Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wellington Mine (Siam Tunnel; Old Oro Tunnel; Mill Tunnel; Liberty Tunnel; Extenuate Tunnel; Wellington Tunnel; Abundance Tunnel; New Tunnel; Oro Shaft), Breckenridge District, Summit Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wellington Mine (Siam Tunnel; Old Oro Tunnel; Mill Tunnel; Liberty Tunnel; Extenuate Tunnel; Wellington Tunnel; Abundance Tunnel; New Tunnel; Oro Shaft), Breckenridge District, Summit Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°28'59"N
Longitude: 106°'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.483055555556,-106.01444444444

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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