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Ariadne Mine, Lamartine Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Ariadne Mine | Mine |
| Lamartine Mining District | Mining District |
| Clear Creek County | County |
| Colorado | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 43' 39'' North , 105° 35' 51'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Downieville-Lawson-Dumont | 594 (2011) | 4.4km |
| Idaho Springs | 1,728 (2017) | 7.4km |
| Empire | 287 (2017) | 8.3km |
| Georgetown | 1,049 (2017) | 8.9km |
| Saint Marys | 283 (2011) | 10.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Flatirons Mineral Club | Boulder, Colorado | 42km |
| Colorado Mineral Society | Lakewood, Colorado | 44km |
| Mile High Rock and Mineral Society | Arvada, Colorado | 44km |
| Colorado Gold Camp | Frisco, Colorado | 46km |
GPS coordinates are for Alps Mountain.
Harrison & Wells (1956):
"The Ariadne mine is on the northeast slope of Alps Mountain (pl. 5).
The collar of the shaft is at an altitude of 9,820 feet.
Because in 1952 the shaft was almost entirely filled with water, it was not possible to determine accurately the depth and extent of the mine.
However, the quantity of broken rock on the dump indicates about 350 feet of underground workings.
The rock on the dump is highly sheared and fractured biotite-muscovite granite and associated pegmatite.
The vein seen at the collar of the shaft strikes N. 50° E. and dips 72° N., and it may be correlated as the northeasterly extension of the Miller vein. (See pl. 5.)
Vein material on the dump includes quartz, limonite, torbernite, and dumontite(?).
Disseminated crystals of torbernite and dumontite(?) thinly coat some of the fractures in the granite, and quartz and limonite fill vugs in the granite.
No record of production from the Ariadne mine could be found."
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Dumontite ? Formula: Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Torbernite Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Torbernite | 8.EB.05 | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ | Dumontite ? | 8.EC.15 | Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Dumontite | Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O |
| H | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Dumontite | Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Dumontite | Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O |
| P | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Dumontite | Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Dumontite | Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O |
| U | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
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- Great Plains DomainDomain
- Southern Rocky MountainsOrogenic Belt
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