Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Idaho Springs District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3606
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3606.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idaho Springs District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 240
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 239

Number of Child Localities: 239
Child Localities:
Ace Of Diamonds Shaft
Ada
Addule Shaft
Alacoque Shaft
Albro Group - Hiawatha; Porphry; Sept (Old Chief; Morn; Caledonia; Grandview; Helitrode)
Allen Shaft
Alma Lincoln Mine
American - Standard Tunnel
Annie Lode
Ashland Shaft
Aurum Shaft
Austerlitz Tunnel
Aztec Tunnel
Bald Eagle Extension
Bald Eagle Mine (Two Brothers Mine)
Bell Adit
Bellevue Shaft
Bellman
Berry Tunnel
Big Five - Belman
Borealis
Boston Run Tunnel
Bourbon Tunnel
Bridge Tunnel
Brighton No. 2 Claim
Bronaber
Brooklyn Shaft
Bryant Shaft (Bryan)
Bullion Mine
California Tunnel
Calvin
Camp Bird
Castleton Shaft
Central Shaft
Champion Mine (Bellvue-Trio Mine)
Clarissa Tunnel Upper
Colorado School Of Mines Experimental
Columbine
Coming Nation Mine
Comstock
Cornucopia Adit
Crescent City Tunnel
Crocett Mine
Crocket Shaft
Crown Point & Virginia Shaft
Danube Mine
De Lesseps
Denbigh
Donna Juanita
Doves Nest Shaft - West
Dubuque
Earl Of Kent
East Lake Occurrence
Edgar Extension Tunnel
Edgar Leeper
Edgar Miami Tunnel Entrance
Edgar Shaft
Edgarine Mine
Edna Fannie Tunnel
Elkhorn Shaft
Essex
Etna Adit
Eulalie Tunnel
Eureka Swansea
Eussel Shaft
Fall River
Fanny Shaft
Forge Hill Tunnel
Fourth Of July Et Al. Occurrence
Franklin Shaft No. 73
Franklin Shaft No. 87
Franks
Freeman Shaft
Frontenac Shaft
G And M Adit (Centennial)
Galatea Adit (Hudson-Burr)
Garden
Gatatea
Gem (Freighter's Friend)
German Shaft
Gertrude
Gilson Gulch
Gladstone Tunnel
Glenalla
Gold Dust Shaft
Gold Vault Mine
Golden Cloud
Golden Edge Shaft
Golden Treasure Tunnel
Gondola Tunnel
Good Luck
Gray Copper
Great American (Big Chief)
Great East Shaft
Great West Shaft
Grisley Shaft
Grover Cleveland
H (Free Gold; U.S.; Baker; Beaver; Alma)
Happy Easter (Queen Elizabeth)
Hayes Tunnel
Helen Tunnel
Helenslea
Hiawatha Tunnel
Homestake Shaft
Hope
Hot Pot Shaft
Hudson Tunnel
Hughes Shaft
Hukill
Hyland
J. Warner
Jackson
John L. Emerson Shaft
John L. Frannie (Clarissa; Belman; Forge Hill; Fairmont; Frontenac Occurrence)
