Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Russell Gulch, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 286457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Russell Gulch, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aduddell Mine
Air Line
Alpha
Becky Sharp
Pewabic - Iron
Waterloo Mine

Latitude: 39°28'55"N
Longitude: 105°23'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.481944444444,-105.39555555556

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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: Al As C Cu Fe K Mn O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Enargite Feldspar Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	189226,189230	27198
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	189226	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	189226	24243
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	189231	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	189226,189230	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	189230	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	189226	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	189226	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	189226,189230	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	189230	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	189230,189231	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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