Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Tincup District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tincup District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 58

Number of Child Localities: 58
Child Localities:
Anna Dedrika
Anna; Union Gulch; Grubstake; Homestake; Monometalist Occurrence
Bertha Gulch Placers
Blistered Horn Tunnel
Consolidated; Nellie Placers
Copper King Occurrence
Cumberland Mine
Cumberland; Sinbad; York; Deadlock; Michigan Occurrence
Deacon
Drew
El Capitan
Gold Bug
Gold Hill
Goodale Placer
Hotrocks Mine
Indiana
Iron Cup Claim
Iron Ore Lode Occurrence
Iron; Copper King; Little Copper King; Kalamazoo; Little Giant Placer
Jimmie Mack
Little Anna
Little Giant; Willow Creek; What Is It; Vanadium; Hillerton Placers
M.C.R.R.
Madeline No. 2
Magnetite Occurrence (MRDS - 10091069)
Matchless; Boss; Peerless; Champion Occurrence
McCormick Group
Monitor Claim
Mono Metalist Lode
Napoleon Occurrence
National
Nellie Union Gulch Occurrence
New Discovery Claims
Orient Occurrence (Mammoth; Emma H.; Hubnerite; Occident; Bon Ton; Morning Glory; Molybdenite; Porcupine; Ida May)
Oro; Nellie Placers
Robert E. Lee
Sections Lode
Silver Cup
Sylvan Dell Occurrence
Tincup
Tincup Gulch Placers
Tincup Mine
Tincup Pass
Unknown Gold - Lead - Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10016341)
Unknown Gold - Silver - Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10016337)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10142755)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10190992)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10191009)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10208084)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10215341)
Unknown Lead - Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10091071)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10239269)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10288501)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10215571)
Vanadium; Little Giant Placers
Wahl
West Gold Hill
Willow Creek Placers

Latitude: 38°44'21"N
Longitude: 106°29'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.739166666667,-106.49388888889

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	Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H Mo O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

35 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	189981	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4	189981,189990,190008,190011	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	189974,190011,190013	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	189983	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	190011	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	189978,189980,190000,190001,190008,190009,190011,190013,190028	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	11	189974,189979,189980,189981,189986,189990,190000,190008,190011,190013,190028	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	189983	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	189974,189976,189978,189982,190011	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3	189981,190008,190011	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	5	189974,189980,190011,190013,190028	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	189988,190027	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	189983	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	189983	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	189978	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	189979,189981,189986,189995,190009,190028	9895
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	0		345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	189974,189979,189980,189981,189986,189990,190000,190001,190008,190011,190013	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33	189971,189972,189973,189975,189979,189980,189981,189982,189984,189986,189989,189990,189991,189992,189996,189997,190002,190004,190005,190006,190007,190008,190010,190011,190012,190013,190015,190016,190022,190026,190027,190028,190029	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	189978,189993	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	6	189974,189980,189981,190008,190011,190013	1689
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	189983	469
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	189978,189988,189995	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8	189974,189978,189980,189981,190001,190011,190013,190028	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5	189976,189983,189998,190003,190004	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	189983	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	189974,189981,190000,190001,190011	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	190014	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	189974,189978,189979,189980,189981,189983,189986,189990,190000,190001,190008,190009,190011,190013,190028	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	18	189971,189978,189980,189981,189987,189990,189991,189993,190004,190006,190008,190009,190010,190011,190015,190016,190022,190028	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	189974,190000,190008	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	189974,190000,190001,190011	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	189974,190011	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	189978	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	190011,190013	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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