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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Quartz
Smithsonite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ73 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Rhodochrositeⓘ62 photos of Sphalerite associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality.
Fluoriteⓘ61 photos of Sphalerite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Pyriteⓘ60 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Tetrahedrite Subgroupⓘ42 photos of Sphalerite associated with Tetrahedrite Subgroup at this locality.
Chalcopyriteⓘ21 photos of Sphalerite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Galenaⓘ19 photos of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality.
Hübneriteⓘ17 photos of Sphalerite associated with Hübnerite at this locality.
Fluorapatiteⓘ8 photos of Sphalerite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Goyaziteⓘ6 photos of Sphalerite associated with Goyazite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:242923
Long-form Identifier:1:3:242923:6
GUID (UUID V4):774704dc-c31a-4673-9acb-13d568f43b85
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘDetroit City Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘKite Lake, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘTanner Boy Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘCleaner; Criterion; Caroline Occurrence (Bates Lode), Buckskin Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘWyandotte Mine, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘCriterion Mine, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘBuckskin Joe Mine (Buckskin Joe; Phillips Mine), Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘShelley Mine, Mosquito Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘRussia Mine, Mount Lincoln, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘColorado Travel Tunnel Occurrence (Pirate; Vault; Gold Key; Banker; Wire Gold), Alicante, Lake 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...quartz– sphalerite–tetrahedrite–rhodochrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were...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...quartz– sphalerite–tetrahedrite–rhodochrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweet Home Mine Rhodochrosite Wall at the Denver Museum of Natural History JACK A. MURPHY Denver Museum...Museum of Natural History 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80205 Downloaded by [University of Saskatchewan...Bryan Lees, operator of Colorado’s well-known Sweet Home mine. Lees, through his company Collector’s Edge... 20 z Mount Bross 14,172 5 - U w h 7? ’ A Mount Buckskin 13,865 Sweet Home Mine 1 mile ... . Alma- Figure 1. Location maps for the Alma mining district and Sweet Home mine, Park County, Colorado
Report (issue)
RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN PARTS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT PARK COUNTY, COLORADO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE...RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN PARTS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO By C. T. Pierson and Q. D. Singewald...RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN PARTS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO By C. T. Pierson and Q. D. Singewald...Plate 1. Generalized geologic map of the Alma district, Park County, Colo.................. Inside back cover...cover Figure 1. Index map of Colorado showing location of the Alma disti-2t.........................
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)
at 13:31 09 June 2016 Colorado boasts numerous localities where fine sphalerite specimens have been found...reported from numerous localities worldwide. Fine sphalerite specimens, for example, have been found at Elmwood...Elmwood, Tennessee; the mines of the Tri-State district of Missouri-OklaDownloaded by [University of Nebraska...We1I-crystaIIized examples of sphalerite also occur at many localities in Colorado, in shades of amber, emerald-...marmatite), pink, or dark red (Eckel et al. 1997). Sphalerite crystallizes in the hextetrahedrat class of the
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,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2013 BARBARA L. MUNTYAN P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 8 I427 hodochrosite, a manganese carbonate with...Rhodochrosite has also been found in many localities in Colorado, particularly in the mines of the San luan Mountains...it i s one of the most recognized and coveted Colorado minerals. partiY DO e the presence of a mix...occurs in significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt, a large, elongated,...extreme southwestem comer of Colorado. Most of the metal mining in Colorado has been within this belt since
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 (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...accurate U–Pb ages and (ii) the evolution of the Sweet Home mineralization from greisen-type mineralization...systematics of fluid inclusions in quartz and sphalerite to infer the age of hydrothermal formations.
Book
Gkologim-in-charge. CATALOGUE OF MINERALS FOUND IN COLORADO. BY • F. M. ENDLICH. [EXTRACTED FROM THE TENTH...been adopted. tar as practicable, analyses of Colorado minerals have been given. They will aid examination...of the catalogue. systematic enumeration of the Colorado mineral species and references to the publications...Endlich, S. IN COLORADO. X. D. The continuous development of mineral resources of Colorado is productive...Geological .Report for PS75. Now, the survey of Colorado is completed, many additions of species new to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of COLORADO ED RAINES Geology Museum Colorado School of Mines 1310 Maple Street Golden, Colorado 80401...noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection,...photographer unknown. B etween 1868 and 1922, Colorado produced almost 260 million pounds of copper....from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the series selected from different areas of the Sweet Home Paul W. Pohwat is the collections manager in...National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire series...associated with, among others, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, acanthite, bornite, calcite, dolomite... cuprite, covellite, pyrite, bournonite, and sphalerite after tetrahedrite (Palache, Berman, Figure 2...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock of
Journal (issue)
Science. 32 Welcome New RMAG Members! 48 WANTED: Colorado Rocks! 49 Advertiser Index 49 Calendar 42 On...On the Rocks: Detroit City Portal/Rhodochrosite Mine Trip ASSOCIATION NEWS 2 RMAG Summit Sponsors 4 RMAG...Geologists North American HELIUM Conference Denver, Colorado - March 22-23, 2023 DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2022...• Paradox Basin, Holbrook Basin, the Greater Colorado Plateau, Wyoming, Montana, British Columbia, and...Global Commodity - the difference between Canadian, USA and International markets and valuations Helium exploration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tech Libraries] at 07:20 12 March 2015 Alma, Park County, Colorado ROBERT B. COOK Geology Department Auburn...of the Colorado mineral belt and including the famous Home Sweet Home mine (or simply Sweet Home deposit...spectacular occurrences associated with Climax, Colorado-type molybdenum deposits; the well-known metal...mines of the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, including the American Tunnel and Sunnyside mines;...base-metal occurrences in the famous Butte, Montana, district; Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks
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
Catalog/List
of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in
Catalog/List
Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years...highlights include: • Possibly the best matrix Sphalerite ever mined from Balmat, New York. • A world-class...hundred years ago and from the present. • A faceted Sweet Home Rhodochrosite weighing 22.93 carats with exquisite
Journal (issue)
2008 Table of Contents Collecting Minerals in Colorado - Peter Modreski ...........................Pg...Riemvasmaak South Africa 2008 Mining Update .......................... Pg. 20 Colorado Fossil Woods - Frank Daniels...on collecting minerals in Colorado by Pete Modreski, the informative Colorado petrified wood article by...the magazine so you get your very own copy! Colorado Minerals is the theme of the 2008 Denver Gem and...days of Colorado’s gold, silver, and base metal mining are past, and those who want specimens must look
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0.75 inch on edge, from the Henderson mine, Clear Creek County. Figure 2 (right). Green fluorite encrusted...Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County; largest crystal measures 1.25 inches on edge;... FLUORITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John R...locations in Mexico; in Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee, and in Hardin County, Illinois, in the United States;...eastern Russia. It also occurs in many localities in Colorado, where it is found in colors ranging from pale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80205-5798 jmurphy @ dmns.org PETER...Survey MS 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0046 pmodresk @ usgs.gov Unless otherwise...to 2000) J oin us for a gemstone tour around Colorado! Our field trip takes us from east to west in...in the same way you may have toured through Colorado on a mineral collecting trip. This route, from the...gemstones are known to occur. We cannot discuss every Colorado gemstone occurrence; rather, this is a general
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024-5192. MUSEUM...Columbia Museum of Mining, was awarded Mining Industry Person of the Year at a Mining Association of B...honored for her efforts to promote the image of the mining industry during the past ten years. MUSEUMS AND...thumbnails to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. He had donated his larger specimens to the museum...Canyon Science and Learning Center in Fruita, Colorado. The latter is a $4.5 million facility that houses
 
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