Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 219461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lawson, Georgetown District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jo Reynolds Mine

Latitude: 39°45'52"N
Longitude: 105°37'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.764444444444,-105.63

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Mica	None
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Mica None
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 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	1	186053	2793
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	186053	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	186053	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	186053	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	186053	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	186053	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	186053	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	186053	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	186053	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	186053	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	186053	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	186053	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	186053	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	186053	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	186053	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	186053	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	186053	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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