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Chalcopyrite from
Independence Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Independence Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:372360
Long-form Identifier:1:3:372360:9
GUID (UUID V4):829f0399-4ed2-4098-873e-0fbacbe70555
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Vivandiere Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Ace High - Jackpot Prospect, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Gold Bug mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Calumet Mine (Calumet; Calumet No. 2; Hecla; Hecla No. 2; Calumet Iron Mine; Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite deposit; Patented Placer claims: Calumet; Hecla-Williamson; Smithville No. 2; CF&I Company Mine), Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Cleora No. 2 Prospect, Cleora Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
5.2km (3.3 miles) Sedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) Unidentified Whitehorn Gold Deposit (MRDS - 10013836), Whitehorn Mining District (Manoa Mining District; Calumet Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) Stewart Mine, Cleora Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Hub Tunnels Occurrence, Cleora Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) Mute Lode Prospect, Cleora Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
References
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Report (issue)
IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COIO. By WALDEMAR LINDGREN. INTRODUCTION. Colorado is not...contributed to this output, but only two Lake (Leadville district) and San Juan yielded notable amounts. The Leadville...Juan County slightly exceeded 1,500,000 pounds. The copper ores, properly so called, of Colorado comprised...from San Juan County. It may be said that Colorado does not contain a single copper mine of prominence...prominence. Of the counties mentioned in the title Chaffee produced 349,466 pounds of cop'per from 6,249 tons
Report (volume)
Zinc-Copper-Lead Sulfides and Zinc Spinel (Gahnite) in Colorado U,S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1550 , Precambrian...Zinc-Copper-Lead Sulfides and Zinc Spinel (Gahnite) in Colorado By DOUGLAS M. SHERIDAN and WILLIAM H. RAYMOND...zinc-copper-lead sulfides and zinc spinel (gahnite) in Colorado. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1550) Bibliography:...Geology, Stratigraphic-Precambrian. 3. Geology-Colorado. I. Raymond, William H. II. Title. III. Series...potential . . . . . . . . Deposits in other areas in Colorado Distribution and significance of gahnite Economic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
METAMORPHOSED PROTEROZOIC BASE-METAL SULFIDE OCCURRENCES, COLORADO: A RE-EVALUATION OF GAHNITE COMPOSITION AS A GUIDE...metamorphosed to the amphibolite and granulite facies in Colorado, many of which are spatially associated with Mg-rich...guide to sulfide ores. Zincian spinel from the Independence, Bon Ton, and Sedalia deposits and some cases...massive-sulfide deposits in Mg-rich alteration zones in Colorado, causes a marked enrichment in the spinel component...guide, massive sulfides, magnesium enrichment, Colorado. SOMMAIRE Le spinelle zincifère [(Zn,Fe,Mg)Al2O4]
Report (volume)
the Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Chaffee County, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1716-C...the San Isabel National Forest, south-central Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1638, p. 40-42...SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO Mineral Resources of the Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Chaffee County, Colorado...Area, Chaffee County, Colorado. (Mineral resources of wilderness study areas South-Central Colorado; ch...Mines and mineral resources Colorado Browns Canyon Wilderness. 2. Geology Colorado Browns Canyon Wilderness
Report (volume)
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...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
Book (volume)
...........................................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 ....................................
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? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John
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)
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
Report (volume)
............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................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...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to
Report (volume)
San Isabel National Forest, South-Ce tral Colorado COLORADO An Assessment of the Mineral Resource...the San Isabel National Forest, South-Central Colorado By Richard B. Taylor, Rebecca j. Stoneman, and...structures 12 Mineral resources-Locatable minerals 12 Mining and exploration history 12 Metals 13 Industrial...the San Isabel National Forest, south-central Colorado Mineral resource potential map of the San Isabel...Isabel National Forest, south-central Colorado FIGURES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Report (issue)
Sedalia mine area and its Proterozoic deposits of base-metal sulfides and gahnite, Chaffee County, Colorado...standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Denver, Colorado CONTENTS Page Abstract.................................................. Rocks of the Sedalia mine area.......................................... Proterozoic...1. Geologic map of the Sedalia mine area, Chaffee County, Colorado....................................the Sedalia mine and of other Proterozoic sulfide deposits in the Salida area, Colorado.............
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
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
Book (edition)
MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive ¥em 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
Report (issue)
mineral resources of the Browns Canyon area, Chaffee County, Colorado By A.M. Leibold 1 , D.E. Detra 1 , and...does not imply endorsement by the USGS. Denver, Colorado UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL...mineral resources of the Browns Canyon area, Chaffee County, Colorado By A.M. Leibold 1 , D.E. Detra 1 , and...does not imply endorsement by the USGS. Denver, Colorado CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION........................................ Browns Canyon fluorspar district.............................. Railroad Gulch-Stafford
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Front Range Colorado By T. S. LO\'ERING and E. N. GODDARD GEOLOGICAL...cooperation with the Colorado State Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund ~ oopr is...__________________________________________ _ 1 Summary of mining districts---.---------------------Introduction...Pre-Cambrian deposits _________________________ _ Mine descriptions __________________________ _ 39 39...disseminations_ Cotopaxi mine _____________________ _ Copper deposits in Jefferson County __ _ F. M.D. property
Journal (issue)
.... 5 by C. S. Stolburg Minerals of the Pereta mine, Tuscany, Italy ..................................and M. Tazzini Alteration minerals of the Cetine mine, Tuscany, It a ly ................................ Sabelli and G. Brizzi Siegenite from the Buick mine, Bixby, Missouri .................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...visit the gun and knife show at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona. Here are some items culled
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Report (volume)
Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado By MARGO I. TOTH, ANNA B....Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado / by Margo I. Toth ... [et...mineral resources Colorado White River National Forest. 2. Mines and mineral resources Colorado Arapaho National...National Forest. 3. Geology Colorado White River National Forest. 4. Geology Colorado Arapaho National Forest
Report (issue)
SURV Department of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado/ 2009 NOa COVER CREDITS Design: Larry Scott...Denver Public Library, Western History Department Independence Mountain placer location map (page 73) Back...collection, Colorado Historical Society (see page 16) ISBN: 978-1-884216-23-7 Colorado Geological Survey...koom?/ 15 Denver, CO. 80203 (303) 866-2611 Colorado Geological Survey Information Series 33 GOLD...GOLD PANNING AND PLACERING 622.342 P238 IN COLORADO How AND WHERE =e Drawings and maps drafted by
Report (issue)
geochemistry in the Copper Canyon area, Lander County, Nevada by Boris B. Kotlyar, Ted G. Theodore,...GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE COPPER CANYON AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA by Boris B. Kotlyar, Ted G. Theodore, and...as 5 million oz Au prior to the startup of major mining operations. Machine-contoured plots for Au, Ag...in the southern part of the Battle Mountain Mining District (Roberts and Arnold, 1965). The Copper Canyon... disturbance of the original ground surface by mining activities at Copper Canyon was restricted to the
Report (issue)
Quadrangle, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Geological...Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund PAPER 289 Geology and Ore Deposits of...of the Garfield Quadrangle, Colorado By McCLELLAND G. DINGS and CHARLES S. ROBINSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...in cooperation with the Colorado State Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mitting Fund. A..._ Fremont dolomite _________________________ _ Chaffee formation __________________________ _ Leadville
 
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