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Locality Name:
Lawson District (Dumont District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 49876
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49876.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lawson District (Dumont District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 243
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 241

Number of Child Localities: 231
Child Localities:
Accord
Alfred Whitney
Alma-Lincoln
American Sisters Mine
Andrew Lowe
Anna B.
Annamosa (Alamosa)
Anoka County
Anon Mines
Avalanche Shaft
B & I No. 1
Becky Sharp
Belgian Hare
Bellview - Hudson
Big Dipper
Black Earth Shaft
Black Squirrel
Blind
Blue Bird
Blue Ridge Tunnel
Boat
Boreas
Braun
Bullion King (Mayflower)
Caddo
Capitol Shaft - Senator Vein
Cardigan Group
Cardwell
Cash
Casino Shaft
Chance
Christina
Clear Creek & Gilpen (Specht; Monarch; Silver King; Hiawatha; Syndicate; Sound; Mackay; Freeland; California; Torry; Ruby)
Clear Creek Gold
Cleveland Tunnel - Silverwing
Collom
Colomin
Commonwealth Shaft
Cooper
Corbett
Crystal
Daniel Peters
Design
Dexter (Dexter Tunnel)
Dierks
Donaldson Group
Dover
Dumont Placer
Eagen
Eclipse
Edgar Extension
Edward Shaft
Edward Tunnel
Elida (American Eagle; Lincoln; Ohio Bell; Climax; Capitol; Senator; Blue Ridge; Mayflower; Cymric; Hamilton; Andrew Lowe; East Murray Crosscut; 4-C)
Ella Tunnel
Elliott & Barber 1 & 2
England
Equinox Shaft
Esmeralda
Estrella Tunnel
European
Extension No. 2
F & C
Fairfield Tunnel
Fairmount (Shafter)
Fairview
Falu Shaft
Florence
Ford Hill
Fortune
Foxhall
Freeland Tunnel (McClelland Tunnel)
French Flag
Gem Consolidated
German Tunnel
Geyser
Giant Warrior Shaft
Gillespie Group
Gilt Edge
Golconda Mine
Gold Bullion Shaft
Gold Glen (Golden Glen Tunnel)
Gold Medal
Gold Pit
Golden Calf Shaft
Golden Rule
Grass Valley
Gum Tree Mine - Shaft & Tunnel
Harpoon
Heliotrope Tunnel
Hidden Diamond
Highlander
Honest John
Hoosac
Horn Lode
Houston
Idaho Bride
Idaho Springs
Ingram
Iron King
J.A.M.
Jessica
Joe Reynolds (Elida)
Jones Placer
Joseph A. Horn
Josephine Shaft & Tunnel
Jumbo Tunnel
K.K.K.
Keast Tunnel
Kennedy Group
King Cyrus
Kobold
La Clide
Lake West
Lalla
Lawrence L.
Legal Tender
Lena
Lily
Lincoln
Little Boss
Little Giant Mine
Little Ute
London Tunnel West
Lone Star
Lucky Find
Lucky Gold
Lucky Strike Group
M. And E. Adit
MAB
Mackay Tunnel
Madison
Major C. And Little Colonial
Manhattan Shaft
Marguerite B
Martha Parks
Mary D. Raymond
Mary Mine
Mattie
May Queen
McMickle
Mendic
Mendick Tunnel
Merrimac Tunnel
Metals Tunnel
Mix Prospect
Monarch
Monitor Shaft
Morgan Shaft &Tunnel
Mount Etna Tunnel
Mount Vesuvius Tunnel
Murray Mine
Murry Mine
Nabob Mine (Silver Belt; Baltic; Last Chance; Walt Stemble)
Neglected
Neptune
New Bedford
New Century
New Era Placer
New Hope
North America
Ocean Queen
Ohio
Ohio Belle
Old Settler Mine & Tunnel
Old Stag Tunnel
Oneida Tunnel
Orphan
Orvetta And Little Ruby Tunnel
Park Group
Parker Placer
Patton
Peabody (Robineau Occurrence)
Phillips Occurrence (Silver King; Lee; Fireman And Conductors; Fanny; Golden Eagle; Albro)
Phoenix Shaft
Potosi
Pride Of The Rock
Queen Elizabeth
Rainbow
Range Line Tunnel
Raymond P. Heon
Red Elephant Group (Boulder Nest Mine; Free American Mine; St. James Mine; Tabor Mine; White Mine)
Red Lion
Refuge
Refugee Group
Remington
Renshaw - Miller
Renshaw - Mosher
Rising Sun
Roote Ranch
Royal Ann
Schley
Senator Tunnel
Shakespeare
Sherman Shaft
Silent Friend
Silver Cycle
Silver Gem
Silver Jim
Silver King Tunnel
Silver Spruce
Squaw
St. George
Startle Tunnel
Stephens Placer
Sunshine Tunnel
Sweet Home
Syndicate Tunnel Eastern
Syndicate Tunnel Western
Syracuse
Tamasoa
Teller Tunnel
Theobold Placer
Tigris
Toledo Mine - Toledo Tunnel (Henaley Shaft; Schneider Shaft; Oliver Shaft; Schenk Shaft; Cork Shaft)
Tolland County
Torpedo
Trisha Lee Tunnel
Tropic Shaft
Tunnel Lode No. 3
Two Sisters Mine
Tyson
Union Tunnel
Unknown No. FR-75 (MRDS - 10214717)
Unknown Zinc - Lead (MRDS - 10018324)
Ward
Whale Mine
Wilbur
Wyoming Valley Tunnel
Yellow Metals & Fortune
Yukon Girl

