Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Juan Mts, Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3681
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3681.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Juan Mts, Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Baryte	Copper	Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Tridymite

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 Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Mn O Pt S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Mn O Pt S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Copper Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*
Piemontite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Tridymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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