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Altaite from
Richmond Mine, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Altaite
Formula:PbTe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Altaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Richmond Mine, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:428864
Long-form Identifier:1:3:428864:0
GUID (UUID V4):44608aa8-18a3-416a-bc68-e65ea468320c
Nearest other occurrences of Altaite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Melvina, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Richard occurrence (Minnie Bell; Washburn; White Eagle; Dolly; Plough Boy; Oceola; Gillaspie), Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Cold Springs Group (Times Tunnel; Hoodoo; Horsefal; Haddock; Crown; King; Wolf Tongue; Red Cloud), Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Slide Mine, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Prussian, Ward Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ā“˜Poorman group, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ā“˜New Rival - Black Rose, Ward Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ā“˜Alpine Horn, Sugarloaf Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
6.2km (3.8 miles) ā“˜John Jay Mine, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) ā“˜Golden Age, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
oresofo0000kell Telluride Ores of Boulder County, Colorado The Memoir Series of The Geological...America, Inc. Memoir 109 Telluride Ores of Boulder County, Colorado WILLIAM C. KELLY EpwINn N. GODDARD Department...SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. Colorado Building, P.O. Box 1719 Boulder, Colorado 80302 Printed in the United...assembling a representative collection of the Boulder ores. Dr. T. S. Lovering of the U.S. Geological...and numerous ore samples were donated by local mining men, particularly Fred Dopp, H. M. Williamson,
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 ā€“ Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
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...to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...unprofitable, although gold may still be panned in the regional streams. Most of the rest of the state...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
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...to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...unprofitable, although gold may still be panned in the regional streams. Most of the rest of the state...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Report (issue)
association with silver and gold at the Jewel and other mines in the Greenwood Mining Division (R. Bell , 1902-3:...masses and crysta l s in vugs at the Highland Bell Mine , Wallace Mountain , n ear Beaverdell , 23 miles...3 Argentite has b een found at the Silver King Mine , Toad Mountain, about 5 miles south of Nelson (G...Surv . Can ., Ann. Rept. , IX, 27A). At the Slocan mining camp , argentite is present as a primary min eral...supergene mineral replacing galena at the Hewitt Mine, and as films associ ated w ith nativ e silver coating
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
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 - ā€¢ Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern 'ā€˜Schoolmarmā€ Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Report (issue)
Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining field, and to assign names to its creeks, gullies...north-west of C.ā€; A, B, and C may all be in the same district, but it is sometimes difficult or impossible to...ā€ ā€œLeigh Creek,ā€ ā€œAvondale Mineā€; all these are in the Leigh Creek District, and there may be but one...Zmc-lead Salphide Deposits of the Read-Rosebery District. Bull. Geol. Surv, Tas., 23, 1915. .Jensen (H...205, 209, 213.] (E. C.) Report on the Hillgrove Gold-field. Dept. Mines Hi S. Wales, Mineral Resources
Book (edition)
Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S:...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 ā€œMine Fireā€ Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART
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...Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks
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)
............................................. 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)
McDonald Co\Ā·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 (article/letter/editorial)
specimen consisting of tiny, yellow grains of native gold in dark brown limoniteā€”small, greenish, radiating...also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."ā€”on label. ARKANSASā€”In the...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...determination." COLORADOā€”"Under separate cover I'm sending a rock to identify. It is from Colorado. Some friends...What is it? "The young fellow who gave us the boulder fished in some stream near Denver, Colo, (west
Book
