Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Grape Creek District (Greenhorn District), Fremont Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49887.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grape Creek District (Greenhorn District), Fremont Co., Colorado, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Adamic Cow Camp Workings Occurrence (Apollo Claim; Apollo No. 1 Claim 1977)
Columbine Mine
Copper Gulch Area
Copper King Mine (Copper King Claims Patented; Unpatented Claims: Sam 1-15 1977 Part; Dawson Mtn Workings)
Cunac Occurrence
Dawson Mountain
Dawson Mountain - Surprise Group (Unpatented Claims: Sam 1-15 1977 Part; Copper Boy 1902)
Deer Ridge Claim
El Plomo Mine
Good News No. 1 Property (Goat Park; Good News Complex)
Good News No. 2 Claims (Goat Park)
Grape Creek Area (Wagner-Grape Creek Lode; See: Hellgate Claims; Bear Claims Old Conac Property)
Green Mountain Mine (Copper Boy Mine)
Horse Shoe & El Ploma
Horseshoe Mine (School Section Deposit)
Joker Mine (Rocky Mountain Boy Claims Patented Claims)
Tanner Boy Group (Red Hills Group)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10087767)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10087768)
Unidentified Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10087776)
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10018626)

Latitude: 38°23'1"N
Longitude: 105°20'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.383611111111,-105.33916666667

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Th Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tourmaline Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	188428,188429	3419
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	188426	718
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	188425	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	188413,188415	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	188425,188429	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	188421	1184
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	188413,188415,188425,188426,188428,188429	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	188426	3531
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	188426	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	188426	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	188426	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	188429	8173
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	3	188419,188426,188428	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	188413,188425,188428	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	188416,188420,188425,188426,188428	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	188426	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	188426	407
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	188426	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	188426	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	188421	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	188420,188426	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	188415,188416,188420,188424,188426,188428	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	188415,188426	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	188413,188426,188428,188429	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	188426	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	188415,188416,188420,188423,188424,188426,188429	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	188426	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	188426	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	188426	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	8	188415,188416,188420,188423,188424,188425,188426,188428	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	188413,188425,188426	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	188425	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	188428	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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