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Chalcedony from
Bulldog Mountain Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bulldog Mountain Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1606012
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1606012:8
GUID (UUID V4):7c009f9b-c4a7-427c-acb1-6a3e7cca9913
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
1.4km (0.9 miles) Commodore Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Bachelor Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Last Chance Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Amethyst Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine, Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
28.9km (18.0 miles) Trout Creek Sulfur Deposit, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) Golden Fleece Mine, Lake City, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
41.9km (26.0 miles) Hidden Treasure Mine, Lake City, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) Oulay Mine (Ulay Mine; Ute-Ulay Mine), Lake City, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
44.5km (27.7 miles) Del Norte Thunder Egg beds, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Bulldog Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral...Mineral County, Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine...private and museum collections the world over. Its mineral wealth is well represented at the Mines Museum...wide array of habits and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine... 5 Loca�on Views of Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Bulldog Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral...Mineral County, Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine...private and museum collections the world over. Its mineral wealth is well represented at the Mines Museum...wide array of habits and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine... 5 Loca�on Views of Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Bulldog Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral...Mineral County, Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine...private and museum collections the world over. Its mineral wealth is well represented at the Mines Museum...wide array of habits and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine... 5 Loca�on Views of Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Bulldog Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral...Mineral County, Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine...private and museum collections the world over. Its mineral wealth is well represented at the Mines Museum...wide array of habits and mineral associations. Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine... 5 Loca�on Views of Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Creede The last Wild West Silver Mining Camp in Colorado T he Creede mining district, located...and rugged San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Although silver was discovered in the area in...cause much excitement until 1889 when Nicholas C. Creede and his two partners found rich silver ore near...Amethyst, Last Chance, Commodore, and Bachelor. The mining encampment grew from a small settlement to a town...gravitated to mining boom towns. In 1890 the settlement was unofficially named Creede (Mumey 1949) in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Microminerals in the Creede Mining District The Amethyst, Commodore No. 5 Mineral County, Colorado Unless otherwise...his collection & Bulldog Mountain Mines C reede is located in southwestern Colorado on the edge of the...in the Creede district was at the Holy Moses mine high above East Willow Creek, but the district did not...West Willow Creek approximately 1.5 miles north of Creede. The Commodore No. 5 ore bins are the first structures...Commodore mine perched on the mountainside. The Amethyst mine is north of the Commodore mine, and most
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zoningof the BulldogMountainVein System,Creede District, Colorado GEOFFREY S. PLUMI U.S.GeologicalSurvey... The BulldogMountainveinsystem,Creededistrict,Colorado,isoneof fourmajorepithermal vein systems fromwhichthe...eralizationstageshave been identifiedalongthe Bulldog Mountainveinsystem,eachwith a characteristic suiteof...ngpatternsacross the central and southern Creede district. The complexvariationsin mineralassemblages...systems(Amethyst,Bulldog Mountain,OH; seefig. 1, FoleyandAyuso,1994) in the Creede district from which the
Journal (issue)
Find your OwnAgate Collecting around Kremmling Colorado Morocco - The Country, The People and...Agates...Mindat.org Agates and Associated Minerals of Creede Colorado By Philip Persson PerssonRareMinerals.com ...information ranging from listing mineral localities, facts about mineral species, photographs of worldwide...to typical reference specimens), photographs of mineral localities (both modern and historical), publication...Copyrights Reserved 2014 - Printed in Denver, Colorado IDA CHAU’S JOURNAL FROM THE 3RD MINDAT INTERNATIONAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HISTORY OF FOUR Native Silver Localities 7 in Colorado Downloaded by [University of California, San Diego]...72 Golden, Colorado 80403 All photos by author unless otherwise noted SINCE 1859 COLORADO HAS PRODUCED...metal. Native silver in Colorado has been deposited both as a primary mineral, crystallized directly from...from hydrothermal fluids, and as a secondary mineral, precipitated during the various processes involved...silver specimen producers-Caribou, Ward, Aspen, and Creede. Secondary silver may be the only form of the native
Report (issue)
Mineralogy, Mineral Chemistry, and Paragenesis of Gold, Silver, and Base-Metal Ores of the North Amethyst...Amethyst Vein System, Sari Juan Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Alaska-Rm. 101, 4230 University Dr. • LAKEWOOD, Colorado-Federal Center, Bldg. 810 • MENLO PARK, California-Bldg...SPACE CENTER, Mississippi-Bldg. 3101 Mineralogy, Mineral Chemistry, and Paragenesis of Gold, Silver, and...Amethyst Vein System, San Juan Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado By NORA K. FOLEY, STANTON W. CADDEY, CRAIG
Report (volume)
718 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ' CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS AND ESPER S. LARSEN................................................. Mining and treatment of ores.......................................................................... Creede formation............................................................................ Campbell Mountain rhyolite........................................Comparison with Campbell Mountain rhyolite...................... 40 Mammoth Mountain rhyolite............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère, France...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals,...Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. A Acanthite, Colorado, 442; Utah
Thesis/Dissertation
