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Locality Name:
Monte Cristo Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 214770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Cristo Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Arctic; Golden Beaver
Bemrose Mine (Bostwick Placer)
Carr Placer
El Dorado
Ling Mine (North Star)
Maximus; Denver City And Little Annie
Monte Cristo Occurrence
Navy Mine (Navy & Royal George Mine; Thomas Williams Claims; H. And M. Williams Claims; Crazy Dane)
Palmetto; Pacific
Salamander & Blue Valley Occurrence (Salamander)
Senator; Vanderbilt; Blue River
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10240641)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10288835)
Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10281147)

Latitude: 39°22'53"N
Longitude: 106°4'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.381388888889,-106.08222222222
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: Al Au Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperCorundumCubaniteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTungstiteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Idaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811978824286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311978761935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411978805516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25197876,197880,197882,197883,19788627198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31197883802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211978829895
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1197885345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3197882,197883,19788624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3197876,197880,19788630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119788614640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)2197880,197883469
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS41197883142
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4119788614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23197880,197883,1978855800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24197876,197882,197883,19788639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23197876,197883,19788661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2197880,1978834894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3197882,197883,19788621482
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O1197883118
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS31197883297


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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