Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Black Girl Mine, Paquin District, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 65506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Girl Mine, Paquin District, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Copper	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Scheelite	Tetrahedrite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Copper Gypsum Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrochlore Quartz Scheelite Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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