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Locality Name:
Central City District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 214327
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214327.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central City District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Air Line
Eagle
Gold Crown Shaft
Great Britain
H. B. Shaft
Ida May Occurrence (Seven Forty; Barney; Polar Star; Alamaden; Standard; Lida; ; Fall River; Thomas; Golconda)
Idaho Tunnel
Ingham
Lower Almaden Mine
Lyons
Magdalena
Mahany
Standard
Sub Treasury
University
Unknown Silver - Gold (MRDS - 10018268)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10018269)
Venice
Western Occurrence (Bald Mtn.; University; H. B.; Venice; Millionaire; Jumbo; Eagle; Magdalena; Gold Crown)
Yellow Jacket

Latitude: 39°47'9"N
Longitude: 105°34'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.785833333333,-105.56888888889
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 As Au Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Pearceite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11858212793
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24185815,185819,185821,18582427198
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121185824663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3185819,185820,18582124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4185819,185831,185832,18583430554
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1185824633
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1185819249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31185819733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23185819,185820,18582139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22185820,18582161156
Silver  (*)CopperAg4185819,185831,185832,1858345186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2185820,18582121482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311858211803
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211858242718


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