Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Senator Tunnel, Lawson District (Dumont District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 111787
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-111787.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Senator Tunnel, Lawson District (Dumont District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°44'52"N
Longitude: 105°37'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.747777777778,-105.62333333333

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	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	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: Ag As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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