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Locality Name:
Ibex Mine (Little Jonny Mine), Breece Hill, Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 41.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 37.9

mindat Locality ID: 3647
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3647.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ibex Mine (Little Jonny Mine), Breece Hill, Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Garbutt Mine

Latitude: 39°14'34"N
Longitude: 106°13'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.242777777778,-106.23277777778

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Te V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcanthiteColumbiteCopperDescloiziteDiaspore
MiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite
Vivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Descloizite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe41.337.91191411489
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)641.337.90919
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)41.337.904979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O41.337.90925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S41.337.905707
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl41.337.901382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O41.337.903531
Copper  (*)CopperCu41.337.903846
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)41.337.90378
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)41.337.907437
Gold  (*)CopperAu41.337.9030554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O41.337.901689
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)41.337.91191411469
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O441.337.9014899
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O441.337.90247
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O41.337.902994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS241.337.9119141139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl41.337.901725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO241.337.9119141161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)41.337.911914114894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)41.337.911914116417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)41.337.902473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS41.337.9119141121482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1341.337.905317
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O41.337.90636



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-0047241.337.939.6±1.7     Yes  3652Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USALeadvilleSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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