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Locality Name:
Quartz Hill, Central City District, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 145172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartz Hill, Central City District, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
East Flack Mine
Flack Mine
German And Belcher
Kirk Mine
Mercer County Mine
West Flack Mine
Willis Gulch

Latitude: 39°47'4"N
Longitude: 105°29'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.784444444444,-105.49444444444
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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu H O S U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteEnargiteFluoriteGypsumJohannite
KaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite
WurtziteZippeite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Johannite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411890505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)118904727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2189045,1890505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24189044,189045,189047,18905027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11890504165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS44189044,189045,189048,189049910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7189042,189043,189044,189045,189046,189047,18905024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu118905030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611890502228
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O069
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411890505591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211890475674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23189044,189045,18904617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29189042,189043,189044,189045,189046,189047,189048,189049,18905039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811890509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27189044,189045,189046,189047,189048,189049,18905061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7189042,189043,189044,189045,189046,189047,18905021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133189044,189045,1890501803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11890451059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO25189043,189044,189045,189047,1890502718
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)42189045,189050175


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