Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Newman Hill, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newman Hill, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Enterprise Mine
Forest Payrole Mine
Hibernia Mine
Newman Hill Prospect
Pro Patria Mine(Scoutt's Tunnel; Rico Argentine)
Revenue Mine
Rico Aspen Mine
Swansea Mine
Union Carbonate Mine

Latitude: 37°41'1"N
Longitude: 108°1'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.683611111111,-108.0225

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	Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Devilline
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Sulphur ()*	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 F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cu S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Devilline
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite None Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

32 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	2	187614,187620	2793
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	187614	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	187615	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	187614	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	187614,187618,187619,187620	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	187614	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	187615	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	187614,187615,187620,187622	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	187614	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	187614,187620	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	187616	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	187614,187615,187618,187619,187620	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	187614	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	187614,187620	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	187614	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	187614	12537
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	0		249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	3	187614,187619,187620	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	187622	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	187614	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	187614	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	187614,187615,187620,187622	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	187614,187615,187619,187620,187622	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	4	187614,187618,187619,187620	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	187614	969
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	187615	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	187614,187620	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	187614,187620	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	187614,187615,187620,187622	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	187614,187620	586
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	187622	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	187614,187620	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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