Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39276
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39276.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA": 79
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 71

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Crater District
Decatur NE District (Jasper District)
Del Norte
Embargo District
Jasper
Race Creek
Rio Grande Granite Quarry
Rio Grande River
Rio Grande River (2)
Spiegel
St. Christopher Perlite Nos. 1; 2; 3 Occurrence
Summitville District (Summit District)
tributary Of Crater Creek
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10215885)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10240635)
Unknown Pumice Occurrence (MRDS - 10118838)
Unknown Pumice Occurrence (MRDS - 10215857)
Unknown Pumice Occurrence (MRDS - 10264543)
Unknown Stone (MRDS - 10143110)
Unknown Stone (MRDS - 10216341)
Unknown Volcanic Materials Occurrence (MRDS - 10016978)

Latitude: 37°33'18"N
Longitude: 106°24'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.555,-106.41333333333

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Botryogen	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite
Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Botryogen Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Digenite Enargite
Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Polybasite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Turquoise Wurtzite Zircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Polybasite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Turquoise ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zincobotryogen ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	195438	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5	195403,195412,195429,195437,195446	966
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	195438	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	195400,195408	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	195386,195438,195440,195446,195447,195455	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	195401	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	195447	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	195389,195401,195438	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	195446,195447	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	195419,195440	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	195390,195419,195446	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	195438	1756
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	195449	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	8	195412,195419,195438,195440,195441,195446,195447,195450	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	195403,195412	453
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	195451	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	195412	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	195438	4135
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	7	195412,195419,195427,195438,195446,195447,195450	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	195438	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	195448	484
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	195412	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9	195394,195396,195401,195413,195438,195440,195446,195447,195451	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	195421,195446	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10	195397,195412,195427,195434,195438,195441,195442,195443,195446,195447	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	195438,195446	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	2	195446,195447	82
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	195438	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	195438,195446	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	195403,195412,195446	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	5	195419,195438,195446,195447,195450	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	195438	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	195412,195446	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	195413,195446	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	195412	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	195412,195438	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	195412	128
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	195427,195438	2349
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	195412	716
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	195447	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	195387,195389,195392,195394,195396,195397,195412,195438,195440,195446,195447	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	195429,195447	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	195394,195396,195397,195403,195409,195412,195429,195438,195441,195446,195447,195451	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	195438	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	195438	598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	195397	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	195387,195389,195394,195396,195413,195438,195440,195446,195447,195451	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	4	195412,195438,195446,195455	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	195412	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	195419,195446	1803
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	3	195412,195441,195447	484
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	2	195412,195447	62
Zincobotryogen ()*	Botryogen	ZnFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	1	195447	7
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	195438	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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