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Chalcocite from
Gem Mine, Gem Park complex, Fremont County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gem Mine, Gem Park complex, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:35224
Long-form Identifier:1:3:35224:0
GUID (UUID V4):0eb2c581-d78e-44e1-b19e-9c54be6c062b
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
17.8km (11.1 miles) Leeks Lode, Copper Gulch Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
27.8km (17.3 miles) Copper Prince Mine, Red Gulch Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
27.8km (17.3 miles) Colorado Copper Company Mine, Red Gulch Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) Red Gulch Mine, Red Gulch Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) Eight Mile Park, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) Mica Lode Mine (Mica Hill Mine), Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
31.3km (19.4 miles) Queen Princess Property, Red Gulch Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Acme Property, Red Gulch Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) Unnamed Silver - Gold - Copper Mine (MRDS - 10012941), Crestone Mining District (Baca Grant Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) Joe Wheeler Mine (Claim: Golden Wave), Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
view of the Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection...and Grace Dyck and wus titled “The Sunrise Iron Mine near Hartville, Wyoming”; it appeared in the MaylJune...“The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001 issue...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite pegmatite, 12 miles W of Bosler
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 (volume)
A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...have measured from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds
Book (volume)
...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
Report (volume)
............................................. Colorado.................................................especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee,...minerals and rocks, their occurrence and uses: Colorado State Geol. Survey Bull. 6, 1913. 8 USEFUL...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................Preface Each year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States...there is enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................Preface Each year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States...there is enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
most noted locality for gem material in the United States was at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse...where large amounts were found. A half crystal of gem quality, three inches in diameter was found at Haven...gems. Noted from Pala, California; Mt. Antero, Colorado; some localities in Chester and Delaware counties...and chalcocite was encountered in the Mica Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado...colored. Grossularite is found in the Ben Nevis Mine on San Augustin Peak, Organ Mountains, New Mexico;
Book (volume)
rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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 (article/letter/editorial)
mineral in a few pegmatites at Atolia, San Bernardino County, California and also in pegmatites north of the...earth type of pegmatite as at Barringer Hill, Llano County, Texas where large masses weighing up to four hundred...crystals have been found in the Gem Mines region north of Florissant, Colorado; green cubes and cubo-octahedrons...octahedral crystals have been collected at Mt. Antero, Colorado; where also the first octahedral twinned crystals...St. Peter's Dome near Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. CRYOLITE, a fluoride of sodium and aluminum
Book (volume)
corner of Kimball Co. where it overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the...formations. Northwestern Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills...collecting region of agatized and opalized wood for high gem quality is the Sandhills country around Valentine...canyons, creeks, and washes, reveal an abundance of gem quality 283 Nebraska petrified wood, often occurring...its agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gemstones: agate and sapphire. An extensive body of gem and mineral literature has been published describing...MICHAEL J. GOBLA 19055 East Bethany Place Aurora, Colorado 80013 gobla@copper.net Unless otherwise noted...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...Crystal Park in Beaverhead County, the pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification... AMERICA THE ROCK-HUNTER'S RANGE GUIDE ARIZONA GEM TRAILS PETRIFIED FOREST TRAILS A Range Guide to...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...systematic art. Today’s seekers after minerals and gem stones, particularly colorful ore cabinet-specimens...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
d'Ossola, Italy; Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...longer possible and there really is no place to park in the immediate area. Best bet is to have a non-collecting...received a copy with a page taped in. Lanny Carnegie Gem & Mineral Show August 27-30, 19?8, Carnegie Museum...minerals in the world at the first annual Carnegie Gem & Mineral Show, amidst the elegant marble halls and
Book (volume)
endowed with fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
endowed with fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Journal (issue)
until 5/26/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA 2 05 2 www.rockngem.com Ultra Tec.idml 2 3/3/15...lesser-known collectible species by Bob Jones Rock & Gem Kids 42 The Hartman Rock Garden 46 articles and...unintentional rockhound Ghughua Fossil National Park 18 see and touch these cretaceous plants by Mindy...remarkable deposit of copper species. This Flambeau mine chalcocite specimen (3.4 cm high) has an attractive metallic-blue...this reason, advertisements appearing in Rock & Gem should be considered as requests to inquire, rather
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...copyright 1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R............................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona .......................................213 by J. A. Crowley The Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona ..............................219..........227 by M. Sprunger The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona................................
Journal (issue)
represented by THE Si'EPHEN V.ARNI CO.. Inc. - Gem Dealers Call around and see us. The Editor intends...and circulars, an-:! let's get acquainted. THE GEM SHOP ESTABLISHED IN 1919 Box A-797 Helena. Montana...1937 .. CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1937 Ye Ancient Copper Mine of Arent Schuyler. By 0. Ivan Lee .... 99 Praktikurn...ASSOOIATION }B WHOLE No. 69 YE ANCIENT COPPER MINE OF ARENT SCHUYLER Within Plain View of the White...Manhattan Lies the Eerie Entrance to the Oldest Copper Mine in the United States. Herewith is Sketched Some
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
historically important and relatively inexpensive gem material. Consequently, for completeness of our coverage...keeping with the gemstone theme of this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, spessartine has been chosen as...is from Leiper’s quarry at Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Peters 1984). When the spessartine...occurrences furnishing good specimens or important gem rough are considered below. For additional information...the eastern United States, significant specimen or gem spessartine appears to be relatively uncommon. King
Journal (issue)
brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit of SRM 2780a consists...Figure 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia
 
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