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Locality Name:
Mount Lincoln, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 185752
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185752.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Lincoln, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
London Butte Mine (Butte Mine)
London Extension Mine
London Mine
North London Mine
Russia Mine

Latitude: 39°17'25"N
Longitude: 106°8'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.290277777778,-106.14305555556

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMelonite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hessite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1194510489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11945092734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211945095509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)119451111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119450927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11945115707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22194509,19451127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11945114165
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121194511663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2194509,19451124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4194507,194508,194509,19451030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11945116890
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1194510804
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22194509,19451112537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119450917380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21194510409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22194509,19451139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24194507,194508,194509,19451061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11945111711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2194509,19451121482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41194510337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311945115317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211945082718



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