Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
St. Kevin - Independence, Lake Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 53116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St. Kevin - Independence, Lake Co., Colorado, USA": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 46
Child Localities:
Amity Shaft
Bartlett Mine
Birdella Shaft
Black Iron Mine
Boyd Tunnel
Dinero Mine
Dinero Tunnel
Gertrude-Venture Mine
Golden Curry
Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10142212)
Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10166478)
Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10215097)
Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10239232)
Griffin Tunnel
Gunnison Mine
Haphazard Mine
Huckleberry Shaft
Iron Mask
Josie May Mine
Lakewood Mine
Laplander Tunnel
Little Annie
Little Sugar Loaf Placer
Lower Wilkesbarre Tunnel
Nellie C Mine
Nelson Tunnel
Perley Placer
Pine View
President Mine
Red Hook Mine
Reed Shaft
Rosse Tunnel
Shields (Tiger-Shields Mine)
St. Kevin Occurrence
Swisher Tunnel
T. L. Welsh Mine
Turquoise Chief Mine (Poor Boy)
Turquoise Lake
Turquoise Lake Occurrence
Turquoise Lake Stock
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10016194)
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10016195)
Unknown Silver - Zinc - Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10016191)
Unknown Zinc - Lead - Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10016183)
Unknown Zinc - Silver - Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10016199)
Upper Wilkesbarre Tunnel

Latitude: 39°16'48"N
Longitude: 106°22'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.28,-106.36805555556

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	Alunite	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore
Enargite	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Turquoise	Wavellite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Autunite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Enargite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Galena ()*
Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*
Torbernite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cu H Mg O S Sb Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore
Enargite Epidote Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Topaz Turquoise Wavellite Wurtzite

30 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	191677	2793
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	191702	1272
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	191677	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	191690	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	191687	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	191711	481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	191687	910
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	191710	73
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	191673,191677,191685,191705	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	191690	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	191690,191708	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	191711,191712	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	191691,191692,191705,191707,191708,191711	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	0		716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	191672,191673,191677,191685,191687,191691,191692,191695,191704,191705,191707	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	191712	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	191672,191673,191677,191685,191691,191692,191695,191704,191705,191707,191711,191712	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	191677	1711
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	191711	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	191677,191678,191704	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	191673,191677,191685,191692,191705	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	191677,191686	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	191712	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	191690	1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2	191690,191708	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2	191711,191712	374
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	191711	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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