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:
Telescope Mountain, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Telescope Mountain, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Falcon Mine
Grand View Mine
Nora Lily Mine
Phoenix Mine
Yellow Jacket Mine

Latitude: 37°41'57"N
Longitude: 108°1'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.699166666667,-108.01805555556

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Galena ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	187666,187670	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	187667,187669,187670	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	187666,187669,187670	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	187666,187668,187669,187670	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	187666,187670	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	187670	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	187666,187670	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	187666,187670	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	187666	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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