Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Argentine District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argentine District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
A Tunnel (MRDS - 10141970)
Argentine (Wilcox; Montezuma)
Big Chief Mine
Broken Handle
Eagles Nest Occurrence
Independence (Belmont; Santiago; Waldorf; Commonwealth; Centennial)
Josephine Mine (Stevens Mine)
Leavenworth Mountain
McClellan Mountain
Santiago Mine
Sidney Occurrence
Sterling Silver Group
Unknown Zinc - Lead (MRDS - 10017034)
Vidler Occurrence

Latitude: 39°39'15"N
Longitude: 105°46'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.654166666667,-105.76916666667

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au C Cu Fe H O S Sb Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	185803	3092
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	185803	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	185799,185800,185803	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	185796,185801,185802	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	185798,185799,185800,185803	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	185798,185799,185800	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	185799	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	0		409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	185799,185803	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	185799,185803	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	185798,185799,185800,185804,185807	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	185799,185800,185803	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	185799	332

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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