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Chalcopyrite from
Idarado Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ11 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Sphaleriteⓘ8 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Goldⓘ2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Gold at this locality.
Galenaⓘ2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Galena at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Idarado Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:68909
Long-form Identifier:1:3:68909:2
GUID (UUID V4):2fcc6ca4-69ab-47c4-a813-c0e0dc0b68c5
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘTreasury Tunnel, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘYankee Girl Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘGuston Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘNational Belle Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘBarstow Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘJoby Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘSilver Bell Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘLongfellow Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘAndrus Mine, Telluride Mining District, Colorado, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘKeno Mine, Gray Copper Gulch, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Inc. 1441 West 46th Avenue, Suite 14 Denver, Colorado 80211 eraines@ Icolorado.net The Great Irony...house. Photo hy Uycrs, CB.1904. courtcs\ Ouraj County Historical Society. Volume 75, November/December...preached what amounted to Ed Raines, who researches Colorado ‘s geology, mineralogy, and mining history, is...convention. Colorado’s silver interestsdomposed of mine, milling, and smelter entrepreneurs; managers, professionals...Fourth of July speaking engagement at Telluride. Colorado (Fetter and Fetter 1979). Although a July Fourth
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...during the eighteenth century, were the first to mine in the San Juans. One of the earliest recorded expeditions... Above: August sunrise on middle Blue Lake, Ouray County Photo Jack Brauer/WideRange Photo LLC, 2010
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inches; a floater specimen, Cross vein, Idarado mine, Ouray and San Miguel countries. Figure 2 (right)...Fremont County. C-O-L-O-R-A-O-O CALCITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427...Russia. Calcite also occurs at many localities in Colorado. Further, the state is the source of calcite as...marble (from the Yule quarry at Marble in Gunnison County) that has been used for many of the great monuments...Calcite, the most common carbonate mineral in Colorado. is found in a variety of occurrences, including
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...Martin Mineral collecting at the Sunnyside & Idarado m in e s .....................................
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...mining in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado for Ihe past twenty years. Dur­ ing this time
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(above). Pyrite, Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County. Cluster of intergrown crystals showing light...Figure 2 (right). Pyrite, Mountain Spring mine, Rico, Dolores County. Cluster of modified cubes; specimen...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O PYRITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John...Park City, Utah; Washington State; and numerous Colorado localities. Pyrite crystallizes in the isometric...Pyrite is the most common sulfide mineral found in Colorado; it is found in a wide variety of occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 13:31 09 June 2016 Colorado boasts numerous localities where fine sphalerite...of sphalerite also occur at many localities in Colorado, in shades of amber, emerald- or lime-green,...rail for the mines, standing on Main Street in Ouray (1886). The Wright Opera House is the large building...Muntyan, former director of the Ouray County Museum in Ouray, Colorado, is a frequent contributor to Rocks...in her series on Colorado minerals appeared in the July/August I994 issue (“Colorado Pyrite”), September/October
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0.75 inch on edge, from the Henderson mine, Clear Creek County. Figure 2 (right). Green fluorite encrusted...Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County; largest crystal measures 1.25 inches on edge;...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O FLUORITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John...locations in Mexico; in Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee, and in Hardin County, Illinois, in the United States;...eastern Russia. It also occurs in many localities in Colorado, where it is found in colors ranging from pale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO B A R B A R A and J O H N M U N T Y A N 6978 Wapiti Court Boulder, Colorado 80301...material has been obtained from a number of San Juan County mines and prospects during the last decade, in...almost ceased. COLORADO S A N J U A N C O U N T Y L I E S in southwestern Colorado. Some of the state's...vicinity of Silverton, the principal town in the county. The American Tunnel, located just north of town...of the Sunnyside mine complex and has been the major source of specimens in the county. Most museums and
Report (issue)
PALEOZOIC ROCKS BENEATH THE IDARADO MINE, NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO by James N. Mayor1 and...Paleozoic rocks for mineralization beneath the Idarado Mine. The holes are sited along the highly productive...intersection, economic mineralization at the Idarado mine essentially bottoms at the Tertiary unconformity...Calcareous rocks of the Hermosa, Molas, Leadville, Ouray and Elbert formations were metasomatized. Relatively...through the Idarado property that is situated along its northwest edge (Figure 1). At the Idarado mine, normal
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)
andReplacement Deposits,Northwestern SanJuanMountains,Colorado J. THOMASNASH Abstract Base and preciousmetal...(Mayor and Fisher, 1972). The Colorado (Fig. 1). The greatestproductionhas Idarado and Camp Bird mines (Fig...Productionfrom theseveins Most samples are from the Idarado mine and were exceeds$300 million (Burbankand Luedke...detailedstudiesunder1448 FLUID INCLUSION way by the Idarado Mining Companyand Frederick S. Fisher, U.S. GeologicalSurvey...andcanyon about2,200 feet (670 m) thick in the mine area and cutting." dipsabout5øE. Lava flows,breccias
