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Cuprite from
Adelaide Mine, Iron Hill, Lake County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Adelaide Mine, Iron Hill, Lake County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:222437
Long-form Identifier:1:3:222437:4
GUID (UUID V4):c3ef637b-2396-468a-aae4-d5234a3122d1
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
7.7km (4.8 miles) Sherman Mine (Sherman tunnel; Leadville Corporation Mine; Day Mines; Hilltop Mine), Upper Iowa Gulch, Lake County, Colorado, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) Hill Top Mine, Horseshoe Basin Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
20.3km (12.6 miles) Lincoln Gulch, Lincoln Mining District (Lincoln Gulch Mining District; Ruby Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) Tamarack Occurrence, Buena Vista Area, Free Gold Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) Tin Cup Mine, Independence (Independence Pass), Columbia Mining District (Ashcroft Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) Pitkin Mine, Independence (Independence Pass), Columbia Mining District (Ashcroft Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
62.2km (38.7 miles) Gold Hill, Tincup Mining District (Pieplant Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
62.4km (38.8 miles) Nisley Mine, Shawnee Area, Park County, Colorado, USA
63.9km (39.7 miles) Palmer Ranch, Blue River area, Summit County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition...Nickel, E. 1(2):27 Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and...Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell,...granites at Lake Boga, Wycheproof and Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates...Great Australia Mine. Day, B. and . Beyer, B. 1(1):23-28 Part 2 - The Mount Cobalt Mine. Day, B. and Beyer
Journal (issue)
discoveries in the granites at Lake Boga, Wycheproof and Pyramid Hill, Victoria W. D. Birch ........................ 51 Minerals from the Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia B. Beyer & P....advertisements ................... 83 Cover Photograph: Cuprite from Spring Creek, South Australia. The crystal...of interesting mineral discoveries in the western USA. FRANCIS COLLECTION WEB SITES The Mineralogical...Mineralogy, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Aus­ tralia, 5000. Please help preserve
Journal (issue)
cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...Australian Museum was opened to the public in Adelaide in 1856; the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery...country. The lead-zinc-silver deposits found at Broken Hill in the early 1880s are still being mined today and
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index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R
Catalog/List
S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...crystals on lirnonitic matrix. 105 ADAMITE, Gold Hill, Utah. Groups of pale green singly tem1inated prismatic
Journal (issue)
....................... 407 by A. Pring Broken Hill, New South Wales; a brief review .................Wilson Minerals from the Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales .................................Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory ..............................ilmenite and monazite) and the largest exporter of iron ore and coal. It is among the top three producers...discovered in New South Wales during the 1790’s, as were “iron stone” (goethite-hematite) and salt (halite); indeed
Journal (issue)
Isa District, Queensland Part 3 - The Mount Oxide mine ............ B. Day & B. Beyer 3 Zeolites and...England The Francis Collection A. Pring 21 Post mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...Mimetite crystals from Sabine's Shaft, Mount Bonnie mine. 44 km north-west of Pine Creek. Northern Territory...km t N LEGEND Figure 3: Plan of the Mt Oxide mine. Main Road Dirt Road GEOLOGY Track Camel Pad...Pad (1908) Figure 2: Map of the Mt Oxide mine region. Henry eventually pegged the claim in 1900 and placed
Report (issue)
