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Locality Name:
South Mountain, Summitville District (Summit District), Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 69300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Mountain, Summitville District (Summit District), Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aztec Mine (Summit Lode Mine; Fairview Mine; Aztec No. 1; Aztec No. 2; Claim: Aztec; MS 621a)
Del Norte Mine
Golconda Mine
Little Annie Mine
Margaretta Mine
Wightmans Fork

Latitude: 37°25'22"N
Longitude: 106°35'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.422777777778,-106.59777777778
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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEnargite
EpidoteFeldsparMicaNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelStanniteSulphurTurquoiseWurtziteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Turquoise  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11954388803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11954381036
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2195438,19544011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119543827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11954405707
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811954381756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3195438,195440,1954414165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611954384135
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41195438910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11954388173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2195438,19544024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4195438,195441,195442,19544330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119543814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311954385433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611954382228
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41195438198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4119543814899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119543817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11954382349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22195438,19544039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22195438,19544161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211954385614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1195438598
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2195438,19544021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11954382045
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1195441484
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11954385251


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