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dc.contributor.authorRaines, Ed
dc.coverage.spatialNorth America
dc.coverage.spatialUnited States
dc.coverage.spatialMineral County (Colo.)
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-04T21:03:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T10:17:19Z
dc.date.available2018-01-04T21:03:26Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T10:17:19Z
dc.identifierSpecimen ID: CBM 10339
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11124/172026
dc.descriptionMineral specimen transferred to the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum by the Colorado Bureau of Mines in 1965.
dc.descriptionPhotographed by Ed Raines.
dc.descriptionSpecimen size: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches.
dc.description.abstractMineral specimen is from the Monkeymeyer mine, Creede mining district, Colorado. Petrified wood found in the Monkeymeyer sandstone unit of the Creede formation contained sufficient silver mineralization to be ore. Mr. Monkeymeyer operated a small mine and the sandstone unit was named for him.
dc.description.abstractFor more information about the Minerals of Creede, Colorado and the collection, see: http://libguides.mines.edu/GeologyMuseum/digitalcollectionsCreede.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumdigital photographs
dc.publisherColorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
dc.relation.ispartofMinerals of Creede, Colorado
dc.rightsCopyright of the original work is retained by the photographer.
dc.subjectpetrified wood
dc.subject.lcshMines and mineral resources -- Colorado -- Mineral County
dc.subject.lcshCreede Mining District (Colo.)
dc.subject.lcshTrees, Fossil -- Colorado -- Mineral County
dc.subject.lcshSilver -- Colorado -- Mineral County
dc.subject.lcshMonkeymeyer Mine (Colo.)
dc.subject.lcshCreede Formation (Colo.)
dc.titleSilver minerals in petrified wood
dc.typeImage
dc.contributor.institutionMines Museum of Earth Science
dcterms.rights.dplaIn copyright - non-commercial use permitted (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/).


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