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Locality Name:
Inexco Mine, Jamestown District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5995
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5995.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inexco Mine, Jamestown District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Humboldt Mine

Latitude: 40°6'49"N
Longitude: 105°23'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.113611111111,-105.38777777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperDigenite
EnargiteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGeocroniteGermaniteLinariteMalachiteMeneghiniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskiteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite
WeberiteWurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Briartite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cryolite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Geocronite  (*)Germanite  (*)Goslarite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Renierite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Weberite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11848232734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)20295
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211848235509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Briartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeGeS4012
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11848234979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2118482327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11848233531
Cryolite  (*)PerovskiteNa2NaAlF6050
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118482324243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O068
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231184823133
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S16118482333
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O0188
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21184823987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2118482312537
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2118482361156
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16118482337
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)20375
Silver  (*)CopperAg11848235186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311848231803
Weberite  (*)WeberiteNa2MgAlF7013



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