Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Minnesota Mine, Upper Union District (Empire District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 111603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-111603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minnesota Mine, Upper Union District (Empire District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Atlantic (Rosecrans; Union; Conqueror; Badger Occurrence)
Crown Prince Occurrence (Benton; Gold Fissure; Mac Gregor; Silver Mountain; Comet; B.B.)

Latitude: 39°47'26"N
Longitude: 105°40'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.790555555556,-105.67916666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Au C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	186928	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	186928	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	186928	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	186928	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	186927,186928	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	186928	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	186928	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	186928	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	186928	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	186928	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	186928	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	186927,186928	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	186928	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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