Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montezuma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 132949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132949.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montezuma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Geneva Creek Cirque
Gettysburg Mine
Gore Mine
Hall Valley (Hall's Valley)
Hall Valley Cirque
Josephine Mine
Manhattan Mine
More Cash Lode
Rainbow King Mine
Red Cone
Roadside Mine
Rothchild Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Whale Mine

Latitude: 39°31'33"N
Longitude: 105°48'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.525833333333,-105.81055555556

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	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Enargite	Epsomite	Kaolinite
Lazulite	Malachite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Phenakite
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Br C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bismutite Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Enargite Epsomite Kaolinite
Lazulite Malachite Melanterite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pavonite Phenakite
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur
Talc Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Berryite ()*
Bismite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Crandallite ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*	Cupropavonite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Duftite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Ilesite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lazulite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Willemite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	194859	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	2	194854,194856	315
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	2	194858,194865	312
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	194847	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	194851,194853,194854,194865	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	194854	172
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	1	194854	50
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	2	194854,194859	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	194854	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	194854	716
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	0		227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	194864	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	194865	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	194851	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	194847,194851,194853,194854,194865	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	194851	310
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	1	194854	43
Cupropavonite ()*	Pavonite	Cu_0.9Ag_0.5Pb_0.6Bi_2.5S₅	1	194854	18
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	194852	481
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	194854	220
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	194854	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2	194850,194854	910
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	194847,194851,194853,194854,194865	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	194864	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	194850,194851	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	194854	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		188
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	194851	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	194855	82
Ilesite ()*	Starkeyite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	2	194850,194853	9
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	194851	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	194851,194857,194864	5591
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	194861	232
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	194851	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	194854	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	2	194854,194859	252
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	194854	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	194851	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	194851	17380
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	1	194854	72
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	194850	477
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	194854	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	194847,194851,194853,194854,194857,194865	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	194851,194853,194854,194858,194859,194864,194865	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	194865	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	194854	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	194847,194851,194853	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	194850,194854	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	194847,194853,194854,194855,194865	5317
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	194853	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080073	McDonnell Claim, Hall Valley (Hall's Valley), Montezuma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R080073

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