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Locality Name:
Summit Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1805
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 22147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Summit Co., Colorado, USA": 431
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 397

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
American Gulch Placer
Argentine District
Argentine Pass
Blue River Area
Breckenridge District
Buffalo Placers
Chalk Mountain
Frey Placer Claims
Frisco
Galena Gulch Placers
Georgia Gulch Placer
Gore Range
Green Mountain District
Hail Stone Mine
Heeney
Humbug Hill Placer
Illinois Gulch Placers
Keystone Area
King Soloman
Kokomo-Tenmile Area
Mark Twain Mine
Monte Cristo Area
Montezuma Area
Montezuma District (Snake River District)
North Rock Creek Area
North Star Mountain
Peru District
Quandary Peak
Rich Gulch Placers
Skookum Mine
Soda Gulch Placers
Swan River District
Swan Valley Placers
Swandyke Area
Toledo Tunnel
Unknown Fluorine-Fluorite Occurrence (MRDS - 10018529)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10143400)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10167725)
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10018541)
Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10167370)
Upper Blue River District
Wheeler Junction
Wild Irishman (Altoona; Herman Occurrence) Montezuma Area

Latitude: 39°34'23"N
Longitude: 106°3'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.573055555556,-106.06

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 As Au Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi S Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
BaryteBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGeocronite
GypsumJalpaiteKaoliniteKobelliteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMica
MolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePerovskitePolybasitePyritePyrophyllite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteSulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTridymiteTungstiteWollastonite
WurtziteZircon

