Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Platoro District (Ute District), Conejos Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Platoro District (Ute District), Conejos Co., Colorado, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Congress
Dee Stock Occurrence
Forest King Mine (Forest King Group; Ophir; MS 6342; Bonanza King; MS 6342)
Gilmore
Glacier Mine
Lake View Claim (April Queen; MS 18859; Claims: Lake View; Queen Bee; MS 18859)
Mammoth - Revenue Mine
Mammoth Revenue Mine (Mammoth Mine)
Merrimac Mine
Parole Mine (Parole Group; Patented Claims: Parole; MS 6606; Parole No. 2; MS 6606)
Prospect (MRDS - 10142164)
Prospect (MRDS - 10142761)
Prospect (MRDS - 10190653)
Prospect (MRDS - 10288370)
Siskiyon
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10239536)
Unknown Molybdenum Prospect (MRDS - 10239425)
Valley Queen Mine (Platoro Tunnel; Ajax Nos. 1-10; Texas; Snowstorm; Platoro Tunnel Site; Valley King; Valley Queen Group; Patented Claims: Valley Queen; Shasta)
Vera Breccia Pipe Occurrence

Latitude: 37°20'46"N
Longitude: 106°31'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.346111111111,-106.52194444444

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Zinkenite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Zinkenite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	187035	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	4	187034,187035,187037,187045	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	187035	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	187034,187035,187037,187045	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	187034,187035,187037,187045,187046	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	7	187030,187032,187033,187034,187035,187036,187045	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	187029,187046	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5	187030,187033,187037,187045,187046	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	5	187032,187033,187035,187036,187037	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	187029,187030,187032,187036,187037,187045	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	187030,187032,187033,187034,187035,187036,187037,187045,187046	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	187046	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	8	187029,187030,187033,187034,187035,187037,187045,187046	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	7	187030,187032,187033,187035,187036,187037,187045	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	7	187029,187032,187034,187035,187036,187037,187045	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	187029	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	187035	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	7	187030,187032,187033,187034,187035,187036,187037	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	7	187032,187033,187034,187035,187036,187037,187045	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	7	187030,187033,187034,187035,187036,187037,187045	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	187029,187046	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	187032,187034,187035,187036,187045	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	187029,187030,187032,187033,187034,187035,187036,187037,187045,187046	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	187030,187033,187034,187035,187036	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	187029,187030,187032,187034,187035,187037	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	7	187030,187032,187033,187034,187035,187037,187045	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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