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... 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...This article deals with that portion of San Miguel County extending from north of Telluride beginning at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology Vol. 72, 1977, pp. 1285-1320 Sunnyside Mine,EurekaMiningDistrict,SanJuanCounty, Colorado'Geochemistry...Sunnysidemine, in the Eureka mining district, San Juan County, Colorado, produces700 tons/day of gold-silver-copp...quartz-sulfideores (30%); (III) massivegalena-sphalerite-chalcopyrite-bornite-hema- rite ores(40%); (IV) gold-telluride-quartz...geologicaland •09 o MONTROSE iO =1 'IsUN NYs IDE MINE __ <[I •-•:1 Ii iI •I -- •' • •U•AN•O COLa...southwesternColorado showing location of the Sunnyside mine and calderas of the San Juan volcanicfield. (Modified
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CLASSIC COLORADO PORTFOLIO MINERALS: BARBARA L . MUNTYAN 6978 Mapiti Court Boulder, Colorado 80301 COLORADO...COLORADO IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHL Y MINERALIZED states in the Union. Not only is it known for the variety...found in Colorado occur in extraordinarily large and beautiful crystals. Some of the best Colorado specimens...rather common species from a number of famous Colorado locales. There were literally dozens of other...Shares of Colorado. Figure 1 (left): Hematite after siderite, quartz, Lake George, Park County, Colorado
Journal (issue)
alex@aibmr.com CHAPTER PRESIDENTS (ALSO BOARD MEMBERS) COLORADO CHAPTER: Mark Jacobson; markivanjacobson@gmail...FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY 2014 FALL MEETING Denver, Colorado September 12, 2014 The meeting was called to order...Minerals of Colorado. Mark Jacobson presented a summary of the activities of the Colorado Chapter, and...Mineralogy Colorado Chapter 2014 Year in review: President’s Message By Mark Jacobson This is FM Colorado Chapter’s...the Geology Museum staff to be on display at the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum for one year until
Book (edition)
Tourist as well. All of the 19 Rock Forma­ tions at Ouray, dating from the Pre-Cambrian to the Cenozoic Eras...1S80 relating to the growing Mining Industry at Ouray is printed in its entirety. Many historic photographs...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..................................................................... 8 9 Chalcopyrite............................................
Report (issue)
molybdenite, cosalite, bismuth, galenobismutite, chalcopyrite, covellite, bursaite, arsenopyrite, siderite...about 65 km west of Prague [TL]. From the Toroiaga mine, Baia Bora̧ district, and at Ocna de Fier (Morávicza;...of Nantes, Loire Atlantique, France. At the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany. In Italy...west of Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada. In the USA, from Darwin, Inyo Co., California; at the Reward...Nevada; in the Idarado mine, Ouray Co., and the Alaska mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, near Ouray, San Juan Co
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metals Mine ,; Pilot Mine , ; ,-e Grizzly Bear Mine ~ Silver Link Mine ~ Mountain Monarch Mine o TOM...Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81421 Telluride ~ Oyama Mine ,-e Titusville Mine Downloaded...Mineralogy of the San Juan Mountains o , Southwestern Colorado Unless otherwise noted, mineral photography by..."Microminerals of the San Juan Mountains, Southwestern Colorado" (Rosemeyer 1989) was the topic of the first Through...discoveries. Pilot Mine Yankee Boy Basin is located approximately 8 miles southwest of Ouray and in the 18705
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...weathering or alteration of a single mineral, chalcopyrite, the dominant primary ore mineral of copper...both the mining industry and the collector, chalcopyrite forms under a wide variety of geologic conditions...exceptional with respect to the parent species, chalcopyrite. However, at one time several American localities...exceptional chalcopyrite specimens. One such locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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....with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926). During the twentieth century...mined (Beaty, Landis, and Thompson 1990). Total Colorado production prior to 1958 reached 585 million pounds
Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of the Uncompahgre Primitive Area Colorado By R. P. FISCHER and R. G. LUEDKE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL...mineral survey in the Uncompahgre primitive area, Colorado. The area discussed in the report corresponds....___ _________________________________________ Ouray area____j______________________-.__________________...and R. G. Raabe_____.__..___ Claim coverage and mine workings._____________________________ Patented..._-____.____-______-____---Relationship of underground mine workings to the primitive-area boundary_ ______
Report (issue)
Wilderness Study Area, western San Juan Mountains, Colorado* by Ken Hon, Dana J. Bove, and V. J. S. Grauch...S. Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado, 80225 STUDIES RELATED TO WILDERNESS Bureau...Wilderness Study Area (CO-030-217), Ouray and Hinsdale Counties, Colorado. SUMMARY The western San Juan...volcanic field that covered much of south-central Colorado during Oligocene and Miocene time. The earliest...Juan Mountains between the towns of Ouray and Lake City, Colorado (fig. 1). The study area is adjacent
Report (volume)
Handles Peak Wilderness Study Areas, Hinsdale County, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1715-B /fj&:~~:ÂŁ2...Handles Peak Wilderness Study Areas, Hinsdale County, Colorado By RICHARD F. SANFORD, RICHARD I. CRAUCH,...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREASSOUTHWESTERN COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL...Hinsdale County, Colorado. (Mineral resources of wilderness study areas southwestern Colorado ; ch. B)...mineral resources Colorado Redcloud Peak Wilderness. 2. Mines and mineral resources Colorado Handies Peak
 
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