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Locality Name:
Mount Wilson District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Wilson District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
C & K Drilling Prospect
Lakeside Mine
Magpie Mine (Patented Claims: Magpie; MS 8608; Sunlight; MS 8608; Almeda; MS 8608)
Morning Star Mine
Silver Eagle Lode
Silver Hat
Silver Pick Mine (Synopsis Mine; Tam O'Shanter; MS 9085; Gold Pick; MS 7275a; Archean; MS 1671; Gold Pick Mill Site; MS 7275b; Southport; MS 9086)
Slide Rock - Silver Dollar Group
Special Session Mine (Polar No. 1; MS 12908; Polar No. 2; MS 12908; Oasis; MS 12908; Slide Rock; MS 12908)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10119196)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10192095)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10264402)

Latitude: 37°51'33"N
Longitude: 107°58'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.859166666667,-107.98027777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	196793,196795	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	196793	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	196790,196794	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	196793,196795	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	196791	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	196789,196790,196793,196794,196795	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	196789,196790,196791,196793,196794,196795	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	196789,196790,196793,196794,196795	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	196793	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	196789,196790,196791,196793,196794,196795	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	196788	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	196789,196793	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	196789,196793	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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