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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMP BIRD MINE
Ouray County, Colorado
TOM R O S E M E Y E R
1632 Camp Bird Mine Road
P.O. Box 586
Ouray...Ouray, Colorado 81427
Figure 1: Wide-angle view of the 3 level mining camp located at an elevation of 11...circa 1900. Photo courtesy Colorado Historical Society.
The Camp Bird mine is one of Colorado's most...the world's greatest gold
producers. To date, the mine has produced almost 1.5 million
ounces of gold along...R D M I N E , located 6 miles southwest of
Ouray, Colorado, is situated in the rugged and beautiful
San | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Prehnite
in the Red Mountain Mining District
Ouray County, Colorado
AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE of prehnite...well-developed microcrystals associated with grossular, epidote, tremolite, magnetite, quartz, and calcite...had been reported from
only two localities in Colorado (Eckel 1961). The first locality was referred...who, in his “Catalogue of the Minerals Found in Colorado” listed prehnite
as occurring in the mines near...second described occurrence is on Mt. Sneffels,
Ouray County, Colorado (Eckel 1932). Here, the prehnite
occurs | 👁 Image
| | Book | | MINES
AND MINERALS
OF THE
GREAT AMERICAN RIFT
(COLORADO-NEW MEXICO)
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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 | 👁 Image
| | 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...10
cm tall, from the Yucca
Hill claim, Park County,
Colorado. Richard A.
Kosnar specimen;
photo by John | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountains Scenlcs.
TOM ROSEMEYER
PA). Hox 586
Ouray, Colorado 81427
rmerneyer@winet.net
S
uperb milky quartz...Leadville Limestone at various
localities in Ouray County, Colorado. The arrangements of the
crystal groups...beds that crop out at Ouray, Colorado, comprise the
type locality for the Ouray Limestone. Kindle (1909)...the MaylJune 2001 issue,
332
ROCKS 6 MINERALS
Ouray Limestone of Upper Devonian age and the Leadville...Limestone of Mississippian age (Burbank 1930).
The Ouray Limestone averages 68 feet thick and consists of | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Art, see Robinson, S.
Austinite, 367
Azurite: Colorado, 106; Wyoming, 167
Downloaded by [University...July/August: Pyrite, quartz, and galena,
Camp Bird mine, Ouray, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen, John Muntyan...November/December: Gold on quartz,
Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen...Mineralogical Symposium
Acanthite, 25
Actinolite, Colorado, 302
Aegirine, Arkansas, 181
Aguilarite, 27
Albite...Minas Gerais, 313
Alforsite, 367
Allanite-(Ce), Colorado, 301
Alpine-Cleft Mineralization at Pedreira
Atalaia | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wulfenite, Empire mine,
Tombstone, Arizona; Wendell E . Wilson
photo and specimen.
March/April: Mine engineers...engineers, Camp Bird
mine, Colorado; Tom Rosemeyer histori
cal photo.
May/June: Barite on calcite, Stoneham...Stoneham,
Colorado; Brian Lees specimen, John
Muntyan photo.
July/August: Fluorite, William Wise mine,
Westmoreland...Westmoreland, New Hampshire; Resur
rection Mining Co. specimen, Ronald E .
Bentley photo.
September/October:...Keweenawan Basalt,
South Range Quarry, Douglas County,
Wisconsin, W. S. Cordua, 412-415
Anatase, New | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Two
Point claim, Pikes Peak
batholith, Teller County.
The Collector’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, | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Canadian gemstones as jade, labradorite, and grossular garnet. A special
area for children features touch...of individ
uals and companies of the Canadian
mining community for the acquisition
of the William Pinch...the United States.
Also displayed are San Diego County
minerals, systematic minerals, and min
eral identification...Foundation.
Opening this summer will be a walk
through mine tunnel filled with several
gem pockets. Still in...of
gems and minerals at the California
S t a t e Mining a n d Mineral M u s e u m in
Mariposa (see his | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | Mine~
Vol 17 No. 6
June 2001
Marcasite Inclusions in Calcite
from St. Johnsville, New York
Paul M. Adams...outcrops from Poland
in eastern Onieda County to Fonda in Montgomery County,
and laterally equivalent formations...Rock Products quarry in St. Johnsville,
Montgomery County the quartz crystals tend to be less clear
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than...class chalcocite specimens from the Telfer Gold Mine.
Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia available...information tha t the specimens were stolen from the mine and efforts are being made to
recover them. Details | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JanuaryEebruary: Cerussite and fluorite,
Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New
Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo.
MarchlApril:...MarchlApril: Wulfenite, Red Cloud mine,
Arizona. Vienna Natural History Museum
specimen, 0. Medenbach...Medenbach photo.
May/June: Legrandite, Ojuela mine, Mapimi,
Durango, Mexico. Houston Museum of
Natural Science...Harold and
Erica Van Pelt photo.
July/August: Grossular, Lowell, Vermont.
