Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Embargo District (Embargo Creek District; Meyers Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 132767
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132767.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Embargo District (Embargo Creek District; Meyers Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Comet Mine
CY Claims (108-115; 46-55; Claims: CY Nos. 28-33; 66-75; 86-95)
E.C.Y. Claims (E.C.Y.No. 2; Claims: E.C.Y.)
Golden Income Group (Golden Income No. 2; Accidental; Claims: Golden Income; April Fool No. 2)
H. H. Claims (Claims: H.H. Nos. 1-12)
Last Relief Mine
Lulu And Rufus Claims
Monon Claims (Claims: Monon Nos. 1-27)
On Claims (Claims: On Nos. 8-17)
Penny Bright No. 1; No. 2
Ray Tunnel
Seattle Claim
Silver Dollar Claims (Silver Dollar No. 2; Claims: Silver Dollar)
Tornado Mining Company Claims (Alva Adams; Black Hawk; Claims: Mohawk; Tuff Nut; Black Diamond; U.S.A.; Grey Eagle)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118917)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10119260)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10142869)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10143523)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10167696)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10264584)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10288859)
Washington Gold Mining And Milling Company Claims (Claims: Morning Star; Bachelor; Silver Moon; Evening Star No. 2)

Latitude: 37°48'7"N
Longitude: 106°31'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.801944444444,-106.51666666667

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.

Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Au Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Augite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zunyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	14	195902,195903,195904,195905,195906,195907,195908,195909,195910,195912,195913,195914,195915,195923	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	195912	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	195905	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	195909	21482
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	0		86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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