Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Idarado Mine, Telluride, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3660
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3660.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idarado Mine, Telluride, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°54'50"N
Longitude: 107°42'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.913888888889,-107.70027777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Digenite
Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Lillianite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Neyite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dawsonite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Eskimoite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Friedrichite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gustavite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heyrovskýite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Matildite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neyite ()*	Petzite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vikingite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Digenite
Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Lillianite Melonite Meneghinite Mica Neyite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	154
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	90
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Eskimoite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₇Pb₁₀Bi₁₅S₃₆	20
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	113
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	66
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Neyite ()*	Neyite	Ag₂Cu₆Pb₂₅Bi₂₆S₆₈	12
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	27
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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