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Locality Name:
Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine; Sweet Home Lode And Pulaski Lode [Patents 106 And 107]), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 3690
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3690.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine; Sweet Home Lode And Pulaski Lode [Patents 106 And 107]), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°18'46"N
Longitude: 106°7'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.312777777778,-106.11805555556

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Triplite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite
Zircon

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brannerite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline Digenite Enargite Epidote Fluorite
Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Topaz Triplite Wurtzite Zinkenite
Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goyazite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Helvine ()*
Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mawsonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Svanbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zinkenite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	26	26	315
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	26	26	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	26	26	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	26	26	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	26	26	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	26	26	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26	26	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	26	26	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	26	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	26	26	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	26	26	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	26	26	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	26	26	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	26	26	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	26	26	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	26	26	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	26	26	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	26	26	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	26	26	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	26	26	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	26	26	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	26	26	24243
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	26	26	173
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	26	26	717
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	26	26	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	26	26	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	26	26	469
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	26	26	784
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	26	26	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	26	26	12537
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	26	26	92
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	26	26	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	26	26	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26	26	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26	26	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	26	26	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	26	26	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	26	26	4894
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	26	26	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	26	26	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	26	26	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26	26	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	26	26	73
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	26	26	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	26	26	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	26	26	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	26	26	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	26	26	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	26	26	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	26	26	233
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	26	26	939
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	26	26	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	26	26	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_141	26	26	26±0	Ar/Ar			k-feldspar							3690	Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine; Sweet Home Lode And Pulaski Lode [Patents 106 And 107]), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA	Sweet Home Mine	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050019	Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine; Sweet Home Lode And Pulaski Lode [Patents 106 And 107]), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R050019

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