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Locality Name:
Tincup, Tincup District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 114101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-114101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tincup, Tincup District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gold Cup Mine (Gold Cup Republic Mine)

Latitude: 38°43'30"N
Longitude: 106°28'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.725,-106.46777777778
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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11900112734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211900115509
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1190011227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119001127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11900114979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119001127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11900111382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11900113531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119001124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu119001130554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11900111689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119001112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119001139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119001161156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11900115186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119001121482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311900115317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411900111655


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