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


mindat Locality ID: 251008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vulcan, Vulcan District (Cebolla District; Domingo District), Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Good Hope Mine (Mammoth Good Hope Mine; Mammoth-Good Hope Mine; Mammoth Chimney Mine)

Latitude: 38°20'35"N
Longitude: 107°'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.343055555556,-107.00722222222
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 Cu Fe H Hg K Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteBerthieriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFluoriteMarcasiteMelanterite
MeloniteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedrite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cameronite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Petzite  (*)Poughite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rickardite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sonoraite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spiridonovite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)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  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11901399052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41190139343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411901395516
Cameronite  (*)NoneCu5-x(Cu,Ag)3+xTe10 (x = 0.43)11901391
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119013927198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1190139169
Copper  (*)CopperCu11901393846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11901394165
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe2119013940
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119013924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu119013930554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13119013972
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4119013921
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1190139915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe21190139207
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119013917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11901392994
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21190139409
Poughite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O119013912
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119013939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119013961156
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe2119013952
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1190139143
Sonoraite  (*)NoneFe3+(Te4+O3)(OH)·H2O119013911
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119013921482
Spiridonovite  (*)Fluorite(Cu1-xAgx)2Te, (x≈0.4)11901391
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11901392045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41190139337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2119013952
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1190139190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31190139276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1190139510
Vulcanite  (*)NoneCuTe119013911
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe119013931
Zincmelanterite  (*)MelanteriteZn(SO4)·7H2O11901398


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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