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:
Elkhorn District (Three Forks District; Slater District), Routt Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elkhorn District (Three Forks District; Slater District), Routt Co., Colorado, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Elkhorn Mine
King Solomon Creek Occurrence
Little Snake Occurrence
Middle Fork Lode Occurrence
Twin Mountain Placers
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10167513)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10167528)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10289473)
Whiskey Park Occurrence

Latitude: 40°57'11"N
Longitude: 106°56'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.953055555556,-106.93472222222

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.

Aragonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Au C Cu Fe O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	195479	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	195479	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	195479	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	195483	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	195479	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	195479	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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