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Locality Name:
Blue River Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 159183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue River Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Breckenridge
Briar Rose
Charlie Ross
Diamond Jack
Glenn - Mohawk
Governor Mine
Indiana Gulch Placers
Last Dollar; Noonday Sun
Little Fool
Palmer Ranch
Pollock
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10119460)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10240040)

Latitude: 39°24'53"N
Longitude: 106°4'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.414722222222,-106.07833333333
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 Au Ba C Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
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)211976205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2197612,19762311547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22197616,19762327198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11976202970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2197612,19762324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2197618,19762030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119762012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211976165800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23197612,197616,19762339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211976223106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119761261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11976185186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2197616,19762321482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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