Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Telluride District (Upper San Miguel District), San Juan Mts, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Telluride District (Upper San Miguel District), San Juan Mts, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA": 67
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 65

Number of Child Localities: 65
Child Localities:
Ajax
Allegheny
Andrus Mine (Andrews Mine)
Argentine Mine (Montana Mine; Belmont Mine)
Atlanta Tunnel
Bay State Tunnel
Black Bear Mine (Black Bear & Iona Mine)
Bobtail Mine (Idarado Mine Telluride Side; Pandora)
Bridal Veil Basin
Bullion Tunnel
Cascade Tunnel
Champion Mine
Cincinnati Shaft
Columbia Tunnel
Croziers Claims
Dividend Mine
Donald Mine
Eldorado Tunnel
Estel Crosscut
Fortuna Mine
Gold Block Mine
Hermit Mine
Humboldt Mine
Japan Mine (Japan - Flora)
Kibbe Shaft
La Junta Mine (Lajanta Mine Map Repo)
Liberty Bell Mine
Little Mary Mine
Lower Columbia Mine
Lower White Bear Mine
Mandota Shaft
Marshall Basin
Mayflower Mine
Meldrum Tunnel
Mendota Tunnel
Mikado Tunnel
Mill Tunnel (Mill Level Tunnel)
Montana Mine
Mountain Top Tunnel
N. W. H. Jr. Mine
Old Kibbe Shaft Occurrence
Old Tomboy Mine
Ophir Tunnel [2]
Orient Mine
Penn Tunnel (Pennsylvania Tunnel)
Preston Moore Mine
Royal Mine
Savage Basin
Savage Mine
Shamrock Mine (Little Jimmy Mine)
Sheridan Mine
Stillwell Tunnel
Sulpherette Mine
Summit Mine
Telluride
Telluride Mill Tunnel
Tomboy 2nd Level Lease
Tomboy Mine
Treasury Tunnel (Tomboy; Argentine; Black Bear)
Trust Rugy Mine
Union Flag Mine
Upper Chieftan Mine
Upper White Bear Mine
Valley View Shaft
Weller Mine

Latitude: 37°55'56"N
Longitude: 107°45'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.932222222222,-107.76527777778

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	Adelite	Aragonite	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Fluorite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Platinum ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tangeite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C Cr Cu Fe H O Pt S Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Aragonite Bismutite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Epidote
Fluorite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

27 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	196948	2793
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	0		716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	196927,196944,196977	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	196976	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	196945,196961	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	196977	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	196980	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	196976	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	196927,196944,196945,196960,196961,196976,196980	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	196927,196973,196980	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	196948	249
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	0		485
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	3	196944,196960,196973	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	196944,196945,196961	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	196927,196945,196960,196961,196976,196977,196980	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	196970	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	196980	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	196945,196960,196961,196970,196980	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	196944,196976	586
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	196977	60
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	196944,196960	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	196948	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	196930	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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