Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rifle Mine (Oriole Claims; Rifle Creek Mine; North Star Claims), East Rifle Creek Area, Garfield Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rifle Mine (Oriole Claims; Rifle Creek Mine; North Star Claims), East Rifle Creek Area, Garfield Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°39'55"N
Longitude: 107°41'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.665277777778,-107.68722222222

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	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Marcasite	Mica	None
Pascoite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Straczekite	Sulphur

Acanthite ()*	Bayleyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Corvusite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Liebigite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Metarossite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Montroseite ()*	Pascoite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderotil ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Swartzite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si U V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Marcasite Mica None
Pascoite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Straczekite Sulphur

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Bayleyite ()*	None	Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·18H₂O	38
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1184
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	281
Corvusite ()*	Straczekite	(Na,Ca,K)_1-x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)₈O₂₀·4H₂O	79
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	78
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Metarossite ()*	None	CaV⁵⁺₂O₆·2H₂O	34
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)	136
Pascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₃V⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	253
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	143
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Swartzite ()*	None	CaMg(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·12H₂O	4
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	628

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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