Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Microcline from
Yard Mine, Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yard Mine, Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:354828
Long-form Identifier:1:3:354828:8
GUID (UUID V4):a964d170-4508-40c3-bcf4-23a3dc724b69
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FLUORITE-RARE EARTH MINERAL PEGMATITES OF CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO* E. Wu. HuNnrcn, Universityof Michigan...A small group of pegmatites in Chaffee and Fremont Counties, Colorado, is characterized by the association...rare earth mineral pegmatites in Chaffee and Fremont Counties, Colorado, and to compare the group with...1946 while engagedin field work in south-central Colorado. A part of the field expenseswas met by a generousgrant...Harvard University. Mt. J. E. Meyers of Canon City, Colorado, acted as guide for the writer and deservesspecial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occur most frequently in common pegmatite with microcline and orthoclase as the chief feldspars present...material in the United States was at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, where large amounts...gems. Noted from Pala, California; Mt. Antero, Colorado; some localities in Chester and Delaware counties...pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai and Maricopa...colored. Grossularite is found in the Ben Nevis Mine on San Augustin Peak, Organ Mountains, New Mexico;
Journal (issue)
Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 December 2015 PICK&PACK Vol 55 .... Number 10...Mark Lemesany COLORADO MINERALOGICAL SOCIETYPICK PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 December...Senior Center is located at 1514 North Hancock in Colorado Springs. For more information on any of the sub-groups...combined with the gem & mineral show); Boulder County Fairgrounds, Exhibit Building, 9595 Nelson Rd....Modreski on “Colorado Mineral Collecting” at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Thurs., Dec. 17, 6:00 p.m., Colorado Scientific
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA Sarah L. HANSON Geology Department, Adrian College... 110 S. Madison Street, Adrian, Michigan 49221, USA Alexander U. FALSTER and Karen L.WEBBER Department...2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA Abstract Pegmatites enriched in the rare-earth elements...along a southwestern trend from Wisconsin through Colorado to Arizona. Four widely geographically spaced...South Platte (SP), in Colorado, circa 1.6 Ga Trout Creek Pass (TCP), also in Colorado, and circa 1.5 Ga Mojave
Book (edition)
MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive ¼em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =¡ - ¡, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...PEARL Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak...Atlas of Colorado American Gem Trails Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado . Scenery
Book (edition)
— _ ; COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ! ■ : ' BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado Gem Trails...Trails and Mineral Guide Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils America’s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes...Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado Scenery Guide to Geologic Literature Popular Gemology...Gemology Mineral Collectors Handbook Colorado Gem Trails The Art of Gem Cutting (With Dr. H. C. Dake)...Dake) * RICHARD M. PEARL ★ COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ★ SKETCH MAPS BY MIGNON WARDELL PEARL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the state. In line with a project begun by the Colorado Friends of Mineralogy in 1976, the list is intended...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos
Journal (issue)
Happen Here! A Visit to the Shin-Otani Manganese Mine, Japan Alfredo Petrov alfredopetrov@earthlink.net...small of a hole in the ground merits being called.a mine. None of these mines is in operation anymore, but...show in April mentioned that a nearby manganese mine was now a museum open for underground tourism, I...one. So in May I paid a visit to the Shin-Otani mine in the Tanba mining district. This manganese mining...construction along Missouri highway 61 in Lewis County Missouri or at fee collecting sites around the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mexico The Elk Mountain district, in San Miguel County, also has been studied by Monazite from a pegmatite...Pegmatites, Colorado The Brown Derby pegmatites in the Quartz Creek district of Gunnison County have been...Common associates are quartz, oligoclase-albite, microcline, muscovite and black tourmaline. Three monazites...associated with consisting mainly of albite, quartz, microcline and muscovite, clusters of muscovite books and...Brown Derby no. 2, containing albite, quartz, microcline, muscovite, and a trace of beryl. In all three
Journal (issue)
the State. In line with a project begun by the Colorado Friends of Mineralogy in 1976, the list is intended...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous
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)
