Bird Creek Mine (Per Cent No. 15; MS 19538; Claims: Per Cent No. 12; MS 19538), Royal Arch Mining District (Spar City Mining District), Mineral County, Colorado, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 41' 53'' North , 106° 56' 54'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Creede | 405 (2011) | 16.9km |
| South Fork | 362 (2017) | 27.3km |
| Gerrard | 278 (2011) | 31.3km |
| Alpine | 174 (2011) | 31.6km |
| Pagosa Springs | 1,756 (2017) | 47.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
116066
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:116066:9
GUID (UUID V4):
f725d385-0292-41bf-8f44-ce69fc0b9a6d
REF:Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPAR CITY QUADRANGLE, MINERAL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1052
Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., 1964, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE SPAR CITY DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER
Commodities (Major) - Zinc, Lead, Silver
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Fisher Quartz Latite, Snowshoe Mountain Tuff
Structure: Deep Creek Graben, San Juan Volcanic Field, Creede Caldera
Host Rock: Quartz Latite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
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2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Great Plains DomainDomain
USA
- San Juan MountainsMountain Range
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