Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dolly Varden Mine (Varden Belle Mine; Patented Claim: Dolly Varden; MS 172), Galena District (Henson Creek District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 114441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-114441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dolly Varden Mine (Varden Belle Mine; Patented Claim: Dolly Varden; MS 172), Galena District (Henson Creek District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°59'13"N
Longitude: 107°32'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.986944444444,-107.53611111111

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.

Chalcopyrite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	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 Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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