Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marshall (Ocean Wave; Welch; Dunaway; Kirtley; Argentine; Wide West; Equator), Georgetown District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 111566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-111566.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marshall (Ocean Wave; Welch; Dunaway; Kirtley; Argentine; Wide West; Equator), Georgetown District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kirtley Vein
Wide West

Latitude: 39°41'24"N
Longitude: 105°41'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.69,-105.69833333333

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Linarite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Linarite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cu H O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Linarite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	186057	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	186057	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	186056,186057	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	186056,186057	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	186056	30554
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	0		987
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	186056,186057	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	186056	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	186056	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	186057	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	186056,186057	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	186057	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	186056,186057	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	186056,186057	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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