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Amethyst from
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Gilman Mining District (Battle Mountain Mining District; Red Cliff Mining District), Eagle County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eagle Mine, Gilman, Gilman Mining District (Battle Mountain Mining District; Red Cliff Mining District), Eagle County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:491308
Long-form Identifier:1:3:491308:5
GUID (UUID V4):eed8a502-1938-42ab-b738-dd0f578fd0b0
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
49.6km (30.8 miles) ā“˜Independence (Independence Pass), Columbia Mining District (Ashcroft Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) ā“˜McNasser Gulch, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
69.9km (43.4 miles) ā“˜Dixie Mine, Lamartine Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
70.4km (43.7 miles) ā“˜Alice Mine, Alice Mining District (Yankee Mining District; Lincoln Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
70.4km (43.7 miles) ā“˜Alice Glory Hole, Alice Mine, Alice Mining District (Yankee Mining District; Lincoln Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
70.5km (43.8 miles) ā“˜Red Elephant (Commodore Tunnel), Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
79.4km (49.3 miles) ā“˜Nevadaville, Nevada Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
99.8km (62.0 miles) ā“˜Mena Mine (Hoffmeister Homestead Prospect; Black Judge Shaft), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Quartz (var. amethyst) on sphalerite and medium-pink rhodochrosite, 5 cm x 3 cm. GILMAN, COLORADO! Minerals...Minerals of the Eagle Mine and Gilman District No other mine in Colorado, and few mines in the United States...crystalized mineral species as the Eagle mine at Gilman, Colorado. Most experienced collectors are familiar...pyrite specimens that have been proĀ­ duced from this mine over the years, but few are aware of the entire...WILLIAM J. WARREN 1400 Utah Street, #105 Golden, Colorado 80401 R O B E R T B. COOK Geology Department Auburn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MUNTYAN 536 Third Avenue P.O. Box 495 Ouray, Colorado 81427 All photographs by John R. Muntyan of specimens...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)
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
Book
MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine ā€”_ā€”< Ā¢ 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 resourcesā€”Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, Nā€™Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,... Harold and EricaVan Pelt photo. July/August: Amethyst and calcite, Artigas, Uruguay. Rock Currier specimen...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Acanthite-argentite, Colorado, 307 Actinolite/tremolite, Michigan, 344 Adularia, Michigan 341 ā€œAlaskaite,ā€ Colorado, 307
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(above). Pyrite, Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County. Cluster of intergrown crystals showing light...specimen. Figure 2 (right). Pyrite, Mountain Spring mine, Rico, Dolores County. Cluster of modified cubes; specimen...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O PYRITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs by John R...Park City, Utah; Washington State; and numerous Colorado localities. Pyrite crystallizes in the isometric...Pyrite is the most common sulfide mineral found in Colorado; it is found in a wide variety of occurrences
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,...(sometimes referred to as marmatite), pink, or dark red (Eckel et al. 1997). Sphalerite crystallizes in the...Muntyan, former director of the Ouray County Museum in Ouray, Colorado, is a frequent contributor to Rocks
Journal (issue)
- - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...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...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Denver, Colorado MARK I. JACOBSON Chevron U.S.A., Inc. 700 S. Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80222...sponĀ­ sored by the Coors Foundation of Golden, Colorado, and repreĀ­ sents a significant improvement over...as are expanded exhibits of minerals for which Colorado is famousā€”amazonite, aquamarine, rhodochrosite...its role in providing educaĀ­ tional tours for Colorado school children. Plans are also proĀ­ gressing...in coordination with the Friends of Mineralogy, Colorado Chapter, to provide a forum for amateur and advanced
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc is...Although Colorado boasts an unusually large number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman...now-closed mines of Gilman are the theme of the 2003 Denver Gem and Mineral Show, two Gilman sphalerites have...through pale yellow and green to various shades of red and brown, and black. It is typically transparent...commercial zinc mines of the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example
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 ....................................
Report (issue)
Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States Part 3. Colorado By ALLEN V. HEYL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...deposits and the resources of oxidized zin.c ores in Colorado UNITED STATESĀ· GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...19180xidized zinc deposits of the United States. Part 3. Colorado. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. vi...Bibliography : p. 88-91. 1. Zinc ores-Colorado. 2. Zinc mines and mining-Colorado. I. Title. (Series) For sale..._________ Eagle County_________________________________________________ Red Cliff (Gilman) district_
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).
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...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...sandstoneāŽÆred ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL...nearby exposures, deep red to variegatedāŽÆocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the
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...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...sandstoneāŽÆred ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL...nearby exposures, deep red to variegatedāŽÆocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the
Journal (issue)
Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan Whatā€™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...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John
Journal (issue)
Marvin Hanner Additions to the Ore Mineralogy of Colorado.................................................by Donald Grybeck Crystallized Minerals of the Colorado Mineral Belt....................................had achieved considerable fame, and the right to mine diopside was obtained that year by G eorge L. English...thereafter. In 1971 both the land and the right to mine diopside were purchased by the present owners, Schuyler...Alveum, R obert Dow, and G eorge Robinson. T he mine is now being worked interm ittently each year for
Journal (issue)
Flatirons Facets Flatirons Mineral Club of Boulder County, Colorado Volume 61, Number 4 The Flatirons Mineral...Flatirons Mineral Club is affiliated with the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies, the American...if youā€™re feeling like a road trip, the Rocky Mountain Federation (of which we are members) is having... July 7 ā€“ *Kremmling, Colorado to collect fossils July 20ā€22 ā€“ Rocky Mountain Federation Show, Rapid...16 for more information) July 21 ā€“ *Two Creeks, Colorado to collect blue barite and calcite July 28ā€29
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 07:53 01 January 2015 Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain...clearly the most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information...Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified locality in Chester County, Pennsylvania;...Pennsylvania; the Cofer deposit in the Mineral district of Louisa County, Virginia, where it occurs with tetrahedrite;...occurrences of Sevier County and with tetrahedrite and galena in Montgomery County, Arkansas. Fine bournonite
Report (issue)
Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989 Colorado Geological Survey Department of...Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 Information Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989...Institute under contract to the Colorado Geological Survey Colorado Geological Survey Department of...of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 ii FOREWORD In recognition of the need to more effectively...published literature on the state's geology, the Colorado Geological Survey is pleased to release Information
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Northeastern University] at 11:57 17 November 2014 Husky Mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada T he ruby silvers...have been available in recent years from the Husky mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Consequently, in keeping...this yearā€™s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, a Husky mine polybasite has been nominated as this issueā€™s Connoisseurā€™s...of the more interesting Colorado occurrences include mines of Clear Creek County, particularly in the Georgetown...American Sisters, and Colorado Central mines; elsewhere in Clear Creek County crystals and masses to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Two Point claim, Pikes Peak batholith, Teller County. The Collectorā€™s Edge specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Mail Stop 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 pmodreski@usgs.gov C olorado is, of course...prohibitions on collecting or to private land or mining claims for which permission has been obtained....been written as guides to mineral collecting in Colorado. A classic, which went through three major editions...1951 version with a slightly different title), is Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide, by Pearl (1951,
Report (issue)
Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology 1983 by Atnerican Geological Institute Colorado Geological Survey...Resources Denver, Colorado I 1987 Information Series 21 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF COLORADO GEOLOGY 1983...Geological Institute Colorado Geological Survey Department of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado 1987 The Colorado...opportunity employer. ii BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF COLORADO GEOLOGY SERIALS LIST AAPG Bullett n. [Tulsa... New York, NY: Society of Mining Engineers of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum
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
 
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