Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carson District, Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 133495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carson District, Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bachelor Mine
Carson
George The Third Mine (Hattie; MS 9130; Marian; MS 11982; St. Peter; MS 11982; Vermont; MS 12907)
Lost Trail Mine
St. Jacob Mine (Griggs; MS 2426; Patented Claims: Hamilton; MS 2425; St. Jacob Group; St. Johns; MS 2427; St. Jacobs; MS 2428)
Wager Gulch Limonite Deposit

Latitude: 37°51'37"N
Longitude: 107°21'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.860277777778,-107.36416666667

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Enargite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite
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: As Ba Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Enargite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	190204,190206,190207,190208	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	190206,190207,190208	27198
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	3	190206,190207,190208	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	0		163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	190204,190208	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	190204,190208	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	190204,190206,190207,190208	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	190204,190206,190207,190208	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	190204,190206,190208	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	190206	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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