Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Snake River, Montezuma Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 214769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Snake River, Montezuma Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Burke Martin Mine (Silver Wing)
Chatauqua Mine
General Teller Lode
Slide No. 1 & 2 Claims
Uauneita Mine

Latitude: 39°33'50"N
Longitude: 105°51'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.563888888889,-105.86333333333

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	Chalcopyrite	None	Polybasite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Ba Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Chalcopyrite None Polybasite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Pearceite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	197937,197939	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	197939	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	197938,197940	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	197937,197938,197939,197940	24243
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	197937	249
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	197937	1425
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	197937,197938,197939	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	197937	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	197938	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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