Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Box Canyon District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49900
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49900.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Box Canyon District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Abe Lincoln Tunnel Occurrence
Camp Bird Mine
Hot Springs Valley Placers (MRDS - 10016396)
Independence
Lookout Mountain Area
Old Independence Occurrence
Unknown Copper - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10016408)
Unknown Gemstone Occurrence (MRDS - 10016409)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118333)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118686)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10190967)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10191123)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10207807)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10288050)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10288232)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10016392)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10016404)

Latitude: 38°33'46"N
Longitude: 106°32'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.562777777778,-106.54166666667

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.

Andalusite	Copper	None

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 Cu O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Copper None

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Copper ()*	Gold ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	189388	1310
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	189381,189387	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	189382,189383,189384,189386,189387,189396,189397	30554
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	189386,189396,189397	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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