Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wet Mountains Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1435
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1425

mindat Locality ID: 133669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wet Mountains Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bentley Pegmatite
Big Mac Group (Big Mac Group 1-3)
Dreamers Hope Claim
Five Points Gulch
Grape Creek & Serpent Prospect
Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10264148)
Griffen Property (A. Griffen Ranch)
Homestake No. 2 Claim (Homestake No. 6; Homestake Claims)
Hot Shot Claims
McKinley Mountain Area
O. Tuttle Property
Oak Creek Grade Prospect (Basin Ranch)
Stinkhole Claim
Sunrise Claims I; II And III
Unknown Thorium - REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10018410)
Westfall Gulch

Latitude: 38°18'44"N
Longitude: 105°21'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.312222222222,-105.35527777778

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Zircon

Baryte ()*	Britholite-(Y) ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Thorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Th Ti Y

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			8	188698,188703,188706,188707,188708,188710,188711,188714	11547
Britholite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	(Y,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	1435	1425	0		28
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	188698,188703,188707,188714	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	188708	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	188698,188703	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			7	188698,188703,188706,188707,188708,188710,188711	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			7	188698,188703,188706,188707,188708,188710,188711	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	188707	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	188698,188707	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1435	1425	1	188699	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	188707,188714	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	188709	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1435	1425	1	188699	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			8	188698,188703,188706,188707,188708,188710,188711,188714	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1435	1425	11	188696,188698,188699,188703,188706,188707,188708,188709,188710,188711,188714	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	188698,188703	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	188707	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			7	188698,188703,188707,188708,188710,188711,188714	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1435	1425	1	188699	1516
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			8	188697,188698,188703,188706,188707,188708,188710,188711	1006

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_101	1435	1425	1430±5	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			224613	Five Points Gulch, Wet Mountains Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	Five Points Gulch	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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