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:
Decatur West District (Stunner District), Conejos Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 274739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Decatur West District (Stunner District), Conejos Co., Colorado, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alum Creek Occurrence
Apex Tunnel Occurrence (Watrous Claims)
Asiatic Mine (Brooklyn; MS 16857a; Alabama; MS 16857a; Kearsarge; MS 16857a; Merrimac; MS 16857a; Oregon; MS 16857a; Montgomery; MS 16857a; Olimpia; MS 16857a)
Emma Mine (Patented Claim: Emma; MS 12752)
Eurydice Mine (No. 10; MS 7000; Orpheus; MS 7760; Louisa; MS 7760; Patented Claims: Eurydice; MS 7760)
Globe Occurrence
Pass Me By Mine (Upper Ten; MS 15371; Cleora; MS 15371; Homestake; MS 15371; Vivian; MS 15371; Arla; MS 15371)
Trill Bird Deposit

Latitude: 37°22'44"N
Longitude: 106°34'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.378888888889,-106.57666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	187016	966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	187021	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	187021	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	187018	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	187021	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	187016,187017,187021	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	187014	5800
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	3	187016,187017,187018	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	187018,187021	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	187015,187016,187017,187018	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	187015	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	187017,187018	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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