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Limonite from
Wire Patch Mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gold4 photos of Limonite associated with Gold at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Limonite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Shale2 photos of Limonite associated with Shale at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wire Patch Mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:934426
Long-form Identifier:1:3:934426:6
GUID (UUID V4):b8847b6a-4dea-45b1-8d72-78c8b05bcb83
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Ontario-Key West-Boss-Gold Flake-Fair Fountain-Bondholder Mine group, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Wellington Mine (Siam Tunnel; Old Oro Tunnel; Mill Tunnel; Liberty Tunnel; Extenuate Tunnel; Wellington Tunnel; Abundance Tunnel; New Tunnel; Oro Shaft), Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) Old Ironsides mine, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Germania, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) Snake River Bog Iron (Iron King), Montezuma Area, Summit County, Colorado, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) Handcart Gulch, Hall Valley (Hall's Valley), Montezuma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Hawkeye Mining Company, Beaver-Tarryall area, Park County, Colorado, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Hall Valley (Hall's Valley), Montezuma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) Quail Mine, Peru Creek Area, Argentine Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
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GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THR BRECKENRIDGE DISTlliCT, COLORADO BY :b_,REDERICK LESLIE RANSOME ..._.......................... . Situation of the district. ....... ____ . __ .. __________ ................ _. ___ ....... _..... _... _..... __ .. The district. __ ... ____ .... __ ... ___ ... ___ .. ____ .... _. __ ..... __ . _.. __ ...... . History o.f mining .. ___ .. ______ .... _. ________________ . __............. _. Sedimentary formations of the Breckenridge distriet .............. _..................
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A llgood & J. Pradenas Colorado Fam ous m ineral localities: Breckenridge, C olorado . . . 51 by E...Nugget," collected in 1865 at the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and donated...localities not mentioned in G old-I. . . Australia, Colorado and Appalachia, for example. It seems that we...Harper’s article. John Dysart, Manager of the Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site, sent much additional information...gold. Genne and Robert Allgood (mining geologists for the Sonora Mining Company, right in the Mother Lode
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SURV Department of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado/ 2009 NOa COVER CREDITS Design: Larry Scott...location map (page 73) Back cover: U.S.G.S. Breckenridge 7.5 minute quadrangle map detail (inverted)...collection, Colorado Historical Society (see page 16) ISBN: 978-1-884216-23-7 Colorado Geological Survey...koom?/ 15 Denver, CO. 80203 (303) 866-2611 Colorado Geological Survey Information Series 33 GOLD...GOLD PANNING AND PLACERING 622.342 P238 IN COLORADO How AND WHERE =e Drawings and maps drafted by
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GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BRECKENRIDGE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO BY T. S. LOVERING UNITED STATES...-----Location and topography _______________ History of mining..__-._..-_-..----..__ General geology___...__-_--_--_..._ Criteria of enrichment in the Breckenriclge district......__._.._-._-..._.__.___-_._ Enrichment of...______________________ Character of ore____--------------_-------Mine descriptions.________-_-___-_______-_____---__ Guides...Map of part of the Breckenridge district, Colorado, showing some of the principal mine workings and known
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AZURITES 16 Part I: Electric blues from the Milpillas mine. By Bob Jones 16 PREHISTORIC TEXAS Lubbock landmarks...Bob Jones THE GOLDEN HISTORY OF BRECKENRIDGE 36 This legendary Colorado gold camp is full of attractions...others, at an auction. I was told it was taken from a mine in Alaska called Aurora Borealis in the ’60s. I...Gold Rush (circa 1849-52), attest to the extent of mining activity and richness of the North Fork of the...responsible for the rich hydraulic mines in Iowa Hill to the east and Dutch Flat to the north of the Stevens
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5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Lapis International, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut USA Collection 'Alan Table of Contents What Is Gold...First Gold Rush: Gold Fever in the Southeastern USA . . . . . . . .P. 16 R. Chris Tacker California and... . . . . . . . . . . P. 84 A Photo Gallery Farncomb Hill: Colorado's Finest Gold Specimens . . . . .
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