Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Plata, La Plata District (California District), La Plata Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 274768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Plata, La Plata District (California District), La Plata Co., Colorado, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Copper Hill Mine (Gold Eagle; Delaware Claims)
Tippecanoe Mine (Laura A. Mill Site; MS 2551b; Laura A.; MS 2551a; Monitor; MS 2084; Cora G.; MS 4873; Patented Claims: Tippecanoe; MS 1346)
Unnamed Swamp

Latitude: 37°25'26"N
Longitude: 108°2'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.423888888889,-108.03972222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Volborthite	Wurtzite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sopcheite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Volborthite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Malachite
Marcasite Melonite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Volborthite Wurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	191052	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	191052	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	191052	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	191052	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	191052	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	191053	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	191052	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	191052	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	191052	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	191052	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	191054	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	191052	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	191052	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	191052	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	191052,191053	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	191052	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	191052	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	191052	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	191052	5674
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	191052	155
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	191053	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	191053	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	191052	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	191054	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	191052,191053	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	191052	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	191052	598
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	1	191052	24
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	191052	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	191052	4899
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	191053	155

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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