from “ Mount Lyndhurst,” “Leigh Creek,” “Avondale Mine”; all these are in the Leigh Creek District, and...H. Walcott, Melbourne; L. K. Ward, B.A., B.E., Adelaide. To my former assistant, Mr. M. Aurousseau, B...Mount Shamrock Mine. Ihid., No. 168, 1901. 34. On the Mount Biggenden Gold and Bismuth Mine and Paradise...Mineral 9 42b. The.Einasleigli Freehold Copper Mine, North Queensland. GeoL Suru. Q’land, Publication...Junr.) The Walhalla 43. or Thomson River Copper Mine. Bull. Geol. Surv. Viet., 20, 1906. Bartley
Journal (issue)
2019 Articles The Candelaria District Mineral County, Nevada .........................................by P. M. Adams Atacamite from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia .........................COVER: ATACAMITE, 10.5 cm, from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia. Collection of (and photo...$315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...Via (deceased) Salim Edde Daniel Trinchillo Lyda Hill Scott A. Rudolph Daniel J. Record Gail & Jim Spann
Report (issue)
among the most cherished products of the Ojuela mine at Mapimí, Durango, Mexico: of the several styles...styles of “old” fluorite specimens from the great mine, the best known shows deep purple, transparent, cubo-dodecahedral...beginning around 2008, fresh ore exploitation in deep mine levels has yielded beautiful groups of gemmy, lustrous...13 excellent fluorite miniatures from the Ojuela mine, nine “new” and 4 “old,” the “old” showing typical...observed. “Old” fluorite, 4 cm, from the Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. Andy Seibel Minerals specimen
Journal (issue)
Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...specimenand image. Nickel Laterite From the Tiebaghi Mine, New Caledonia Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com
Catalog/List
- 1600 hours each day at 7, Condor Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Tel: 01444 233958 (Pre-view on Saturday...Sulphur Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba...Glen Strathfarrat Scotland Zambia Austria Ecton Hill, Staffs Cloqau Wales (Barstow) Ow A1 A1 A1 A1...Copper Manqanese Copper Elaterite Sulphur Copper & Cuprite Gold Gold Silver Coooer Jet Gold Sulphur Copper...Lecanvie Prospect, Co Mayo Copiapo, Chile New Cliffe Hill, Leicester Whitby, Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos
Book
at Glen Osmond a few miles from Adelaide, and the colony’s first mine, the Wheal Gawler, began operations...after which the importance of copper declined and iron took over as the most valuable mineral resource...was made in 1846 at the Victoria Mine, near Castambul, east of Adelaide. At present the State’s mineral...salt, copper, opal and most important of all, the iron ores of the Middleback Ranges on Eyre Peninsula...smelting and fabricating facilities. The first pig iron was produced in 1873 from a charcoal-fired furnace
Journal (issue)
Australian Museum, Sydney • Antleriet van de Jomac mine, Utah • En veel MKA- en ander nieuws… Mineralogische...Pelckmans Reisbelevenissen in Nevada en Oregon (USA) De reis die Herwig en zijn gezin dit jaar maakte...antleriet met carbonaatcyanotrichiet van de Jomac mine, Utah, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover vindt U elders...cerussiet-kristallen van de Proprietary Block 14 mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Specimen van...anhydrous amphibole from the Kajlidongri manganese mine, Jhabua District, madhya Pradesh, India 428-440
Journal (issue)
complex base-metal assemblage from the Sterling mine, New Jersey ......................................mineral localities: The French Creek mine, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania.......................Dickinson Famous mineral localities: The Burra Burra mine, Burra, South Australia ..........................Saddle-shaped rhodochrosite crystals from the Foote mine, North Carolina ..................................number of institutions already, including the Colorado School of Mines and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Journal (issue)
M11se11111 ofVic10ria Associate Editors The Daydream Mine, Silverton, N.S.W. John D. Leach .................Bottrill Dept of l11dmtry. Safety & Mines. Tasmania Iron phosphate minerals associated with ironstones in...(1&2) and Volume 3 (1), the Special Issue on Broken Hill. For details see p135. Additional colour p/Jotograp/Jy...P. 0. Box 39100 Lafayette, LA. 70593 California, USA This n otable Australian pegmatite locality has...of low relief with a maximum of 120 m between the hill tops and the valley floors. In general, the valleys
