Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Illinois Mine, Georgetown District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 214764
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214764.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Illinois Mine, Georgetown District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Burleigh Mine
Corry City Mine (Wisconsin Mine)
Diamond Mine
Maine Mine
Mendota Mine
Payrock Mine
Seven-Thirty Mine

Latitude: 39°42'2"N
Longitude: 105°42'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.700555555556,-105.7125

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite
Jalpaite	Kaolinite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bianchite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Epsomite Gypsum Hexahydrite
Jalpaite Kaolinite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

30 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	2	186043,186046	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3	186040,186042,186044	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	186041	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	186043,186046	11547
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	3	186040,186042,186044	40
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	186043	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	186040,186042,186044,186045,186046	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	186045	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	186040,186043	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	186045	4165
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	3	186040,186042,186044	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	186040,186041,186043,186045,186046	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	3	186040,186042,186044	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	186040,186042,186044,186045	6890
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	3	186040,186042,186044	341
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	186040,186042,186044	1066
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	186045	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	186040,186042,186044	5591
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	1	186045	51
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	4	186041,186043,186045,186046	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	186046	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	186043,186046	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	186041,186043,186045,186046	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	1	186043	84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	186041,186043,186045,186046	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	186045	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	186046	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	186040,186042,186044	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	186041,186043,186045,186046	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	186041,186043,186046	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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