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Locality Name:
Summitville Mine (Reynolds Tunnel; Golconda Tunnel), Summitville District (Summit District), Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 118325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-118325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Summitville Mine (Reynolds Tunnel; Golconda Tunnel), Summitville District (Summit District), Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cropsey Wall
Little Nellie Pit
Reynolds Mine

Latitude: 37°25'56"N
Longitude: 106°35'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.432222222222,-106.59527777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al As Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBotryogenBrochantiteChalcanthiteClayCopiapiteCopperCovelliteEnargite
EpsomiteNonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTurquoiseWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)Zincobotryogen  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1195449382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11954504165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41195450910
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1195448484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6082
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41195450198
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6062
Zincobotryogen  (*)BotryogenZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O07


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