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Locality Name:
Swandyke Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 134285
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134285.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swandyke Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Alva
Arabella Mine
Arrastre Queen Mine (Rochester Queen)
Carrie Mine
Keystone
Lower Radical Mine
Richelieu Lode
Star Of The West
Superior Mine (Moscow; Silver Wing; Mark Twain And St. Elmo; Celtic; Denver; Equity; St. Cloud And Windsor; Tiger Extension; Silver King; Superior; Coaly; Sukey; Alladins Lamp)
Tony Mine
Upper Radical Mine
White Swan Occurrence

Latitude: 39°32'17"N
Longitude: 105°52'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.538055555556,-105.88
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: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Dickite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22197991,1979943092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)119799111547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119799127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11979853846
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3197985,197991,19799424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu119798630554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23197986,197991,19799439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119799161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2197991,19799421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311979915317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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