many that are still in operation, such as Broken Hill in New South Wales and the Deccan Plateau zeolite-producing...notable example in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has...The Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Iyo Province, Ehime Prefecture, Island of Shikoku Ashio Mine, Shimotsuke Province...Prefecture, Honshu The Obira Mine, Bungo Province, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu; The Toroku Mine, Hyuga Province, Miyazaki...Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu Otome Mine, Suisho Pass, Kurobera, Kai Province, Yamanashi Prefecture, Honshu
Report (issue)
said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...Indian minerals 25 The discovery Borax 28 of gold in California 30 Crestmore 36 Pegmatite gem...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...resulting from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...SPECIMENS from the collection of the Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. See page 242 for a full description... All rights reserved. notes fromthej EDITOR COLORADO-III Here we are with our third special issue devoted...devoted to the mines and minerals of Colorado. As most long-time subscribers know, the first in the series...about $200 on the out-of-print market. The second Colorado issue was vol. 10, number 6 (1979), and we still
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FRANKUNVILLE, N.C. ALAMANCEā€”The North State pyrophyllite mine is located near Snow Camp. Locally the mineral is...by the Indians. ALLEGHANYā€”The Crouse manganese mine near Sparta has produced an interesting suite of...ASHEā€”Site of the Ore Knob copper mine in the eastern part of the county has produced chalcocite, bornite...in this county. One specimen is at the State Museum in Raleigh. It is still in the rough. Gold has been...nuggets of gold ever found were discovered here. In 1799 a 17 lb. nugget was found in the Reed mine. In 1803
Report (volume)
Cover illustration Beryl crystal in quartz, Lacorne mine. The crystal is 39 mm long and 18 mm wide. National...KGS 2359J Molybdenite crystal in quartz, Moly Hill mine. The crystal is 33 mm across. National Mineral...Baldwin (Kelmac) mine Swastika (Crescent Kirkland) mine Lucky Cross (Golden Gate) mine Adams mine Boston molybdenite...Boston Creek gold mine Barry-Hollinger (Patricia) mine Boston-McRae mine Planet Gold mine Miller Independence...Independence mine Kennedy-Boston mine Cathroy Larder (Yama) mine Macassa mine Kirkland Lake gold mine Teck-Hughes
Journal (issue)
. .... ... ... . 15.00 Tellurium, Railroad Boy Mine, Colo. In small distinct xis. in rock. 2 x l 1/4...Ā·----Ā·- _. _.... 20 2 TH E MINERALS AND GEOLOGY OF GOLD HILL, COLO. By Richntond E. }\ifyers Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·-Ā·Ā·...-Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·213 GEOLOGICAL HIKES IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CONN. By Sa1n11el Brou111 214 FALKLAND ISLANDS...Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·-Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·-Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·-Ā·Ā· 223 NEW LONDON COPPER MINE, MARYLAND. By V ernon / . J\1ilfer ...............J r- THE MINERALS AND GEOLOGY OF GOLD HILL, COLORADO BY RICHMOND E. MYERS Dept. of Geology, Muhlenberg
Book (edition)
Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite...from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near...Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from the Grandview mine, Coconino County. A few of the additional...sandstone uranium deposits on the Colorado Plateau. Coconino County: near Tuba City (Anthony et aI., 2000)...Fe)AsS ALLOPHANE AhSiOsĀ·H20 ALMANDINE Fe3Ah(Si04)3 ALTAITE PbTe ALUNITE KAh(S04h(OH)6 ALUNOGEN Ah(S04)3Ā·17H20
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....[Ba(UO2)2V2O8ā­ˆ5H2O] from the type locality, the Mounana mine, Franceville, Haute OgoouĆ©, Gabon. See the article...ā€œThis is the XYZ mine, and these are pretty pictures of the minerals from that mine.ā€ Lou, however, took...chemistry, crystal system, identifying features, and mine of originā€”all without notes. From his huge library
Journal (issue)
Sylvanite, Colorado. Minutely xld. in rock . 2x2 ........... .. . .ā€¢. . . ā€¢ 3.50 Altaite, Colorado. W . Tellurium...attractive. . ............ . 10.00 Ge ntftite, Wood's Mine. Pa. With Zaratite coating rock. 3x2. . ...... ...6 A RECENT FORMATION OF CALCITE IN AN ABANDONED MINE. By A lbert L. K iduĀ·e/1 ...........................................15 COLLECTI NG NEAR TURRET, COLORADO. By Gu; B. Ellenneier ............16 TWO WORLD...small area in the Brooklyn quadrang le ( the Richmond Hill area) do we find an irregular front which consists
Report (issue)
1. GOLDā€”Au Cubic, OnĀ°-Fm3m; a = 4.078; Z = 1116 (Cu/Ni)ā€”artificial; same pattern given by gold from...4.080; Z = 4 2496Q (Cu/Ni)ā€”East Gold mine, Bowser River district, Portland Canal area, B.C. Composition... (fire-assay). Pattern very similar to that of gold Cell edge by L. G. Berry. S. A. Forman obtained...silver Cell Studies, the same (a) 0, 0, S Z = mine, Coantimony). edge by Peacock (Univ. Toronto Geol...11; Z = 4 521 (Cu/Ni)ā€”Germanson Landing, Omineca district, B.C. (about 80 per cent silver). Pattern similar
 
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