Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balarat District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 285643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balarat District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Smuggler Mine

Latitude: 40°9'59"N
Longitude: 105°24'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.166388888889,-105.4

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.

Copper	Melonite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetradymite

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 Fe Hg O S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Melonite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Tetradymite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Coloradoite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stützite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Tellurantimony ()*	Tellurite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tetradymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	184292	169
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	184292	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	184292	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	184292	61156
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1	184292	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	184292	337
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃	1	184292	29
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂	1	184292	52
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	184292	190
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	184292	510

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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