Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taylor Gulch, Garfield, Monarch District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 69310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taylor Gulch, Garfield, Monarch District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Garfield Mine
Indianapolis Mine

Latitude: 38°33'37"N
Longitude: 106°17'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.560277777778,-106.28722222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Diaspore Epidote Garnet Malachite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	185540	2734
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	185540,185541	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	185540	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	185540,185541	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	185540	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	185540	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	185540	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	185540,185541	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	185540,185541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	185540	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	185541	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	185540	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	185540,185541	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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