TDfl SbQ AEEAL GEOLOGY OF 0?HS CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO. By ' X ESEBR S* H B LARSEIT. S...Approved: The Areal Geology of The Greede Mining District, Esper 3. Larson. COKTEIIT3 Chapter I...volcanic series 22 Lower division Upper division The Creede formation The llacXenzie 26 .'-.fountain quartz...outcrops Comparison with Campbell Mountain rhyolite Hazanoth Mountain rhyolite General character and distribution...Weathering and outcrops Comparison with the Campbell Mountain rhyolite Hhyolite tuff General character and distribution
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE CREEDE CALDERA CONTINENTAL SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROGRAM...94-260-G 2001 STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE CREEDE FORMATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF FLUIDS...RESPONSIBLE FOR HYDROTHERMAL VEIN MINERALS IN THE CREEDE MINING DISTRICT By Robert O. Rye U.S. Geological Survey...epithermal silver and base-metal ores of the Creede mining district first proposed by Bethke and Rye (1979)...circulated deeply, rose in the northern part of the district, and mixed with overlying meteoric waters along
Report (issue)
Control of Ore Deposition in the Creede District San Juan Mountains Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...487 Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Metal Mining Fund Board Geology and Structural Control...Control of Ore Deposition in the Creede District San Juan Mountains Colorado , By THOMAS A. STEVEN and JAMES...487 ·Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Metal Mining Fund Board UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Quartz Latite ____________________ _ Bachelor Mountain Rhyolite ____________________ _ Farmers Creek
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Ore Deposition in the Creede Mining District, San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Part VI. Maximum Duration...silver-lead-zinc deposit in the OH vein at Creede, Colorado. Two initial textures are considered: growth-banded...productive epithermal deposit, the OH vein at Creede, Colorado. For more than half a century, D.E. White...datable events (e.g., Henry et al., 1997, for Round Mountain, NV; Marsh et al., 1997, for the porphyry copper...sphalerite. Geologic Setting of the Creede Ore Deposit The Creede mining district is located near the center of
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...American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Colorado...resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna B. II. Title. III. Title: Great...possible steps should be taken to preserve our mineral heritage, whether in physical form as irreplaceable
Report (issue)
AND MINING WASTES NOTES FROM A WORKSHOP PRESENTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL LAND RECLAMATION AND MINE DRAINAGE... Predicting Water Contamination from Metal Mines and Mining Wastes O^ggg^C. Kathleen S. Smith, Ph.D. Geoffrey...80225 Workshop 2 International Land Reclamation and Mine Drainage Conference and the Third International... Predicting Water Contamination from Metal Mines and Mining Wastes FOREWORD This report contains copies of...presented at the International Land Reclamation and Mine Drainage Conference and the Third International
Report (issue)
organization is carrying on for the direct advancement of mining interests throughout the country than can readily...two parts, the second part comprising papers on mineral fuels. These volumes for 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909...GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DIS­ TRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By DONALD FRANCIS MACDONALD. INTRODUCTION...writer spent 10 days in the Carrville district, Trinity County, Cal., and, incidental to other work,... gathered some data on its mining geology. A paper on the gold gravels x was pub­ lished, but baggage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Real del Monte District, Hidalgo, Mexico* JOHN E. DREIER† 13790 Braun Road, Golden, Colorado 80401 Abstract...Monte district is a leading example of a low total sulfide epithermal vein-type silver district. In its...percent. Hosting the more than 100 veins of the district are calc-alkalic series volcanic rocks of Oligocene-mid...Purisima-Colon vein system of the Pachuca Real del Monte district where field, petrographic, and fluid inclusion...unknown vertical extent (extending >500 m below the mine workings) that is similar to the main ore zone but
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposition andemplacement of the host rock, size of the district,temperaturesof mineraldeposition,chemicalcomposition...type(Goldfield,Nevada)andtheadulariasericitetype (Creede,Colorado;RoundMountain,Nevada).Bothtypeshavegold-richand...ivided into Two Types,with SelectedReferences District Selected references Acid-sulfatetype Ransome(1901)...Adularia-sericitetype LakeCity I, CO• Colqui,Peru2 Eureka, COs Creede, CO Irving andBancroft(1911) Slack (1980) Petersenand...ositsis illustrated by thePrideof theWestmine,Colorado,a gold-rich, dominantlyvolcanic-hosted vein systemthat
Report (issue)
Volcanic Rocks Associated With the Creede Caldera San Juan Mountains Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...PAPER 524-H Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Mining Industrial Development Board ASH FLOWS AND...\VITH THE CREEDE CALDERA SAN JUAN MOUNTA~NS COLORADO I I I R esu rgent dome of the Creede caldera....Volcanic Rocks Associated With the Creede Caldera San Juan Mountains Colorado By JAMES C. RATTE and THOMAS...PAPER 524-H Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Mining Industrial Development Board UNITED STATES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JR.,PHILIP M. BETHKE,ANDEDWINt•OEDDER Abstract Mineral assemblages involving pyrite, hematite, chlorite...modelfor ore depositionhas importantimplications for mineral exploration. Mineralshavingretrograde solubilities...of the Creedemining district. The ore depositsand the detailedgeologyof the district have been described...vein, one of the importantproducingveinsin the district,togetherwith evidencefrom fluid inclusionstrappedin...variousvein systems,their inter-relationships, and their mineral assemblages will be coveredin later (1975), describes
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).
Report (volume)
Notes on the gold lodes of the Carrville district, Trinity County, Cal., by D. F. MacDpnald...............preliminary report on the geology and ore deposits of Creede, Colo., by W. H, Emmons and E. S. Larsen.........account of the ore deposits of the Loon Creek district, Idaho, byJ. B.Umpleby................................................. Notes on the Antelope district, Nev., by F. C. Schrader................... Notes...Notes on the northern La Sal Mountains, Grand County, Utah, by J. M. Hill. Survey publications on gold
 
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