part way through Tracy, then right at the lumber yard to the first road to the left. Down this road for...saw an old abandoned mine tunnel and began to investigate. It was a zinc ore mine going in about Y4 a...the same name. On June 30 we were on our way to Colorado. We stopped off at Hastings, Nebraska, to visit...and Clay Center, Ohio. On July 1 we motored to Colorado Springs, Colo., then down to Florence where we...stopped at Ëckert Mineral Research and traded for microcline, pyrite, satin malachite, azurite, wulfenite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
part way through Tracy, then right at the lumber yard to the first road to the left. Down this road for...saw an old abandoned mine tunnel and began to investigate. It was a zinc ore mine going in about Y4 a...the same name. On June 30 we were on our way to Colorado. We stopped off at Hastings, Nebraska, to visit...and Clay Center, Ohio. On July 1 we motored to Colorado Springs, Colo., then down to Florence where we...stopped at Ëckert Mineral Research and traded for microcline, pyrite, satin malachite, azurite, wulfenite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM T H E THIRTEENTH L A K E QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . V. H. Collins and J. S. Collins...Schaller, W. T . 1932. Serendibite from War­ ren County, New York and its paragenesis. Amer. Min. 17:457-465...R I T E IN T H E LOCKPORT FORMATION I N MADISON COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . W. P. Dossert and S. C. Chamberlain...composite alkalic intrusive ex­ posed in Marathon County, Wisconsin. The complex con­ sists of four intrusive...unit is exposed between the quartz core and the microcline zone. Within the albite replacement unit, along
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................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...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................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...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Journal (issue)
Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 July 2015 PICK&PACK Vol 55 ...... Number 6 Inside...Jacobson Topic: Pegmatitic Rare-earth Minerals of Colorado: Species and Identification Refreshments provided...Friends of Mineralogy, Colorado Chapter. Mark has collected rare earth minerals in Colorado, Texas, Wyoming...Minerals of Colorado: Species and Identification Most of the pegmatitic rare-earth minerals in Colorado are found...Jefferson County; St. Peters Dome district, El Paso County, Trout Creek Pass district, Chaffee County, and
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
really appears to be the start of a quickly abandoned mine and is located near Huntsville (Madison Co.), Alabama...mining operation is a barite mine operated by the National Lead Co. The mine is easily seen from Highway...dump of the old open pit Sodium Sulphate mine in Imperial County near BertROCKS AND MINERALS ram siding...California collectors do not appreciate them. COLORADO—"I am sending you some specimens by P.P.—thought...found and reported from the Crystal Peak area of Colorado and I have also found it there but only once in
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
Report (volume)
51 51 51 52 53 55 55 55 55 55 56 56 v Page Nye County ___ ------- ___ _ 73. Bullfrog district_ ____________...district (Storey County) _________ _ 105. Carson River district (Ormsby County) ___ _ Washoe CountY---------...___________________________________ _ White Pine County ___ _ 111. Bald Mountain (Joy) district___ 112...Carson River at the present site of Dayton, Lyon County (De Quille, 1891; Vanderburg, 1936a). Parties of...Gold Canyon and nearby Six Mile Canyon, Storey County, for 8 years before the source of the placers,
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;
Journal (issue)
on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family; Tom Spann photo...Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini
Report (issue)
________ _ Beach deposits ___ -----------------Colorado _____________________________ _ Crystalline rocks...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer...Spruce Pine district ____________ Madison County and Haywood County _____________________ _ Zirconia district...monazite belt in the Piedmont province __ Stokes County and Surry County_ Wilkes, Alexander, Catawba, Caldwell
Report (issue)
Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Geological Survey for the United States Department of Agriculture...Service Development of Industrial Minerals in Colorado Circular 1368 U.S. Department of the Interior...Survey Development of Industrial Minerals in Colorado By Belinda F. Arbogast, Daniel H. Knepper, William...John S. Dersch Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Geological Survey for the United States Department..., 2011, Development of industrial minerals in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1368, 87 p. Library
 
and/or  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are Š OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 9, 2024 00:49:10
Go to top of page