Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Smuggler Union Consolidated Mine (Smuggler Mine), Marshall Basin, Telluride District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Smuggler Union Consolidated Mine (Smuggler Mine), Marshall Basin, Telluride District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Smuggler Vein

Latitude: 37°57'24"N
Longitude: 107°46'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.956666666667,-107.77666666667

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Gypsum	Melonite	Mica
None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Gypsum Melonite Mica
None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

28 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	197060	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	197060	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	197060	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	197060	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	197060,197061	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	197060	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	197060,197061	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	197060	3846
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	197061	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	197060,197061	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	197060,197061	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	197060	6890
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	197060	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	197060	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	197060	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	197060	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	197060,197061	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	197060	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	197060,197061	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	197060	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	197060	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	197060,197061	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	197060,197061	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	197060	586
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	197060	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	197060	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	197060,197061	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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