Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rifle Creek District, Garfield Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 278022
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278022.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rifle Creek District, Garfield Co., Colorado, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Big Three (Big 3)
Elk Van Tunnel And UV Claims
End Of Trail Mine
End Of Trail No. 2 Occurrence
Lotti B Mine (Canary Mine)
M. Folley Claim
New Castle
Revelation Group
Sunshine Lode Mine (Grandview Mine)
Unknown Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10263686)
Unknown Vanadium Occurrence (MRDS - 10017802)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10017799)
Unnamed Manganese Occurrence (MRDS - 10017724)
Unnamed Manganese Occurrence (MRDS - 10017800)

Latitude: 39°39'16"N
Longitude: 107°38'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.654444444444,-107.64666666667

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Copper	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Copper Gypsum Marcasite None Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	188771	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	4	188764,188765,188766,188767	1184
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	188771	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	188771	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	188774	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	188768,188771	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	188771	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	188771	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	188771	5674
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	188771	477
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	188776	3106
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	188774	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	188771	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	188771	21482
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	3	188764,188765,188767	628

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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