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Locality Name:
Rico, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 69298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rico, Rico District (Pioneer District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Atlantic Cable Mine
Rico Boy Mine
Uncle Remus Mine

Latitude: 37°41'33"N
Longitude: 108°1'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.6925,-108.03027777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F H K Mg O S Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AubertiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wilcoxite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)118763827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2118763827198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211876399895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11876388173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118763824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu118764030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118763814640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211876405800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22187638,18763939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811876389056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2118763861156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11876396417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11876385186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS118763821482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011876381395
Wilcoxite  (*)AubertiteMgAl(SO4)2F·17H2O011
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311876381247


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