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Fluorite from
El Paso Mine, Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Paso Mine, Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:662905
Long-form Identifier:1:3:662905:2
GUID (UUID V4):ddf104e0-5f24-4e43-b72f-78001e256b0f
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.1km (0.1 miles) C. K. & N. Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Dustin & Whitney (Old Main El Paso), Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Mary McKinney Mine, Anaconda, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Doctor Mine (Jackpot Mine), Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Elkton Mine, Victor, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Hoosier Mine, Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Pointer Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Anaconda Tunnel (Anaconda), Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) Moose Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Joe Dandy Mine (Jo Dandy), Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
References
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Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...[Ba(UO2)2V2O8⭈5H2O] from the type locality, the Mounana mine, Franceville, Haute Ogooué, Gabon. See the article...“This is the XYZ mine, and these are pretty pictures of the minerals from that mine.” Lou, however, took...chemistry, crystal system, identifying features, and mine of origin—all without notes. From his huge library
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pale green fluorite octahedra, 0.75 inch on edge, from the Henderson mine, Clear Creek County. Figure 2...2 (right). Green fluorite encrusted with quartz on a plate of quartz, from a prospect in the Needle Mountain...Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County; largest crystal measures 1.25 inches on edge;... C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O FLUORITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs...reported from numerous localities worldwide. Fine fluorite specimens in many habits and colors have been
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 02:13 13 March 2015 CALAVERITE Cripple Creek, Colorado W ith the exception of native gold and...phenomenal Cripple Creek district, essentially subsequent to the development of all other Colorado gold districts...suggested for this issue, much of which is devoted to Colorado minerals. Calaverite is a yellowish to silver-white...Analyses of calaverite from the Kirkland Lake district, Ontario, Canada, show up to several tenths of...1995). Calaverite is known from the Star mine in Montgomery County, North Carolina, where it occurs rarely
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THE MOUNT ROSA AREA, EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO. I. THE GRANITES1 E. B. Gnoss2.q...Accessoryminerals of the fayalite granite are fayalite, fluorite and allanite. Sill-like bodies of Windy Point...similar to those of the porphyritic granite, namely, fluorite, anatase and pyrrhotite, with lesser monazite...the southern termination of the Colorado Front Range, Teller and EI Paso Counties, Colorado.It may be reachedfrom...reachedfrom ColoradoSpringson the east and from Cripple Creek on the west bv State Highway 336 (Fig. 1). The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19 October 2014 Vindicator Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado I n terms of sheer volume...years: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and Cripple Creek, Colorado. Although on opposite sides of the globe...globe, they have striking similarities in their mining history and mineralogy, but their geology is seemingly...tellurides associated with coarse native gold. Cripple Creek, on the other hand, has been and continues to...which is sylvanite. A historically significant Cripple Creek sylvanite specimen has been nominated for this
Report (volume)
of the Beaver Creek Wilderness Study Area, Fremont, El Paso, and Teller Counties, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1716-B COLORADO DEFINITION OF LEVELS OF MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL AND CERTAINTY...the San Isabel National Forest, south-central Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1638, p. 40-^2...SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO Mineral Resources of the Beaver Creek Wilderness Study Area, Fremont, El Paso, and Teller...Teller Counties, Colorado By David A. Lindsey, Jerry R. Hassemer, Ronny A. Martin, and Richard B. Taylor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80205-5798 jmurphy @ dmns.org PETER...Survey MS 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0046 pmodresk @ usgs.gov Unless otherwise...to 2000) J oin us for a gemstone tour around Colorado! Our field trip takes us from east to west in...in the same way you may have toured through Colorado on a mineral collecting trip. This route, from the...gemstones are known to occur. We cannot discuss every Colorado gemstone occurrence; rather, this is a general
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Although Colorado may be most noted for rhodochrosite or amazonite, the many varieties and associations...a k e w o o d , Colorado 80225 DIANNE L. K I L E 333 S a l e m Street Aurora, Colorado 80011 C O L O...and J. A. Mur­ phy for an update to Minerals of Colorado: A 100-Year Record (Eckel, 1961). 374 ROCKS... Quartz was a familiar gemstone to many early Colorado residents, as documented by an extensive body...body of literature. The first published list of Colorado mineral localities (in­ cluding quartz) was included
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
XIINERALOGY OF THE N{OUNT ROSA AREA, EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO III. LANIPROPHYRES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS1...overlapped that of Mount Rosa-type pegmatites' Veins of fluorite strike mainly north or northeast and dip steeply...mineralogy of the Mount Rosa area, El Paso and Teller Counties,Colorado,we report the results of studies...fine-grained lamprophyre dikes and of the study of fluorite and barite veins and radioactive zones. Descriptions... 1433 1434 E. B. GROSSAND E. WM. IIEINRICH Creek (Fig. 2, Gross and Heinrich, 1965). The two rectangular
Report (issue)
GEO LOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, COLORADO BY \V ALDEl\;IAR LINDGREN A:'\D ... . . . . . . . First geological survey of the district .............................. _• . . . . . ..................... Geological structure of the district ............... _................... __ .. _....• _. _•••• _••• _. _••• ___ . ____ 43 43 Cripple Creek granite ... ----.-----------------.----- _____________..._____________ . _. __ ... __ •.. Spring Creek granite ......•...•... _... __ . _____ •• _.• _• _•. ___
Report (volume)
PROGRESS GEOLOGICAL RESURVEY OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, COLORADO BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN AND FREDERICK..... ...:......................_...._....... 8 Mining and metallurgy ....................................^...... 11 First geological survey of the district ................................... Modifications............................. 32 Future of the district.................................................preliminary report on a "Resurvey of the Cripple Creek district of Colorado," by Messrs. Waldemar Lindgren and
Report (volume)
OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO BY A. H. KOSCHMANN Prepared...cooperation with the COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOARD and the COLORADO METAL MINING FUND Contributions...ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 3. Geologic map of Cripple Creek mining district and area to the south ...................................... In pocket 4. Map of Cripple Creek basin showing the subsurface breccia-granite...OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO BY A. H. KOSCHMANN ABSTRACT
Report (issue)
Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961).
