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Locality Name:
Argentine District, Summit Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 122439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argentine District, Summit Co., Colorado, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Baker Mine
Congress; Rothschild; Pennsylvania (Minerou Tunnel)
Double Header Lode
Josephine Mine
Peru Creek Area
Stephens Mine

Latitude: 39°36'3"N
Longitude: 105°48'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.600833333333,-105.815

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovellite
FluoriteJalpaiteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SulphurTetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Malachite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11975832793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1197605312
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211976083092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211976065509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4197598,197600,197606,19760711547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61197599413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2197605,19760727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11975994979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2197582,197606925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26197581,197582,197584,197600,197606,19760827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11975991382
Copper  (*)CopperCu11975823846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11976074165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211975819617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121197582663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11197581,197582,197584,197589,197598,197599,197600,197605,197606,197607,19760824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2197589,19760030554
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS21197607116
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119760612537
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21197605252
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119760617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28197582,197584,197589,197598,197599,197600,197606,19760839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28197581,197582,197584,197589,197599,197600,197607,19760861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11976051711
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511976001516
Silver  (*)CopperAg11975895186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS9197581,197582,197584,197589,197598,197599,197600,197605,19760821482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41197581586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1197607332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11976052045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134197582,197598,197600,1976065317



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