Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver Plume, Georgetown District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 158873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Plume, Georgetown District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Johnny Bull Mine
Sherman Mountain
Terrible Mine (Silver Ore; Baltimore; Johnny Bull; Silver Cloud; Pelican Vein)

Latitude: 39°42'14"N
Longitude: 105°44'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.703888888889,-105.74833333333

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Hexahydrite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bianchite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Corundum ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Hexahydrite Mica
None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	186086	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	186086	11547
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	0		40
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	186086	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	186086	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	186085	1797
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	186086	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	186086	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	186085	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	186086	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	186086	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	186086	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	186085,186086	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	186086	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	186085	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	186084,186086	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	186086	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	186086	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	186086	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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