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Locality Name:
Peru Creek Area, Argentine District, Summit Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 214766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peru Creek Area, Argentine District, Summit Co., Colorado, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Allen - Emory Mine
Allen Emory
Anderson Tunnel
Buda
Buena Vista Mine
Callo Mine & Tunnel
Decatur Mines
Hidden Treasure Group
Louisiana Lode
Minikus; Olson And Assocociates Site Claim
National Treasury Mine
Orphan Boy
Paymaster; Peruvian; Shoe Basin Tunnel
Quail Mine
Revenue; Brittle Silver; Delaware (Baltic And Revenue)
Rose Mine
Ruby Mountain
Sarisfield
Silver Spoon Mine
Vidler Tunnels West; Queen Of The West
Whale Lode (Alhambra Mill Site; Silver Falls Lode; T-Boy Tunnel Site)
Winning Card (American Eagle; Eliza Jane)

Latitude: 39°36'5"N
Longitude: 105°49'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.601388888889,-105.82055555556

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Jalpaite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Alabandite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Jalpaite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	197605	312
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	197606	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	197598,197600,197606,197607	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	197599	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	197605,197607	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	197599	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	197606	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	197600,197606	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	197599	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	197607	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	197589,197598,197599,197600,197605,197606,197607	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	197589,197600	30554
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	197607	116
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	197606	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	197605	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	197606	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	197589,197598,197599,197600,197606	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	197589,197599,197600,197607	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	197605	1711
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	197600	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	197589	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	197589,197598,197599,197600,197605	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	197607	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	197605	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	197598,197600,197606	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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