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Quartz from
Mountain Monarch Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rhodochrositeⓘ7 photos of Quartz associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality.
Pyriteⓘ3 photos of Quartz associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Chalcopyriteⓘ1 photo of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mountain Monarch Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44610
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44610:5
GUID (UUID V4):f5b5ae02-af05-4419-b564-1bcbf317f350
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘMichael Breen Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘRoyal Albert Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘSilver Link Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘMother Cline Mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘGladiator Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘFree Gold Occurrence, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘGrizzly Bear Mine, Bear Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘOld Lout Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘMaid of the Mist, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘGertrude Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2013 BARBARA L. MUNTYAN P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 8 I427 hodochrosite, a manganese carbonate...Rhodochrosite has also been found in many localities in Colorado, particularly in the mines of the San luan Mountains...it i s one of the most recognized and coveted Colorado minerals. partiY DO e the presence of a mix...occurs in significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt, a large, elongated,...extreme southwestem comer of Colorado. Most of the metal mining in Colorado has been within this belt since
Report (issue)
The Triangle of Colorado Mountains of Minerals Contributors David W. Bunk, Robert B. Cook, Don Earnest... Contents PAGE4 PAGE 10 4 The San Juan Triangle of Colorado Ho for the San Juans! by Duane A. Smith, Mark...and Karen A. Vendl L ocated in southwestern Colorado and covering over 31,000 square kilometers, the...zinc, tungsten, and copper. In 1896 world-renowned mining engineer Thomas ''T.A." Rickard called the San...San Juans one of Colorado's four great mining regions along with Leadville, Cripple Creek, and Central City
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Henderson mine, Clear Creek County. Figure 2 (right). Green fluorite encrusted with quartz on a plate...plate of quartz, from a prospect in the Needle Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County;...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O FLUORITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John...locations in Mexico; in Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee, and in Hardin County, Illinois, in the United States;...eastern Russia. It also occurs in many localities in Colorado, where it is found in colors ranging from pale
Journal (issue)
85740 602-297-6709 Articles The Iron Cap mine, Graham County, A rizona..................................discoveries in Ouray County, Colorado ............... 89 by B. & J. Muntyan Anatase on quartz from Ouray County...County, Colorado ........................ 103 by T. Rosemeyer, E. Raines & R. Stoufer Departments Notes...Finds made in Arizona (the Iron Cap mine) and in Ouray County, Colorado, are described in three articles...huge i show organized by Herb Duke at the Pima County Fairgrounds. Following the advertising section
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BARBARA L. MUNTYAN 536 Third Avenue P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 81427 All photographs by John R. Muntyan of...B ~i~~~~ 1. Mine along West willow Creek, near Creede and across from the Bachelor mine. Photo by author...the Rock Candy mine in British Columbia, Canada; and in the United States in Hardin County, Illinois, among...localities. Barite also occurs in many localities in Colorado, where it often forms attractive, wellcrystallized...wellcrystallized crystal groups. Colors reported for Colorado barite range from sky-blue to snowwhite to golden
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Discovery, Mining History, Geology, and Specimen Mineralogy of Selected Occurrences in Central Colorado and...Inc. 1441 W. Forty-sixth Avenue Suite 14 Denver, Colorado 80211-2338 P art one of this article (July/August...of gold in Colorado and the mining history and geology/mineralogy of the Front Range mining districts...and California Gulch. THE CENTRAL COLORADO MINERAL BELT LAKE COUNTY 3,396,000 ounces, 1860-1 990 (Davis...Mosquito Range and dropped down into the Arkansas River valley, where they began to prospect their way upstream
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 13:31 09 June 2016 Colorado boasts numerous localities where fine sphalerite...Elmwood, Tennessee; the mines of the Tri-State district of Missouri-OklaDownloaded by [University of Nebraska...of sphalerite also occur at many localities in Colorado, in shades of amber, emerald- or lime-green,...rail for the mines, standing on Main Street in Ouray (1886). The Wright Opera House is the large building...Muntyan, former director of the Ouray County Museum in Ouray, Colorado, is a frequent contributor to Rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metals Mine ,; Pilot Mine , ; ,-e Grizzly Bear Mine ~ Silver Link Mine ~ Mountain Monarch Mine o TOM...Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81421 Telluride ~ Oyama Mine ,-e Titusville Mine Downloaded...Mineralogy of the San Juan Mountains o , Southwestern Colorado Unless otherwise noted, mineral photography by..."Microminerals of the San Juan Mountains, Southwestern Colorado" (Rosemeyer 1989) was the topic of the first Through...discoveries. Pilot Mine Yankee Boy Basin is located approximately 8 miles southwest of Ouray and in the 18705
Book
MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine —_—< ± 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 resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground
Report (volume)
