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Locality Name:
Bessie G Mine, La Plata District (California District), La Plata Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 8670
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8670.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bessie G Mine, La Plata District (California District), La Plata Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°25'56"N
Longitude: 108°'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.432222222222,-108.00888888889
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FluoriteHalotrichiteKaoliniteKieseriteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bobjonesite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Magnolite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
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
Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteAg6(Cu4Zn2)As4S13014
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bobjonesite  (*)NoneV4+O(SO4)·3H2O03
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe20361
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe0169
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe80111
Magnolite  (*)NoneHg1+2(Te4+O3)03
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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