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Locality Name:
Vulcan District (Cebolla District; Domingo District), Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 21797
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21797.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vulcan District (Cebolla District; Domingo District), Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Augusta Mountain
Mammoth Chimney Mine
Sunset Claims
Ute Trail Mine (Ute Buck; Ute Warrior; Ute Chief; Ouray; Medicine Man; Ute Squaw; Ute Trail; Wigwam)
Vulcan
Vulcan Mine

Latitude: 38°20'40"N
Longitude: 107°'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.344444444444,-107.01361111111
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 Al As Au Bi C Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Th U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cu Fe H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteFeldspar
FluoriteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneOwyheeitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStanniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteZircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Cameronite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Petzite  (*)Poughite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rickardite  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Selenium  (*)Silver  (*)Sonoraite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spiridonovite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vulcanite  (*)Weissite  (*)Zincmelanterite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2190134,1901399052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41190139343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411901395516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111190134843
Cameronite  (*)NoneCu5-x(Cu,Ag)3+xTe10 (x = 0.43)11901391
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22190139,19014027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe2190139,190140169
Copper  (*)CopperCu2190139,1901403846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11901394165
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe2119013940
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119013924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2190137,19013930554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13119013972
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119013614640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS40142
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141190134784
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4119013921
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2190139,190140915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe21190139207
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22190139,19014017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11901392994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11901362349
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28119013489
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe23190135,190139,190140409
Poughite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O119013912
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26190134,190135,190136,190137,190139,19014039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811901409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22190139,19014061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11901341711
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe22190139,19014052
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21190140253
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1190139143
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sonoraite  (*)NoneFe3+(Te4+O3)(OH)·H2O119013911
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3190134,190139,19014021482
Spiridonovite  (*)Fluorite(Cu1-xAgx)2Te, (x≈0.4)11901391
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2190139,1901402045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe43190135,190139,190140337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2119013952
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe3190135,190139,190140190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31190139276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S2190139,190140510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311901345317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)11901361006
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211901342718
Vulcanite  (*)NoneCuTe119013911
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe2190135,19013931
Zincmelanterite  (*)MelanteriteZn(SO4)·7H2O2190139,1901408


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060136Good Hope Mine (Mammoth Good Hope Mine; Mammoth-Good Hope Mine; Mammoth Chimney Mine), Vulcan, Vulcan District (Cebolla District; Domingo District), Gunnison Co., Colorado, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060136

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