Latitude: 39°44'53"N
Longitude: 105°32'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.748055555556,-105.54722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cl 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteDevillineEnargiteEpsomiteFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteWurtziteZippeite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayleyite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Dumontite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3186564,186675,1866942793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31186694315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11866302734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211867473092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11865643250
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3186666,186670,1867291272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211867375509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)7186564,186638,186648,186694,186725,186754,18676511547
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O118672938
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43186665,186726,1867545516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5186636,186726,186765,186768,18679127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3186661,186725,1867654979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3186612,186786,186799925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3186622,186667,1867375707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1186564197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS231186582,186584,186587,186606,186611,186624,186630,186645,186648,186650,186653,186659,186661,186665,186666,186667,186675,186702,186710,186724,186725,186726,186737,186746,186747,186754,186765,186768,186782,186786,18679127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11866093531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS6186611,186622,186630,186661,186726,1867374165
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O118674520
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42186622,186782910
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1186786484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22186564,1866659617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41186664445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS46186564,186568,186574,186580,186582,186584,186587,186590,186601,186604,186606,186611,186622,186624,186630,186636,186638,186645,186648,186650,186653,186659,186661,186665,186666,186667,186675,186694,186701,186702,186710,186724,186725,186726,186737,186744,186745,186746,186747,186754,186765,186768,186786,186789,186791,18679724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13186574,186593,186606,186611,186619,186650,186652,186692,186726,186737,186746,186765,18676830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118661114640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1186747804
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1186745198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22186737,18678612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211867105674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2186630,186666443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22186619,1867105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22186564,18672517380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]5186564,186611,186675,186747,186754249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]7186564,186675,186694,186725,186726,186737,186765716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1186619309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33186564,186675,186765733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32186675,1867261425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS250186564,186568,186582,186584,186587,186590,186601,186604,186606,186608,186610,186611,186612,186622,186624,186630,186636,186638,186645,186647,186648,186650,186653,186659,186661,186665,186666,186667,186675,186701,186702,186703,186706,186710,186712,186724,186725,186737,186744,186746,186747,186754,186765,186768,186769,186782,186786,186789,186791,18679539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211866303106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO250186564,186568,186574,186582,186584,186587,186590,186601,186604,186606,186608,186610,186611,186612,186622,186624,186630,186636,186638,186645,186647,186648,186650,186659,186661,186665,186666,186667,186675,186694,186701,186702,186706,186712,186725,186726,186737,186744,186745,186747,186754,186765,186768,186769,186782,186786,186789,186791,186793,18679561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3186636,186638,1866481711
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O1186729128
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1186619292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)8186564,186606,186630,186648,186725,186726,186737,1867546417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52186666,1867251516
Silver  (*)CopperAg8186574,186593,186619,186664,186675,186692,186726,1867465186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS39186564,186574,186580,186582,186584,186587,186590,186593,186601,186604,186611,186622,186624,186630,186636,186638,186645,186648,186650,186659,186661,186665,186667,186675,186694,186702,186710,186725,186737,186744,186746,186747,186754,186765,186768,186782,186789,186791,18679721482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2186564,186694332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1322186568,186582,186584,186587,186611,186622,186624,186630,186636,186645,186648,186659,186661,186665,186666,186675,186737,186747,186768,186782,186791,1867951803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135186606,186653,186675,186694,1867545317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O8186630,186665,186666,186667,186668,186675,186729,1867451059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO27186650,186657,186667,186675,186710,186729,1867452718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1186670890
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)43186665,186729,186758175


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