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Orthoclase from
North Star Mountain, Summit County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view North Star Mountain, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:490391
Long-form Identifier:1:3:490391:8
GUID (UUID V4):3acd6092-177f-4273-8424-8663bf494d72
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
6.6km (4.1 miles) Climax Mine, Climax, Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Fremont Pass, Lake County, Colorado, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Orthoclase occurrence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) Mosquito Pass, Lake County, Colorado, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) Breece Iron Mine, Breece Hill, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) Adelaide Mine, Iron Hill, Lake County, Colorado, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) Florence Mine, Printer Boy Hill, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
48.8km (30.3 miles) Georgetown-Silver Plume Mining District (Griffith Mining District; Silver Plume Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
74.1km (46.0 miles) Italian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
COLORADO STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOULDER R. D. GEORGE. State Geologi.t BULLETIN 3 G E O L O G Y A...R E DEPOSITS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT PARK COUNTY, COLORADO BY HORACE B. PATTON ARTHUR J. HOSKIN G. MONTAGUE...from the Hoosier Pass road. The valley on the mountain is Lincoln Amphitheater, with a rock stream showing...the bottom. Montgomery lies at the foot of the mountain. The peak is barely visible against the skyline...Charles A. Lory Governor of Colorado President University of Colorado President State School of Mines
Report (volume)
Ore Deposits of the Upper Blue River Area Summit County Colorado • By QUENTIN D. SINGEWALD . GEOLOGICAL...Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund UNITED...associated transverse faults ____________ _ Major faults north of Breckenridge ___________ ,_______________ _ Transverse... 46 47 Adit located three-quarters of a mile north-northeast of Hoosier Pass----------------------...mine __ --------------------------------------Mountain Pride mine _____.._ _________________ -----~-
Report (issue)
AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THR BRECKENRIDGE DISTlliCT, COLORADO BY :b_,REDERICK LESLIE RANSOME 'f3lfWASHINGTON... . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orthoclase ......................................•........XVIII. Geologic map of the Breckenridge district, Colorado ...... __ .. ________ .... __ .... ________ ....and mining claims in the Breckenridge district, Colorado .. ______ In pocket. '· Outline map of the region...___ 16 A, Tenmile Range from road about a mile north of Boreas; B, Breckenridge and the Tenmile Range
Report (volume)
mineralization in the Beaver-Tarryall area, Park County, Colo., a reconnaissance report, by Quentin D....deposits of the Shafter mining district, Presidio County, Tex., by Clyde P. Ross _______ ______ (C) Adsorbent...on concentration tests on manganese from Perry County, by H. S. Rankin______ 1 45 127 223 ILLUSTRATIONS...PLATE 1. Geologic map of Beaver-Tarryall area, Park County, Colo__ In pocket 2. Geologic sections of Beaver-Tarryall...geologic map of the region around Shafter, Presidio County, Tex________________________ 56 7. Geologic and
Report (volume)
DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF THE LONDON FAULT OF COLORADO BY QUENTIN D. SINGEWALD AND B. S. BUTLER Prepared...Prepared in cooperation with the STATE OF COLORADO and the COLORADO METAL MINING FUND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...northwest of London Mountain...... Area between London Mountain and New York Mountain _.____Extent of p...__________________ Area northwest of New York Mountain.____j____i___-_--____ 59 60 Conclusions regarding...regarding deposits in London fault'zone north of Pennsylvania Mountain. _ _____________'___________"____ _________
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
Report (issue)
.... Summary of bedrock and economic geology - North Cascade Range.... Regional geologic relationships...Buckindy drilling....................... 3. Fortress Mountain.................................. 4. Milt Creek......................................... 5. Red Mountain Ridge................................. 6. Crown..................................... 9. Bannock Mountain................................... 10. Pass Creek................................... 14. West Red Mountain.................................. 15. Deerfly
Report (volume)
PARK COUNTY, COLORADO BY QUENTIN D. SINGEWALD Prepared in cooperation with the STATE OF COLORADO, THE...THE COLORADO METAL MINING FUND THE COLORADO MINING ASSOCIATION AND THE COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOARD...__---_---____.-__._____-_ Physiography of the mountain province.______ _ - _ __ _________ Sequence of...125 125 125 IV CONTENTS Physiography of the mountain province Continued Fourmiie Glacier__________..._________________________ Physiography of the Mountain-park province._-____--_._________-____ Outline
Report (issue)
Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961).
