Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Galactic Open Pit, Summitville, Summitville District (Summit District), Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3670
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3670.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Galactic Open Pit, Summitville, Summitville District (Summit District), Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°25'0"N
Longitude: 106°35'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.416666666667,-106.58333333333

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hinsdalite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 As Au Ba Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Kaolinite Marcasite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	82
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	198
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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