[REAS CONTIGUOUS TO THE ! UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, "OT TTHWESTERN COLORADO - c-t SURVEY BULLETIN 1391-E...Contiguous to the Uncompahgre Primitive Area, San Juan Mountains, Southwestern Colorado By T. A. STEVEN...contiguous to the Uncompahgre primitive area, San Juan Mountains, southwestern Colorado. (Studies related...I 19.3-.1391-E 1. Mines and mineral resources Colorado San Juan Mountains. I. Steven, Thomas August,...Primitive Area, San Juan Mountains, southwestern Colorado, and some adjoining national forest lands that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, AS SHOWN AT THE DUNMORE MINE, V. C. KELLEY OURAY AND COUNTY, CASWELL COLORADO. ‱ SILVER...chimneys, and pebble dikes. An assemblageconsistingof quartz, -sericite,kaolin, and pyrite appears. to be of...depositionrecognizedby Burbank in the adjoining Red Mountain and other districts. The Dunmore lode, however...threeminingcenters of Ouray, Telluride, and Silverton. The Dunmorelode is locatedon the west slopesof Red Mountain Creek...its junctionwiththeUncompahgre River and aboutfour milessouthof Ouray: The lower tunnelof the mineis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of COLORADO ED RAINES Geology Museum Colorado School of Mines 1310 Maple Street Golden, Colorado 80401...noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection,...photographer unknown. B etween 1868 and 1922, Colorado produced almost 260 million pounds of copper....from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with
Journal (issue)
Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...AMAZONITE with smoky quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar
Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of the Uncompahgre Primitive Area Colorado By R. P. FISCHER and R. G. LUEDKE, U.S....results of a mineral survey in the Uncompahgre primitive area, Colorado. The area discussed in the report...wilderness status. It is not identical with the Uncompahgre Primitive Area as defined because modifications...studied is referred to in this report as the Uncompahgre primitive area. This bulletin is one of a series...______ Ouray area____j______________________-.__________________ Mount Sneff els-Red Mountain Creek area
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
.3 COLORADO. of COLORADO. J. S. l GEORGETOWN, COLO. GEORGETOWN COURIER PRINT. 1887. 3 Bancroft...From a mineralogical point of view the wealth of Colorado exceeds that of In the metallic minerals almost...to in the following pages Proceedings of the Colorado Scientific Society. Proceedings of the Academy...the U. S. Geological Survey. J. GEORGETOWN, COLORADO, January, 1887. S. RANDALL. : MINERALS...gravel of streams and in veins. The veins of Gilpin County are especially noteworthy for the amount of gold
Book (edition)
sOO0Ofoss 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 Bird’s Eye View...scock G. York, Includes indexes. 1. Colorado. 2. Colorado. is Waele. Mines and mineral resources--...DressOne. MEXIC ies 35 Publisher’s Preface Colorado! The very name (which means “‘colored red’’) conjures
Book
193-256 137-208 129-192 209-264 193-256 [ [ COLORADO-Ill] 177-256 121-184 89-168 1-120 1-88 [ ...177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400 COLORADO-II] 321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400...69-132 65-128 1-64 11 / 1980 20 I 1989 [ COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
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 con¬ tents are descriptive, statistical...interests. devoted to the mines. Part fourth is As mining is Colorado’s main industry and source of wealth...could make them. The narrative of gold and silver mining possesses enough of romance and adventure to interest...general reader, and the descriptions of mines, and of mining and milling, together with statements of requisite
Journal (issue)
- - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December...at www.MineralogicalRecord.com Frontcover Smoky quartz with amazonite, 11.8 cm, from the "Smithsonian..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection; Jeff Scovi...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines
Report (issue)
deposits________________________ Quartz-tungsten veins......._____________________ Quartz-gold veins.._________..._________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ Pag« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...County__-__--__----__-.___-_-__ Barite deposits, Battle Mountain area.. California-Nevada Barite Co. 63 64 64...Ltd., mine...... --_--______.______ Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ Tern Piute district......
Report (issue)
(2) 38.29 61.71 Total 100.41 100.00 (1) Ljubija district, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (2) MnCO3 . Polymorphism...Calcite, siderite, dolomite, fluorite, barite, quartz, pyrite, tetrahedrite, sphalerite, hübnerite (hydrothermal);...(Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya) district, Romania. In the Wolf mine, near Herdorf, Westphalia, Germany... Canada. In the USA, from the Emma mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana; in Colorado, at many localities...Home Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park Co., from the Climax mine, Lake Co., in the Sunnyside mine, near Silverton
Journal (issue)
Marvin Hanner Additions to the Ore Mineralogy of Colorado.................................................by Donald Grybeck Crystallized Minerals of the Colorado Mineral Belt....................................of the m arket. W ith specim ens there is the “upper class” and the “lower class”. A specim en purchased...“discovered”; like a movie star, and elevated to the upper class where its value may imm ediately becom e 10-20...quality) and a piece on the lower limit of the upper class can fall out of favor and lose much of its
Report (issue)
Quadrangle, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Geological...Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund PAPER 289 Geology and Ore Deposits of...of the Garfield Quadrangle, Colorado By McCLELLAND G. DINGS and CHARLES S. ROBINSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...in cooperation with the Colorado State Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mitting Fund. A...________________ _ Quartz-mica schist _____________ _ Quartz-hornblende schist _______ _ Quartz-hornblende gneiss
Journal (issue)
Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...(only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection Introduction...Steve Mas]ansky Dale Armstrong Bill Besse Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum Paul & Barbara Matt Lauren...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Arizona mineral collector. In May of 1863 Weaver, a mountain man and former U.S. Army guide, was leading a
 
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