Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Gold Brick District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49903
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49903.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Brick District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 45
Child Localities:
Bassick
Belzora Basic Occurrence
Bornite Occurrence (MRDS - 10016444)
Boulder Creek
Boulder Lake
Buckeye Chief Mine
Carbonate King
Chloride Mine
Chronicle
Cortland Mine
Dutch Flat Gulch
Dutch Flats; Jones Gulch
Gold Link Mine
Grand Prize Mine
Granite Mt.
Gray Eagle
Hilltop
Jones Gulch; Dutch Flat; Spring Gulch Placers
Lamphier Lake
Lookout Mountain
Lucille Mine
Maggie Mitchell
Ohio City
Raymond And Carter Mines (Chloride Mine)
Raymond Claims
Revenue
Roosevelt Occurrence
Sacramento
Sandy Hook Occurrence
Sequin
Seventy-Six Mine
Tucson
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118147)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10166603)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10264131)
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10016398)
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10016403)
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10091091)
Unknown Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10016446)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10191547)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10091087)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10239738)
Unknown Zinc - Silver - Lead - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10016380)
Upper Dome
Volunteer Mine

Latitude: 38°36'40"N
Longitude: 106°35'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.611111111111,-106.59166666667

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Tetrahedrite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	189539	2793
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	189551	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	189540,189550	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	189533	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4	189539,189543,189555,189559	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	189540	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	189539,189543	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	189534	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	189549	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	189532	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	189554	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	189558	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	189554	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	189542	3531
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	189553	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	189549	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	189554	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	189551	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	189538,189539,189554,189558	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	18	189530,189531,189539,189541,189542,189544,189545,189546,189547,189552,189554,189556,189559,189566,189567,189568,189571,189573	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	189536,189558	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	189533	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	189532,189542,189549,189557	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	189549	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	189539	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	189539	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	189538,189539,189554,189558	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	5	189535,189537,189545,189546,189554	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	189533,189534,189539,189540,189543,189550,189553,189554,189558	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	11	189530,189531,189539,189542,189544,189545,189546,189559,189571,189573,189575	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	189539,189554,189558,189559	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	189539	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	189539	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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