. A list of other dealers in back issues...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
Report (issue)
Bldg., 2600 corridor, 18th and CSts.,NW. DENVER, Colorado-Federal Bldg., Rm. 169,1961 Stout St. LOS ANGELES...Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California-Customhouse, Rm. 504.555 Battery...Riverside Ave.. ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Rm. 101,4230 University Dr. ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Federal Bldg, Rm. E-146...25286 Denver, CO 80225 Residents of Alaska may order maps from Alaska Distribution Section, U.S. Geological...Independence Rd. DENVER, Colorado-Map Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal Center FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Bldg
Report (issue)
burne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska ------...J\la:ska region ------------------Southwestern Alaska region ------------------1'ukon region -------...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --...-----------------------------Pima County -------------------------------Pinal County -------------------------------Santa
Report (volume)
Intrusive Rocks ana Associated Ore Deposits in the Colorado Mineral Belt U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Documents.) ANCHORAGE, Alaska Rm. 101,4230 University Dr. LAKEWOOD, Colorado Federal Center, Bldg. 810... Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 Residents of Alaska may order maps from U.S. Geological Survey, Earth...following U.S. Geological Survey offices: FAIRBANKS, Alaska New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. ROLLA, Missouri...Intrusive Rocks and Associated Ore Deposits in the Colorado Mineral Belt By Charles G. Cunningham, Charles
Catalog/List
25. 2. ALASKAITE. Alaska Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich, silvery...£13. 5. APATITE variety FRM~~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, ~ornwall. Snall, translucent, aggregates... ARAGONITE variety TAhNOWITZITE. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries. Thick, creamy white, lustrous...of pale green Fluorite covering a Gneissose rock. 3tx2". £4.50. 12. AXINITE. Obira Mine, Oita Prefecture...Axinite. 3x2 2 x2t". £22. 13. AZUHITE. Ting-Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue, crystaline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Identification of uraniferous granitoids in the USA using stream sediment geochemical data R. J. HOWARTH...Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA J. A. PLANT Institute of Geological Sciences,...magmatic from an area of 76000 km 2 in central Colorado are used to identify uraniferous granitoids on...uranium source rock. Uraniferous granitoids in Colorado, which are associated with sedimentary basins...National Topographic Map Series (NTMS) quadrangles in Colorado (fig. 1). These data form the basis for this investigation
Report (issue)
_________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ Pag« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...64 64 65 65 65 65 Barium Products Corp., Ltd., mine...... --_--______.______ Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___...district____ .________..__ Nevada Scheelite mine.. _ ______ Hooper No. 2 mine __ _____ _ _ Yankee Girl mine_______________...Mountains_____________.____ Desert Scheelite mine..... _______ Gunmetal mine _ ___________ _ Manganese-tungsten
Journal (issue)
85740 602-297-6709 Articles The Iron Cap mine, Graham County, A rizona..................................Ouray County, Colorado ............... 89 by B. & J. Muntyan Anatase on quartz from Ouray County, Colorado...Finds made in Arizona (the Iron Cap mine) and in Ouray County, Colorado, are described in three articles...huge i show organized by Herb Duke at the Pima County Fairgrounds. Following the advertising section...Show. Died, Frederic V. G. Bird, 78, in Ouray, Colorado. Fred was a skilled and enthusiastic field collector
 
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