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Locality Name:
Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 25833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA": 111
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 107

Number of Child Localities: 99
Child Localities:
Alpha Mine
Amethyst Vein
Annabelle
April Fool
Bachelor Mountain Rhyolite
Berkshire Shaft
Bethel Claim
Bulldog Mountain Mine (Bulldog Mountain Operation)
Captive Inca Mine
Carbonate Vein Occurrence (Ada Claims)
Casino Lease
Chama
Chance No. 2
Cliff Shaft
Colewood Tunnel Occurrence
Conejos No. 2 Claim
Copper Lode
Corsair Mine
Cowboy Johnson Adit Occurrence
Creede
Creede Formation
Delaware Shaft
Diamond King Claim
Dolgooth Claims
Dora Belle Tunnels
Eclat Shaft Occurrence
Emperius Mine (Emperious Mining Company; Del Monte Mining Company; Chance Mining Co; Bachelor Mine; Amethyst Mine; Commodore Mining Company; Last Chance And Pittsburg Mine Co; New York Mine; Creede Mines)
Equinox
Equity Mine
Ethel Shaft
Eunice Mine
Exchequer Tunnel Occurrence
Frazee
Freeport Tunnel Prospect
Gormax Mine (Gormax Mine No. 1; Gormax Tunnel)
Grande Army Nos. 1-4
Granite
Holy Moses Mine
Homestake Claim
Homestead No. 1
Humphreys Tunnel
Jack Pot Lode Occurrence
Jo Jo Tunnel Occurrence
Kanawha No. 1-4
Kansas City Star Claim
King Solomon
Kreutzer Mine (Kreutzer Sonata Mine)
Little Gold Dust Claim
Mallisa
Mammoth Mine
Manhattan
Manitoba
Mary Anderson
Mexico
Midwest Mine (Gateway Mine)
Mollie S. Mine
Monon Mine (Monon Hill Mine)
Monte Carlo Mine
Mustang Tunnel
New York & Chance Mining Company
North Amethyst Vein
North Star Claim
Oro Y Plata
Outlet Tunnel
Overholt Lode
Oxide Claims
P. & E. Tunnel
Palo Alto Tunnel
Paris Tunnel Occurrence
Phoenix Mine
Pipe Dream Claim
Pittsburgh Shaft
Porphry
Puzzle Vein
Reno Prospect
Resurrection Tunnel
Revenue Tunnel
Ridge Mine
Rio Grande No. 2 Lode Occurrence
River View Tunnel
Robinson
Runaround
Silver King
Sloan Tunnel
Solomon
Solomon Mine (King Solomon)
Sulphur Beds (Sulphur Tunnel)
Syble R
Teresa
Texas Girl
United Mines Shaft
Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10016965)
Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10091204)
Volunteer
Wedge
White Star Mine
Windsor - Governor
Windy Gulch
Wooster Tunnel

Latitude: 37°52'19"N
Longitude: 106°55'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.871944444444,-106.93194444444

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Cyanotrichite
Devilline	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Ktenasite
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Starkeyite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Uytenbogaardtite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O P S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Cyanotrichite
Devilline Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Jalpaite Kaolinite Kieserite Ktenasite
Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Mordenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Starkeyite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Turquoise Uytenbogaardtite Wurtzite Xanthoconite

