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⇱ Granite from Independence Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


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Granite from
Independence Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA

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Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Granite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Granite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Independence Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1745433
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1745433:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Granite
1.4km (0.9 miles) Glenn Lamberg Feldspar Deposit, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Turret Deposit, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) Mica-Beryl Mine (MRDS - 10013705), Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Old Glory claim (Last Chance prospect; Last Chance Spar-Mica Dyke prospect), Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Lucky John No. 2 Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) Manganese Occurrence (MRDS - 10018346), Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
7.3km (4.6 miles) U. S. Fluorspar Company, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) Atlas Group, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) Friend Claims, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) Abe Lincoln No. 2 occurrence, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
References
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Report (issue)
IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COIO. By WALDEMAR LINDGREN. INTRODUCTION. Colorado is not...contributed to this output, but only two Lake (Leadville district) and San Juan yielded notable amounts. The Leadville...Juan County slightly exceeded 1,500,000 pounds. The copper ores, properly so called, of Colorado comprised...from San Juan County. It may be said that Colorado does not contain a single copper mine of prominence...prominence. Of the counties mentioned in the title Chaffee produced 349,466 pounds of cop'per from 6,249 tons
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the Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Chaffee County, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1716-C...the San Isabel National Forest, south-central Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1638, p. 40-42...SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO Mineral Resources of the Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Chaffee County, Colorado...Area, Chaffee County, Colorado. (Mineral resources of wilderness study areas South-Central Colorado; ch...Mines and mineral resources Colorado Browns Canyon Wilderness. 2. Geology Colorado Browns Canyon Wilderness
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San Isabel National Forest, South-Ce tral Colorado COLORADO An Assessment of the Mineral Resource...the San Isabel National Forest, South-Central Colorado By Richard B. Taylor, Rebecca j. Stoneman, and...structures 12 Mineral resources-Locatable minerals 12 Mining and exploration history 12 Metals 13 Industrial...the San Isabel National Forest, south-central Colorado Mineral resource potential map of the San Isabel...Isabel National Forest, south-central Colorado FIGURES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
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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...museum specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included,...A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut
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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...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John
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............................................. 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
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...........................................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 – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
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MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive ¥em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =· - ·, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...PEARL Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak...Atlas of Colorado American Gem Trails Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado . Scenery
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SURV Department of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado/ 2009 NOa COVER CREDITS Design: Larry Scott...Denver Public Library, Western History Department Independence Mountain placer location map (page 73) Back...collection, Colorado Historical Society (see page 16) ISBN: 978-1-884216-23-7 Colorado Geological Survey...koom?/ 15 Denver, CO. 80203 (303) 866-2611 Colorado Geological Survey Information Series 33 GOLD...GOLD PANNING AND PLACERING 622.342 P238 IN COLORADO How AND WHERE =e race Drawings and maps drafted
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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
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NOTE Affiliated WITH MINING and MINING INTERESTS in the Cripple Creek District ILLUSTRATED 1905 ..."D OB WOMACK, "The Father of the Cripple Creek District" ^^ Such a title ! ! And yet the man who holds...of giving to the world the greatest high-grade mining camp on the continent, is today helpless and penniless...of Bob Womack, "The Father of the Cripple Creek District" are numbered and he is destined, so fate has...did not dream of the future of the Cripple Creek district. He was generous to a He gave away fault and his
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Leadville I°x2° quadrangle, Colorado: a pre-assessment by Alan R. Wallace , Steve...standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Denver, Colorado -Menlo Park, California CONTENTS Page Preface............ 18 19 20 TABLES Table 1. 2. 3. 4. Mining districts in the Leadville quadrangle................................. Base- and precious-metal mining areas......................... 4 11 16 17 PREFACE...the Leadville I°x2° quadrangle in west-central Colorado under the Conterminous United States Mineral Resource
