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Locality Name:
Sunset, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 132825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunset, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Copper Glance
Dolly Varden Mine
Free Coinage
Orphan Boy Occurrence
Red Hot Mine

Latitude: 40°2'7"N
Longitude: 105°27'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.035277777778,-105.46361111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumEnargiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411851325516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22185131,18513227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2185132,1851353531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11851313846
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41185132910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118513324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4185131,185132,185133,18513430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118513214640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211851325800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2118513117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24185131,185132,185133,18513439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24185131,185132,185133,18513461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11851316417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11851335186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311851335317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


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