Journal (issue)
Pentireglaze mine, St. Minver, Cornwall with crystals to 32mm. Specimen from the collection of the County Museum...write Secretary, 12AAllingham Court, Haverstock Hill, LO. DO , NW 3 10h11 Pearce:BMS Chairma11 ·K Journal...single crystal I 0 mm in length from Force Crag mine, Braithwaite, Cumbria (See Mineral News). Figure...Quartz crystal 40 mm"in length from South Crafty mine, Cornwall. Manchester Museum specimen purchased...crystals to 5 mm on pyromorphite. from Force Crag mine, Braithwaite, Cumbria. Figure 4. Synchysite rosettes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Smithsonite. (7 × 4 cm; D49972), Broken Hill Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Prospect dolerite...Anglesite (5 × 3 cm; D49920), Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Figure 7. Pyromorphite...(8 × 3.5 cm; D49964), Proprietary Block, Broken Hill, New South Wales. museums also gave Chapman advice...specimens with the South Australia Museum in Adelaide. At Broken Hill, he collected underground and traded with...3 cm; D49966), 17 Level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. specimens from these trips
Journal (issue)
scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Forsterite, 2 cm, from St. John’s Island, Egypt. Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge photo. Topaz, 4 cm...Sean Finneson (WA) Greg & Nancy Hendricks (OR) Ray Hill (WA) Alex Homenuke (BC) Bob Jackson (WA) Dave Leppert...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA-5005 Adelaide, Australia 2 South Australian Museum...Museum, North Terrace, SA-5000 Adelaide, Australia 3 32 Hill Street, SA-5063 Parkside, Australia 4 Becquerel...deposit, located in the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia, produced around...with malachite and chrysocolla (B tenorite and cuprite) containing the bulk of the copper recovered from...WORDS : Paratoo copper deposit, South Australia; Adelaide Geosyncline; Rare Earth Elements; Fe oxide copper
Report (issue)
acknowl- Hill zinc deposit: longest crystal is 9 mm. Frontispiece: Azurite, Burra copper mine; 5 mm crystal...minerals came from Johannes Menge who was appointed Mine and Quarry Agent to the South Australian Company...of Geology and Mineralogy of the University of Adelaide, the Bureau of Mineral Resources, the Mineralogical...REGION WESTE! aN 5 STUART > Gy WALES. ea Lake Gairdner OLARY PROVINCE [5 [2 EYRE PENINSULA...galena, proustite, and jamesonite at the Talisker mine, 16 km south of Normanville. Flinders Ranges—'silver
Journal (issue)
8(1):3-8 Secondary copper minerals of the Crusader mine, north-west Queensland. Sharpe, James L. and Williams...suite of secondary minerals from the Nifty copper mine, Western Australia. Downes, P.J., Shields, P. and...7(1 ): 19-26 • Kasolite from the British Empire mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. Plimer, Ian R., Besley...E. 8( I):29-32 Quartz from White Rock quarry, Adelaide, South Australia. Sutton, Pat. 8(1):17-27 Rare...Prince Lyell Mine, Mt Lyell, Queenstown 7(2):82-83W Red Lead Mine, Dundas 7(1}:37W Renison Mine 7(l):37W
Book (volume)
...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
Catalog/List
matrix. 17Xli-x1 ", £1. SOp 4~ ANHVDRITE. Bancroft Mine, Zambia. Select pure light lavender coloured rhombic...Malachite. 2~x1b<1t", £.11.00 9. BARVTES. Char Kounhi Mine, Iran. Lustrous creamy coloured tabular crystals...r~inium. 4x2b<2", £6.5Op 10. BARVTES. Silverband Mine, Great Dun Fell, Westmoreland. A select sharp mostly...crystal. 2x1", £2.50p ( 11. BARVTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Specimen A: A 2x1t" cavity...2-b<2~", £1.7Sp 14. BORNITE after ENARGITE. Stewart Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, U.S.A. Well formed
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London, England ^ e. m. gunnell, collector, Denver, Colorado, u. s. A. ^ HENRI HANSON, photographer and collector...stood atop the "mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the Transvaal...cavity, this time containing minute bits of aluminum, iron, and manganese. Mother Nature then "kissed” the
 
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