Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
C.H.C. Hill, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 69295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "C.H.C. Hill, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lily D. Mine (Carrie; Silver Belt)
Mountain Springs Mine (Rico Argentine)
Pigeon Mine
Wellington Mine

Latitude: 37°42'46"N
Longitude: 108°1'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.712777777778,-108.02555555556

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Melanterite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Topaz

Alabandite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Melanterite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Topaz

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	187543	312
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	187543	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	187543	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	187543	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	187545	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	187543	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	187542,187545	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	187545	481
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	187542	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	187543,187545	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	187545	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	187544	2228
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	187545	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	187545	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	187542,187543,187544,187545	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	187542,187543	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	187542	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	187542,187545	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	187545	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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