Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montezuma District (Snake River District), Summit Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montezuma District (Snake River District), Summit Co., Colorado, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Black Prince Mine
Cinamon Gulch - Geneva Gulch
Deer Creek
Glacier Mountain
Grizzly Gulch
Israel Williams Mine
Queen-of-the-West Mine (Mountain Lion; Greenhorn; Silver Queen; D & G Property)
Rust Tunnel
Snake River
Summit Mine
Tiger Mine
Tungsten Prospect
Waldorf Vein
Warden Gulch

Latitude: 39°30'39"N
Longitude: 106°1'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.510833333333,-106.025

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Kobellite
Lillianite	Malachite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Perovskite	Polybasite
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur
Talc	Tetrahedrite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Kobellite
Lillianite Malachite Melanterite Meneghinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pavonite Perovskite Polybasite
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur
Talc Tetrahedrite

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Benjaminite ()*	Berryite ()*
Birnessite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*	Diadochite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hammarite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pavonite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4	197956,197958,197959,197962	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	0		315
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	197962	312
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	197965	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	197957	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	197961	11547
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	0		45
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	0		50
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	0		178
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	0		214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	197956,197968	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	0		43
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	1	197961	81
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	0		481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	197962	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	197957,197962,197967	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	0		192
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		188
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉	0		43
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	3	197954,197965,197970	82
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	197966	2228
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	0		128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	197954	915
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	197959	300
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	1	197970	72
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	197960	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	197957	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	197958	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	197957,197959	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	197956,197961,197962,197963,197968,197970	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	197961	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	197959,197962	1711
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	197957	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	197956	531
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	197954,197957,197967,197968,197970	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	197953	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	197965	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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