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Digenite from
Cougar Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Digenite
Formula:Cu9S5
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Digenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cougar Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:380873
Long-form Identifier:1:3:380873:3
GUID (UUID V4):d4272351-3fca-406b-856c-a2b7191ba22b
Nearest other occurrences of Digenite
22.0km (13.7 miles) Peanut Mine, Bull Canyon, Uravan Mining District, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) Lisbon Valley Copper Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
35.8km (22.3 miles) Blue Crystal Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
References
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prevailing temperaturesand pressuresof formation of the Colorado Plateau uranium depositsthe maximum amount of...associated withthe unoxidized orebodiesfrom the Colorado Plateau and was chosen as the best mineral to...care unlessone knowsthe seleniumcontentof the host rock before mineralization. For instance,the uranium...diagenesis or later in sucha host rock to containSe indigenousto the rock and here it would be difficultSodeterminethe...dunetlon Triallie X Hydrotharmal e, Ignaoul rocks COLORADO j •mzo#• NEW MEXICO i eFIogltoff I o o
Report (issue)
Uranium-Vanadium Deposits of the Slick Rock District, Colorado U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper...Survey Cover photograph: Burro No. 7 mine, Slick Rock, Colorado. Photograph by Jim Cappa, 2005. Uranium-Vanadium...of the Slick Rock District, Colorado By Daniel R. Shawe With a section on Appendix on District Production...INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...2011, Uranium-vanadium deposits of the Slick Rock district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional
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materials. Suites of samples from Michigan and the Colorado Plateau have been examined in more detail to determine...occur chiefly in the minor constituent of the host rock (SENFTLE and BRACKEN, 1955). Effects of such local...WGte Pine mine, Ontonagon Cozcnty, ~~~h~g~~~ The rocks WRIGHT of the White Pine copper mine, described...copper and grades typical of difYerentlayers in the mine area sre shown di~ramm~tic~~y in Fig. 2. The beds...that was already in the rock before the joint formed, movement was from the rock into the joint. To the
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S. Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. With 10 Figures Received July 15, 1986;...arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, chalcostibite, covelline, digenite, galena, sphalerite, and stibnite. The search...invariably accompanies gold and is a coproduct of gold mining. In spite of its low price, coproduct silver is...Mountain caldera JJ- ..LL _LL Eocene Costa pluton Cougar Basin caldera Units of regional extent in Quartz...FRACTURES .~R GRABEN \ MARGIN OF CALDERA COMPLEX A MINE 0 I 10 t 20 I KM Fig. 2. Main silicified zones
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Alaska^230 University Dr., Rm. 101 LAKEWOOD, Colorado Federal Center, Bldg. 810 U.S. Geological Survey...the Peck Mountain massive sulfide prospect, Adams County, Idaho Joel R. Mangham 7. Geology, mineralization... and Cyrus W. Field 8. Geology of the Iron Dyke Mine and surrounding Permian Hunsaker Creek Formation...faunas (Whalen and Stanley, 1985) and the volcanic rock units of the two terranes (Sarewitz, 1983). The...western Mexico and speculations on the origin of the San Andreas fault: Tectonics, v. 5, p. 49-64. Blome,
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
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Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...Mines Special Reports _.......__ ________ Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology...Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal _ , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta _ Bulletin, Geological...of Sedimentary Petrology_...__._ Mines Magazine Mining Engineering ........___..._...._____ Advances in...the areas and subjects are listed under States, "Colorado Plateau," "United States," or under a few subject
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specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...topaz, and other minerals. Unfortunately, the host rock, a pink granite, lies within a Wilderness Area in...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)
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Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Colorado Plateau Uranium Ores Compiled by ROBERT M. GARRELS and ESPER...provided an unequaled opportunity to investigate the Colorado Plateau uranium ores. This volume summarizes the...uranium deposits than those represented on the Colorado Plateau. The general patterns of the oxidation...Introduction. 1 Part 1. Geologic setting of the Colorado Plateau ores, by Alice D. Weeks and R. M. Garrels________...Garrels________ 2. Characteristics of the host rock, by Robert A. Cadigan _________________________________
