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Orthoclase from
Creede Formation, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Formation
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 Creede Formation, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:434510
Long-form Identifier:1:3:434510:7
GUID (UUID V4):baded3d1-b01a-44b0-999a-97287583e1f4
References
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Report (issue)
Index of the Geology of the Creede Mining District and Vicinity Colorado By Daniel O. Hayba and Constance...bibliography and index of the geology of the Creede mining district and vicinity was prepared in support of...conjunction with the proposed deep drilling program at Creede. It was our intent to include in this compilation...geology of the Creede district. Thus, references range from papers dealing entirely with Creede to those which...smaJJ amount of data relevant to some aspect of Creede geology. Even abstracts of talks, which were later
Report (volume)
718 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ' CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS AND ESPER S. LARSEN................................................. Mining and treatment of ores..................................................................... Creede formation.............................................59 59 59 59 59 60 CONTENTS. Chapter V. Creede formation....................................................................... 134 Exploration of district..............................................
Thesis/Dissertation
TDfl SbQ AEEAL GEOLOGY OF 0?HS CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO. By ' X ESEBR S* H B LARSEIT. S...Approved: The Areal Geology of The Greede Mining District, Esper 3. Larson. COKTEIIT3 Chapter I...series 22 Lower division Upper division The Creede formation The llacXenzie 26 .'-.fountain quartz latite...Megascopic Microscopic Weathering and outcrops Creede Formation Chapter V. Name, general nature, and occurrence...faults* II t Geology and ore deposits of Creede, Colorado, W. H. Emmons and 3. S. Lars en. Introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization at Creede. The age of the youngestvolcanicrocks exposedin the district, the Fisher Quartz...were erupted through the ring-fracture zone of the Creede caldera after the caldera had been resurgentlydomed...eruption of younger volcanic rocks of the Hinsdale Formation. Introduction T}•is is the secondof a seriesof...the epithermalsilverbasemetal ores in the Creede mining district. This paper reportson the potassium-argon...basalt and silicic alkali rhyolite (the Hinsdale Formation) was erupted to form a widespreadveneer over much
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO BY WHITMAN CROSS AND ESPER S. LARSEN UNITED...sandstone________________________________________ Morrison formation.______________________________________ Cretaceous...________ Animas formation._________ ____________________________ Torrejon formation.___°____________...___°____________________________________ Wasatch formation._______ ______ _____________________.____ Ridgway till..-..._______ __ __ _-________-__-_'---__--__Blanco Basin formation._______-_ ____________-________---_-_ Volcanic
Report (issue)
RECENT MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO By ESPEK S. LAKSEN ABSTRACT The Creede district...reverse fault in the extreme northern part of the district. Silver in amounts sufficient to stimulate extensive...rich in silver. Some of the tuff beds of the Creede formation are partly altered to bentonite, and the Metalloid...by Emmons and Larsen 1 on the Creede district was completed, the district has produced over $5,000,000...detailed to the work and spent about 10 days in the district in the summer of 192T and 3 days in August, 1928
Report (issue)
Petrology of the San Juan Region Southwestern Colorado By ESPER S. LARSEN, JR., and WHITMAN CROSS GEOLOGICAL...an area of I2fiOO square miles in southwestern Colorado UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION, COLORADO vard University contributed liberally by financing...topographic maps covering much of the area. Many of the mining men and other residents of the San Juan region...classification_.____________----___--__.__-_ Quantitative mineral determinations._____________ Composition of the
Report (issue)
Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology 1983 by Atnerican Geological Institute Colorado Geological Survey...Resources Denver, Colorado I 1987 Information Series 21 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF COLORADO GEOLOGY 1983...Geological Institute Colorado Geological Survey Department of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado 1987 The Colorado...opportunity employer. ii BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF COLORADO GEOLOGY SERIALS LIST AAPG Bullett n. [Tulsa...the Mineral Industry. New York, NY: Society of Mining Engineers of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE CREEDE CALDERA CONTINENTAL SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROGRAM...CENTRAL SAN JUAN CALDERA CLUSTER: RESULTS FROM CREEDE DRILL-HOLE SAMPLES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL...drill-core samples of tuffs associated with the Creede and San Luis calderas in the Oligocene San Juan...and Nelson Mountain Tuffs. Overall, average Or (orthoclase) content of sanidine is lower for the Nelson...(Or~0). Drill-core samples of tuff from deep in the Creede caldera moat resemble Snowshoe Mountain Tuff in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Creede The last Wild West Silver Mining Camp in Colorado T he Creede mining district, located...and rugged San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Although silver was discovered in the area in...cause much excitement until 1889 when Nicholas C. Creede and his two partners found rich silver ore near...Amethyst, Last Chance, Commodore, and Bachelor. The mining encampment grew from a small settlement to a town...gravitated to mining boom towns. In 1890 the settlement was unofficially named Creede (Mumey 1949) in
Report (issue)
of the San Juan Volcanic Field, Southwestern Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 958 •...of the San Juan Volcanic Field, Southwestern Colorado By THOMAS A. STEVEN and PETER W. LIPMAN GEOLOGICAL...Calderas of the San Juan volcanic field, southwestern Colorado. (Geological Survey Professional Paper 958) Bibliography:...16:958 1. Calderas-Colorado-San Juan Mountains. 2. Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.-Colorado-San Juan Mountains........... .................... ... .......... . Creede caldera .......... .. ... .. ...... ... .... .
