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Garnet Group from
Green Mountain Mine (Copper Boy Mine), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Green Mountain Mine (Copper Boy Mine), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:374523
Long-form Identifier:1:3:374523:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group
3.8km (2.3 miles) ⓘJack of Diamonds Prospect, McIntyre Hills Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘGood News No. 1 Property (Goat Park; Good News Complex), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘGood News No. 2 Claims (Goat Park), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘEl Plomo Mine, Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘHorseshoe Mine (School Section Deposit), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘJoker Mine (Rocky Mountain Boy Claims Patented Claims), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘDawson Gold project, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘMorning Star Claims 1943, McIntyre Gulch Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘLorain Pegmatite, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
11.5km (7.2 miles) ⓘSpikebuck Mine, McIntyre Hills Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 43, pp. 601-622 (2005)
Spry, Paul G.; McFadden, Scott; Teale, Graham S.; Alers, Brian; Shallow, John M.; Glenn, Justin M. (2022) Nodular sillimanite rocks as field indicators to metamorphosed massive sulfide deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 141. 104632 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104632
Berke, Edward H., Spry, Paul G., Heimann, Adriana, Teale, Graham S., Johnson, Benjamin, von der Handt, Anette, Alers, Brian, Shallow, John M. (2023) The genesis of metamorphosed Paleoproterozoic massive sulphide occurrences in central Colorado: geological, mineralogical and sulphur isotope constraints. Geological Magazine, 160 (7) 1345-1375 doi:10.1017/s0016756823000407
 
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