John Paul Jones
Kangaroo
Katie S.
Kentucky Tunnel
Kinda - Upper Shaft
Kinda Tunnel (UPR)
Knickerbocker
Kokomo Shaft
Lady Bell
Lafayette Adit
Lake Central Project
Lake Tunnel - Lower
Lake Tunnel Lower East
Lake Tunnel Upper
Lake Tunnel Upper East
Lawrence L Mine (Philadelphia)
Lead Belt Tunnel
Lee Shaft
Lexington (Little Richard)
Little Annie Tunnel
Little Ella
Little Emma Tunnel
Little Harry
Little Six
Loeber
Lorraway
Lost Vein Adit
Lucania Tunnel
Lynch Shaft
M. K. Shaft
Main Trunk Shaft
Mandolina Tunnel
Mary C.
Mary Matilda Mine
Mary Philips
Mastedon
Maude Monroe
May
May Day
Mayflower
Metropolitan
Millington
Minnie Shaft
Minott
Mona Tunnel
Monte Cristo
Moose Shaft
Morning Star
Mystery Shaft
Nabab Occurrence (Torrey; Summit; Great West; Fairfield; Berry; Ella; Dubuque; Lucania; Great East)
New Europe
Nonpareil Mine
Olive
Ophir; Argo
Oregon Shaft
Oro Fino Tunnel
Owatonna Occurrence
P.T. Mine
Pennsylvania
Pine Shade Mine
Pine Tree Shaft
Plutus Mine
President Hayes Shaft
Pride Of The West
Protection
Providence
Puzzler; Alkire (Lincoln Tunnel)
Quartermaster Shaft
Queen Bee Shaft
Richmond Shaft
Rio Grande Shaft
Rob Roy Lode
Rockford (Lucania; Berry)
Ruby Tunnel
Saginaw Shaft
Salisbury
Santa Fe Shaft West
Searle Shaft
Seaton Mine
September Tunnel
Ship Ahoy
Silver Age Mine
Silver King - Upper
Silver King Tunnel - Lower
Silver King Tunnel Extension
Smith Mine
Sound Shaft
Spear Tunnel
Specht Tunnel
Specie Payment Tunnel
St. Joseph
Stanley Mine (Gehrmann; Cooper; York; Whale; Golden Link)
Star Mine
Summit
Sun & Moon
Telephone Tunnel
Tim Tarsney
Tom Boy (Treasure Vault; John Paul Jones; Edna Fannie; Golden Treasure)
Tomahawk
Torrey 2 Tunnel
Transvaal
Two Brothers Tunnel
Two Kings
United Freeland
United Gold
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10018280)
Unknown Silver - Gold (MRDS - 10018364)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10018397)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10091471)
Unnamed Hot Springs
Unnamed Prospect
Veto Shaft
Victor Shaft No. 3
Vida Shaft
Vigilant; Banta Hill; Gold; Bunkhouse Occurrence
Washington (Pennsylvania; Madeline; Dakota)
West Chester Shaft
West End Tunnel - Lower
West End Tunnel - Upper
White Cloud Mine
Williams Shaft
Willis Gulch Occurrence (Carcasonne; Adudell; Colfax; Elkhorn; Bertha; Druid; Moose)
Windsor Castle Shaft
Wolverine Tunnel
Wyandotte

