Difficult Creek District Occurrence, Difficult Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USAi
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Difficult Creek District Occurrence | Occurrence |
Difficult Creek Mining District | Mining District |
Gunnison County | County |
Colorado | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 2' 45'' North , 106° 44' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Aspen | 6,882 (2017) | 17.5km |
Mount Crested Butte | 801 (2012) | 24.7km |
Snowmass Village | 2,916 (2017) | 25.3km |
Woody Creek | 263 (2011) | 28.0km |
Crested Butte | 1,579 (2017) | 29.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
113833
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:113833:0
GUID (UUID V4):
274f462f-f959-49b9-bf34-1dd38da24098
REF:The locality also extends into the following counties: Pitkin
Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1073, P. 120-122
Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 7437,7438,8666,8880,9262,9844,9895,12220,12910,12911
Commodities (Major) - Gold, Copper; (Minor) - Silver; (Trace) - Manganese
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Porphyritic Granodiorite
Structure: Sawatch Uplift, Castle Creek Fault Zone, Grizzly Caldera
Host Rock: Gneiss, Schist
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Great Plains DomainDomain
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