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Locality Name:
Hall Valley (Hall's Valley), Montezuma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 134700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hall Valley (Hall's Valley), Montezuma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Handcart Gulch
Handcart Peak
McDonnell Claim
Missouri Mine

Latitude: 39°30'35"N
Longitude: 105°50'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.509722222222,-105.83722222222

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 Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteApatiteBaryteBismutiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperCorundum
DiasporeEnargiteKaoliniteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNonePavonitePhenakite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteStarkeyiteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Berryite  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cuprobismutite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Duftite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilesite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pavonite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31194854315
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3194851,194853,19485411547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21194854172
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16119485450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31194854214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311948541935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1194854716
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11948515707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23194851,194853,19485427198
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61194851310
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S24119485443
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S5119485418
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1194852481
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1194854220
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS21194854246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41194854910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3194851,194853,19485424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11948517437
Gold  (*)CopperAu119485430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119485114640
Ilesite  (*)StarkeyiteMn2+(SO4)·4H2O11948539
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611948512228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411948515591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41194851198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119485412537
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21194854252
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11948541107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211948515800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119485117380
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S5119485472
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31194854733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23194851,194853,19485439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23194851,194853,19485461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11948545186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2194851,19485321482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311948541803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132194853,1948545317
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41194853303



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080073McDonnell Claim, Hall Valley (Hall's Valley), Montezuma District, Park Co., Colorado, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080073


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