Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Greenback Mine, Iron Hill, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 115203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-115203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenback Mine, Iron Hill, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°15'1"N
Longitude: 106°16'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.250277777778,-106.26888888889

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.

Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Kobellite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

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 As Au Bi Cu Fe H O Pb S Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Cu Fe H O Pb S Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Kobellite Melanterite Meneghinite None Pyrite Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Altaite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Silver ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	41.3	37.9	315
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	41.3	37.9	489
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	41.3	37.9	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	41.3	37.9	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	41.3	37.9	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	41.3	37.9	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	41.3	37.9	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	41.3	37.9	804
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	41.3	37.9	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	41.3	37.9	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	41.3	37.9	5186
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	41.3	37.9	1803

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
	sedznpb-00472	41.3	37.9	39.6±1.7							Yes				3652	Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA	Leadville	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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