Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Veta District, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21.3

mindat Locality ID: 49914
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49914.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Veta District, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Black Jack No. 2 Claim
Bullseye Mine
Dallas Dottie Prospect
Independent Claim
Occidental Claim
Unnamed Silver Prospects (MRDS - 10011627)
Unnamed Silver Prospects (MRDS - 10087404)
Washout Claim (Price Ranch)
Wayatoya Creek Placer

Latitude: 37°23'38"N
Longitude: 105°2'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.393888888889,-105.04944444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Digenite Fluorite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	190399,190403	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	190401,190402	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	190398	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			3	190399,190400,190403	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	190397,190399,190401,190402,190403	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3	190399,190400,190403	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	190399,190403	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	190403	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			2	190399,190403	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	190397,190401,190402	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	27.2	21.3	2	190397,190404	30554
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	190400	182
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	190401,190402	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	190401,190402	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	190401,190402	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	190401,190402	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	190400	2718

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-1410	27.2	21.3	24.25±2.95					1410						114566	Wayatoya Creek Placer, La Veta District, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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