90 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Apjohnite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Famatinite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gunningite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Inesite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Ktenasite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*
Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	24.9	24.3	9	192608,192609,192611,192614,192622,192648,192662,192671,192676	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	24.9	24.3	1	192609	312
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	24.9	24.3	1	192622	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192635	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	24.9	24.3	9	192607,192609,192613,192614,192616,192622,192629,192641,192685	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	35	24.3	0		3092
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	35	24.3	0		28
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	24.9	24.3	1	192652	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	26.9	24.3	23	192605,192607,192608,192609,192611,192613,192614,192616,192622,192632,192641,192643,192646,192648,192652,192653,192662,192665,192672,192676,192680,192689,192712	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	35	24.3	0		85
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	24.9	24.3	1	192652	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	24.9	24.3	2	192609,192622	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	24.9	24.3	1	192676	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	24.9	24.3	1	192609	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	24.9	24.3	1	192622	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26.9	24.3	6	192609,192622,192635,192643,192672,192676	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	24.9	24.3	1	192676	83
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	24.9	24.3	3	192607,192622,192652	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	24.9	24.3	2	192605,192632	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	24.9	24.3	7	192607,192608,192609,192614,192622,192641,192676	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	24.9	24.3	14	192607,192608,192609,192613,192614,192622,192629,192641,192672,192676,192680,192693,192702,192712	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	24.9	24.3	3	192607,192693,192702	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	24.9	24.3	8	192605,192607,192609,192614,192632,192641,192665,192671	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	24.9	24.3	3	192665,192671,192673	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	24.9	24.3	4	192622,192653,192665,192689	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	24.9	24.3	3	192608,192609,192676	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	24.9	24.3	1	192619	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	24.9	24.3	2	192641,192689	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	24.9	24.3	1	192622	179
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	24.9	24.3	1	192622	163
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	24.9	24.3	6	192607,192622,192652,192676,192689,192702	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	27.45	24.3	24	192607,192608,192609,192610,192611,192613,192614,192616,192621,192622,192629,192641,192643,192645,192652,192653,192671,192672,192676,192679,192685,192689,192693,192702	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	26.9	24.3	5	192607,192613,192641,192643,192676	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	24.9	24.3	3	192607,192609,192641	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	24.9	24.3	3	192607,192614,192641	717
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	35	24.3	0		48
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192676	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192641	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	26.9	24.3	10	192608,192609,192611,192613,192616,192622,192641,192643,192648,192676	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192606	1689
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192676	50
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	24.9	24.3	2	192622,192676	116
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	24.9	24.3	3	192607,192641,192648	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35	24.3	0		5591
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192609	75
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	24.9	24.3	1	192676	234
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192609	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	24.9	24.3	1	192622	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	26.9	24.3	2	192643,192676	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	26.9	26.1	1	192643	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	24.9	24.3	1	192606	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	24.9	24.3	4	192610,192611,192622,192676	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	24.9	24.3	2	192622,192676	51
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192611	915
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	24.9	24.3	1	192622	300
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	24.9	24.3	2	192622,192689	1107
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	24.9	24.3	3	192619,192635,192689	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192619	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	24.9	24.3	2	192611,192676	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192689	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192635	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	24.9	24.3	1	192635	2349
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	24.9	24.3	1	192607	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	26.9	24.3	3	192622,192643,192676	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	26.9	26.1	1	192643	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	24.9	24.3	2	192622,192676	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	27.45	24.3	21	192605,192607,192608,192609,192610,192611,192613,192614,192622,192629,192632,192643,192662,192672,192676,192679,192685,192689,192693,192702,192712	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	24.9	24.3	2	192609,192610	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	24.9	24.3	4	192606,192609,192622,192641	1725
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	24.9	24.3	1	192622	84
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	24.9	24.3	1	192676	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26.9	24.3	23	192605,192606,192607,192608,192609,192611,192613,192614,192616,192622,192632,192635,192641,192643,192646,192665,192673,192676,192680,192689,192693,192702,192712	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	24.9	24.3	6	192608,192609,192622,192641,192676,192689	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	24.9	24.3	1	192676	969
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	24.9	24.3	1	192622	454
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	24.9	24.3	1	192622	293
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	24.9	24.3	2	192609,192622	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	24.9	24.3	3	192622,192673,192676	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	24.9	24.3	21	192605,192607,192608,192609,192613,192614,192622,192632,192634,192641,192646,192652,192653,192662,192665,192671,192673,192676,192689,192702,192714	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	24.9	24.3	2	192608,192641	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	27.45	24.3	23	192605,192607,192608,192609,192610,192611,192613,192614,192616,192622,192629,192632,192643,192652,192662,192672,192676,192679,192685,192689,192693,192702,192712	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	24.9	24.3	3	192605,192632,192676	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	24.9	24.3	5	192605,192609,192611,192622,192632	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	24.9	24.3	1	192702	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	24.9	24.3	3	192607,192614,192641	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	26.9	24.3	12	192607,192608,192609,192610,192611,192612,192614,192622,192641,192643,192676,192689	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	35	24.3	0		484
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	26.9	24.3	2	192643,192676	46
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	24.9	24.3	1	192622	1655
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	24.9	24.3	1	192622	89

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
EG71_1006	24.9	24.3	24.6±0.3	K-Ar	high	sericite		25833	Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA	Creede, Colorado	Bethke et al. (1976)	10.2113/gsecongeo.71.6.1006	EG71_1006	P. 1008
NAVDAT-1347	27.5	26	26.75±0.75				1347	116068	Captive Inca Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-1349	35	28	31.5±3.5				1349	116068	Captive Inca Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-45979	27.2	27	27.1±0.1				45979	116068	Captive Inca Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-45749	26.9	26.1	26.5±0.4				45749	116089	Equity Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-45750	26.9	26.1	26.5±0.4				45750	116089	Equity Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4496	28.6	28.4	28.5±0.1				4496	116095	Gormax Mine (Gormax Mine No. 1; Gormax Tunnel), Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-16987	27.45	27.25	27.35±0.1				16987	116124	Outlet Tunnel, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-16989	27.45	27.25	27.35±0.1				16989	116124	Outlet Tunnel, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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