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Locality Name:
Montezuma Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 133850
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133850.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montezuma Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USA": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 59

Number of Child Localities: 52
Child Localities:
Adrian Shaft
Aladdin
Aorta No. 1
Arapaho
Atlantic (Sarisfield; Sarsfield; Bullion And Yellow Jacket; Mozart)
Bell (California; Meteor; Wing)
Braganza
Bullton Extension Occurrence
California Bell Mine
Cashier Mine (Champion)
Climax Mine (Climax Lode)
Collier Mountain
Copeland; Garrett; Tangle Lodes
Daisy G. Pooley
Elise Mine
Equity Mine
Florence Mine
Fred & Will Mine
Glendale
Harold Roberts Tunnel
Hi Ho Mine
Jones Gulch Claims
Kistler Mine
Lower Chataqua Mine
Lucky Baldwin; Blanche
Maid Of Orleans (Jumbo; Little Jumbo)
Marlin; More Work (Roberta; Martin Mine)
Modoc Mine
Montezuma
Morgan (Morgen Manganese Prospect)
Morgan Gulch
Old Settler; Toledo Tunnel; Fisherman (Old Settler And Waterloo; Colorado And Toledo Tunnel)
Pilot
Pinnacle Occurrence
Poor Boy Mine
Preston Tunnel
Radical
Rainbow Occurrence
Red Jacket (Star Of The West; Star Of The West No. 2; Mohawk; Iowa)
Saints John Mine (Florado; Saint John Mine)
Saints Johns Cirque
Silver Cord Mine (Rainbow)
Silver King
Silver Wave
Snake River
Snake River Bog Iron (Iron King)
St Elmo
Teller Mountain
Tip Top Mine
Upper Chatauqua Mine
Waterloo Mine
Wombat Mine

Latitude: 39°34'18"N
Longitude: 105°52'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.571666666667,-105.86722222222

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Copper	Diaspore	Geocronite	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Eskimoite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Opal ()*	Ourayite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Br Cu Fe Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Copper Diaspore Geocronite Gypsum Jalpaite Kobellite Lillianite Marcasite Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pavonite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	7	197895,197896,197906,197931,197937,197939,197951	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	197931	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	197910	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	197896,197920	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	197916,197935	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	197900,197916,197922,197931,197932,197939	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	197922,197947	413
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	197951	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	0		843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	0		227
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	197935	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	197902,197915,197916,197923,197930,197931,197935,197938,197940,197945,197951	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	197951	1382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	197910	9895
Eskimoite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₇Pb₁₀Bi₁₅S₃₆	1	197951	20
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	197923	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20	197896,197900,197902,197915,197916,197917,197920,197928,197930,197931,197933,197935,197937,197938,197939,197940,197945,197947,197950,197951	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	197951	192
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	197916	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	197942	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	197896,197946	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	197910	6890
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	0		116
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	197931	2228
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	1	197910	128
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	197916	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	2	197918,197951	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	197910	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	197930	2994
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃	1	197951	24
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	0		72
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	6	197895,197906,197922,197930,197931,197937	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	4	197895,197906,197931,197951	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2	197896,197931	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	6	197895,197896,197906,197931,197937,197951	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	197896,197902,197910,197916,197920,197931,197935,197950,197951	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	197902,197932,197945	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	197896,197900,197906,197910,197915,197916,197920,197922,197930,197931,197935,197945,197947,197950,197951	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	4	197895,197906,197910,197931	1711
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	197916	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	197896	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	197896,197900,197931	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	17	197896,197900,197902,197910,197915,197916,197917,197920,197931,197935,197937,197938,197939,197945,197947,197950,197951	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	197931,197937	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	0		332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	197930,197945	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	12	197895,197896,197900,197902,197906,197916,197930,197931,197935,197938,197945,197950	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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