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Calcite from
Southeast Quarry, North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chabazite-Ca1 photo of Calcite associated with Chabazite-Ca at this locality.
Analcime1 photo of Calcite associated with Analcime at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Southeast Quarry, North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:629908
Long-form Identifier:1:3:629908:8
GUID (UUID V4):0731501d-fe6b-4c74-b08d-f11781f51225
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.5km (1.0 miles) West Quarry, North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) South Table Mountain, Golden, Golden Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Golden Quarry, Lower Clear Creek Area, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Union Pacific Shaft Occurrence (Union Pacific Prospect), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) Ladwig Group (Ladwig No. 2; Ladwig No. 3; Claims: Ladwig No. 1), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
6.0km (3.8 miles) Buckman Property (Golden Gate Canyon Prospect No. 2), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Green Mountain, Golden, Golden Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) Ascension Mine (Nare Lease; Nair Prospect), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Two Point claim, Pikes Peak batholith, Teller County. The Collector’s Edge specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Mail Stop 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 pmodreski@usgs.gov C olorado is, of course...prohibitions on collecting or to private land or mining claims for which permission has been obtained....been written as guides to mineral collecting in Colorado. A classic, which went through three major editions...1951 version with a slightly different title), is Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide, by Pearl (1951,
Report (issue)
ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FROM DENVER TO BOULDER, COLORADO Clay Minerals Society 39th Annual Meeting and...Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-413 Denver, Colorado 2002 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GALE A.................................. 11 North and South Table Mountain ..................................... 11 The clay industry in Colorado ..................................... 13 Rubey and Rockwell mines ............... 47 Idaho Springs and Central City mining districts ....................... 47 Argo mill
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Associated Minerals Figure 1. Location map for Golden, Colorado, prepared by William Besse. All photos by...are well represented in Colorado. In particular, the Table Mountains near Golden have been known as a source...the size, variety, and quality of thomsonite. The Table Mountains additionally feature other rare zeolites...geochemist with the US.Geological Survey in Boulder, Colorado. His most recentfeature articlefor Rocks & Minerals...Moss Agatefiom the Del Norte Area, Saguache County, Colorado” and appeared in the July/August 2003 issue
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)
BULLETIN 71 Mineral Resources of Taos County, New Mexico by JOHN H. SCHILLING Description of mineral...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING 8c TECHNOLOGY................................... 11 HISTORY OF MINING ..................................................................................... 52 Anchor mining subdistrict ...................................... 59 59 60 61 62 63 68 68 68 69 69 Red River mining subdistrict ..................................
Report (volume)
............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ............................................. North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota......to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G.
Journal (issue)
Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt 139 James...related minerals from the Table Mountain lava flows near Golden, Colorado .............................thorough review of the history, including many antique mining photos and engravings, and many detailed maps showing...Henry Truebe, Chairman (Dallhold Resources, 2002 North Forbes Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85745), with your topic...r iz o n a George B. Allen Route 6, Box 32 Golden, Colorado 80403 W illiam Hunt 10350 Andover Avenue Sun
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referenced: 8:37-42 PAGINATION The following table of pagination is included here to assist readers...respectively. These supplements, PAGINATION TABLE TABLE bound into the center of each magazine, are...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
Report (volume)
Geology of Uranium Deposits in the Front Range, Colorado By P. K. SIMS and D. M. SHERIDAN With sections...-trending faults______________________________ North-northeastward-trending faults_________________________...mines_______________________________________ Boulder CountY----------------------------------~-----------Jamestown...Description of principal mines-Continued Boulder County-Continued Other areas __________________________...Moore______________________________ Clear Creek CountY------------------------------------------Idaho
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...by Prof. John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und
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observation of t h e Golden Rule. TABLE O F CONTENTS DEDICATION V PREFACE V TABLE OF CONTENTS V I................._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U...mountains. W h i l e t h e g r e a t peaks a t Colorado, f o r example, r i s e f r o m a plateau 5,000...e West Vi r g i n i a : Monroe, M o r g a n , Jefferson, B e r k e l e y Kentucky: E l l i o t Tennessee:...b y accomplishments to the public. P h o t o by North Carolina Travel Division. East. T h e f a c t t
