Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Park District (Sherman District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Park District (Sherman District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Black Wonder Mine (Black Wonder Extension; MS 4663; Black Wonder No. 2; MS 8493; Patented Claims: Black Wonder; MS 1939)
Cinnamon Pass
George Washington Group (Patented Claims: George Washington; MS 312; No. 2 Ruby; MS 2637)
Minnie Lee Mine (Patented Claims: Minnie Lee; MS 1473a; Minnie Lee Mill Site; MS 1473b; Morning Star; MS 12879)
Sterling Group
Unknown Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10142150)

Latitude: 37°52'53"N
Longitude: 107°28'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.881388888889,-107.47

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Germanite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*

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 As C Cu Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si Th V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Germanite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Zircon

12 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	190323	2793
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	190323,190326	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1	190323	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	190323	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	190323,190324,190325,190326	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	190323	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	190323	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	190323	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	190323,190325	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	190323	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	190323,190326	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	190323	1006

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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