Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 74.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 134622
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134622.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Albion (Comanche; Maine; Washington; Penobscot; Monarch Occurrence)
Eureka Tunnel
Snowy Range Mine

Latitude: 40°2'59"N
Longitude: 105°35'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.049722222222,-105.59444444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetradymite

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: Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mo S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetradymite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetradymite ()*

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	74.8	45	1	184906	1022
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70.7	55	2	184907,184908	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70.7	55	1	184908	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	70.7	55	1	184908	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	74.8	45	2	184906,184908	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	74.8	45	2	184906,184908	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	74.8	45	0		5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70.7	55	1	184908	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	74.8	45	3	184906,184907,184908	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70.7	55	1	184908	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	74.8	45	2	184906,184908	510

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-32731	63	45	54±9	32731	109822	Albion (Comanche; Maine; Washington; Penobscot; Monarch Occurrence), Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-32734	74.8	61.2	68±6.8	32734	109822	Albion (Comanche; Maine; Washington; Penobscot; Monarch Occurrence), Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-128208	65	55	60±5	128208	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2631	67.4	65.2	66.3±1.1	2631	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2632	67.4	65.2	66.3±1.1	2632	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2633	67.4	65.2	66.3±1.1	2633	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2634	67.4	65.2	66.3±1.1	2634	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2635	67.4	65.2	66.3±1.1	2635	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-2694	70.7	57.9	64.3±6.4	2694	110453	Snowy Range Mine, Lake Albion, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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