Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Neglected Mine, La Plata District (California District), La Plata Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 114987
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-114987.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neglected Mine, La Plata District (California District), La Plata Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°26'12"N
Longitude: 107°56'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.436666666667,-107.94527777778

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	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Enargite	Epidote	Kaolinite
Melonite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Krennerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sylvanite ()*	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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Enargite Epidote Kaolinite
Melonite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	169
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	111
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	337
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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