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Gold from
Hidden Treasure, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA


Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hidden Treasure, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:372698
Long-form Identifier:1:3:372698:3
GUID (UUID V4):16a1e3f9-a7a3-4157-9632-ae3b2da152d9
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
1.3km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10018156), Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ā“˜Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10018337), Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ā“˜Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10091501), Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ā“˜Headlight (Ramsdale Occurrence), Georgetown District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ā“˜Empire City mine, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ā“˜Jackpot Mine, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) ā“˜Mint Mine, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) ā“˜Minnesota Mine, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ā“˜Cashier Mine, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ā“˜Cleopatra (Apex - Surprise; Three Friends), Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
References
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Report (volume)
4=78 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO BY JOHN DUER IRVING AND HOWLAND BANCROFT WASHINGTON........................................ Official mining districts........................................................................... Lake City district.................................................................... Ore deposits of Lake City district....................................... The lodes...Secondary galena....................................... Gold................................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
International University] at 22:16 23 December 2014 Gold mining is not romantic, it is dirty, and it is very...played out on a daily basis in opening the Colorado mining frontier, however, are very much the stuff...generation had seen an Colorado showing the Colorado mineral belt and the location of the mining districts discussed...for several generations. That word of Pikes Peak gold began to circulate, a quick and easy story, with...scope of this mining economy. There simply was no other ecoThe initial Front Range-area gold discoveries
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
talking and showing pictures of "The Minerals of the Colorado Plateau". Joe is an avid collector and is scheduled...and collected at a number of them. He loved the upper Michigan peninsula and talked often of the scenery...Atlantic Mine, Michigan and Dan Johnson of Spring Creek, Nevada. He was inordinately proud of his 12 grandchildren...great grandchildren. His interest in mineral and mining was something that he liked to share with schools...California Mines Aga Mine. Baker, San Bernardino County In January of 2004 the rare CulPb tellurate parakhinite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MultistageVein Ores of the Lake City District, Western San Juan Mountains,Colorado John,ā€¢ F. SL^CK U.S. Geological...vein ores of the Lake City district, in the western San Juan Mountains, Colorado,have producedapproximately$12...ritetennantite; rare arsenopyrite,hematite, and gold in a gangue of quartz' generally nilnor rhodochrosite'and...the Ute-Ulay mine, the largest producerof the district, titis assemblagehas been divided into four stages(from...massiverhodochrosite'and Id, late quartz-carbonate-fluorite.On a district-wide scale,the quartz-basemetal assemblage showsa
Book
NOTE Affiliated WITH MINING MINING INTERESTS in the Cripple Creek District ILLUSTRATED 1905 and...WOMACK, WOMACK "The Father of the Cripple Creek District" man who holds the honor, and the yet holds...of giving to the world the greatest high-grade mining camp on the continent, is today helpless and penniless...load of case has no parallel. ore from the great gold camp; the man who formerly owned the is there a...the man who actually ; ; opened up the famous Gold King property and owned hundreds of acres of land
Report (issue)