Report (issue)
Mineralogy, Mineral Chemistry, and Paragenesis of Gold, Silver, and Base-Metal Ores of the North Amethyst...Amethyst Vein System, Sari Juan Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Alaska-Rm. 101, 4230 University Dr. • LAKEWOOD, Colorado-Federal Center, Bldg. 810 • MENLO PARK, California-Bldg...SPACE CENTER, Mississippi-Bldg. 3101 Mineralogy, Mineral Chemistry, and Paragenesis of Gold, Silver, and...Amethyst Vein System, San Juan Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado By NORA K. FOLEY, STANTON W. CADDEY, CRAIG
Report (issue)
Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Poncha Springs NE Quadrangle, Chaffee County,Colorado By RALPH E.... 626 Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Mining Industrial Development Board UNITED STATES..._________________________ _ Browns Canyon Formation _________________ _ Dry Union Formation ______________________ _ Quaternary...Ralph E. Van Alstine and Doak C. Cox _________ _ Colorado-American mine ______________ -_Delay adit and... Geologic map of the Colorado-American fluorspar mine, Browns Canyon district. Geologic map of underground
Report (issue)
Volcanic Rocks Associated With the Creede Caldera San Juan Mountains Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...PAPER 524-H Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Mining Industrial Development Board ASH FLOWS AND...\VITH THE CREEDE CALDERA SAN JUAN MOUNTA~NS COLORADO I I I R esu rgent dome of the Creede caldera....Volcanic Rocks Associated With the Creede Caldera San Juan Mountains Colorado By JAMES C. RATTE and THOMAS...PAPER 524-H Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Mining Industrial Development Board UNITED STATES
Report (issue)
Lohman_ 125. ~iocene vertebrates of the Barstow Formation in southern California, by G. E. Lewis_________________________...~iguel County, Colo., by F. W. Cater_ 129. A Pleistocene section at Leonards Cut, Burke County, N.C.,...in a volcanic sequence related to the Creede caldera, Colorado, by J. C. Ratte and T. A. Steven ___ ...geochemical prospecting data from the Rocky Range, Beaver County, Utah, by J. J. Connor and A. T. ~iesch_______...part of the Smyrna ~ills quadrangle, Aroostook County, ~aine, by Louis Pavlides and F. C. CanneY----
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...American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Colorado...resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna B. II. Title. III. Title: Great...possible steps should be taken to preserve our mineral heritage, whether in physical form as irreplaceable
Report (issue)
osphate nodules from the Wills Point Formation, Hopkins County, Tex., by Charles Milton and A. P. Bennison____..._________ The source of travertine in the Creede Formation, San Juan Mountains, Colo., by T. A. Steven...abdophane from a rare-earth occurrence, Valley County, Idaho, by J. W. Adams________________________________...disposal well at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Adams County, Colo., by C. T. Wrucke and D. M. Sheridan____...uranium deposits in the southern San Juan basin mineral belt, New Mexico-An hypothesis, by H. C. Grang
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
Report (issue)
Volcanic Rocks, Southeastern SanJuan Mountains, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 852 ...Volcanic Rocks, Southeastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado By PETER W. LIPMAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...volcanic rocks, southeastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado. (Geological Survey Professional Paper 852) Includes..."'Early intermediate-composition rocks (Conejos Formation) .. . Vent facies ........................................ . Volcaniclastic rocks (Los Pinos Formation) ............ . Intrusive rocks .............
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).
Report (issue)
and Ore Deposits ofthe Summitville District San Juan Mountains Colorado By THOMAS A. STEVEN and JAMES C...PAPER 343 Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...classification and nomenclature__--.-_------Conejos formation ___________._______L.______-__ Lithology.____...the Summitville district and surrounding areas. Geologic map of the Summitville district, and section showing...Mountains, showing the location of the Summitville district._____________________ 2. View looking north across
Report (volume)
Application of Structural Geology to Mineral and Energy Resources of the Central and Western United... . . Application of Structural Geology to Mineral and Energy Resources of the Central and Western...Geological Survey, October 9-10, 1990, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...on Data Application of structural geology to mineral and energy resources of the central and western...Survey, October 9-1 0, 1990, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado I edited by Charles H. Thorman
Report (issue)
for the Late Devonian age of the Nation River Formation, east-central Alaska, by E. E. Brabb and Michael...Ogallala Formation (Pliocene) and to the Platte-Arkansas divide, southern Denver basin, Colorado, by P....part of the Roberts thrust, Toiyabe Range, Lander County, Nev., by J. H. Stewart and A. R. Palmer _____...Ordovician tectonism in the Ruby Mountains, Elko County,· Nev., by Ronald Willden and R. W. Kistler__ _...gold- and silver-bearing sulfide ores, Ohio mining district, Marysvale, Utah, by A. S. Radtke, C. M. Taylor
Book
310 Pillsbury Drive S. E. Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA Volumes 1 to 9 in this series appeared under the...experience and expertise regarding the occurrence and formation of hydrothermal metal deposits. Finally, my thanks...hydrodynamic aspects of ore formation. These advances have, in turn, allowed the formation of more realistic conceptual...are of considerable aid to the exploration and mining geologist in areas of known mineralization, but...limited utility in terms of the search for new mineral districts. The problem of the geographic distribution
Report (volume)
analyses.______-______--_____--_-_____-__--_-----_-Mineral analyses..____________________________________________...Bulletin nos. 26, 27; Museum Paper no. 7; County Report no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific...Geologists: Bulletin, vols. 7, 8. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Transactions, vols...Mineralogist, vols. 8, 9. Menasha, Wis. American Mining Congress: Reports of 25th and 26th Annual Conventions...nos. 1-28. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos 91-93. San Francisco, Calif
 
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