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Galena from
Alexander, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA


Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alexander, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:766277
Long-form Identifier:1:3:766277:5
GUID (UUID V4):06ad4ff2-aa34-4bcb-b504-4296d3e90d24
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
1.9km (1.2 miles) Golden Calf Shaft, Lawson Mining District (Dumont Mining District; Montana Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Phillips Occurrence (Silver King; Lee; Fireman and Conductors; Fanny; Golden Eagle; Albro), Lawson Mining District (Dumont Mining District; Montana Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Blue Ridge Tunnel, Lawson Mining District (Dumont Mining District; Montana Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Almaden Mine, Fall River, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Silent Friend, Lawson Mining District (Dumont Mining District; Montana Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Free American, Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Murry Mine, Lawson Mining District (Dumont Mining District; Montana Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Boulder West (Boulder Nest), Upper Union Mining District (Empire Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.6 miles) Red Elephant group (Boulder Nest Mine; Free American Mine; St. James Mine; Tabor Mine; White Mine), Lawson Mining District (Dumont Mining District; Montana Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Ida May occurrence (Seven Forty; Barney; Polar Star; Alamaden; Standard; Lida; ; Fall River; Thomas; Golconda), Central City Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
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Book
COLORADO MININC DIRECTORY. . 1 THE te COLORADO Directory of Mines, DESCRIPTION OF THE MINES AND...AND MILLS, AND THE MINING AND MILLING CORPORATIONS OF COLORADO, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTUS. j^ISTORY... WHOSE NERVE, ENERGY AND INDUSTRY HAVE PLACED COLORADO IN THE FRONT RANK OF BULLION PRODUCING STATES...WEALTH AND PROSPERITY, UNEQUALED IN THE HISTORY OF MINING COMMUNITIES, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED...FARM FOB EVERYBODY Railway. COLORADO. Healthy, Attractive. Colorado is the great Sanitarium and Pl
Journal (issue)
fairly common mineral that is often found in the upper, weathered portions, of base metal sulfide deposits...at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...the Sevier Orogeny from about 140 Ma to 60 Ma, (upper Jurassic of the Mesozoic Era to the Paleocene of...City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2) The Moravian Territorial...km2), but with a rich and world- famous history of mining and associated mineralogy. In the city of Brno
Journal (issue)
to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...of finely powdered obsidian rock obtained from Clear Lake in Oregon. It is used to validate the methods...abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit of SRM 2780a consists of approximately...interesting find is still not fully researched, it is clear that government-supplied standards of minerals and...history are welcomed additions to my “mineral and mining memorabilia” collection. If you have some of these
Journal (issue)
image by Robert Fung, Excalibur Mineral Corp. The Colorado Assaying Company Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...tony@excaliburmineral.com As an occasional accumulator of mining-related ephemera, I have been fortunate in finding...Linda Stimson, owners of the geological bibliophile empire called Rocks of Ages. Back in 2019, John and Linda...packing, they came across a modest assortment of mining-related documents that they graciously sent to...documents sent were several that referred to The Colorado Assaying Company, an outfit I had never heard
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
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...A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Report (issue)
Sulfides likely to be present include pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and arsenopyrite (Berger, 1986). These...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent feature...veins" in the Meguma Group deposits, Nova Scotia. Galena is listed third by Junner (1921) in the Victoria...and "subordinate" in Nova Scotia (Malcolm, 1912), galena was widely considered by mine operators to be correlated...statements found in the literature for an area or district do not differentiate between mineral abundance
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YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...thickness; mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted...south prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles
Report (issue)
by the USGS in connection therewith. 1Denver, Colorado Data base for metallic mineral districts and...DeWitt and Wilson (in press). .Field No. Type Name District Quadrangle Sec Twp Rng Synonyms Company The fields...number type of deposit mine name metallic mineral district 7-1/2 minute quadrangle section township range...Wilson (in press). In general, these increase from upper left (northwest) to lower right (southeast) across...(in press). District --is the name assigned by the authors to the metallic mining district. This name
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secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in the late 1800s and early...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl in the No~~er...additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction with
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the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 December, 1996 ii..............................................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...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 December, 1996 ii..............................................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...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
