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Locality Name:
Eureka District, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 278146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eureka District, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
After Supper (Banzai Shaft)
Allbright
Arlington
Bates (Becker - Bates)
Buell Shaft
Central City; Cherokee; Carroll; Woodmire; Rara Avis
Cherokee Mine
Concrete
Elizabeth
Fagan
Gilpin Eureka
Gilpin Eureka Essex Group
Gold Collar
Grand Army (Gunnell)
Gregory Mine
Gunnell Hill
Silent Friend
Silver Dollar Mine
Sleepy Hollow Mine
Specie
Spur Daisy
Two Sisters Occurrence
Vendome

Latitude: 39°47'4"N
Longitude: 105°29'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.784444444444,-105.49916666667

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper	Covellite	Enargite	Fluorite	Johannite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Johannite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*
Uraninite ()*

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: As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper Covellite Enargite Fluorite Johannite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

26 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	189113	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	189121,189129	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	189114	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	189113,189114,189115,189118,189122,189123,189126,189129	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	189122	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	189122	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	189114	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	189125	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	189113,189114	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	189113,189114,189115,189118,189119,189121,189122,189126,189128,189129	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	189122,189129	30554
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	189113	69
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	189129	198
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	189129	443
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	189122	254
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	189113,189114,189115,189118,189121,189122,189123,189125,189126,189128,189129	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	189113,189114,189115,189118,189119,189125,189126,189129	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	189113,189114	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	189113	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	189129	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	189113,189114,189115,189118,189119,189121,189122,189126,189129	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	189113,189114	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	189121	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	189125	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	189113	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	4	189113,189114,189128,189129	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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