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Sericite from
Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:432951
Long-form Identifier:1:3:432951:0
GUID (UUID V4):9f7fc993-14ef-4893-b507-57b3b6094a2c
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘLondon Mine, London Mountain, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘClimax Mine, Climax, Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘTurquoise Chief Mine (Poor Boy), St. Kevin - Independence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘLakewood Mine, St. Kevin - Independence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘJessie Mine (B and B Mines Inc), Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘSt. Kevin Occurrence, St. Kevin - Independence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
23.9km (14.9 miles) ⓘTurquoise Lake Occurrence, St. Kevin - Independence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) ⓘLaplander tunnel, St. Kevin - Independence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘHamilton, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) ⓘHandcart Gulch, Hall Valley (Hall's Valley), Montezuma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
'Scope Colorado DENVER Figure 1. Location map for the Sweet Home mine, Park County, Colorado (modified...1983). Microminerals of the SWEET HOME MINE Alma, Park County, Colorado M A R K and K A R E N V E N D...LaGrange Park, Illinois 60526 ROBERT STOUFER P.O. Box 1884 Ouray, Colorado 81427 T he Sweet Home mine has...looks beyond the fabulous rhodochrosites, the Sweet Home mine offers a very interesting suite of minerals...for the micromineral collector. Location The Sweet Home mine is located in the upper part of Buck­ skin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...rhodochrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...at the Sweet Home operation have revolutionized the minerals specimen industry. The Sweet Home deposit...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...rhodochrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...at the Sweet Home operation have revolutionized the minerals specimen industry. The Sweet Home deposit...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization
Journal (issue)
E-mail: leicht@kristalle.com T he Sw e e t H ome Park C o u n t y , C o l o r a d o This publication...Leonard Beach, whose undying faith in the Sweet Home Mine made it all happen. M in e FRONTISPIECE:... found in the Good Luck Pocket, Sweet Home mine, in 1992. Sweet Home Rhodo, Inc. specimen; photo by Harold... found in the Good Luck Pocket, Sweet Home mine, in 1992. Sweet Home Rhode. Inc. specimen; photo by Harold...adventure in specimen collecting in our time: the Sweet Home mine operation. Many thousands of specimens have
Report (issue)
Bldg., 2600 corridor, 18th and CSts.,NW. DENVER, Colorado-Federal Bldg., Rm. 169,1961 Stout St. LOS ANGELES...California-Federal Eldg., Rm. 7638,300 N. Los Angeles St. MENLO PARK, California-Bldg. 3 (Stop 533), Rm. 3128, 345MiddlefieldRd...ROLLA, Missouri-1400 Independence Rd. DENVER, Colorado-Map Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal Center FAIRBANKS...Replacement Deposits Part II Gold in the Tintic Mining District, Utah By HALT. MORRIS Gold Deposits in the...Bird Mining Districts, San Juan Mountains, Colorado By FREDERICKS. FISHER Gold in the Alma Mining District
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization: U–Pb age for hübnerite (MnWO4), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado Rolf L. Romer *, Volker Lüders GeoForschungsZentrum...Sn-specialized granites. Hübnerite from the Sweet Home Mine (Alma, Colorado) formed in a Pb-rich, U-poor environment...± 0.3 Ma (2r). Late stage apatite from the Sweet Home Mine yields a 206Pb/204Pb–238U/204Pb isochron corresponding...ages with literature 40Ar/39Ar ages on earlier sericite and the U–Pb age on later apatite suggests that...accurate U–Pb ages and (ii) the evolution of the Sweet Home mineralization from greisen-type mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A geochemical study of the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado Mineral Belt, USA: hydrothermal fluid evolution...fluorite–rhodochrosite mineralization at the Sweet Home Mine occurred coeval with the final stage of magmatic...Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA T. Pettke Institute of Geological Sciences, University...Switzerland D. Misantoni Colorado Calumet Company Inc., P.O. Box 1169, Golden, CO 80402, USA al assemblage was...in quartz demonstrate that fluids from the Sweet Home Mine are enriched in incompatible elements but have
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? ...................................... Kosnar Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..........................................333 by R. A. Kosnar Famous mineral localities: Mount A n tero ............................ 339 by M.... I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A. Murphy
Report (issue)
COLORADO STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOULDER R. D. GEORGE. State Geologi.t BULLETIN 3 G E O L O G Y A...A N D O R E DEPOSITS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT PARK COUNTY, COLORADO BY HORACE B. PATTON ARTHUR J. HOSKIN...PBINTING CO., STATE PBTNTEBS 1912 Plate IV—View of Mount Lincoln as seen from the Hoosier Pass road. The...Charles A. Lory Governor of Colorado President University of Colorado President State School of Mines...TRANSMITTAL State Geological Survey, University of Colorado, December 1, 1912. Governor John F. Shafroth,
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)