Robert Whitmore specimen, Jeffrey...chalcopyrite, and quartz,
Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County,
Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey
Scovil | 👁 Image
| | 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 | 👁 Image
| | 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 | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | KHURSHEED DINSHAW
NEVADA PATENT MINE
34
United States’ only active azurite mine.
STUART “TATE” WILSON
Regular...VOYNICK
ROCK SHOPS OF DISTINCTION
60
Part II: Mining supplies and rock shop
Field Notes .............Azuritecredit)
with Malachite,.
(photo
Milpillas Mine, Mexico :
ARKENSTONE specimen
now in the Jeff Kremer...of Tiffany Stone are no longer available
from the mine at Delta Utah, even though the
beryl content is... Mexican miners working underground at Ojuela mine circa 1908.
Note safety equipment of the day.
IMAGE | 👁 Image
| | Book | | 193-256
137-208
129-192
209-264
193-256
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COLORADO-Ill]
167-262
263-326
97-160
161-224
113-176...327--438
225-288
137-224
[
425-528
337--400
COLORADO-II]
273-336
[
CALIFORNIA ]
385-448
[
AUSTRALlA]...65-128
265-328
1-128
129-208
[
69-132
65-128
COLORADO-I]
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GREENLAND]
[ 393-508
417-512
329--408...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 | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | Turley & M. Koval
Mineralogy of the Killie mine, Elko County, N ev a d a ........................413
by...6-12 cm, Adamite
with Hemimorphite from the Ojuela mine, pale green and purple Naica fluorites
in small...have been col
lected at the Duff quarry in Logan County, Ohio, for more than
ten years. The crystals are...approximately 2
kilometers north of Huntsville, Logan County, in west-central
Ohio. The quarry produces crushed...completing the first transcontinental railroad, the mining
camps of the West, remote natural wonders —virtually | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf
Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County
Arthur Roe
Tucson, AZ
Abraham Rosenzweig
University...Behnke
Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and
vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Person-other—Other persons such as miners, field assistants, mine
managers, etc.
Place —Used when a mineral is named...Czechoslovakia
France
Germany
Japan
Italy
Mexico
Namibia
USSR
USA
Zaire
Total
Total number
of species
during 5-year...leached, ferruginous gossan. Stolzite from
this mine was occasionally seen overlying or associated with | 👁 Image
| | Book (volume) | | long (Marty, 2004 ).
AFRICA
widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from
quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ).
NEW YORK
Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites
between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district.
"Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from
somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings
County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites,
Ramona district, San Diego County, California ...............25046, M .S. 905
Denver Federal Center
Denver, Colorado 80225
In recent decades the science of mineralogy... 905
Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225
Louis B. Spaulding, Jr.
P. O. Box 807, Ramona...plus an interesting range o f rare species. The
mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little
Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | Mandarino
Famous mineral localities: the Ichinokawa mine, Japan ............. 229
':
Rotors w^c; ; 'v
Tampa...Mineralogy of the Bandora mine, South Mineral Creek,
San Juan County, Colorado ..........................Manager
Calcium arsenate minerals new to the
Getchell mine, Nevada ..........................................Friends of Mineralogy
622 Gardenia Court, Golden, Colorado 80401, 303-279-7796
The Mineralogical Record...world’s
best, were discovered in the Ichinokawa mine more than a hundred
years ago. Though collected | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | $384/three years,
(Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year
Subscription...Spruce Ridge in King County, Washington (for
quartz and pyrite) and the Rock Candy mine in British Columbia...geology
major, first at Adams State College in Colorado and then later in
a Master’s program at the University...locations, including the Little Gem amethyst scepter mine in
Montana, the Fluorita Dulcita prospect in Arizona...most important and
evocative artifact of
early mining in the
American West.”
Hardcover, sewn
binding | 👁 Image
| | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine
dumps or can be purchased or traded.
After introducing...granite but with no quartz.
Sandstone (South Dakota, USA)
_9_
A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Fluorite
is a common example.
Aragonite (Utah, USA)
27
Crystals
Crystal Morphology
The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals
Wulfenite (Arizona, USA)
29
may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...over its beer: to go
underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you
are accompanied by someone | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | HUNTED ROCKS MERRILY, FOREVER
AFTER
Collecting in Colorado by Merle Lund
60
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Adequate camper parking | 👁 Image
| | Book (volume) | | (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern
County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...events to bring the history of North American
gem mining up to date.
Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons
actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout... most likely in
Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf
Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County
George Robinson
National Museums of Canada
Arthur...SPECIMENS from the collection
of the Geology Museum, Colorado
School of Mines. See page 242 for a full
description... All rights reserved.
notes fromthej
EDITOR
COLORADO-III
Here we are with our third special issue devoted...devoted to the mines and
minerals of Colorado. As most long-time subscribers know, the
first in the series...about $200 on
the out-of-print market. The second Colorado issue was vol. 10,
number 6 (1979), and we still |
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