___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache...County_________________________________________________ Swan Creek district________________________________________...County_______________________________________________ Beaver Creek lead-zinc mine________________________________ Park...district_____ _______ ___ ____ ______ ______________ __ __ Gold Hill district__________ _____________ __ _________________..._______________________________ American Fork district (Alta area)___________________________ Alpine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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, Jeff...Scovil photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collectorā€™s Edge Minerals...November/December: Amethyst, Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett...Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. A Acanthite, Colorado, 442; Utah, 56 Actinolite, New York, 211 Adamite
Report (volume)
BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND.GRAND WASH CLIFFS MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZOiNA BY F. C. SCHRADER WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Physiographic features_____________________________ 17 Colorado Plateau_______________________ Great Basin province__________...Mountains ______________________ Black Mountains, or Colorado Range____________ Eldorado Range____________________________...__ .___ 44 Mining districts._____________ ______.____ ___ 45 Production of Mohave County._____________...Introduction _______________________________ 49 Chloride district-______________________________ 51 I vocation ______________
Book
backyard, or finding a gold mine of one's own. The fact is-it can be done! There are gold mines waiting to...overlooked or misplaced. There are actual piles of treasure, kegs of money, caches of loot that are still...find them. And even if you're not yet ready to go treasure-hunting -yourself, you'll get a big kick out of...satire, poetry, adventure and exploration, and treasure-hunting. Leland Lovelace was born in New York...lost mines and buried treasures of the Southwest. Treasure seekers from nearly every state and from many
Book (edition)
-- ~~~~~~~ ~ By the Same Author: Colorful Colorado: Its Dramatic History: " . . . a remarkable feat...illustrated and cheaper than formal histories of Colorado. ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown was a delightful...in the Rocky Mountain. News. Six R~cy Madams of Colorado: delightful booklet is written b oth with good...regardless of your age." Rene Coquoz in The Chaffee County R.epublican. Trail Ridge Country: ''This may rank...Company, Boulder, Colorado 80302 COLORADO'S LOST GOLD MINES and BURIED TREASURE The Author Caroline
Report (issue)
& Engr TN 2^ C3 A3 NO. 193 C.2 GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division...Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970 GOLD By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark...though Nugget. This 201 -ounce (troy) cluster of gold on display in the Division of Mines and Geology...Geology San Francisco's Ferry Building. Melted down as gold, it would be worth tome seven or eight The Fricof...been written on gold and gold mining of publications have no single report or to the gold deposits in
Report (issue)
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 Utahā€™s most productive mining districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...most common types of ore deposits found in Utahā€™s mining districts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
*** **** ******************* * ** * MINING NEYlS This is a mining news number - that is, news of what...what is going on at a lot By "mining properties" we mean of course mines, of ~ining properties in Oregon...think we do to the mining industry if we didn't keep close track of Oregon's mining activities. In many...wishss; some, we have probably overlooked. Any mining journal, magazine, or newspaper is welcome to reprint...GEOLOGY c!: MINERAL INlXTSI'RIES vol.} no. 2 Baker District Alec Johnson Mine - 4 miles east of North Powder
Book (edition)
org/details/coloradoitsgolds1880foss 77 Colorado Gold and Silver Mines, FARMS AND STOCK RANGES, ...r^HIS volume, as its name implies, is devoted to Colorado. Its conĀ¬ tents are descriptive, statistical...interests. devoted to the mines. Part fourth is As mining is Coloradoā€™s main industry and source of wealth...research could make them. The narrative of gold and silver mining possesses enough of romance and adventure...general reader, and the descriptions of mines, and of mining and milling, together with statements of requisite
Book
MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine ā€”_ā€”< Ā¢ 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 resourcesā€”Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...netlaneaiveme beneigs ony Snir Ā» be = Ba and a Creek: oe * Md 8 _ yo ae Ve ja rete: _
Book (volume)