Report (issue)
rocks ------------------------------------Dumbell Mountain plutons --------------------------Hornblende-quartz...and granodiorite ------------Tenpeak and White Mountain plutons ----------------Hornblende-biotite-quartz...raphy --------------------------------Sulphur Mountain pluton ----------------------------High Pass and...Continued Early Eocene intrusive rocks Continued Clark Mountain stocks ---------------------------Late Eocene...Lakes pluton ------------------------------Rampart Mountain pluton -----------------------Old Gib volcanic
Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1 i y 1966... Front cover: The exceedingly varied terrain of Kern County is shown by the brown section— from McKittrick...Sierra Nevada and Owens Peak (highest point in the county); on the east (right side) is the sharp descent...Rhodes. MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By BENNIE W. TROXEL, mining geologist...geologist California Division of Mines and Geology County Report f Ferry Building, San Francisco 1962
Report (issue)
--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --...-----------------------------Pima County -------------------------------Pinal County -------------------------------Santa...-------Santa Cruz County --------------------------'ravapai County -----------------------------'ruma
Report (volume)
applications to be made direct to MINERALS SEPARATION NORTH CORPORATION AMERICAN Head Office, Engineering...Sale, Price, 1905-1916 Copper Smelting Works of North America Electrolytic Refineries, U. S Grades of...York Since 1886 Lead Smelters and Refineries in North America 51 52 Manganese. Production in U. S.,...STATES Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado , Page 69 Connecticut 120 Georgia 121 165 Idaho...874 901 Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina 1007 1227 1228 1264 1267 Oklahoma Oregon
Report (volume)
States and its possessions. The first compilation, "North American Geologic Formation Names," Bulletin 191...contains: (1) an alphabetical listing of 1,500 North American sedimentary formation names and 100 names...year 1955), Bulletin 1056-A, "Geologic Names of North America Introduced in 1936-1955," by Druid Wilson...listed about 5,000 new names introduced for use in North America, the Pacific Island possessions of the United...nonalphabetical "Index to the Geologic Names of North America," Bulletin 1056-B, by Druid Wilson, Grace
Journal (volume)
report Abosso mine. West Africa Acacia Mining Co., Colorado 270, Editorial. Accident prevention . . ...smelting Co., Colorado Mine, Victor, Colorado, electric mine-signal system.. 49 Olancho county, Honduras...Company 624, 865, report American canyon, Humboldt county, Nevada, placer camp Enterprises In South America...Editorial 329, Editorial.. .292 Butte meeting ...,-. Colorado section, meeting at Denver 824 Editorial Ditto..."^^ MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS Vol. 107 V. County of Greenlee Arkansas, Blue, and Magazine mountains
Journal (volume)
GUETOWERIOIN!), Use 5 5 5 Power Loading on the Colorado River Aqueduct. A Successful Dragline Dredge....ere 5 2, 390 By fe a 426 Formation of the North-south Fractures of the Real del Monte Area, Teche...is about 10 miles west of Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan. The property consists of about 2000...October, 1932 until November, 1933, at which time the North Range Mining Co. took a lease from the Ford Motor...conglomerate and quartzite, and it outcrops on the north and south sides of the basin from this point westward
Journal (volume)
Mineral Laws, Necessary 606 American Fuel Co., Colorado Lignite Strike Situation 595 American Gem Mines...Brazil Offers Prospectors, WTiat Breaker, The Buck Mountain Coal Breathing Apparatus, Artificial Breckenridge..., Coal Mine Disaster Briceville, Tenn., Cross Mountain Mine Ex- 616 — plosion 106 670 732 235 637...Drainage Automatic Switch for Shaft Bottoms 519 Colorado Land Laws 1911) Austria, Quicksilver p 1911...Hydraulic Filling in European Pa., Mines Buck Mountain Coal Breaker . 381 641, 596 517 715 6^7
 
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