Latitude: 39°45'41"N
Longitude: 105°32'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.761388888889,-105.54083333333

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	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epsomite	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melonite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zippeite	Zircon

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi C Ca Cl O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Autunite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epsomite Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Melonite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zippeite Zircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayleyite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Goslarite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Opal ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Schröckingerite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Zippeite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	186256,186313	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	186176	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	186246,186326	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	186126,186326	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	186126,186199	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	9	186135,186190,186191,186193,186246,186315,186316,186344,186349	11547
Bayleyite ()*	None	Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·18H₂O	2	186126,186326	38
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	186164,186199,186229,186274,186296,186324	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	186139,186292	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	186126,186137,186193,186326,186332	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	186126	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	186160,186280	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	186126,186144,186164,186310,186356	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	58	186124,186126,186129,186130,186137,186139,186142,186145,186146,186148,186152,186154,186159,186162,186163,186164,186166,186169,186172,186175,186176,186190,186191,186194,186195,186196,186199,186207,186220,186227,186234,186240,186244,186246,186249,186250,186251,186254,186256,186262,186271,186274,186279,186280,186281,186284,186291,186310,186311,186313,186320,186324,186326,186327,186329,186336,186355,186356	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	186326	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	186332	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	8	186126,186176,186195,186234,186240,186274,186326,186336	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	7	186126,186144,186194,186199,186274,186326,186356	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	186281,186324,186326,186332,186349	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	72	186126,186129,186137,186139,186142,186144,186148,186150,186154,186159,186163,186164,186165,186166,186168,186169,186172,186173,186175,186176,186177,186181,186189,186190,186191,186193,186194,186195,186196,186199,186203,186207,186210,186219,186220,186221,186227,186234,186240,186244,186246,186249,186250,186251,186254,186256,186262,186271,186274,186279,186281,186284,186291,186292,186294,186299,186310,186311,186313,186315,186316,186324,186326,186327,186328,186329,186332,186336,186349,186354,186355,186356	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	186345	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	34	186126,186137,186139,186156,186159,186164,186172,186190,186213,186217,186218,186234,186246,186250,186253,186254,186262,186274,186282,186284,186288,186291,186307,186326,186329,186332,186336,186340,186341,186342,186343,186349,186350,186356	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	186293	188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	186139,186160,186326	14640
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	1	186262	123
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	186326	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	186326	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	186126,186199	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	186268,186274,186336	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	186327	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	186327	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	186266,186293	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	186326	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	1	186158	67
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	186202	2994
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	4	186126,186176,186292,186336	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	186126	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2	186144,186164	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	186139,186292	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	93	186124,186126,186128,186129,186130,186135,186137,186139,186142,186144,186145,186146,186147,186148,186150,186152,186159,186160,186162,186163,186164,186165,186166,186168,186169,186172,186173,186175,186176,186177,186181,186190,186191,186193,186194,186195,186196,186199,186203,186207,186210,186213,186219,186220,186221,186227,186229,186234,186240,186244,186246,186249,186250,186254,186256,186258,186261,186262,186270,186271,186274,186275,186279,186280,186281,186286,186290,186291,186292,186293,186294,186299,186307,186310,186311,186313,186314,186315,186316,186320,186324,186326,186327,186328,186329,186332,186336,186339,186347,186349,186354,186355,186356	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	91	186124,186126,186128,186129,186130,186135,186137,186139,186144,186145,186146,186147,186148,186150,186152,186154,186159,186160,186163,186164,186165,186166,186168,186169,186172,186173,186175,186176,186177,186181,186190,186191,186193,186194,186195,186196,186199,186203,186207,186210,186213,186219,186220,186221,186229,186234,186240,186244,186246,186249,186250,186251,186254,186256,186258,186261,186262,186270,186271,186274,186275,186279,186280,186281,186286,186290,186291,186293,186294,186299,186307,186310,186311,186313,186314,186315,186316,186320,186324,186326,186327,186328,186329,186332,186336,186339,186345,186349,186354,186355,186356	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	14	186137,186165,186166,186177,186190,186191,186199,186274,186281,186313,186315,186316,186349,186356	1711
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O	2	186126,186326	128
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	16	186126,186135,186162,186176,186191,186193,186196,186246,186262,186274,186306,186316,186320,186326,186336,186346	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	186349	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	24	186156,186159,186172,186190,186191,186193,186213,186217,186218,186253,186274,186282,186284,186288,186291,186307,186313,186332,186341,186342,186343,186350,186356,186358	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	74	186126,186129,186130,186135,186137,186139,186144,186148,186150,186154,186159,186160,186163,186164,186165,186166,186168,186169,186172,186173,186175,186176,186177,186181,186189,186190,186191,186193,186194,186195,186196,186199,186203,186207,186219,186220,186221,186227,186234,186240,186244,186246,186249,186250,186251,186254,186256,186262,186271,186274,186279,186281,186286,186291,186294,186299,186307,186310,186311,186313,186315,186316,186320,186324,186326,186327,186328,186329,186332,186336,186347,186349,186355,186356	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	186296	332
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	186345	105
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	2	186199,186332	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	45	186126,186129,186130,186137,186139,186142,186144,186148,186152,186162,186163,186164,186166,186172,186175,186176,186190,186191,186193,186194,186199,186220,186234,186240,186244,186246,186250,186251,186262,186271,186274,186280,186296,186310,186311,186313,186315,186316,186324,186326,186327,186329,186336,186349,186356	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	186170	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	186124,186139,186146,186194,186284	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	3	186126,186326,186327	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	4	186126,186227,186326,186327	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	186327	890
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	2	186126,186326	175

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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