Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alice Mine, Alice District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alice Mine, Alice District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Alice Glory Hole

Latitude: 39°48'53"N
Longitude: 105°39'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.814722222222,-105.65555555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Lillianite
Meneghinite	Mica	None	Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Aikinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Benjaminite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cupropavonite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Friedrichite ()*	Gold ()*	Hammarite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*
Hodrušite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Matildite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pavonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Covellite Lillianite
Meneghinite Mica None Pavonite Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	185767	315
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	185767	11547
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	1	185767	45
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	185767	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	185767	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	185767	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	185767	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	185767	4165
Cupropavonite ()*	Pavonite	Cu_0.9Ag_0.5Pb_0.6Bi_2.5S₅	0		18
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	185767	246
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	0		43
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	185767	30554
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉	0		43
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	1	185767	66
Hodrušite ()*	None	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂	0		28
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	0		80
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	185767	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	0		72
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	185767	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	185767	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	185767	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	185767	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	185767	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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