Fluid origin and evolution at the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado V. LÜDERS1, R.L. ROMER1, H.A. GILG2...(pettke@geo.unibe.ch) The Sweet Home Mine is located in the Alma mining district on the eastern slope of...apatite and calcite. K–Ar and Rb–Sr dating of sericite demonstrate that early hydrothermal activity occurred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluid origin and evolution at the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado V. LÜDERS1, R.L. ROMER1, H.A. GILG2...(pettke@geo.unibe.ch) The Sweet Home Mine is located in the Alma mining district on the eastern slope of...apatite and calcite. K–Ar and Rb–Sr dating of sericite demonstrate that early hydrothermal activity occurred
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 (article/letter/editorial)
20513 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the...The pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens...cubes from Trestia, Transylvania region, Maramures County, Romania, appears to be a complete replacement...Ivigtut (modernized to Ivittuut), Frederikshaab district, Kitsa, Greenland, is noted more for the exotic
Report (issue)
Denver, Colorado, USA © 2011 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 ‱ Denver, CO 80211 ‱ USA Phone 1.303...America Photo Credits Cover: Topaz, 3.5 cm tall Capao Mine, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil Max and Jon Sigerman...Occurrence MIKE MENZIES 22. Topaz from Utah's Maynard Mine RYAN BOWLING 26. Volodarsk-Volynski PETER LYCKBERG...Topaz ALFREDO PETROV & JOHN RAKOVAN 34. Colorful Colorado DAVID W. BUNK 42. Mongolian Topaz: The Gorkhi...DUDLEY BLAUWET 58. Zimbabwe Blue Topaz: St. Anne's Mine JAN KANIS 60. Brazil: The Land of Topaz DIETMAR
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
Journal (issue)
Jean COWMAN & Philip PERSSON Tribute Pocket, CO, USA Mineral photography: James Elliott INTRODUCTION...of specimen mining in Pederneira, many exceptional pockets have been discovered. The mine is renowned...One of the most remarkable pockets found at the mine was the Afghan Pocket, collected in 2001; it did...crystal from the Tribute Pocket, Agnus Dei claim, Colorado, USA. HISTORY: DISCOVERY AND RE-DISCOVERY Topaz...cm” Continued on page 6 Pederneira Mine (Brazil) The Pederneira Mine is one of the most important sources
Journal (issue)
England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Steven R. Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor...Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada ..................................husband Karl started as mineral dealers from their home and were soon selling at many mineral shows throughout...Interest and collecting activity at the Majuba Hill mine have increased since the publication o f the initial...(Jensen, 1985). Information on new discoveries at the mine, as well as on certain aspects that were left vague
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....[Ba(UO2)2V2O8⭈5H2O] from the type locality, the Mounana mine, Franceville, Haute OgoouĂ©, Gabon. See the article...at one of their micromounting sessions at Weber’s home in Mamaroneck, New York. Clicking on the article...“This is the XYZ mine, and these are pretty pictures of the minerals from that mine.” Lou, however, took
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF TILE LEADVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO BY S. F. EMMONS, J. D. IRVING, AND G...48 Mafic varieties_ 50 Evans Gulch porphyry _ 50 Mount Zion porphyry_ 50 Other porphyries in Mosquito Range...anticline _ Origin of the Iron-Mikado fault 61 Colorado Prince anticline _ group _ 95 61 Mosquito Gulch...fold-fault _ Faults in the eastern part of the district 95 62 Kokomo syncline_ Faults southeast_ of _..._ Leadville 62 the_ Fryer Hill folds _ 62 district _ 95 Warping and drag along normal faults, _ _ _ 96
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...silicate minerals from Trumbull Peak, Mariposa County, California......................................3 cm, from the "Tree Root Pocket," Pikes Peak, Colorado. Bryan Lees specimen; photo by Harold and Erica...70, in Denver, Colorado. Henry Pohs was well known to every serious collector of mining antiques and memorabilia...the first book on the subject: Early Underground Mine Lamps', it became the “bible” of lamp collecting
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)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino.......... 87 by T. Moore T he S ilv e r m in es district, C o u n ty Tipperary, I r e l a n d ...........microthin coating of bomite, 5.7 cm, from the Flam­ beau mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin. William Larson collection;...great the show was. This would be down-and-dirty home-video cinema verite, snooping into flats under tables...Weardale fluorite miniature for $140, a beautiful 79 mine aurichalcite (2.75 inches) for $140, a Zambian libethenite
Journal (issue)
surface only during periods of excessive runoff, mining and prospecting operations have been generally...months. Geology The bed rock qf the Quartzville mining district is composed primarily of basalt, andesite,...used in describing distinguishable units in the district. The lowest unit exposed in and near the abandoned...units and are basaltic in composition. Within this district are areas of propy1itic alteration surrounding...fissures and faults (Munts, 1976). Mining History The Quartzvil1e mining district has been the site of both hard-rock
Report (issue)
https://archive.org/details/fluorspardeposito00Oharr COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOULDER R. D. GEORGE, State...State Geologist BULLETIN 18 FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS COLORADO By HARRY KAMES A. AURAND BROTHERS, STATE...-...- Governor of Colorado GEORGE UNORLING nee ee President University of Colorado VicCTOR Ct A LDERGONG...TRANSMITTAL. State Geological Survey, University of Colorado, April 29, 1920. Governor Oliver H. Shoup, Chairman...honor to transmit herewith Bulletin 18 of the Colorado Geological Survey. Very respectfully, R. D. GEORGE
 
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