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Locality Name:
Bear Creek-Evergreen Area, Evergreen District (Malachite District), Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 134084
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134084.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bear Creek-Evergreen Area, Evergreen District (Malachite District), Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Evergreen Fluorite Deposit (Augusta Lode; Augusta Mine)

Latitude: 39°37'3"N
Longitude: 105°19'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.6175,-105.31722222222
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTalcVesuvianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Willemite  (*)
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)211906215509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)119062111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11906214979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11906215707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211906219617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119062124243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11906211689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119062112537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119062161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119062121482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41190621303


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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