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Locality Name:
Black Hawk, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 286482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Hawk, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bobtail Mine
Cashier Mine
Centennial Tunnel
Minnie Mine
North Clear Creek
Unnamed Vein
Unnamed Vein (2)

Latitude: 39°48'1"N
Longitude: 105°29'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.800277777778,-105.49861111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEnargiteEpidoteFluoriteIlvaiteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11888499052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22188849,18885127198
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41188849910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11888558173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211888499617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118884924243
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)1188853197
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1188855494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24188849,188850,188851,18885239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22188849,18885061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11888554894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS118884921482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211888492718


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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