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Locality Name:
Valley Queen Mine (Platoro Tunnel; Ajax Nos. 1-10; Texas; Snowstorm; Platoro Tunnel Site; Valley King; Valley Queen Group; Patented Claims: Valley Queen; Shasta), Platoro District (Ute District), Conejos Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 68120
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68120.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valley Queen Mine (Platoro Tunnel; Ajax Nos. 1-10; Texas; Snowstorm; Platoro Tunnel Site; Valley King; Valley Queen Group; Patented Claims: Valley Queen; Shasta), Platoro District (Ute District), Conejos Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°21'15"N
Longitude: 106°32'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.354166666667,-106.53777777778
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 Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteCopperCovelliteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RocksaltZinkenite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S420228


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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