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Orthoclase from
Camp Bird Mine, Imogene Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Camp Bird Mine, Imogene Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:54999
Long-form Identifier:1:3:54999:8
GUID (UUID V4):2c9e71f4-621d-4aa0-ae1e-da3ed291b499
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
8.5km (5.3 miles) Great Western Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
8.8km (5.4 miles) The Blowout Occurrence, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) American Nettie Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
39.0km (24.2 miles) Silver Creek Molybdenum deposit, Silver Creek, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) Unnamed Thorium Prospects (MRDS - 10094687), Goose Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
65.7km (40.8 miles) Goose Creek, Goose Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
65.8km (40.9 miles) Huntsman Gulch, White Earth Mining District (Powderhorn Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
66.8km (41.5 miles) Iron Hill deposit, White Earth Mining District (Powderhorn Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
69.1km (42.9 miles) Unnamed Thorium Prospect (MRDS - 10094684), Goose Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
70.3km (43.7 miles) Whitney Prospect, Goose Creek Mining District, Gunnison 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...Geological Survey, Tom Rosemeyer, Chief Engineer, Camp Bird Mine and Miss Margaret B. Allen, M.A. of Orange...Introduction to Mineral Collecting at Ouray................ The Minerals at Ouray................................Characteristics of Ouray Minerals................ Mineral Collecting Sites at Ouray..................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMP BIRD MINE Ouray County, Colorado TOM R O S E M E Y E R 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray...Ouray, Colorado 81427 Figure 1: Wide-angle view of the 3 level mining camp located at an elevation of 11...circa 1900. Photo courtesy Colorado Historical Society. The Camp Bird mine is one of Colorado's most...the world's greatest gold producers. To date, the mine has produced almost 1.5 million ounces of gold along...R D M I N E , located 6 miles southwest of Ouray, Colorado, is situated in the rugged and beautiful San
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 (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
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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
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
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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
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...Tintic Mining District, Utah By HALT. MORRIS Gold Deposits in the Sneffels-Telluride and Camp Bird Mining...Juan Mountains, Colorado By FREDERICKS. FISHER Gold in the Alma Mining District, Colorado By DANIEL R....SHAWE Precious Metals in the Leadville Mining District, Colorado By TOMMY B. THOMPSON Part I is Chapter
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 (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 ...........
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)
Exhilarating New Arizona Find REGULAR COLUMNS 56 MINERAL COUNTY WANDERINGS Field Notes .............................18 Chance Encounter Creates Opportunity to Mine for Variscite By Helen Serras-Herman 20 CRYSTAL... www.PrescottGemMineral.org ROYAL PEACOCK OPAL MINE Dig your own Virgin Valley Fire Opals ALL YOU FIND...(weather permitting) Rock Shop Hours: 7:30 am-4:30 pm Mining hours: 8:00 am-4:00 pm 775-941-0374 Come enjoy...smaller specimens were discovered near Globe, Gila County, Arizona, during a careful search that lasted about
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wulfenite, Empire mine, Tombstone, Arizona; Wendell E . Wilson photo and specimen. March/April: Mine engineers...engineers, Camp Bird mine, Colorado; Tom Rosemeyer histori­ cal photo. May/June: Barite on calcite, Stoneham...Stoneham, Colorado; Brian Lees specimen, John Muntyan photo. July/August: Fluorite, William Wise mine, Westmoreland...Westmoreland, New Hampshire; Resur­ rection Mining Co. specimen, Ronald E . Bentley photo. September/October:...Keweenawan Basalt, South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, W. S. Cordua, 412-415 Anatase, New
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)
Deposits of the. South Silverton Mining Area, San Juan County, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Metal Mining Fund and the Colorado Geological Survey Board QE 75...378-A 1963 Lii Buresietidt latitioq Denver, Colorado c-1 cE U. S. Geological Survey. 75u Professional...Silverton Mining Area, San Juan County, Colorado By DAVID J. VARNES SOUTH SILVERTON MINING AREA, SAN...SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 378-A Prepared in cooperation with the
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of individ­ uals and companies of the Canadian mining community for the acquisition of the William Pinch...the United States. Also displayed are San Diego County minerals, systematic minerals, and min­ eral identification...Foundation. Opening this summer will be a walk­ through mine tunnel filled with several gem pockets. Still in...of gems and minerals at the California S t a t e Mining a n d Mineral M u s e u m in Mariposa (see his...dollars in recognition of its participation in the Colorado Initia­ tives program throughout 1990. Carl Miller
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 (issue)
David Muench, Santa Barbara, California. OURAY, COLORADO 6 Howard Neal GOODIES AT GOODSPRINGS 8...three states. Bisbee and the fabled Copper Queen mine were responsible for its primary construction. Volume...to form the Sunset Route. This gave impetus to mining and agriculture and in turn intensified the construction...from San Francisco to the Yuma crossing on the Colorado River. Each illustration is accompanied by a text...Springs Aerial Tramway GHOSTS by HOWARD NEAL Ouray, Colorado The Indians called the place "Uncapahgre."
Report (issue)
COLORADO STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOULDER R. D. GEORGE, State Geologist BULLETIN 9 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS...THE BONANZA DISTRICT SAGUACHE COUNTY COLORADO By HORACE B. PATTON 1915 DENVER,COLORADO EAMES BROTHERS...DOI: https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.b09.vtso7767 Colorado State Geological Survey. Bulletin No. 9, Plate...rnor of Colorado LIVINGSTON FARRAND ______________________ President University of Colorado HowARD C...TRANS:\IITTAL ST.I.TE GEOLOGICAL SuRVEY, UNIVERSITY OF CoLORADO, December 2, 1916. Governor George A. Carlson
Book (volume)
...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
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;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special...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
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...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Report (volume)
JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA BY F. C. SCHRADER WASHINGTON...Physical features________________;______________ Great Basin province__________________________ 14 19 19 Snake... 58 __.____ 64 4 CONTENTS. The Jarbidge district Continued. Page. Description of properties._________...the west system of veins______________ 66 Pavlak mine. ________1_______ 67 Location _ _ ___________ 67..._____________ Pan property _ __ ____ Sunflower group Red Bird and Duffy claims____ _____________ Bourne mine__
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
 
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