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Locality Name:
Mineral Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24.3

mindat Locality ID: 23757
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23757.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Co., Colorado, USA": 138
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 126

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Crater District
Creede District
Embargo District
Jim Tree
Piedra Peak-South River Peak-Red Mountain Area
Rio Grande River
Royal Arch District (Spar City District)
San Juan Mts
Trout Creek Sulfur Deposit
Unknown Sulfur Occurrence (MRDS - 10016855)
Unknown Sulfur Occurrence (MRDS - 10016857)
Unnamed Silver-Lead-Copper-Molybdenum Occurrence (MRDS - 10014021)
Wagon Wheel Gap
Wheeler Geologic Area

Latitude: 37°35'46"N
Longitude: 106°55'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.596111111111,-106.91916666667

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 Ba Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantite
CalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCyanotrichite
DevillineEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteHeulanditeJalpaiteKaoliniteKieserite
KtenasiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteMordeniteNatroliteNone
Not in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTurquoiseUytenbogaardtite
WurtziteXanthoconite

99 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Apjohnite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beidellite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Creedite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gearksutite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gunningite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Na  (*)
Inesite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Saponite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S24.924.39192608,192609,192611,192614,192622,192648,192662,192671,1926762793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS24.924.31192609312
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)627.124.32192622,192719966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O24.924.32192635,1927301627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24.924.39192607,192609,192613,192614,192616,192622,192629,192641,1926852734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23524.311926043092
Apjohnite  (*)HalotrichiteMn2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O3524.3119260428
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24.924.311926523250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)26.924.328192605,192607,192608,192609,192611,192613,192614,192616,192622,192632,192641,192643,192646,192648,192652,192653,192662,192665,192672,192676,192680,192689,192712,192722,192723,192724,192725,19273711547
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3524.32192604,19273785
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)624.924.31192652413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424.924.32192609,1926225516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS324.924.311926761089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624.924.311926091633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr24.924.31192622227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26.924.39192609,192622,192635,192643,192672,192676,192728,192730,19273727770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)424.924.3119267683
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21192730309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24.924.33192607,192622,1926524979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O24.924.32192605,192632925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S24.924.37192607,192608,192609,192614,192622,192641,1926765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS224.924.314192607,192608,192609,192613,192614,192622,192629,192641,192672,192676,192680,192693,192702,19271227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)824.924.33192607,192693,192702577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl24.924.38192605,192607,192609,192614,192632,192641,192665,1926711382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24.924.33192665,192671,1926733531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811927301756
Copper  (*)CopperCu24.924.34192622,192653,192665,1926893846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26.324.34192608,192609,192676,1927374165
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O26.326.22119273748
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO224.924.31192619453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24.924.32192641,1926892970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)224.924.31192622179
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS424.924.31192622163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226.324.37192607,192622,192652,192676,192689,192702,1927379617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27.4524.324192607,192608,192609,192610,192611,192613,192614,192616,192621,192622,192629,192641,192643,192645,192652,192653,192671,192672,192676,192679,192685,192689,192693,19270224243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O26.326.22119273768
Gold  (*)CopperAu26.924.35192607,192613,192641,192643,19267630554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O24.924.33192607,192609,192641188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS24.924.33192607,192614,192641717
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O3524.3119260448
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O26.324.32192676,1927376890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O24.924.31192641409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326.924.311192608,192609,192611,192613,192616,192622,192641,192643,192648,192676,19273714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24.924.311926061689
Heulandite-Na  (*)Heulandite(Na,Ca,K)6(Si,Al)36O72·22H2O119273018
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O24.924.3119267650
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS224.924.32192622,192676116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624.924.34192604,192607,192641,1926482228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43524.32192604,1927195591
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O24.924.3119260975
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)224.924.31192676234
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O24.924.31192609593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)24.924.31192622581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426.924.32192643,19267614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226.926.1119264312537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)24.924.31192606770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224.924.34192610,192611,192622,1926765674
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S424.924.32192622,19267651
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O24.924.32192604,192611915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS224.924.31192622300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24.924.32192622,1926891107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211927355800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O24.924.33192619,192635,1926891508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O24.924.35192619,192728,192729,192730,192731405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227.124.33192611,192676,19271917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2192728,1927301236
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O24.924.32192689,192730471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O24.924.33192635,192720,1927322994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)24.924.311926352349
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624.924.31192607477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]26.924.33192622,192643,192676716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS326.926.11192643733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS324.924.32192622,1926761425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227.4524.325192605,192607,192608,192609,192610,192611,192613,192614,192622,192629,192632,192643,192662,192672,192676,192679,192685,192689,192693,192702,192712,192719,192730,192735,19273739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO224.924.32192609,1926103106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24.924.34192606,192609,192622,1926411725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS324.924.3119262284
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO324.924.31192676147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227.124.329192605,192606,192607,192608,192609,192611,192613,192614,192616,192622,192632,192635,192641,192643,192646,192665,192673,192676,192680,192689,192693,192702,192712,192716,192719,192729,192730,192732,19273761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)24.924.36192608,192609,192622,192641,192676,1926891711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)24.924.31192676969
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)224.924.31192622454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O24.924.31192622293
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1192730301
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O24.924.32192609,192622292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24.924.33192622,192673,1926766417
Silver  (*)CopperAg24.924.321192605,192607,192608,192609,192613,192614,192622,192632,192634,192641,192646,192652,192653,192662,192665,192671,192673,192676,192689,192702,1927145186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24.924.32192608,1926412473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27.4524.327192605,192607,192608,192609,192610,192611,192613,192614,192616,192622,192629,192632,192643,192652,192662,192672,192676,192679,192685,192689,192693,192702,192712,192722,192723,192724,19272521482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS424.924.34192604,192605,192632,192676586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S324.924.35192605,192609,192611,192622,1926323418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3192732,192733,1927342045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)224.924.311927023337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324.924.33192607,192614,1926411803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1326.924.312192607,192608,192609,192610,192611,192612,192614,192622,192641,192643,192676,1926895317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O3524.31192604484
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS226.924.32192643,19267646
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424.924.311926221655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS324.924.3119262289



