Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rico Argentine Mine, Silver Creek, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3615
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3615.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rico Argentine Mine, Silver Creek, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Argentine Tunnel

Latitude: 37°42'4"N
Longitude: 108°'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.701111111111,-108.00805555556

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	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Epidote
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Helvine ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sellaite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Epidote
Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz

30 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	0		2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	0		312
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	187651	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	0		344
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	187651	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	0		237
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	0		469
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	187651	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	1	187651	46
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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