Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Detroit City Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 301193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Detroit City Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°18'46"N
Longitude: 106°7'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.312777777778,-106.11666666667

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goyazite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
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: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sr W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sr W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	469
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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