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Locality Name:
Colorado Hill, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul District, Alpine Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 189153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colorado Hill, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul District, Alpine Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Advance Mine (Zaca Mine; Zaca Group; North Advance Mine; Collosus Mine; Colorado No. 2 Mine; Tarshish Mine)
Colorado Hill Mine
Globe Mine (Laura Karner Mine; Hercules Mine)
Last Resort Mine
Lincoln Mine (Flint Mine)
Stella Mine

Latitude: 38°40'2"N
Longitude: 119°42'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.667222222222,-119.71111111111
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 C Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperEnargiteFeldsparNone
PolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrochroite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11505752793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11505759052
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11505775707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22150575,15057727198
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42150575,150577910
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121150575663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS115057524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5150575,150576,150577,150578,15057930554
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1150575469
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1150575716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311505751425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22150575,15057739462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)2115057556
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25150575,150576,150577,150578,15057961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11505751711
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1150575598
Silver  (*)CopperAg11505755186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115057521482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41150575586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1150575332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311505755317


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