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⇱ Brooklyn Group, Needle Mountain Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA


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Brooklyn Group, Needle Mountain Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USAi
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Brooklyn GroupGroup of Mines
Needle Mountain Mining DistrictMining District
La Plata CountyCounty
ColoradoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 37' 7'' North , 107° 39' 10'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Silverton637 (2011)21.5km
Ophir169 (2017)30.8km
Rico255 (2017)34.2km
Telluride2,399 (2018)38.1km
Mountain Village1,395 (2017)39.1km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Four Corners Gem & Mineral ClubDurango, Colorado43km
Mindat Locality ID:
114881
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:114881:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: SCHMITT, L.J., AND RAYMOND, W.H., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS DISTRICT, SOUTH-WESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1434, 40 P.
Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, C
Commodities (Major) - Gold, Silver; (Trace) - Copper, Lead
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Past Producer
Deposit Model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Host Rock Unit: Eolus Granite
Structure: Needle Mtns Uplift, Eolus Batholith, Chicago Basin Stock, Trimble Stock, San Juan Uplift, San Juan Basin, San Juan Volcanic Field
Host Rock: Granite, Quartz Monzonite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

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2 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2

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