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Locality Name:
Spring Creek, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 277557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spring Creek, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Barium - Maggie Mn.
Beason Occurrence
Big Deer; Winnebec; Scooper Occurrence
Boiler Shaft
Doctor
Doctor Mine
Jack Shaft
Nash Shaft
Nash Tunnel
Old Shaft
Springtime; Boston No. 4; Scooper; Commonwealth Occurrence
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10142800)
Whip Shaft

Latitude: 38°48'46"N
Longitude: 106°43'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.812777777778,-106.72111111111
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCopperDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RocksaltRutile

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11899402734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61189940919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211899405509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)118994027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11899404979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11899405707
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22189939,1899409895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118994024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11899407437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11899401689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611899402228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2118994012537
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61189940477
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211899353106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2118994061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11899395186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11899402473


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