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Locality Name:
Evergreen District (Malachite District), Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Evergreen District (Malachite District), Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bear Creek
Bear Creek-Evergreen Area
Bull Hill Claim
Capitol Central Mine
Evergreen Area
F.M.D. Mine
Hosa Lodge Mine
Idealite Mine
Liberty Lode
Malachite Mine (Morrison)
Pine Grove Mine
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 39°39'30"N
Longitude: 105°18'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.658333333333,-105.31527777778

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Topaz	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite
Titanite Topaz Vesuvianite

43 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	1	190626	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	190625	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	190625,190629	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	190629	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	190621	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	190621	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	190629	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	190619,190620	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	190621,190622	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	190621,190622	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	190625,190626,190629,190631	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	190620,190626,190629,190630	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	190625	1008
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	190629,190630	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	190619,190620,190626,190631	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	190621,190622	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2	190625,190626	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	190621,190622,190623,190626,190629	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	190625	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	190621	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	190625	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	190621,190625,190626,190629	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	190626	4924
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	190618	223
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	190625,190629,190631	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	190625	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	190625,190629	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	190619,190621,190622,190624,190625,190626	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	190624	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	190620,190625	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	190624	1516
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	190625	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	190621,190622,190623,190625,190626,190629	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	190619,190620	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	190629	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	190628,190629	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	190629	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	190624	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	190626	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	190625	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	190619,190620	1395
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	190621	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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