Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jewelry Shop Mine (West Gold Mine; Sylvanite Mine), Lamartine District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 132751
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132751.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jewelry Shop Mine (West Gold Mine; Sylvanite Mine), Lamartine District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Melonite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Altaite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sylvanite ()*

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 Al Au Ba C Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba C Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Clay Copper Kaolinite Melonite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	169
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	111
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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