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:
Horse Creek, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 69297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69297.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gold Anchor Mine
Iron Draw Mine
Johnney Bull Mine
Puzzle Mine (Puzzler Mine)

Latitude: 37°42'55"N
Longitude: 108°4'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.715277777778,-108.07555555556

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	Allophane	Clay	Copper	Enargite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Allophane ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Br Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Clay Copper Enargite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	187583	2793
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	187583	470
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	187583	227
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	187583	1382
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	187582	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	187580	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	187580,187582,187583	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	187580,187582	5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	187580	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	187582	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	187580,187582,187583	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	187580,187582,187583	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	187583	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	187580	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	187580,187581,187582	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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