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Rhodochrosite from
Virginius Mine, Governor Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodochrosite
Formula:MnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodochrosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Virginius Mine, Governor Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:491562
Long-form Identifier:1:3:491562:1
GUID (UUID V4):d983a7b9-9722-48e3-a922-f0da9d320445
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘSmuggler Vein, Smuggler Union Mine, Marshall Basin, Telluride Mining District, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘAtlas Mine, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘPilot Mine, Yankee Boy Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘEldorado Mine, Yankee Boy Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) ⓘCimarron Mine, Telluride Mining District, Colorado, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘCamp Bird Mine, Imogene Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘMountain King Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘIdarado Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘYankee Girl Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘDaniel Bonanza Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
References
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Book (edition)
Tourist as well. All of the 19 Rock Forma­ tions at Ouray, dating from the Pre-Cambrian to the Cenozoic Eras...Report of 1S80 relating to the growing Mining Industry at Ouray is printed in its entirety. Many historic...Survey, Tom Rosemeyer, Chief Engineer, Camp Bird Mine and Miss Margaret B. Allen, M.A. of Orange, New...Introduction to Mineral Collecting at Ouray................ The Minerals at Ouray................................Characteristics of Ouray Minerals................ Mineral Collecting Sites at Ouray..................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
20:52 13 January 2015 Mineralogy of the Eldorado Mine YA N K E E B O Y B A S I N , O U R AY C O U N T...the name, as almost every major mining camp had a vein, claim, or mine with that name. This article details...mineralogy of the Eldorado mine in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, one of the many mines...owners. The Eldorado mine is located about 8.6 miles southwest of Ouray, Colorado, near the head of Yankee...Yankee Boy Basin in the Sneffels mining district. The portal to the mine is at an elevation of 11,600
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Discovery, Mining History, Geology, and Specimen Mineralogy of Selected Occurrences in Central Colorado and...Inc. 1441 W. Forty-sixth Avenue Suite 14 Denver, Colorado 80211-2338 P art one of this article (July/August...of gold in Colorado and the mining history and geology/mineralogy of the Front Range mining districts...and California Gulch. THE CENTRAL COLORADO MINERAL BELT LAKE COUNTY 3,396,000 ounces, 1860-1 990 (Davis...7 by 2.5 cm (8.5 ounces), Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County. Harvard Mineralogical Museum specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Through the 'Scope 1 OURAY Eldorado mine IfXCamp Bird mine TEIXURTOE 'TMdarado mine q Eureka Red Mountain...TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P . O . Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 Tom Rosemeyer is the owner...Explora­ tion and has mined and collected minerals in Colorado for the past twenty years. Microminerals of the...the San Juan Mountains, Southwestern Colorado WELCOME TO -THROUGH THE 'SCOPE," a column devoted to news...in ex­ ploration and mining in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado for Ihe past twenty years
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 PART Z Other Mines and Veins of Marshall Basin and the Mines and Veins of Coronet, Savage, and... Inc. 1441 West 46th Avenue, Suite 14 Denver, Colorado 80211 eraines@ Icolorado.net The Great Irony...Nit'driiighouse 1998). ! Figure 1. Mouth of Savage Basin showing Tomboy Gold Mines Compmy complex. Vill facilities...house. Photo hy Uycrs, CB.1904. courtcs\ Ouraj County Historical Society. Volume 75, November/December...campaign (Nevins Figure 2. Map of the Telluride district showing the principal veins, adits, and shafts
Report (issue)
SILVER ENRICHMENT IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO. By EDSON S. BASTIN. INTRODUCTION. The following...made in the study of a particular topic in one district would aid in the study of the same topic in the...regional report, it must be remembered that for each district only such information could be used as was readily...work in the encouragement which they offer to deep mining, irrespective of more purely scientific results...through duties incident to the war. In the work near Ouray the writer was accompanied by Chase Palmer, chemist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Downloaded by [University of Colorado - Health Science Library] at 05:32 11 October 2014 PART 1 Downloaded...Downloaded by [University of Colorado - Health Science Library] at 05:32 11 October 2014 A Historical...Overview of t h e District and the Smuggler Union and Associated Mines and Veins of Marshall Basin ED MINES FRS... Inc. 1441 West 46th Avenue, Suite 14 Denver, Colorado 80211 n 1875 Co\orado was still a territory awaiting...Soptemberl0ctob.r 2000 319 Downloaded by [University of Colorado - Health Science Library] at 05:32 11 October
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of COLORADO ED RAINES Geology Museum Colorado School of Mines 1310 Maple Street Golden, Colorado 80401...noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection,...photographer unknown. B etween 1868 and 1922, Colorado produced almost 260 million pounds of copper....from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with
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...and Karen A. Vendl L ocated in southwestern Colorado and covering over 31,000 square kilometers, the...zinc, tungsten, and copper. In 1896 world-renowned mining engineer Thomas ''T.A." Rickard called the San...San Juans one of Colorado's four great mining regions along with Leadville, Cripple Creek, and Central City
Report (volume)
