Rhodochrosite from
Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Rhodochrosite | |
| Formula: | MnCO3 | |
| Comments: | In the 1960's to 1977, highgraders recovered many specimens from the Number 2 stope. The mine was worked in 1977 for specimens. Bryan Lees led a group mining for specimens from 1991 to 2006 and recovered many significant specimens. In 1992 the "Alma King" (currently in the Denver Museum of Natural History) was recovered from the "Rainbow Pocket". Plate 62/63 from Wilson, Wendell. E.; Bartsch, Joel A.; Mauthner, Mark (2004) Masterpieces of the Mineral World. Houston Museum of Natural Science. [https://www.mindat.org/reference.php?id=18945017] The "Alma Qeen" specimen is the front cover of Bancroft, Peter (1973) The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals. [https://www.mindat.org/photo-220662.html] | |
| Habit: | Rhombohedrons to 15cm | |
| Colour: | Strawberry Red - Pink | |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) | |
| Significance: | Classic locality for this mineral (see references.) | |
| Abundance at site: | Common | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals: | ||
| Associates: | Fluorite Malachite Quartz | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Quartz | 691 | |
| - var Milky Quartz | 1 | |
| Fluorite | 368 | |
| Tetrahedrite Subgroup | 277 | |
| Pyrite | 132 | |
| Sphalerite | 64 | |
| Fluorapatite | 54 | |
| Chalcopyrite | 54 | |
| Hübnerite | 45 | |
| Galena | 19 | |
| Calcite | 18 | |
| Dickite | 8 | |
| Apatite | 8 | |
| Bornite | 5 | |
| Malachite | 5 | |
| Tennantite Subgroup | 4 | |
| Tetrahedrite Group | 3 | |
| Kutnohorite | 3 | |
| Ankerite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Rhodochrosite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (517 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 9536 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:9536:5 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite | ||
| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | ⓘDetroit City Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA | |
| 0.7km (0.5 miles) | ⓘSara Rose Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA | |
| 2.2km (1.3 miles) | ⓘKite Lake, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA | |
| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘTanner Boy Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA | |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘRussia Mine, Mount Lincoln, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA | |
| 6.3km (3.9 miles) | ⓘJohn Reed Mine, Alicante, Lake County, Colorado, USA | |
| 8.4km (5.2 miles) | ⓘClimax Mine, Climax, Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA | |
| 11.7km (7.3 miles) | ⓘMammoth Mine, Lake County, Colorado, USA | |
| 13.4km (8.3 miles) | ⓘElla Beeler, Lake County, Colorado, USA | |
| 13.9km (8.6 miles) | ⓘJulia Fisk Mine, Iowa Gulch, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA | |
| References | ||
Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA