Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Plata District (California District), Montezuma Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 132996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Plata District (California District), Montezuma Co., Colorado, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 50
Child Localities:
Barr - Menefee
Belle Placer (East Gulch Placer)
Black Hawk No. 1
Bluebell Claims (Echo Basin)
Brown Bear Mine
Century Mine (MS 1097.5; Patented Claim: Century)
Charlene Prospect (Twin Canyon; Unpatented Claim: Charlene)
Dolores River Placer
Doyle (North Star-Sundown)
East Mancos Properties
East Mancos River Placers
Euclid Mine (Eureka-Bulldozer; Unpatented Claims: Euclid Nos. 1-9; Euclid Group)
Fall Creek (Hidden Treasure)
Florence W. Mine (Patented Claims: Gold Dollar; MS 19232; Last Dollar; MS; Last Chance; MS 193232; Silver Mug; MS 19232)
Georgia Girl
Golconda Placer
Golconda; Hesperus; Senate?
Gold Run Tunnel (Billings)
Goldorada Claims
Idaho & May Day Group
Indian Trail Ridge Magnetite Deposit
Kebler; Golconda
Kentucky Mine (Jack Pot Mine; Jack Pot; MS 16665; Old Kentucky Mine)
Kiabab Prospect
Kimball
Lady Stafford
Mancos Claims
Mancos Consolidated Gold Mines
Mancos View
Outwest (Red Arrow Group)
Peerless Mine (MS 9812; Patented Claim: Peerless)
Red Arrow Extension
Red Arrow Mine (Betty; Betty Nos. 1-2)
Rowena Tunnel
Rush Basin
Rush Basin Bog Limonite Deposit
Silver Falls Mine
Stafford Claims
Thunder Mine
Timberline
Tipperary And Black Bear Occurrence
Tula May
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10214974)
Unknown Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10117903)
Unknown Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10142260)
Unknown Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10239103)
Unknown Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10288356)
Unknown Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10190885)
Unknown Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10214969)
West Mancos River Placers

Latitude: 37°25'16"N
Longitude: 108°7'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.421111111111,-108.11944444444

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Copper ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H Hg O S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	192980	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	192957,192976	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	192974	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	192964	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	192957,192976	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	192957,192984	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	192948	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	192948,192976	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	192957	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	0		169
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	192964	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	192955,192976,192982	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	192950,192954,192957,192961,192966,192993	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	192964	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	192976	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	192964	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	192948	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	192963	252
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	192948,192955,192964,192966,192974,192982	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	192955,192957,192976	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	192955,192976,192982	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	192956	589
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	192957,192976	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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