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Buck Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USAi
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Buck MineMine
Cripple Creek Mining DistrictMining District
Teller CountyCounty
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USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 44' 0'' North , 105° 10' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
38.73333,-105.17250
GRN:
N26W60
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Cripple Creek1,155(2017)1.6km
Stratton644(2006)2.5km
Victor389(2017)3.8km
Midland156(2011)13.9km
Divide127(2011)23.2km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Lake George Gem & Mineral clubLake George, Colorado32km
Colorado Springs Mineral SocietyColorado Springs, Colorado32km
Canon City Geology ClubCanon City, Colorado33km
Mindat Locality ID:
242275
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:242275:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A locality in the Cripple Creek District (purportedly in an old mine shaft) that produced unique epimorphs / "casts" of smoky quartz and chalcedony replacing laumontite. The smoky quartz has a distinctive muted silvery-grey color, with very little luster and a somewhat stalactite-esque growth due to the way the quartz overgrew the pre-existing laumontite. The lack of luster on the Quartz is most likely due to a micro coating of chalcedony.

Specimens were collected in 2010 by Quinton Cross and Ralph Buck. Seehttp://www.mindat.org/photo-241718.html for a similar quartz replacement specimen from Cripple Creek.

Buck Mine is actually another name for Moffat Tunnel (per Charles Spencer, personal communication):https://www.mindat.org/loc-120762.html

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StandardDetailedGalleryStrunzChemical Elements

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz
var. Chalcedony		4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘLaumontite9.GB.10CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
HⓘLaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
OOxygen
OⓘBaryteBaSO4
OⓘQuartz var.ChalcedonySiO2
OⓘLaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
OⓘQuartzSiO2
OⓘQuartz var.Smoky QuartzSiO2
AlAluminium
AlⓘLaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
SiSilicon
SiⓘQuartz var.ChalcedonySiO2
SiⓘLaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
SiⓘQuartzSiO2
SiⓘQuartz var.Smoky QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
SⓘBaryteBaSO4
CaCalcium
CaⓘLaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
BaBarium
BaⓘBaryteBaSO4

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