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Locality Name:
Smuggler Vein, Smuggler Union Consolidated Mine (Smuggler Mine), Marshall Basin, Telluride District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Smuggler Vein, Smuggler Union Consolidated Mine (Smuggler Mine), Marshall Basin, Telluride District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cimmaron & Bradley Lodes

Latitude: 37°57'24"N
Longitude: 107°46'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.956666666667,-107.77666666667
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Sb Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperGypsumMeloniteNonePolybasite
PyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119706127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119706127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121197061663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119706124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu119706130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119706139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11970611711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11970615186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119706121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311970615317


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