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Locality Name:
Idaho Springs, Lawson District (Dumont District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 299051
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299051.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idaho Springs, Lawson District (Dumont District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Crystal Mine
Diamond Joe Tunnel
Jennie Lind Tunnel No. 1
Red Jacket
Schaftner Mine (Shafter Mine)
Virginia Canyon
Virginia Canyon Occurrences

Latitude: 39°45'19"N
Longitude: 105°31'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.755277777778,-105.52805555556
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: Ag Al As Ca Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteZippeite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2186666,1866701272
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411866655516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11866675707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23186665,186666,18666727198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211866659617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41186664445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3186665,186666,18666724243
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1186666443
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23186665,186666,18666739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23186665,186666,18666761156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511866661516
Silver  (*)CopperAg11866645186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2186665,18666721482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132186665,1866661803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O4186665,186666,186667,1866681059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211866672718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1186670890
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)41186665175


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