Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lower Clear Creek Area, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 214329
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214329.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lower Clear Creek Area, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
High Grade Group
Quickie Iron Mine
Roscoe Placer
Snyder; Saddleback Mtn.
Strip Mine (MRDS - 10166756)
Texaco
Unknown Gold (Uilla; MRDS - 10117472)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10018258)

Latitude: 39°43'44"N
Longitude: 105°25'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.728888888889,-105.42777777778

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.

Beryl	Copper	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Zircon

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 Be Fe O P S Si Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Copper Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Gahnite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	186808	4286
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	186808	445
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	186807,186812	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	186808	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	186807	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	186807	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	186808	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	186807,186812	5186
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	186808	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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