Quartz Creek area
This location's collecting and accessibility status
is currently unknown, so please ask for permission
locally before doing any digging or collecting.
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General Info
East of Gunnison and northeast of Parlin on county road 76, the Opportunity Mine is in this area. Mitchell mentions this area on page 122 of his book.
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Minerals Beryl
- Some of the Quartz Creek pegmatites have blue beryl. The Opportunity Mine has one inch green beryl crystals in cleavlandite.
Lepidolite
- Lilac colored.
Tourmaline
- Thin prisms of black tourmaline in a white quartz matrix can be found at the Opportunity Mine and other mines in the area. Long prisms of opaque green and pink elbaite tourmaline are found at the Brown Derby Mine.
Other Notable Minerals
Cleavelandite, Columbite-Tantalite, Quartz, Topaz
Field Trip ReportsSorry, no trip reports for this location yet.
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References- S. Voynick, 1995, Colorado Rockhounding (ISBN 0-87842-292-7)
- W. Kappele, 1995, The Rockhounds Guide to Colorado (ISBN 1-56044-331-6)
- J. R. Mitchell, 1997, Gem Trails of Colorado (ISBN 0-935182-91-8)
Please see the reference(s) mentioned above for directions
to the site if specific instructions are not given on this page.
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