Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Costilla Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Costilla Co., Colorado, USA": 57
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Blanca District
El Plomo District
Grayback District (Russell District)
Jake & Hank
McCarty Park Area
Mesita Hill Quarry
Ore Body (MRDS - 10190497)
Rio Grande River
San Luis Valley
Trinchera Range

Latitude: 37°21'17"N
Longitude: 105°25'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.354722222222,-105.4175

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	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite
Garnet	Malachite	Melonite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tetradymite	Volborthite

Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Volborthite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite
Garnet Malachite Melonite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Tetradymite Volborthite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	187115	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	187063	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	187070	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3	187067,187068,187069	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	187070,187115	718
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	3	187077,187083,187104	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	187070,187086,187102	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	187108	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	187074,187085,187098,187100,187105	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	187074,187085,187098,187100,187105	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	187070,187086,187102	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	187064	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	187067,187068,187069,187103	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	12	187060,187061,187062,187063,187071,187072,187075,187077,187083,187095,187101,187104	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	187064,187081,187082,187086,187102	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	187063	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	187115	5433
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	1	187109	123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	187108	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	187086,187102,187115	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	187070,187108	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	187063,187067,187078,187102,187104	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	187067,187070,187112	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	187072	5186
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	187063	276
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	187108	155

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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