123 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benjaminite  (*)
Berryite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Eskimoite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hammarite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Idaite  (*)Iridium  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)
Joséite-B  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lead  (*)Lillianite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Ourayite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S14197583,197674,197895,197896,197906,197931,197937,197939,197951,197956,197958,197959,197962,1979722793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31197952315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS2197605,197962312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11976268803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3662.64197778,197782,197802,1978092353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511979521310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3662.67197634,197638,197662,197676,197782,197795,1978221534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)662.66197641,197652,197720,197767,197931,1979652734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11979101588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211197608,197633,197711,197714,197740,197896,197920,197952,197957,197991,1979943092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS662.65197761,197775,197867,197916,1979359052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611976262060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25197606,197620,197626,197649,1979525509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)662.620197598,197600,197606,197607,197612,197623,197721,197740,197767,197814,197900,197916,197922,197931,197932,197939,197952,197961,197991,19800911547
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S12119795245
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16119795250
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18662.62197791,1978824286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63197599,197922,197947413
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O1197952178
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31197952214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11976621966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S36197662,197669,197686,197876,197951,1979521935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42197880,1978905516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111197890843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311978901089
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1197890227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)662.616197605,197607,197633,197649,197663,197667,197676,197682,197697,197740,197767,197795,197811,197812,197814,19795227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)662.615197599,197626,197649,197652,197687,197697,197704,197705,197706,197707,197720,197723,197740,197767,1979524979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O4197582,197606,197935,197952925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2662.639197581,197582,197584,197600,197606,197608,197616,197623,197649,197669,197686,197714,197754,197767,197791,197805,197876,197880,197882,197883,197886,197890,197902,197915,197916,197923,197930,197931,197935,197938,197940,197945,197951,197952,197956,197968,197972,197991,19800927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl662.65197599,197626,197674,197767,1979511382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4197626,197629,197649,1979523531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2197582,1979853846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11976074165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31197883802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11976202970
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S24119795243
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O119796181
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1197952481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41197982651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23197882,197910,1979629895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)662.64197634,197676,197795,1979528173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1197952484
Eskimoite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb10Bi15S36119795120
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O662.62197793,197885345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23197581,197669,1977509617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122197582,197923663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.678197581,197582,197584,197589,197598,197599,197600,197605,197606,197607,197608,197612,197623,197633,197641,197644,197646,197651,197652,197669,197670,197682,197686,197689,197697,197704,197705,197706,197707,197708,197711,197714,197720,197723,197740,197754,197761,197762,197763,197767,197805,197811,197812,197813,197814,197867,197882,197883,197886,197896,197900,197902,197915,197916,197917,197920,197928,197930,197931,197933,197935,197937,197938,197939,197940,197945,197947,197950,197951,197952,197957,197962,197967,197976,197985,197991,197994,19800924243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S42197951,197952192
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231197916133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2197626,1979427437
Gold  (*)CopperAu662.633197589,197600,197618,197620,197626,197631,197652,197663,197664,197666,197667,197668,197669,197670,197672,197673,197675,197682,197684,197686,197689,197692,197693,197708,197740,197791,197876,197880,197886,197896,197946,197986,19799930554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1197952188
Graphite  (*)NoneC11979522812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5197626,197651,197662,197663,1979106890
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S9119795243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3662.68197626,197660,197676,197729,197795,197886,197952,19797214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11979521689
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)63197954,197965,19797082
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)2197880,197883469
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS41197883142
Iridium  (*)CopperIr2197673,197676162
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS22197607,197890116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)64197626,197652,197931,1979662228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S231198009105
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S18052.6086
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42197626,1976695591
Lead  (*)CopperPb1197626192
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS62197910,197952128
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4662.66197660,197717,197729,197795,197886,19795214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26197606,197620,197626,197663,197717,19795212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2662.64197686,197767,197814,1979165674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS23197605,197918,197951252
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2197952,197954915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS22197952,197959300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2197626,1979524924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2662.69197616,197764,197767,197793,197795,197880,197883,197885,1979105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2662.66197606,197626,197682,197689,197767,19795217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11979302994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)662.65197626,197710,197767,197952,1979732349
Ourayite  (*)LillianiteAg3Pb4Bi5S13119795124
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S52197890,19797072
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]662.610197609,197782,197895,197906,197922,197930,197931,197937,197952,197960249
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1197673485
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]6197895,197906,197931,197951,197952,197957716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33197896,197931,197958733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS310197754,197895,197896,197906,197931,197937,197951,197952,197957,1979591425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.674197582,197584,197589,197598,197599,197600,197606,197608,197612,197616,197623,197626,197633,197644,197646,197649,197651,197659,197660,197669,197670,197682,197686,197689,197692,197697,197708,197711,197714,197721,197723,197729,197740,197754,197761,197767,197775,197782,197789,197791,197795,197796,197805,197811,197812,197814,197815,197822,197867,197871,197876,197882,197883,197886,197890,197896,197902,197910,197916,197920,197931,197935,197950,197951,197956,197961,197962,197963,197968,197970,197986,197991,197994,19799939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2662.63197622,197767,1979523106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3197902,197932,1979451725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21197952771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8662.66197767,197775,197789,197815,197867,1978739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2662.653197581,197582,197584,197589,197599,197600,197607,197608,197612,197626,197652,197660,197669,197674,197676,197682,197686,197711,197714,197729,197744,197754,197761,197762,197767,197791,197803,197814,197876,197883,197886,197890,197896,197900,197906,197910,197915,197916,197920,197922,197930,197931,197935,197945,197947,197950,197951,197952,197961,197972,197982,197991,19800961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)9197605,197669,197755,197895,197906,197910,197931,197959,1979621711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)662.61197814969
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)662.62197744,197767598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2197880,1978834894
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1197751390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11977611153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S212197890,197916165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)662.69197644,197697,197721,197723,197740,197767,197896,197972,1980096417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52197600,1979521516
Silver  (*)CopperAg662.620197589,197610,197618,197626,197674,197689,197693,197708,197740,197775,197806,197810,197811,197812,197814,197896,197900,197931,197952,1979575186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31197956531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)662.69197697,197723,197740,197775,197801,197807,197810,197814,1979522473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS662.671197581,197582,197584,197589,197598,197599,197600,197605,197608,197616,197623,197633,197644,197646,197651,197659,197669,197670,197682,197684,197686,197689,197697,197711,197714,197721,197723,197740,197754,197761,197762,197763,197767,197775,197796,197805,197811,197812,197813,197814,197867,197871,197882,197883,197886,197896,197900,197902,197910,197915,197916,197917,197920,197931,197935,197937,197938,197939,197945,197947,197950,197951,197952,197954,197957,197967,197968,197970,197972,197991,19799421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS44197581,197931,197937,197952586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS5197607,197765,197890,197952,197953332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS4197605,197626,197687,1979522045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211979523337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134197930,197945,197952,1980091803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S662.61197791510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1323197582,197598,197600,197606,197740,197754,197762,197895,197896,197900,197902,197906,197916,197930,197931,197935,197938,197945,197950,197952,197965,197991,1980095317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11976264899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211977441476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211979522562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2662.61197803458
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O1197883118
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1197626605
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS31197883297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3662.611977671247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411976261655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11976265251



5 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
NAVDAT-19711180517951800±5   19711    120285King Soloman, Summit Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-19712180517951800±5   19712    120285King Soloman, Summit Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
sedznpb-00495662.6Tertiary        50133Kokomo-Tenmile Area, Summit Co., Colorado, USATenmileSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
NAVDAT-19713180517951800±5   19713    120439Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10167370), Summit Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-19714180517951800±5   19714    120439Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10167370), Summit Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050140Big Four Mine, