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


mindat Locality ID: 277978
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277978.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parrott City, La Plata District (California District), La Plata Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Comstock Mine

Latitude: 37°22'37"N
Longitude: 108°4'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.376944444444,-108.0775
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteLillianiteMeloniteMeneghiniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Ourayite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31191085315
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211910853092
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119108527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11910854165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119108524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu119108530554
Ourayite  (*)LillianiteAg3Pb4Bi5S13119108524
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119108539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119108561156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11910855186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119108521482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41191085337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311910855317


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