Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ruby District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3639.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 34
Child Localities:
Belcher Occurrence
Crested Butte (Daisy Mine; Chautauqua; Daisey)
Crested Butte Limonite
Crested Butte Mines
Crested Butte Mining & Milling Company Group
Daisy
Emmon Mountain Mining & Milling
Eureka; Fairview; Yellow Jacket; General Moltke Occurrence
Forest Queen Mine
Germania; Crested Butte Extenmsion; Furniture Boy; Berrien; My Boys; Union Occurrence
Gunnison County Mines Rpr
Jimmy; Keystone; Contact; Eclipse; My Boys; Union Occurrence
Mountain Gem
North Star; Free American; Bonny Kate; Oh Be Joyful; Little Daisey Occurrence
Park City Consolidated Mines Company
Peanut Mine
Redwell Basin
Redwell Basin Occurrence
Ruby Anthracite Mine
Ruby Chief Occurrence (Bird; Little Bonnie; Perhaps; Staten Island; Monte Cristo; No. 7; Bullion King; Crystal; Hopewell; Alfreda)
Ruby Floresta
Ruby King
Smith Hill Mine
Standard Mine
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10191157)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10215256)
Unknown Silver - Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10016313)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10134890)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10215229)
Various Unknown Shafts (MRDS - 10118472)
Various Unknown Shafts (MRDS - 10191178)
Various Unknown Shafts (MRDS - 10214979)
Various Unknown Shafts (MRDS - 10215381)
Various Unknown Shafts (MRDS - 10288431)

Latitude: 38°53'2"N
Longitude: 107°4'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.883888888889,-107.07333333333

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Enargite	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Minium	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Enargite ()*	Ferro-tschermakite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Xanthoconite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Diaspore Enargite Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Mica Minium Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Xanthoconite

31 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	189900,189912	2793
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	189900	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	189916	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	189900,189914	9052
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	189903	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	189916	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	189896,189897,189916	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	189906,189908	3846
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	189900	910
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	189916	27
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	189916	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	189910	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	189896,189897,189909,189912,189916	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	189916	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	189916	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	189916	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	189909,189916	5591
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	0		247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	189910	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	189916	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	189916	2273
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2	189912,189914	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	189900,189912	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	189903,189909,189914,189916	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	189910,189912,189914,189916	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	189903	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	6	189892,189899,189900,189906,189912,189919	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	189896,189912,189914,189916	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	189914	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	189897,189900	5317
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	1	189900	89

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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