SOUTHWEST TREASURE HUNTERā€™S < KATHY J. RYGLE & STEPHEN FE PEDERSEN Preface by Antoinette Matlins, PG...the U.S.) Where & How to Hunt for Treasure From rubies, opals and gold to emeralds, diamonds and aquamarine...aquamarine, four-book Treasure each regional Hunterā€™s volume Gem in the and Mineral Guide series...PG This book is for: e Rockhounds Ā¢ Ā¢ Ā¢ Ā¢ Ā¢ Gold prospectors Gem collectors Gemologists Tourists...Family fun! SAO. O78) Til 40Hi Va. 2 The Treasure hunter's gem mineral guides to the . & Who Should
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ESSAY ON THE GEOLOGY AND VEIN SYSTEM OP THE DISTRICT AND THE CHARACTER OP THE SURĀ¬ ROUNDING COUNTRY...Position, Topography and Altitude of the District. This district, which covers an area of twelve miles square...square, es in the southwestern portion of the county of White Pine, tate of Nevada. The surface of the...north and south cross the westerly margin of the district is a lofty, isolated idge, about eight miles long...interposes another bold nd isolated eminence named Treasure Bill This hill, which ias a length of six by a
Book
DEPOSIT. ^ jflnzona mining Directory A DIRECTORY OF Arizona^s Mines^ Mining Districts Owners or...or Operators AND POSTOFFICE ADDRESSES (Yavapai County) Copyright RUSSELL H. J 903 MILLWARD PRESCOTT...PRESCOTT, ARIZONA Published by The Arizona Mining Directory Prescott, Arizona Price $2.50 '-^ '...tiilry #;^ XXc. No. a. PREFACE Yavapai, the treasure county of Arizona, has developed beyond the speculative...operators than to this county a greater is October 298 1, were 1876, of mining locations Hinton, the
Report (issue)
described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted...the end of Part B. Al (Alabara Cr.) Gold Rampart district Livengood (11.9, 10.35) approx. 65Ā°35'N...prospects of fine gold reported to have been found in 1915, but no further mention of mining or prospecting...mouth of creek bedrock is 52 ft deep. Bedrock in area is mainly Ordovician chert Alaska Gold Fairbanks...Fairbanks district MF-413, loc. 42 Livengood (19.2, 1.55) 65Ā°04'N, 147Ā°24'W Several quartz veins, including
Book (edition)
0Ofoss Colorado LITHO BY WALSWORTH PUB. CO., INC., MARCELINE, MO. Colorado GOLD AND FARMS...Denver, of all other McMahon, unpublished Mining District, in reproduction. map Colo. places Albuquerque...Albuquerque, NM of Leadville a map of Territorial Colorado c. 1876, and a woodcut engraving Birdā€™s Eye View...Publication Data Fossett, Frank. CoLorade, ite gold and silver mines, farms renees, and health and pleasure...scock G. York, Includes indexes. 1. Colorado. 2. Colorado. is Waele. Mines and mineral resources--
Report (issue)
eastern Oregon can be used: (1) to characterize the gold and silver grades and sizes in deposits yet to be...(fig. 4). Eighty percent of the known deposits have gold grades (fig. 5) between 13 and 23 grams (g)/t. Silver...target area of 160 hectares (fig. 8). Depth of mining in known deposits range from 31 to 915 m. The geometric...reported, or, in the case of zinc, possibly avoided in mining. Descriptions are commonly incomplete. Nearly all...veins have been a favored target for smallscale mining and can occur in large numbers scattered over a
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913814-37-7 Printed in the U.S.A. Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges...of one of the mines of the Clifford district of central Nye County. All of the 17 interior illustrations...Southwest. The map on the back cover is of the ā€œGold Hill Front Lodesā€ on the Comstock Lode, from the...and Reports concerning the Uncle Sam Senior and Gold Canon Silver Lodes, in Nevada, published in 1865...on the southwest involving travel, ghost towns, mining and transportation history. All are highly pictorial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen, Harold and...Quartz (amethyst), near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff...July/August: Quartz cluster (Herkimer ā€œdiamondsā€™ā€™), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New...SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines Museum...mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Ed Raines photo. Acanthite, Colorado, 337, 382 Actinolite
Book (edition)
Opbir-Burroughs, HILL anp NEVADAVILLE. Mercer County. ; ; California, First Natā€™] Burroughs and Kansas..._ā€” Pyrenees. Hidden Treasure. ae American Hilae Ss POSEN 1% xiS LEA Colorado GOLD AND FARMS...HIS volume, as its name implies, is devoted to Colorado. tents are descriptive, statistical, and historical...part information A devoted to the mines. As mining is Coloradoā€™s main industry and source of wealth...research could make them. The narrative of gold and silver mining and possesses enough of romance :
 
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