Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gabanta (Ashby; Colorado Central; Everett; Snow Drift; Silver Plume; Hall; Iris; Scott; Peru; Lebanon), Georgetown District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28961
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28961.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gabanta (Ashby; Colorado Central; Everett; Snow Drift; Silver Plume; Hall; Iris; Scott; Peru; Lebanon), Georgetown District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lebanon Group

Latitude: 39°42'16"N
Longitude: 105°43'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.704444444444,-105.71694444444

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Kaolinite
None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Kaolinite
None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	186026	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	186026	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	186026	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	0		51
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	0		249
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	0		158
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	0		716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	186026	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	186026	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	186026	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	186026	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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