Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 55

mindat Locality ID: 110453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-110453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°2'60"N
Longitude: 105°36'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.05,-105.60388888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetradymite

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: Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetradymite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70.7	55	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70.7	55	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	70.7	55	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70.7	55	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	70.7	55	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70.7	55	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70.7	55	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70.7	55	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	70.7	55	510

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-128208	65	55	60±5	128208	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2631	67.4	65.2	66.3±1.1	2631	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2632	67.4	65.2	66.3±1.1	2632	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2633	67.4	65.2	66.3±1.1	2633	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2634	67.4	65.2	66.3±1.1	2634	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2635	67.4	65.2	66.3±1.1	2635	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2694	70.7	57.9	64.3±6.4	2694	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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