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Locality Name:
Summitville, Summitville District (Summit District), Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 277508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Summitville, Summitville District (Summit District), Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Galactic Open Pit

Latitude: 37°24'59"N
Longitude: 106°34'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.416388888889,-106.58305555556

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: Al As Au Ba Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargite
KaoliniteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteSulphur
TetrahedriteWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hinsdalite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61195446966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)119544611547
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1195446925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119544627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11954464165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41195446910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119544624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11954467437
Gold  (*)CopperAu119544630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119544614640
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6119544682
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611954462228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411954465591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41195446198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211954465674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211954465800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119544639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119544661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119544621482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11954462045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311954461803



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