Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Montezuma (Summit Co.), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 281184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montezuma (Summit Co.), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cinnamon Gulch
Josephine Mine (Kelso)

Latitude: 39°40'21"N
Longitude: 105°48'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.6725,-105.80027777778

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.

Baryte	Corundum	Meneghinite	None	Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Ba Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Corundum Meneghinite None Pavonite Pyrite Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Benjaminite ()*	Berryite ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	186816	11547
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	1	186816	45
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	1	186816	50
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	186816	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	186817	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	186816	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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