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Locality Name:
Lake George (Badger Flats) Area, Park Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1079
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1075

mindat Locality ID: 158487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake George (Badger Flats) Area, Park Co., Colorado, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Gold Star Prospect
Haymon
Hilda May Prospect
Hill Top Prospect
Kyner Occurrence
Last Chance Prospect
Marksbury Gulch Area
Mary B
Shamrock - Irish Prospect
Tappan Mountain Area
Tappan Mtn Prospect Pit
Two Bit Claims
Unknown Beryllium Occurrence (MRDS - 10016066)
Unknown Beryllium Occurrence (MRDS - 10091020)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10143587)
Unnamed Pegmatite (1)
Unnamed Pegmatite (2)
Wheel Of Fortune Claim

Latitude: 39°2'51"N
Longitude: 105°24'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.0475,-105.40527777778
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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na Nb O Si Ta U Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteSchoepiteSmectite-vermiculiteTourmalineVesuvianite
Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Curite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Schorl  (*)Soddyite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41079107511948015516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)107910754194793,194794,194795,19479627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21079107511948015171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210791075119480127198
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O10791075119477951
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6107910754194793,194794,194795,1947964135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)107910754194793,194794,194795,1947968173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21079107511948019617
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)107910752194807,1948094924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21079107511948015800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210791075119480117380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)107910754194793,194794,194795,194796494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210791075119480139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2107910758194793,194794,194795,194796,194801,194807,194808,19480961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2107910752194807,1948085614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)107910755194793,194794,194795,194796,1948014894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)610791075119477994
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1079107502705
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)210791075119477944
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1079107511947811006
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2107910752194779,1947992718
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O107910751194780652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10107910754194793,194794,194795,1947961395
Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)Columbite(Y,U,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)410791075051


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_132107910751077±2Ar/Ar    Yes  3668Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USAPike's PeakMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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