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Locality Name:
Black Hawk District, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 133388
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133388.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Hawk District, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dallas Mine
Lake Fork Gulch Foster Ranch Occurrence
Running Lode
Smith Mine

Latitude: 39°48'1"N
Longitude: 105°27'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.800277777778,-105.45694444444
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 C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cl 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBotryogenCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCopiapiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtziteZippeite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Zincobotryogen  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211888595509
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61188859359
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2118886027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1188859382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118886024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2188857,188859717
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1188859915
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61188857170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22188858,18886039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2118886061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11888584894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11888592473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3188857,188859,18886021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311888605317
Zincobotryogen  (*)BotryogenZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O11888597
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)41188859175


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