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Topaz from
Brown Derby No. 1, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA


Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brown Derby No. 1, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:489898
Long-form Identifier:1:3:489898:6
GUID (UUID V4):c625d46b-b9ff-4ba0-b93a-722224a85f68
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘBrown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘBrown Derby No. 5 Mine, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘBucky pegmatite (New Anniversary; Willow Creek), Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘMonazite claims, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘMonzonite Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘTomichi Dome, Tomichi Mining District (White Pine Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) ⓘMt White, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
50.3km (31.3 miles) ⓘMiddle Mountain prospect, La Plata Mining District (Winfield Mining District), Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘComet group (Comet prospect), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
53.8km (33.5 miles) ⓘRuby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PARAGENESIS OF THE TOPAZ-BEARING PORTION OF THE BROWN DERBY NO. 1 PEGMATITE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO State P....Li-rich, topaz-bearing portion of the Brown Derby No. 1 pegmatite, Gunnison County, Colorado, has been...relationships in the light of the recent model for pegmatite genesisby Jahns and Burnham (1969). The coarse-grained...phase during the crystallization of the wall zones; topaz was originally abundpnt in the hood assemblage.The...crystallization directly from the silicate melt. Large topaz crystals concentrated at the base of the core unit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JULY_AUGUST, 1967 MICAS OF THE BROWN DERBY PEGMATITES, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO1 and,Mineralogy,The E...Michigan. Ansrnecr The Brown Derby No. 1 pegmatite, of Gunnison County, Colorado, contains a highly diversified...elements with respect to their positions in the pegmatite and probably with respect to relative time of...replacement layers formed by reactions between zonal pegmatite rock and deuteric, residual pegmatitic fluids...closed-system environment. INrnotucrtoN The Brown Derby group of pegmatites,Iong known as one of the
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was done by the senior author in New Mexico and Colorado at various times during the summers of 1948, 1949...GeologicalSurvey; + Contribution from the Department Michigan, No. 169. of Mineralogy and Petrography, University...154), "There is an abundanceof coarsegranite pegmatite bouldersin the immediate neighborhood of the quarry...unusually large scale . . . is due to the action of pegmatite intrusions upon the materials of the gneisslimestone...contact zone." Specimensof rose mica-bearing pegmatite from Bolton show the following megascopiczonal
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Toxicologicalevaluation of preliminary animal studies reveais no sensitivity reactions or harmful effectson lung tissue... 1960 STIBIOTANTALITE FROM THE BROWN DERBY No. I PEGMATITE,COLORADO* E. Wu. HotNntcu, Departmenl of...M'ich'igan. The Brown Derby group of pegmatitesand especiallythe Brown Derby No. 1 pegmatite on the east...east side of Quartz Creek Valley in Gunnison County, Colorado, "are famous for the exceptionaldevelopment...al., 1956).The geologyof the dikes and of the district has been thoroughly investigated (Hanley et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3749/canmin.1600010 A TECTONIC EVALUATION OF PEGMATITE PARENT GRANITES SARAH L. HANSON Adrian College...Department, 110 S. Madison St., Adrian, Michigan 49221, USA ABSTRACT Pegmatites containing rare elements can...not fall neatly into these categories and include (1) those that exhibit mineralogical and chemical characteristics...suggested by the acronyms. The relationship between pegmatite family and granite tectonic type were re-examined...published granite compositions as a proxy for initial pegmatite composition, with special regard to the orogenic
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coupling various acidic groups to silicon wafers. We had no expectation of creating a geometric lattice of functional...February 2015 MINERALS FROM THE HYATT MINE, TALCVILLE, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S. C. Chamberlain, Department...Zinc Corporation of America operates the new Hyatt mine on an orebody just south of the Oswegatchie River...Talcville in the Town of Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York. The orebody consists of massive iron-rich...of sepiolite in the form of mountain leather, the mine has not, until recently, produced anything of particular
Report (issue)
S. Collins1 , Robert R. Cobban2 , Eugene E. Foord 1 , and Jack A, Murphy2 Prepared in cooperation with...360K, 5 1/4" (2)) 89-0206-C disk (Wordstar; 1.2 mb, 5 1/4") 89-2026-D disk (Wordstar; 1.44 mb, 3 1/2") 1989...program has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS...of distribution constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in connection...Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR
Report (volume)
Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A summary...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...______________ ______ 1 1 3 4 6 7 11 12 16 28 31 364 ILLUSTRATION PLATE 1. Map showing selected...mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III NOTE Plate 1, map showing selected...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of
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Natural, Cultured and Imitation Alexander E. Fam Quartz Michael O'Donoghue Also availablefrom Butterworth-Heinemann... A. Jobbins Butterworth-Heinemann Gem Books Topaz m(JTTERWORTH EINEMANN Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd...Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd 1992 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any...Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Hoover, D. B. Topaz. - (Butterworth-Heinemann Gem Books Series) I. Title...Profile xii 1 Topaz - Historical perspectives 1 Introduction 1 Etymology of topaz 1 Topaz in ancient times
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Pre-proof Origin and physical-chemical control of topaz crystallization in felsic igneous rocks: Contrasted...Soufi, Origin and physical-chemical control of topaz crystallization in felsic igneous rocks: Contrasted...Pre-proof Origin and physical-chemical control of topaz crystallization in felsic igneous rocks: contrasted...In highly evolved F-rich felsic igneous rocks, topaz Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 forms in different genetic re stages:...deciphering the origin of OH–F variations in topaz. We conclude that topaz compositions in magmatic and post-magmatic
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TOPAZ, I J.INERALOGICAL RECORD JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1995 ‱ VOLUME 26 NUMBER 1 ‱ $10 Wayne & Dona Leicht........ 5 by M. A. Menzies Pink topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, U ta h ........................Lichte & P. H. Briggs FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on topaz...................................................Wilson TOPAZ, COVER: TOPAZ crystals to 4 cm, on matrix, from Ghundao Hill, Mardan district, Pakistan...edition is still reasonably priced, at $18 plus $1 postage ($2 foreign). We had originally planned to
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I 1 I 1- - - , i I Pages 1-80 81-144 145-208 209-288 289-352 353432 Issues Jan./Feb. (No. 1)...1) Mar./Apr. (No. 2) May/June (No. 3) July/Aug. (No. 4) Sept./Oct. (No. 5 ) Nov.Dec. (No. 6) Downloaded...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chemical Geology, 19 (1977) 1--42 1 © Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam -- Printed... FLUORINE IN GRANITIC ROCKS AND MELTS: A REVIEW .1 J.C. BAILEY Institute for Petrology, University...granitic rocks and melts: A review. Chem. Geol., 19: 1-42. Proposed average fluorine contents for granite... with lesser amounts in hornblende, muscovite, quartz and accessories. However, accessory minerals --...apatite, sphene, fluorite, microlite, pyrochlore, topaz, tourmaline, bastn~/site, amblygonite, spodumene
Journal (issue)
, and D. R. Cook Hyalite from the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina ................................Pretoria Belgium: Paul Van Hee Deuzeldlaan 16-bus 1 B-2120 Schoten England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic...of the editor. suggestions for authors See vol.9, no.3, p. 135, or write to the editor for a copy. The...permanence, early issues of the Record will probably fare no better. However, in recent years the Record has been...Show— 1 9 7 8 / Some specimens from this unique private collection ore currently available. 1 4 2 2
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presented hereis (1) plagioclase, quartz,muscovite, (2) plagioclase, quartz, (8) quartz,perthite,plagioclase...perthite,quartz,(5) quartz,plagioclase, perthite,spodumene(or petalite),amblygonite, (6) quartz,spodumene...spodumene (or petalite),(7) quartz,microcline or perthite,(8) quartz,and (9) lepidoliteor lithian mica, plagioclase...plagioclase, quartz,microcline. Assemblages $ and 5 are subdividedto showverticalchangesin perthiteabundance...lastpositionin the sequence, followingthe monomineralic quartz assemblage, because sizableconcordant quartzbodiesarein
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Special Publication No. 7 ___ __fu_r_G--eo_l_o-gy__________ o_f_t_h_e_S_o_c_I·e_ry Deposits to Mineral...Petr Cerny, and Francis Saupe. (Special publication no. 7 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral...Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits; no. 7. TN490.A2L36 1989 669' .29-dc19 88-31553 This...nearly all metals and the inevitable closing of many mining operations, it is a matter of the industry's survival...decision, not only is a handy volume affered to the mining and processing community but also duplication of
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Bailey, Arthur C., Jr. Beryl from the Oxford mine, Troup County, Georgia Bailey, Roy A. Volcanism and the...laccolith rv26 1-2 76 5-6 797 l-2 85 9 - 1 01 4 4 8 1-2188 3-4 426 9-10 1546 9 - 1 01 5 6 3 ll-12 1889...1889 l-2 324 1-2 323 9 - 1 01 3 5 5 l-2 146 t-2 272 3-4 604 3:4 411 7-8 1309 3-4 607 7-8 1272 1l-12 t9l7...Physicaland chemical data for crandallite from Alachua County, Florida Boles, James R. Composition,optical properties...dehydroxylate Brown; Biuce A. A low-temperature crushing technique applied to manganese nodules Brown, G. E.
