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Sandstone from
Big Four Mine, Heeney, Green Mountain Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Sandstone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sandstone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Four Mine, Heeney, Green Mountain Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1068933
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1068933:8
GUID (UUID V4):fe2500d6-6d55-4baa-9447-c42d7279111e
Nearest other occurrences of Sandstone
20.1km (12.5 miles) Arrowhead Occurrence, Piney River, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
41.9km (26.0 miles) Unnamed Clay occurrence, Yarmany, Routt County, Colorado, USA
46.3km (28.8 miles) Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10108313), Brush Creek Mining District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
50.5km (31.4 miles) New York Mine (New Yolk Claims; New York Tunnel), Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
54.7km (34.0 miles) The American Placer, Kokomo-Tenmile area, Summit County, Colorado, USA
58.8km (36.5 miles) Horn Property, Kenosha Pass Area, Park County, Colorado, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) Alaska Humes Claims, Grand County, Colorado, USA
82.0km (51.0 miles) Big Buck Mine, Snowmass Area, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
82.5km (51.2 miles) Bionaz Group, Snowmass Area, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
83.0km (51.6 miles) Panco Manganese Deposit, Snowmass Area, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
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the information about cinnabar from the Red Devil Mine of Sleetmute, Alaska, and thought you might like...siderite have been found in the Junction copper mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS — A black mass...Tujunga Road), Los Angeles Co., Calif." — on label. COLORADO — Bimson, 2967 N . Speer, Denver, Colo., inform...the rare green sphalerite (gem quality) from the famous Big Four zinc mine near Heeney, Summit Co., Colo...material. "From the Big Four zinc mine near Heeney, Summit Co., Colo., by the Green Mountain Reservoir. Some
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
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and 1916. Bulletin No. 10. Value €If Ores . . Mine Sampling and the Commercial Bulletin No. 11. Descriptive...Geological Survey and in the journals dealing with mining and geology, but this material is widely scattered...and Mining Journa1. M. & S. P.-Mining and Scientific Press. 2 INTRODUCTION M. & E. W .-Mining and...Min.-Mines and Minerals. S. L. M. R.-Salt Lake Mining Review. In order to give proper credit to the courses...districts, under the general bibliography for the county or state and under the discussion of a particular
Report (volume)
............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................years ago the annual imports of Portland cement were four times the domestic production, and the total quantity...to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely
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Twenty-five years ago the imports of Portland cement were four times the domestic production, and the total quantity...it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included, because they constitute a very
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
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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
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723 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT NEVADA BY HENRY G. FERGUSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Diamond King member______________________ Bald Mountain lake beds member_______________ Quartz latite...1 136 Bald Mountain prospect____________________,.____ 136 Buckeye prospect Wall mine ___________...older rocks________________ Big Pine mine________________________________ Big Four mine___________ __________________...__________________ Mayflower mine _____________________________ Riley Fraction mine______________-___________
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael...group, 13 cm, w ith calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock, Illinois. Marvin Rausch collection;...York; the Helvetia district, Arizona; O ntario’s Grenville Province; the Sterling mine at Antwerp, New York;...Alpine veins near Sherbrooke, Quebec; the Nanisivik mine on Baffin Island; the fluorite mines of Madoc, Ontario;
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Selected Mining Districts of Utah by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 What is a mining district? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 How many mining districts are there in Utah and are they still...mineral resources are mined in Utah’s most productive mining districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...most common types of ore deposits found in Utah’s mining districts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
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...........................................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...ferruginous sandstone⎯red ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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...........................................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...ferruginous sandstone⎯red ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Report (volume)
. 234 " y { " ,-t .. .~,:",. I " , COLORADO "or.! _ +, (~ STATE OF .~ :'(' COL~ADO /... BULLETIN 40 RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BlaLlllGRAPHY by James L. Nelson-Moore,...Energy COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESUURCES STATE OF COLORADO DENVER, COLORADO 1978...ete 11 st r ng of rad i aaet 1ve occurrences 1n Colorado, with a comprehensive blbi iography and bibliographic...on the Colorado Plateau sparked several periods of exploratIon that ultimately led to a mining "boom ll
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entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed Cretaceous Dakota sandstone, which...precipitation and channel it into the underlying porous sandstone. Laid down in Early Cretaceous times, as the continental...seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave reworked, and spread...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore
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Pleistocene debris. The state was buried completely four times by Ice Age glaciers, leaving the land surface...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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Pleistocene debris. The state was buried completely four times by Ice Age glaciers, leaving the land surface...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas...Sky The Crossbreed Song of the Wild The Dark Green Tunnel Tecumseh! The Dreaming Tree . The Frontiersmen...Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas...Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE THIS BOOK...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Peninsula, Mich. 10. Porphyry molybdenum ore, Colorado 11 . Zinc ore, Edwards , N . Y. 12. Manganese...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once they are discovered... ... . .......... .. ..... .... .. ...... ... . Big Squaw Creek.....................................
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Uranium-Vanadium Deposits of the Slick Rock District, Colorado U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper...Survey Cover photograph: Burro No. 7 mine, Slick Rock, Colorado. Photograph by Jim Cappa, 2005. Uranium-Vanadium...Slick Rock District, Colorado By Daniel R. Shawe With a section on Appendix on District Production By...INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Uranium-vanadium deposits of the Slick Rock district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
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.. : ......... · Correlation with Wyoming and Colorado .. .............................................INTRODUCTION. reports are those on the Mercur district, by J. E. Spurr and S. F. Emmons; the Bingham...Bingham The senior author, J3. S. Butler, began district, by J. M. Boutwell, Arthur Keith, and field work on...deposits of Utah in the S. F. Emmons; the Park City district, by J. M. FIELD .WORK AND AUTHORSHIP. summer...author, G. F. Loughlin, began work in the Tintic district in 1911 in collaboration with Waldemar Lindgren
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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).
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stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
 
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