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vol. 20 SOCIETY OF' AMERICA MAY, 1935 No.5 COLORADO PEGMATITES KBNNBTU K. Lauons, Unioersity of Kansas...in every county 'of Colorado along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains from Larimer County on the Wyoming...Wyoming line to Custer County in the south-centralpart of the state, and in scatteredpre-Cambrianareas...The pre-Cambrian schists and granites of Larimer County are cut by numerous pegmatite dikesl which have...exhibiting an ore mineral phaseoccur in Boulder County.3JeffersonCounty contains both tourmaline and muscovite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
anotlrer by the northeust-southwest-treiiiliii~ Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shc;ir Zoiic. The older northernmost province...northeasterly-trending continentul Figure 2. Geologic map of the Colorado Front Range showing the Precambrian metamorphic...Karistrom 1978; Lanthier 1978). Farther south in Colorado, sediments accumulated in decper-water rocks formed...Survey into “Early, Middle, and Late” Eras. In Colorado we because of the subsequent folding and overthrusting...subduction zone and possibly the creation Era in Colorado and Wyoming of a volcanic island arc. Carpenter
Journal (issue)
Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 July 2015 PICK&PACK Vol 55 ...... Number 6 Inside...Jacobson Topic: Pegmatitic Rare-earth Minerals of Colorado: Species and Identification Refreshments provided...Friends of Mineralogy, Colorado Chapter. Mark has collected rare earth minerals in Colorado, Texas, Wyoming...Minerals of Colorado: Species and Identification Most of the pegmatitic rare-earth minerals in Colorado are found...South Platte district, Jefferson County; St. Peters Dome district, El Paso County, Trout Creek Pass district
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 (issue)
Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 September 2014 PICK&PACK Vol 54 ....... Number...Pebble Pups Corner Pg 7 Pebble Pups Conserve Cripple Creek Pg 7 Earth Science Scholars serve as Rangers...On the way down from Colorado Springs I traveled east from Pueblo on the Colorado Piedmont (mostly Pierre...actually carried water into Kansas. Of course, Colorado is now in the “Monsoon Season” and rain had been...small mesas. the redbeds visitors see here in Colorado; however, they have eroded Note gypsum caprock
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
Report (issue)
https://archive.org/details/fluorspardeposito00Oharr COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOULDER R. D. GEORGE, State...State Geologist BULLETIN 18 FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS COLORADO By HARRY KAMES A. AURAND BROTHERS, STATE...-...- Governor of Colorado GEORGE UNORLING nee ee President University of Colorado VicCTOR Ct A LDERGONG...TRANSMITTAL. State Geological Survey, University of Colorado, April 29, 1920. Governor Oliver H. Shoup, Chairman...honor to transmit herewith Bulletin 18 of the Colorado Geological Survey. Very respectfully, R. D. GEORGE
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;...stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...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
Journal (issue)
Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 Lazard Cahn Honorary President February 2020...Speaker: Richard Sauers, The Hidden History of the Cripple Creek Mines Please note: Members whose names begin...Meade: Victor of Gettysburg (2004), and The Fishing Creek Confederacy: A Story of Civil War Draft Resistance...of Mining & Industry in Colorado Springs. He is currently working on a study of the Cripple Creek gold...gold mines. COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 February
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 13:58 04 February 2015 Maybee Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan C elestine, the only commercially significant...including strontianite, gypsum, calcite, dolomite, fluorite, and sulfur; clastic rock units such as shales... Michigan Stone Company quarry, Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan. Unusual celestine and associated sulfur...‘groups associated with brown fluorite from Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, grace most museum collections...White Rock quarry, also in Ottawa County; the Portage area of Wood County; quarries in the Lime City area;
Book (edition)
MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive ¥em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature...highways. Latest information is given on local tra\'el and collecting conditions and land ownership, so...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =· - ·, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...PEARL Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak
 
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