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Chalcedony from
Black Diamond Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Diamond Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:377743
Long-form Identifier:1:3:377743:5
GUID (UUID V4):e9a69cd9-c80a-462a-9809-7c8e83f3914f
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
1.5km (0.9 miles) Mountain Lily Mine (Camp Bird; MS 19403; Timberline; MS 17241; Ramona), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Ashland - Ten Broeck Mines (Parole Extension; MS 19962; Brawner; MS 19962; Patented Claims: Ashland; MS 1109; Ten Broeck; MS 19961), La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Daisy - Hibernia Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) Smuggler Mine, Lone Cone Mining District (Dunton Mining District), Dolores County, Colorado, USA
52.8km (32.8 miles) Little Dora Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
87.7km (54.5 miles) Uncompahgre Peak, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
87.9km (54.6 miles) Trout Creek Sulfur Deposit, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
88.2km (54.8 miles) Oulay Mine (Ulay Mine; Ute-Ulay Mine), Lake City, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
89.2km (55.4 miles) Hidden Treasure Mine, Lake City, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
89.7km (55.8 miles) Golden Fleece Mine, Lake City, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
References
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..........................................49 California ..........................................................................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map
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...along the Animas River. _ _ _ Lithology in La Plata district _ _______ Permian system____________________________...along the Animas River._____ Localities in the La Plata quadrangle __ Collections from the Rico formation_____...its tributaries..__________ Localities in the La Plata quadrangle __ Interpretation of the Rico collections
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be­ cause of its large oil and gas exploration...Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district...minerals. Mining here was contin­ uous from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced...earlier. So Terlingua minerals, many of which turn black on exposure, are extremely difficult to obtain today...(Smith, 1988) and a modification of that in the "California Locality Index" (Kampf et al., 1989). I have
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ..........................................................................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ..........................................................................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Report (volume)
....... California................................................................ 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)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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)
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...Arkansas..........Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco....A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut
Book (volume)
the land rises abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi. Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne...dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of gems and minerals. The...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...huge crystals of sparkling blue Beryl from the Black Hills pegmatites have measured from 18’ to 27’ long...and Uranium has come only from the core of the Black Hills region. Two divisions are recognized: the
Report (issue)
ore reserves. In the summer of 1917 the Pioche district was examined by J. B. Umpleby and some of the...1918, E. L. Jones, jr., examined the Las Vegas district. The Siegel and Nevada districts and several of...J. T. Pardee. The description of the Las Vegas district was written by E. L. Jones, jr., and the remainder...or completely oxidized. The deposit at the Siegel mine is clearly of this type, as are also those at the...Mountain district. The Darky and Black Metals mines and the deposits in the Nevada district have features
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
Book
Forest Trails Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High Tension (A Biography) Jay Ellis...Gems and Gemstones 156 Equipment; Operation Diamond Saw; Grinding Techniques; Lapping the Flat Surface;...\merica Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii...possible by Howard and Hazel Michael, of Y reka, California, who opened their home and rock museum to me...pyrite, quartz family minerals ( agate, carnelian, chalcedony, chert, flint, jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite
Book (edition)
state and characteristic features shown in many black-and-white and color illustrations, over 100 in all...interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E. Wilson...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information
Report (volume)
stone has only one or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious...blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue...establishing the price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful...7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only...hardness, not actual values. For example, the diamond, rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Book (volume)
colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana...careful, accurate detail and with many color and black-and-white illustrations, it describes the chemical...to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901 Gene ay Derek... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert
Book (volume)
The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 diamonds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; mustoeg@wwu.edu; Tel.: +1-360-650-3582 Received:...mineralized with polymorphs of silica: opal-A, opal-C, chalcedony, and quartz. Less familiar are fossil woods preserved...that contains quartz-filled fractures (Washington, USA) to silicified wood that contains abundant copper...Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA. Specimen photos provided by other researchers are...running Genesis software (EDAX, Mahwah, New Jersey, USA) and X-ray diffraction patterns performed with a
Report (issue)
decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and...Swager, W. L. , and Sullivan, J. D. , 1951, Sulphur: Mining Engineering, vol. 3. , pp. 403409. The history
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Book (edition)
McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral
Journal (issue)
available has increased significantly and includes black, peacock green, dark purple and bronze varieties...(Figure 1). Some of the cultured pearls were dyed black by immersion over a twelve day period in either...naturally-coloured freshwater cultured pearls from black Tahiti cultured pearls (whether nucleated or non-nucleated)...prove to be more difficult to differentiate. The black Tahiti cultured pearl samples show very strong fluorescence...Raman spectrum offreshwater culturedpearl dyed black by silvernitrate. be caused by a substance of low
Report (issue)
Mountains; near Pueblo Viego; near Sulphur Springs; in La Gila Range and elsewhere. ANDRADITE. See Garnet....Tombstone district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in...in Castle Dome district; common in silver veins. ANTIMONY ORES. See Jamesonite and Stibnite. ARGENTITE...ARGENTITE (silver glance). Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral Park, and Stockton
Book (volume)
The Bowers Museurn of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhoColorado; eolorless...Kern Cowny, California; octagonal seep cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 et), Pala, California. NECKLACE...blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 diainonds...deposits in various places, especially in regard to diamond occurrences which pro1nise to make the North American
Book (edition)
Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART
 
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