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Chalcopyrite from
Daisy, Ruby Mining District (Elk Mountain Mining District; Irwin Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA


Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Daisy, Ruby Mining District (Elk Mountain Mining District; Irwin Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:375380
Long-form Identifier:1:3:375380:4
GUID (UUID V4):cc99a0c0-b2e5-47a1-969e-24aa7ae5f9b0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
3.0km (1.8 miles) Standard Mine, Ruby Mining District (Elk Mountain Mining District; Irwin Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Mt. Emmons/Crested Butte (Chautauqua; Daisey; Daisey Mine; Mt. Emmons; Crested Butte), Elk Mountain Mining District (Snowmass Mountain Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Keystone Mine (Mt Emmons Project), Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
16.0km (10.0 miles) North Pole Mine, Elk Mountain Mining District (Snowmass Mountain Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
18.3km (11.3 miles) Evening Star Occurrence, Marble Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) Tennessee, Marble Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) Conundrum Creek, White Rock Granodiorite, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) Inez, Marble Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
22.6km (14.1 miles) Montezuma Mine (Yellow Boy; MS 2177; Emma; MS 6976), Columbia Mining District (Ashcroft Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) Columbia District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
References
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with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...MICHAEL J. GOBLA 19055 East Bethany Place Aurora, Colorado 80013 gobla@copper.net Unless otherwise noted...Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University
Report (issue)
Geochemistry of Standard Mine Waters, Gunnison County, Colorado, July 2009 Open-File Report 2009–1292...Butte, Colorado, July 2009. Geochemistry of Standard Mine Waters, Gunnison County, Colorado, July 2009...Geochemistry of Standard Mine waters, Gunnison County, Colorado, July 2009: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File...4. 5. 6 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Map of Colorado with expanded view showing location of the Standard...................................4 Topography of Elk Basin and vicinity..............................
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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)
secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in the late 1800s and early...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl in the No~~er...and additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MolybdeimmMineralizedBrecciaPipeComplex, Bedwell Basin,Colorado JA.X{ES E. SIIARP Abstract The Redwell Basin...border of the belt and the eastern edge of the West Elk Mountains. Deep drilling intersectstelescopedmi...beenpartly truncated are the Standard,Keystone,and Daisy mineswhich by glaciation(MacKenzie,1970). At Redwell...Entrada Sandstonewere deposited on this pene- Mountain soda-graniteporphyry (Obradovich et al., plainedsurface...plainedsurface,followedin succession by floodplain 1969). The Ruby Range, of which Redwell Basin is depositsof the
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Locatable Mineral Reports for Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming provided to the U.S.............................................. 1 COLORADO ................................................San Isabel and White River National Forests Lake County Land Exchange Offer (Iocmin40) ......................... 47 White River National Forest Dillon District Land Exchange Joint Venture (Iocmin38) ................................... 94 White River and Gunnison National Forests Sylvan Lake Land Exchange (Iocmin42)
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
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
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Deposits of the La Plata District Colorado By EDWIN B. ECKEL with sections by J. S. WILLIAMS...cooperation with the Colorado State Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund UNITED STATES...the Animas River. _ _ _ Lithology in La Plata district _ _______ Permian system____________________________...part of district -_ _. ..____'_ Northwestern part of district--------Southern part of district. ______...region as a whole __________________ La Plata district _ . ___ _ ____-____ _ 22 23 23 24 24 26 26 26
Report (volume)
MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SNOWMASS MOUNTAIN AREA GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO BY JOHN W. VANDERWILT Prepared...cooperation with the STATE OF COLORADO, COLORADO METAL MINING FUND, COLORADO MINING ASSOCIATION and GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOARD OF COLORADO UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1937 For sale by...---_-_-_______.__________ Granite of Treasure Mountain stock. _____--______._ _ ______ General character______...igneous rocks Continued. Granite of Treasure Mountain stock Continued. i Mode of occurrence---.-.--
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Homestake Porphyry Intrusive Complex, New World District, Montana TODD W. JOHNSON† 550 North McCarran Blvd...89557 Abstract The Miller Creek, Homestake, and Daisy Pass resources contain 7,406,260 metric tons (t)...intrusive complex within the New World district near Cooke City, Park County, in south-central Montana. The Homestake...subhorizontal replacement zones at Miller Creek and Daisy Pass are hosted by dolomitic limestone of the Cambrian...quartz, carbonate minerals, chlorite, clay, and chalcopyrite. Almost all magnetite in the mineralized replacement
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 --
