Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Conejos Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Conejos Co., Colorado, USA": 52
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Blue Sky Mine
Capulin Deposit
Cat Creek Area
Conejos Quadrangle
Copper King Prospect
Decatur West District (Stunner District)
Gato Creek
La Jara Creek
Mammoth (2)
Manassa
Platoro District (Ute District)
Prospect (MRDS - 10117809)
Prospect (MRDS - 10142315)
San Luis Hills
South Elk Creek
Summit District (Summitville District)
Unknown Pumice (MRDS - 10017047)
Unknown Pumice (MRDS - 10190076)
Unknown Pumice Occurrence (MRDS - 10016089)

Latitude: 37°14'39"N
Longitude: 106°13'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.244166666667,-106.22555555556

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Digenite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Turquoise	Wavellite	Zinkenite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chalcosiderite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Petzite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tridymite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Wavellite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Digenite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Orpiment Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tridymite Turquoise Wavellite Zinkenite

49 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	1	187035	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	187016,187026,187027,187051	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	4	187034,187035,187037,187045	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	187035	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	187034,187035,187037,187045	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	187051	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	187021,187034,187035,187037,187045,187046	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	187006	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	7	187030,187032,187033,187034,187035,187036,187045	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	187021,187029,187046	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	187026	77
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5	187030,187033,187037,187045,187046	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	187026	453
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	187026	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	5	187032,187033,187035,187036,187037	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	187010,187018,187029,187030,187032,187036,187037,187045	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	187021	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	12	187016,187017,187021,187030,187032,187033,187034,187035,187036,187037,187045,187046	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	187046	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	187026,187027,187051	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	8	187029,187030,187033,187034,187035,187037,187045,187046	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	7	187030,187032,187033,187035,187036,187037,187045	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	9	187014,187029,187032,187034,187035,187036,187037,187045,187054	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	187011,187026,187027	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	187026,187027,187029,187051	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	187051	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	187006	254
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	187026	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	187049	511
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	4	187016,187017,187018,187035	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	7	187030,187032,187033,187034,187035,187036,187037	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	7	187032,187033,187034,187035,187036,187037,187045	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	7	187030,187033,187034,187035,187036,187037,187045	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	187010,187018,187021,187029,187046	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	187026	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	187032,187034,187035,187036,187045	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	187006,187015,187016,187017,187018,187029,187030,187032,187033,187034,187035,187036,187037,187045,187046,187051	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	187051	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	187030,187033,187034,187035,187036	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	187029,187030,187032,187034,187035,187037	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	187015	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	187027,187051	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	187051	105
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	187017,187018	5317
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	187026	458
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	187026	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	187026	374
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	187051	62
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	7	187030,187032,187033,187034,187035,187037,187045	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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