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Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 87801 ginger@gis.nmt...43-101 requirements, unless specified as such. 1 Cougar Mountain, looking east from the top of Gallinas...rocks. District zonation is defined by Cu-REE-F (±Pb, Zn, Ag) veins that form center of the district, surrounded...intrusion/extrusion of crustal-derived igneous source rock in an extensional terrain possibly related to an...OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 8 METHODS OF STUDY 10 MINING AND EXPLORATION HISTORY AND PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS
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paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ...............25046, M .S. 905 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 In recent decades the science of mineralogy...e e M Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological... 905 Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona...plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine
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individual deposits or districts. (in brackets country, district, deposit reviewed): Adamek P. (Scandinavia), Adams...(South Africa, Namibia), Chenoweth W. (Colorado Plateau, USA), Coste A. (Limousin, France), Cuney M....Grauch R (western USA), Gautier A. (breccia pipe deposits, USA), Halladay Ch.R (eastern USA), Harshman E.N...N. (Wyoming Basins, USA), Hruby J. (CSFR), Kolb S. (Bavaria, W-Germany), Krol W. (Eastern Europe), Matos... N.M., USA), Smith RB. (South Texas, USA), Tan H.B. (Canada), Thamm J. (Colorado Plateau, USA), Tauchid
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds
Book (volume)
ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...(1933) AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME TRANSACTIONS MINE PLANT VOLUME 112, MILLING METHODS (1933) (1934)...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION
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western half of the quadrangle. Currently, several mining companies are exploring for precious metals in...in the quadrangle, and a new bulk-minable gold mine has recently opened. The quadrangle contains the famous...optics and electronics) from the Apex mine in the Tutsagubet district. Deposits of uranium, coal, and oil...reflect the first-order crustal boundary between the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range provinces, which...caldera complex.... Detailed study of the Escalante district....................... Pattern and displacement
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Oil and gas fields Popular and elementary geology Rock ·descriptions Entries Subject, area, or individual...by. name of ·field Papers written for the layman Rock names and areas; restricted to new or unusual rocks...and foreign geological surveys Systems Chemical rock- or mineral-forming systems; alphabetically by formula... Jr. Minnesota, Fillmore County: Pederson, C. A. New Jersey, Dover district, magnetite: Sims, P. K.,...geology. Iron, Dover district, magnetite: Sims, P. K., 1. Iron. New Jersey, Dover district, magnetite: Sims
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Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a
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milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please...PRECIPITATION WITHIN A ROCK MELT Minerals which have crystallized from a rock melt may exist as ear­
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31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest
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mid-1957, of vvhich 70% is in New Mexico, 16% in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in Wyo1ning. These...doubtless the U.S.S.R., likewise established uranium mining industries. These efforts in the Reid and in the...siliceous and Ruoritic types, and the oxidized Colorado Plateau deposits are desc1ibed vvith those that...origin, e.g., Blind River, \i\litwatersrand, and Colorado Plateau. The writer has attempted to present equitably.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colorado Plateau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph...percent of the state. Nevada's public lands offer mining, livestock grazing, wild horse viewing, .scenic...Road and Geologic Tours in th<' Las Vegas Area. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91
Report (volume)
Crossroads: Lyons, P. L., 4. Gilbert H., 10. Colorado, South Silverton area: Expanding horizons: Lay...the future: Just, E. ing: Burwell, E. B., Jr., 4. Mining geology, retrospect and Index fossils: Stephenson..., 11. D. J. Rocky Mtn. geosyncline in Canada: Colorado Plateau: Wengerd, Warren; P. S., 4. S. A., 6.... Landform interpretation, stereoSearch for new mining districts: Nolan, T. B., 1. pairs: Powers, W. E...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:
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Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
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Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
 
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