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of pre-mining metal concentrations in mine-impacted catchments: Redwell Basin, Colorado, USA Briant A...Accepted 25 May 2009 Keywords: Acid mine drainage Pre-mining conditions Reactive solute-transport model Remediation...worldwide, the remediation of impacts from historical mining becomes ever more important. A possible process...this process is based on understanding the pre-mining conditions in the catchment, so that remediation...correct for the impacts of mining. A field experiment in Redwell Basin, Colorado, provided a setting to demonstrate
Report (issue)
Page Chapter I — Introduction 9 Location of district geologic Earlier 9 summary Historical 10...Galena 25 26 Sphalerite 27 Pyrite 29 Chalcopyrite 30 Barite 30 Gypsum 31 Cuprite and malachite...III — Blanket fluorite around pyrite and chalcopyrite crystals 42 "mud runs" 42 45 deposits General...General statement 45 Distribution 45 Mining methods 45 Occurrence 46 Two 46 types of ore Vugs...60 Origin of barite 61 Quartz Galena 62 Chalcopyrite 63 Marcasite 63 62 Oil and bitumen —Origin
Report (issue)
Water-Chemistry Data for the Standard Mine and Elk Creek, Gunnison County, Colorado, 2010 Open-File Report 2011–1159...Data from the Standard Mine and Elk Creek, Gunnison County, Colorado, 2010 By Andrew H. Manning, Philip...data from the Standard Mine and Elk Creek, Gunnison County, Colorado, 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File......19 Figures 1. Location of Standard Mine and Elk Creek..............................................9 5. Streamflow records for the Level 1 portal, ELK-00 gage, and the USGS East River gage for the spring
Report (issue)
organization is carrying on for the direct advancement of mining interests throughout the country than can readily...stone, road metal, clay. Gold. National Park; no mining permitted. Gold. Iron, coal, ' manganese, lime.... 950 864 Ky.......... 944 .....do....... district Colo......... 950 62 Richmond ......... Temnile...Geology and gold deposits of Cripple Creek district, Colorado, by Waldernar Lindgren and F. L. Kansome... Spurr. No. 57. Geology of the Marysville mining district, Montana, by Joseph Barrell. Bulletins: ' '
Report (issue)
prospect; and the West Willys claim in the Washington district. No estimate has been made of thorium reserves...localities, because nine properties in the Washington district are shown as one locality.) Of these, 13 contained...include: (1) the Majuba Hill deposit in Pershing County, which has large reserves of low-grade torbernite-bearing...the Green Monster mine in the Goodsprings district, Clark County, which shipped 5 tons of ore containing... pyramid Lake ^P$Cors°n Sink 8 Atlanta mine 9 Daisy mine 10 OIO Dad and ura No. I claims -index map
Report (issue)
organization is carrying on for the direct advancement of mining interests throughout the country than can readily......... 885 Russell, I. C.;Leverett, F. 15(i Elk Point. ........... S. Dak.-Nebr.lowa. 878 Todd...oil resources of the Santa Maria oil district, Santa Barbara County, Cal., by Ralph Arnold and Robert Anderson...Jordan,.jr. 338. The iron ores of the Iron Springs district, southern Utah, by C. K. Leith and E. C. Harder...Phalen. 350. Geology of the Rangely oil district, Rio Blanco County, Colo., with a section on the water supply
Report (volume)
metamorphism within the belt _______ Schists of Condrey Mountain _______ Western Jurassic belt ______________ Intrusive...Gulch-Deadwood district _______________ Whiskeytown district ______________________ Shasta-Redding district _____________________...Dog Creek (Delta) district __________________ Bully Choop (Indian Creek) district _______________ Harrison...Harrison Gulch district ______________________ Hayfork district ___________________________ Minersville...Minersville district __________________________ Trinity Center district ________________________ Canyon Creek-East
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael...important localities at DeKalb, New York; the Helvetia district, Arizona; O ntario’s Grenville Province; the Sterling...40242-3539 T he Illinois-K entucky flu o rite district has been fa m o u s fo r fluorite and associated...w o f beautiful minerals fro m this am a zin g district has fin a lly come to an end, but specimens today
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill County. Dan Behnke
Report (issue)
EXCEPT FUELS THE NEW WORLD OR COOKE CITY MINING DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, MONTANA By T. S. LOVERING f INTRODUCTION...the pioneer days of Montana the New World mining district was regarded as one of ,its most promising...from the district, but little information has hitherto been available as to the geology and mining. To supply...supply this need the district was studied and mapped during the summers of 1922 and 1923. FIELD WORK AND... was devoted to a study of the geology of the district. About six weeks in July and August, 1925, was
Report (Issue volume)
these card catalogues would be as useful to the mining industry as they have proved to be to the Division...and expense involved are justified and that the mining industry will find that having this material readily...During the 90 years or more that prospecting and mining have been active, a vast amount of information...extensively to the fund of published data. Also, mining journals and periodicals, many of which are no................................ . Copper-Stevens County ....................... . Lode gold ..........
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . History of metal mining in Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Mining methods .. . ................ ·· . . . . . . ..... . . . . . 69 PAR,T II. DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING DISTRICTS A.ND INDIVIDUAL ORE DEPOSITS , , , .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 P end Oreille County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metaline District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
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