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
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Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8 ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....outwash deposits. The Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district in the extreme southeast corner of the state has...of the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district. This area has been an active mining district from about...the 1970s. Although the Wisconsin portion of the district has eclipsed the Illinois portion in the number
Report (issue)
GEORGETOWN QlJADRANGLE (TOGETHER 'VITH THE EMPIRE DISTRICT) COLORADo· BY JOSIAH E. SPURR AND GEORGE H...................._.......... . Distribution in Colorado ................................................. 98 Character of veins between Georgetown and Empire. 98 The Georgetown quadrangle a part of a larger...Boulder County.............. . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . ....... . 103 Ores in Gilpin County ............................... . 103 Orcs in Clear Creek County ............................ . 103 Ores from
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AGRICULTURE; AND PROFESSOR OF MINERAL– oGY, GEology, AND MINING, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE OF the COLLEGE OF...of the Mechanics' Fair Exhibition, California. Mining and Scientific Press, Octo ber, 1864; vol. 10,...Geographical Memoir upon Upper California, etc. Washington, 1848. HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER. Nouvelle Espagne. IsbistER...en Californie. 8vo. pamphlet. Geneva, 1855. MINING MAGAZINE. and 2. 12 vols. 8vo. New York. Second...Second series, vols. 1 New York and New Ilaven. MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PREss. MoERAs, DUFLOT DE. 4to
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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
Report (issue)
BETWEEN SECTIONS 6 AND 7 OF THE ABOVE TOWNSHIP. CREEK. THE MISLABELED GULCH SHOULD BE THE NORTH FORK...AND IN ALL EARLIER LITERATURE ON THE RUBY BASIN DISTRICT. COLOR KEY FOR ALL MAPS IN THIS REPORT Rock....... 45 Mining Districts ....................... 49 4.1 Bald Mountain Mining District ............Bald Mountain District ....... 49 4.13. Geology of the Bald Mountain Mining District ... 51 ......Further Prospecting ........ 96 Carbonate Mining District ................ 97 4.21 Introduction 97
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Fentress Mine 34 Prices 8 Mining Methc:xis 9 Rudisil Mine 34 OJ:>en-Pit Mining 9 St. Catherine Mine...35 Underground Mining 9 Capps Mine 35 9 Kings Mountain Belt 38 Placer Mining ~ Charlotte Belt...Crowders Mountain Mine 40 Refractory Ores 12 wng Creek Mine 40 Ores Containing Free Gold 13 Shuford...NORTH CAROLINA 14 Sprouse Mine 42 History of Mining 14 Vein Mountain Mine 42 Proouction 16 Marion...prices, 1975-1991 4. Aerial view of Homestake Mining Company's Mclaughlin Mine, California 8 9 5.
Report (volume)
BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND.GRAND WASH CLIFFS MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZOiNA BY F. C. SCHRADER WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Physiographic features_____________________________ 17 Colorado Plateau_______________________ Great Basin province__________...Mountains ______________________ Black Mountains, or Colorado Range____________ Eldorado Range____________________________...__ .___ 44 Mining districts._____________ ______.____ ___ 45 Production of Mohave County._____________...Introduction _______________________________ 49 Chloride district-______________________________ 51 I vocation ______________
Report (volume)
vols. 15, 16. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: General volume, 1931;... 102; Technical Publications 386-492. See also Mining and Metallurgy. New York. American Journal of Science...Resources, Division of Mines and Mining: Bulletin, nos. 98, 105-107; Mining in California, vols. 27, 28....Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; Transactions,vols. 33,34; Canadian Mining and Metallurgical...Bulletin, nos. 225-248. Montreal, Quebec. Canadian Mining Journal, vols. 52, 53. Gardenvale, Quebec. Carnegie
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last 10,000 years, to surface hydrology, and to mining and metallurgy. Most unpublished maps and reports...Sedimentation), geographic (Mesabi range; Lake County; Southwestern Minnesota), lithostratigraphic (Duluth...example, someone wanting references for Aitkin County may also wish to search a narrower index classification-...GJBX-336(81), 2 v. Ahrens, L.H. See Pinson, W.H. Alexander, E.C., Jr. See also Book, P.R.; Dalgleish, J.B...I, p. 3-5. 2 Alexander, E.C., Jr. 2. 1981, Surficial Geology Cave, Fillmore County: MinnesotaSpeleology
Report (issue)
" ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. FIFTH Hanks, State Mineralogist...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor... REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report by the...statistical information in reference to mines and mining as shall be deemed important." In obedience to...Mineralogist, has been prepared. The prosperity of the Mining Bureau, and the growth and progress of the State
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Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...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
Report (volume)
Deposits Of the Lawson-DumontFall River District Clear Creek County Colorado By C. C. HAWLEY and FRANK BAKER...of the general geology and ore deposits of the district which forms the northwestern part of the important...veins___________________________________________ Galena-sphalerite veins_____________________________________...section of the Lawson-Dumont-Fall River district, Clear County, Colo. 2. ~ap showing major faults (veins)...(veins) of the Lawson-DumontFall River district projected to a horizontal plane having an elevation of 8
 
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