ORE DEPOSITION IN THE UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICT OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR PROSPECTING BY...Prepared in cooperation with the COLORADO METAL MINING FUND AND THE COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOARD Contributions........................ Contact of the dolomitic Ouray limestone andLeadvillelimestone. Contact of Leadville...-_--______--__-__--__-_-__--__--__-____Area south of the Ouray fault._______-_______________-______' Deposits associated...fissures.___-____-__-__--_--___-_ Area north of the Ouray fault...........____________________ Suggestions
Report (issue)
Bldg., 2600 corridor, 18th and CSts.,NW. DENVER, Colorado-Federal Bldg., Rm. 169,1961 Stout St. LOS ANGELES...ROLLA, Missouri-1400 Independence Rd. DENVER, Colorado-Map Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal Center FAIRBANKS...Gold in the Tintic Mining District, Utah By HALT. MORRIS Gold Deposits in the Sneffels-Telluride and Camp...Bird Mining Districts, San Juan Mountains, Colorado By FREDERICKS. FISHER Gold in the Alma Mining District...District, Colorado By DANIEL R. SHAWE Precious Metals in the Leadville Mining District, Colorado By TOMMY
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)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University.....157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY FORMED The Southern Great Basin Mineralogical Society has recently been formed as...Iron and Washington Counties) and Arizona (Mojave County). This region is one of the last American frontiers...Route 6, Box 263 Golden, Colorado 80401 n 1 9 0 2 , the well-known mining engineer and authorRickard
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 (issue)
COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...anywhere. Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...World Museum of Mining is also located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote
Report (volume)
REPORT ECONOMIC GEOLOGT 7 SILVERTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO FREDERICK RANSOME WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING.................../................:. Methods of mining and treatment of ores....-....--. ...... .................. ...... ....... Lodes of Silver Lake Basin... ..................... .........................Silver Lake mine..... . -.-.-..--....-.---..-.-. ....................... 145 145 145 149 Iowa mine ........Royal Tiger mine......................... 159 ......--.....-....-.-....-. Buckeye mine ...........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
anywhere. Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...World Museum of Mining is also located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful
Report (issue)
Al"'EU. 74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \„ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining .................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........· ......... ·...................... .'........... ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. ·.........
Book
uccessor in interest, the American Institute oC Mining and M etallurgical Engineers has made a grant from...attended his efforts- not the spectacular success of a mining executive, but the more lasting success in the...spontaneous movement arose among geologists and mining engineers to express in some appropriate fashion...Board of Directors of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers elected him to H onorary...that would touch wider circles, was desirable. The Mining Geology Committee of the A.I.M.E. undertook to
Report (issue)
Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989 Colorado Geological Survey Department of...Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 Information Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989...Institute under contract to the Colorado Geological Survey Colorado Geological Survey Department of...of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 ii FOREWORD In recognition of the need to more effectively...published literature on the state's geology, the Colorado Geological Survey is pleased to release Information
Book (edition)
Rs v Engineering News -Record ~ Engineering and Mining Journal-Press Power Chemical and Metallurgical...rocks — Acid sulphate waters in igneous rocks — Mine waters of sulphate type —Sodium carbonate waters...veins Mineral association Origin Mine waters Rock alteration Mining and smelting operations The copper...of kaolin — Metasomatic processes at Silverton, Colorado — Summan —Quicksilver deposits — The ores and...base-metal veins — The San Juan Colorado — General features — Telluride —Silverton Ouray —La Plata, Durango, and
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF TILE LEADVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO BY S. F. EMMONS, J. D. IRVING, AND G...anticline _ Origin of the Iron-Mikado fault 61 Colorado Prince anticline _ group _ 95 61 Mosquito Gulch...fold-fault _ Faults in the eastern part of the district 95 62 Kokomo syncline_ Faults southeast_ of _..._ Leadville 62 the_ Fryer Hill folds _ 62 district _ 95 Warping and drag along normal faults, _ _ _ 96...103 66 and Mike faults _ Iron Hill _ 103 66 Tucson mine _ Area between Iron and Adelaide faults_ _ _ Yak_
Book (edition)
production, and prices often so low as to make mining unprofitable; and the end of that period has not...to record production since 1930. Just now gold mining appears to be the only metal industry which is...—Interpretation sulpliide waters — Chloride water analyses Mine waters waters— Sulphate waters Oxidation of waters—“Carbonate...veins in basic lavas General features The Kennecott mine, Alaska— ( ’opper sulphide veins in intrusive basic...Washington — Sumatra— The — Telluride — Silvcrton Colorado— General Arizona —Gold-quartz veins rhyolite
Book (edition)
waters-Summary- Interpretation of ·water analyses-Mine waters-Chloride waters- Carbonate waters-Sulphate...veins in basic lavas-General features-The l(ennecott mine, Alaska-Copper sulphide veins in intrusive basic...·veins-1\tlincral association- Origin-Mine \vatcrs-Rock alteration-Mining and srnelting operations-The copper...of kaolin-Metasomatic processes at Silverton, Colorado-Swnmary-Quicksilver deposits-The ores and their...uan region, Colorado-General features-Telluride district-Silverton district-Rico district-Lake City district-Creede
 
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