20 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG71_100624.924.324.6±0.3K-Ar highsericite     25833Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USACreede, ColoradoBethke et al. (1976)10.2113/gsecongeo.71.6.1006EG71_1006P. 1008
NAVDAT-134727.52626.75±0.75   1347    116068Captive Inca Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1349352831.5±3.5   1349    116068Captive Inca Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4597927.22727.1±0.1   45979    116068Captive Inca Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4574926.926.126.5±0.4   45749    116089Equity Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4575026.926.126.5±0.4   45750    116089Equity Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-449628.628.428.5±0.1   4496    116095Gormax Mine (Gormax Mine No. 1; Gormax Tunnel), Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1698727.4527.2527.35±0.1   16987    116124Outlet Tunnel, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1698927.4527.2527.35±0.1   16989    116124Outlet Tunnel, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4593527.126.927±0.1   45935    116131Piedra Peak - Red Mountain Alunite Deposits (Colorado Tunnel), Piedra Peak-South River Peak-Red Mountain Area, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4593627.126.927±0.1   45936    116131Piedra Peak - Red Mountain Alunite Deposits (Colorado Tunnel), Piedra Peak-South River Peak-Red Mountain Area, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4593727.126.927±0.1   45937    116131Piedra Peak - Red Mountain Alunite Deposits (Colorado Tunnel), Piedra Peak-South River Peak-Red Mountain Area, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4594527.126.927±0.1   45945    116131Piedra Peak - Red Mountain Alunite Deposits (Colorado Tunnel), Piedra Peak-South River Peak-Red Mountain Area, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4594627.126.927±0.1   45946    116131Piedra Peak - Red Mountain Alunite Deposits (Colorado Tunnel), Piedra Peak-South River Peak-Red Mountain Area, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-134126.326.2226.26±0.04  biotite, sanidine1341    282543Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3011726.326.2226.26±0.04  biotite, sanidine30117    282543Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3011826.326.2226.26±0.04  biotite, sanidine30118    282543Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3011926.326.2226.26±0.04  biotite, sanidine30119    282543Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4569126.326.2226.26±0.04  biotite, sanidine45691    282543Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4585827.12626.6+0.5/-0.6   45858    116159Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10014053), Wheeler Geologic Area, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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