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42 C-BE WITHDRAWN FROM STOCK QMUL LIBRARY STOCK No. 55392 QMC 315880 8 llllllllll l/11111111111111"...slightly more than 1,700,000 tons \1/as produced domestically. 1-'Ieasured, indicated, and inferred uraniun1...mid-1957, of vvhich 70% is in New Mexico, 16% in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in Wyo1ning. These...minerals exploration, not only a1nong themselves but \1/ith spectacular success also with "weekend" and professional...mass efforts vvere organized in the United States, \1/here in 1955 some 10,000 laymen and prospectors, replete
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granitic pegmatite, Sweden: The case of an “anomalous” columbite-tantalite trend PETR ČERNÝ,1,* RON CHAPMAN...CHAPMAN,1 KAREN FERREIRA,1 AND STEN-ANDERS SMEDS2 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba...36 Uppsala, Sweden 1 ABSTRACT The complex, petalite-subtype VarutrĂ€sk pegmatite in the Proterozoic rocks...is, as a whole, rather poor in Nb and Ta. The pegmatite consolidated in eight units, but the (Nb,Ta)-oxide...abundance of native antimony and stibarsen in the pegmatite, and the absence of Bi-bearing minerals. Rare
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(34) Production and layout: Granit Ltd., Praha ISBN 1 84013 404 6 All rights reserved. Copying of the entire...consent of the publisher. Contents Introduction 7 1. Elements 9 2. Sulphides 19 3. Halides 67 4...known to humankind since prehistoric times such as quartz and gold, but also minerals first described quite...Secondary minerals are divided into following groups: 1. oxidation, when minerals result from the oxidation...magmatic or hydrothermal origins of elbaite in the pegmatite cavities; the mctamorphic or hydrothermal origins
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consent of the publisher. Contents Introduction 7 1. Elements 9 2. Sulphides 19 3. Halides 67 4..."1ost of those publications though only deal with a 1!W dozen of the most common minerals or ~emstones....ninerals, aesthetic criteria such as size of crystal 1.nd color played a role in addition to their mportance...known to 1umankind since prehistoric times such as quartz 1nd gold, but also ~minerals first described quite...Primary minerals are divided into following groups: 1. magmatic, when a mineral ;rystallizes directly from
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74-1155 ISBN: 0-442-26820-3 All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon...of minerals. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Mineralogy-Dictionaries. I. Rapp, George Robert,...author. II. Weber, Ju”us, joint author. III. Title. 1 QE355.R6 549 .03 74-1155 ISBN 0-442-26820-3 151044...illustrations for AXINITE, Hyuga, Japan (12, column 1) and AZURITE, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica;...Van Nostrand Reinhold Book -- . DATE DUE f,J+B 1 3 2Ul$J . . ~-‱n ~ NUV V ',- /..VI,;, ‱ I J...Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere nee Not to...Sagtiache Co1tntr Publlc I...ibran' Saguache, Colorado ~ VANNOSTRAND REINHOLD ~ - - - - N e w York
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...(center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah; (lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa;...Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower right, center) mimetite, Tsiimehb...Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For Reference Not to...Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD New York
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con-1 Web: ,:v,v,v.scb ifferbooks.con1 Copyright © 2016 by Robert J. Lauf All rights reserved. No pan.................................. 306 . APPENDIX 1 OBSOLETE NAMES, VARIETAL NAMES, AND SYNONYMS .......is a fue l for reactors to produce electricity, mining operati ons. Robert Lau f presents here a highly...species are no\.V being reported at the rate of several thorium mineralogy. each year, v.1 ith 1nost of...understand the specimens in his or her collection. It ,1/ill also be of use to the exploration geologist who
 
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