Report (volume)
urn-bearing Area, Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson County, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...urn-bearing Area, Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson County, Colorado By E.]. YOUNG U.S . GEOLOGICAL...mines and prospects in the Front Range near Golden, Colorado UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...uraniumbearing area, Ralston Buttes district, Jefferson County, Colorado. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1555)...I. Geology-Colorado-Jefferson County. 2. Uranium mines and mining-Colorado-Jefferson County. 3. Geoch
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...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =· - ·, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak Region...Atlas of Colorado American Gem Trails Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado . Scenery
Journal (issue)
CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .............................................................. 302 GOLDEN YELLOW GEM...SFECIMENS................................ 302 UNUSUAL CALCITE CRYST ALS OF THE OLD MARIPOSA MINE. By Frank D...c:iation ROCKS AND MINERALS 302 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ROCKS & MINERALS Rates High! Editor R & M: Please...France) ROCKS AND MINERALS Golden-Yellow Gem Apatites From Mexico The finest golden-yellow gem apatite crystals...weighing hundreds of pounds, is often uncovered during mining operations. Fine specimens of dark gray crystals
Report (edition)
of tetrahedral chalcopyrite crystals etched calcite, from French Creek mines, (courtesy of John ...crystals on calcite, “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy; right fibrous : tremolite, C. K. Williams quarry, Easton:...Easton: bottom: calcite crystals with oriented coatings of goethite, “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy, (courtesy...edition of Mineral Collecting Cedar Hill in quarry where Dave had done IV much of his work PREFACE...permission from the owners of the land, from the quarry or mine operators before entering to collect. (Land
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and often gems can be found. valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain...which difficult to learn. know he needs to table, so is Reduced to its sim- the distinguishing...hardness according to a simple is one of the most table of comparisons 2 known as GEM hunter's guide...guide Mohs' scale (see Tables A and Table A: Mohs' Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum..."scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that
Book (volume)
NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather
Journal (issue)
Barrel Calcites from Lohr Quarry Dennis W. Haas DennisDWH2001@aol.com Calcite comes in diverse crystal...variety is the barrel-shaped calcite. In Keokuk, Iowa area geodes the barrel calcite does not seem to be a dominate...Lohr Quarry one finds barrel-shaped calcites irr geodes from the Warsaw Formation. Lohr Quarry is located...Illinois on Illinois Route 267. The walls of the quarry are Salem Limestone and St. Louis Limestone. Below...makes up most of the floor of the quarry, found in the center of the quarry in an area that is not being actively
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ph—phosphorescence xline—crystalline COLORADO—"This chip of "topaz" is from the Colorado Mineral Society's claim at...senopyrite in Darien (Fairfield Co.), Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The Conn., for over a year. A few weeks...are chunks of galena and widely in the farming district south of quartz, and finally a solid vein of rich...A H O — "This specimen was found in Twin Falls County about 10 miles south of Hagerman, Idaho. These...glassy analcite xls with tiny white cakite xls. The calcite xls fl. pale green under L.W. ILLINOIS — "Last
Report (issue)
OCCURRENCES IN THE GOLDEN GATE CANYON AND RALSTON CREEK AREAS JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO This report concerns...OCCURRENCES IN THE GOLDEN GATE CANYON AND RALSTON CREEK AREAS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO By J. W. Adams...OCCURRENCES IN THE GOLDEN GATE CANYON AND RALSTON CREEK AREAS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO By J. W..Adams...Introduction.................................. Golden Gate Canyon area...................... Union Pacific.......................... 1 2 2 4 8 10 11 Page Golden Gate Canyon area Continued Ladwig No. 3 ......
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...has long been a significant part of the state's mining industry. Since 1880, mineraI production has been
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? ......................................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...Natural History for conceiving the idea of a second Colorado issue and for helping a great deal in bringing
Report (issue)
Remediation in the Area from Denver to Idaho Springs, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 1097 Cover:...Clear Creek Canyon prior to 1935 from Lookout Mountain. Railroad tracks are visible alongside the creek...Remediation in the Area from Denver to Idaho Springs, Colorado Edited by K.C. Stewart and R.C. Severson Written...Thomas Kohnen Geoffrey S. Plumlee Richard B. Tripp Colorado School of Mines Ronald R. Cohen John C. Emerick...Ronald W. Klusman Thomas R. Wildeman Colorado School of Mines Colorado Department of Transportation Denver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...gray, from a small mountain southeast of Gurley, Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured...fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A letter received from Paul O. Drury, Las Vegas...Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph. "I...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained
 
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