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Locality Name:
Good Hope Mine (Mammoth Good Hope Mine; Mammoth-Good Hope Mine; Mammoth Chimney Mine), Vulcan, Vulcan District (Cebolla District; Domingo District), Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3640
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3640.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Good Hope Mine (Mammoth Good Hope Mine; Mammoth-Good Hope Mine; Mammoth Chimney Mine), Vulcan, Vulcan District (Cebolla District; Domingo District), Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°20'35"N
Longitude: 107°'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.343055555556,-107.00722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi Cu Fe H Hg K Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Cu Fe H Hg K Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteBerthieriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFluoriteMarcasiteMelanterite
MeloniteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedrite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cameronite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Petzite  (*)Poughite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rickardite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sonoraite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spiridonovite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Vulcanite  (*)Weissite  (*)Zincmelanterite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S40343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cameronite  (*)NoneCu5-x(Cu,Ag)3+xTe10 (x = 0.43)01
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe0169
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe2040
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13072
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4021
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Poughite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O012
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe2052
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe0143
Sonoraite  (*)NoneFe3+(Te4+O3)(OH)·H2O011
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spiridonovite  (*)Fluorite(Cu1-xAgx)2Te, (x≈0.4)01
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2052
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe0190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te30276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Vulcanite  (*)NoneCuTe011
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe031
Zincmelanterite  (*)MelanteriteZn(SO4)·7H2O08


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060136Good Hope Mine (Mammoth Good Hope Mine; Mammoth-Good Hope Mine; Mammoth Chimney Mine), Vulcan, Vulcan District (Cebolla District; Domingo District), Gunnison Co., Colorado, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060136

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