Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Patch Mine (Glory Hole Mine), Central City District, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Patch Mine (Glory Hole Mine), Central City District, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°47'32"N
Longitude: 105°31'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.792222222222,-105.52527777778

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	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Au Ba C Cd Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Ba C Cd Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	62
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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