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Book (edition)
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...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to
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Report (issue)
National Forest RARE II and wilderness areas in Colorado Compiled By Robert P. Dickerson 1 Open-File Report...standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Denver, Colorado CONTENTS (See also indices listings, p. 173)...National Forest RARE II and wilderness lands, Colorado.............. vi in pocket INTRODUCTION Information...National Forest lands and National Grasslands in Colorado, that have been, or are being, considered for...included in the Wilderness System. Many areas in Colorado lack such surveys; therefore, information from
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Smith. Director Professional Paper 138 MINING IN COLORADO A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTJON...location, area, and organization of the mining counties of Colorado _________________________ _ Adams County_-..._____________________ _ Alamosa County __________________________ _ Arapahoe County _________________________...Archuleta County _________________________ _ Baca CountY-----------------------------Boulder CountY------...CountY----------------------~----Chaffee County _____________________·______ _ Clear Creek County _______________________
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...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the...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
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...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the...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
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COLORADO'S HISTORIC MINING DISTRICTS ¢ LAURA ROSSETTER ys FULCRUM PUBLISHING GOLDEN, COLORADO @ Copyright...Rossetter, Laura. Mountain biking Colorado’s historic mining districts /Laura Rossetter. p. cm. Includes bibliographical...terrain cycling —Colorado—Guide-books. 2. Bicycle touring— Colorado — Guide-books. 3. Colorado — Description...Fulcrum Publishing 350 Indiana Street Golden, Colorado 80401 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS titer t 2h...ase tetess tsoer err 35 ReGIon 2 — East CENTRAL COLORADO JET CLE hei pene veyRte ese EIST LP CPLY CTC LEPYT
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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
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Report (issue)
Mountain........................................ 90 Granite Mountains........................................Canyon ...................................... .97 Independence Creek. .......................................identified resources, mineral resource potential, mining activity, mineral setting, recommendations for...Excelsior Fish Slough Five Springs Garcia Mountain Granite Mountains Hauser Mountain C CA-010-062 6,760 CA-020-615...partially no no no no no no no High Rock Canyon Independence Creek King Range Laurel-McGee Lava Little High
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF STRUCTURE AND THE ASPEN DISTRICT, BEARING ON STRATIGRAPHY COLORADO, THE ORE OF AND ITS DEPOSITS........... Bearing of revision on future of the district ..................... 236 237 238 240 INTRODUCTION...has beenactively engagedand in touch with the district up to the presenttime. Spurr emphasizesthe existenceof...2 Spurr, J. E.: Geology of the Aspen Mining District, Colorado. U.S. Geol. Survey, Mon. 3• (with atlas)... a Emmons, S. F.: Preliminary Notes on Aspen, Colorado. Colo. Sci. Soc. Proe., vol. 2, pp. 25•-277, •885-87
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Report (issue)
Wilderness, Lake County, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1636. ~ COLORADO Mineral Resource...Potential of Mount Massive Wilderness, Lake County, Colorado By R.E. VAN LOENEN, G.K. LEE, and D.L. CAMPBELL...potential of Mount Massive Wilderness, Lake County, Colorado I by R.E. Van Loenen ... [et al.]. p. em....: I 19.3: 1636 1. Mines and mineral resources-Colorado-Mount Massive Wilderness. 2. Mount Massive Wilderness...Wilderness, San Isabel National Forest, Lake County, Colorado. The area was established as a wilderness
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Report (issue)
of the Leadville 1°X2° quadrangle, west-central Colorado : summary and discussion I by Alan R. Wallace...Radioactive dating-Colorado-Leadville Region. 2. Geology, Stratigraphic. 3. Geology-Colorado-Leadville Region...Appendix E. Geochronologic data listed by mining district .. ........... ............. .......... .....geochronology samples, Leadville 1°X2 o quadrangle, Colorado. III IV CONTENTS FIGURES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6...of the Leadville 1°X2° quadrangle, west-central Colorado........................ 2 Map showing major geologic
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Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado By MARGO I. TOTH, ANNA B....Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado / by Margo I. Toth ... [et...mineral resources Colorado White River National Forest. 2. Mines and mineral resources Colorado Arapaho National...National Forest. 3. Geology Colorado White River National Forest. 4. Geology Colorado Arapaho National Forest
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15-minute Quadrangle, Pitkin and Gunnison Counties, Colorado By BRUCE BRYANT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...A study of an area at the intersection of the Colorado mineral belt with the west flank of the Sawatch...Counties, Colorado (Geological Survey Professional Paper 1073) Bibliography: p. 123 1. Geology Colorado Aspen...Aspen region. 2. Mines and mineral resources Colorado Aspen region. I. Title. II. Series: United States...monzonite ......................... Muscovite-biotite granite............................. Quartz monzonite.
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