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Cordierite from
Amethyst Prospect, Custer County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Cordierite
Formula:(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cordierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Amethyst Prospect, Custer County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:434953
Long-form Identifier:1:3:434953:2
GUID (UUID V4):f12a95bb-0e4b-4d96-9d2b-fdef3e02b8fb
Nearest other occurrences of Cordierite
2.7km (1.6 miles) Marion Mine, Custer County, Colorado, USA
51.6km (32.0 miles) Green Mountain Mine (Copper Boy Mine), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) Eight Mile Park, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
64.9km (40.3 miles) Highway 50 roadcut, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
69.6km (43.3 miles) Cotopaxi Mine (Cotopaxi lode; Gumaer Mine; Fannie lode; Fannie Mill), Mine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
87.5km (54.3 miles) Climax Mine (Mine No. 8 U.S. Mica Company; Climax Mica Mine), Micanite Mining District (Currant Creek Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
91.7km (57.0 miles) Mill Gulch Mine, Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
93.4km (58.0 miles) Famous Lode Mica Prospect (Famous Lodge Pegmatites; Little Joe From Kokomo Claim Adjoining), Micanite Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
95.3km (59.2 miles) Copper King Mine (Copper Queen Mine), Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
95.7km (59.4 miles) Betty Mine (Lone Chimney Mine; Betty Lowe), Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Associated with Stratabound Sulfide Deposits, Custer County, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1513 ~apphirine...Associated with Stratabound Sulfide Deposits, Custer County, Colorado By WILLIAM H. RAYMOND, PETER A. LEIGGI...associated with stratabound sulfide deposits, Custer County, Colorado. (Geological Survey Bulletin 1 513) Bibliography:...of Docs. no.: I 19.3:1513 1. Sapphirine-Colorado-Custer County. 2. Geology, Stratigraphic-Precambrian.... 3. Sulphides. 4. Geology-Colorado-Custer County. I. Leiggi, Peter A., joint author. II. Sheridan, Douglas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
METAMORPHOSED PROTEROZOIC BASE-METAL SULFIDE OCCURRENCES, COLORADO: A RE-EVALUATION OF GAHNITE COMPOSITION AS A GUIDE...metamorphosed to the amphibolite and granulite facies in Colorado, many of which are spatially associated with Mg-rich...the Wet Mountains (Marion and Amethyst prospects and an unnamed prospect) are depleted in Zn and enriched...tremolite, forsterite, cummingtonite, sapphirine, cordierite, enstatite, and clinohumite. The composition...massive-sulfide deposits in Mg-rich alteration zones in Colorado, causes a marked enrichment in the spinel component
Book
193-256 137-208 129-192 209-264 193-256 [ [ COLORADO-Ill] 177-256 121-184 89-168 1-120 1-88 [ ...177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400 COLORADO-II] 321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400...69-132 65-128 1-64 11 / 1980 20 I 1989 [ COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
Report (edition)
chalcedony, organic gems, tiger eye jasper, aragonite, cordierite, black jade, mookaite, fuchsite, jasper, and............................................ 100 Amethyst in Western Australia................................................ 183 Chapter 17 Cordierite 185 Cordierite properties..................................................................... 185 Cordierite in Western Australia........................................................ 52 The Dalglish prospect in the Spargoville area .....................
Book (volume)
Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified...articles and many books including Mineralogy of Colorado and Dana's System of Mineralogy. In the mid-1980's...geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, continued to energetically and enthusiastically
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Report (edition)
......................................... 102 Amethyst in Western Australia ........................................................ 247 Desert gold prospect.................................................blue-green elbaite gemstone from the Dalglish prospect near Spargoville......................................................... 94 Micrograph of an amethyst gem showing multiple twin planes.......................................................... 95 Amethyst quartz crystal displaying a sharply delineated
 
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