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Locality Name:
Fall River, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 134009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fall River, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Almaden Mine
Bald Mountain
Golconda Mine
Little Josephine
Maple Leaf (Clifford Occurrence)
Mary Mine (Phillips Tunnel)
Seeman Tunnel
Spanish Bar Group
Sunnyside Tunnel
Unknown Molybdenum Occurrence (MRDS - 10018266)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10018265)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10018267)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10287478)

Latitude: 39°47'51"N
Longitude: 105°34'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.7975,-105.57361111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H O P Pb U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteAutuniteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Dumontite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pearceite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11859282793
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11859341272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)118592611547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24185926,185928,185931,18593427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11859261382
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O020
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121185926663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4185926,185928,185931,18593424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3185930,185936,18593730554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22185930,1859355800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1185926633
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1185926249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32185926,185928733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24185926,185928,185931,18593439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24185926,185928,185931,18593461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg4185926,185930,185936,1859375186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4185926,185928,185931,18593421482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134185926,185928,185931,1859341803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O4185926,185928,185931,1859341059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO24185926,185928,185931,1859342718


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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