Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wellington Mine, C.H.C. Hill, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 68147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wellington Mine, C.H.C. Hill, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°42'46"N
Longitude: 108°1'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.712777777778,-108.02305555556

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.

Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	Melanterite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Topaz

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: Al Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Gypsum Melanterite Mica None Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Topaz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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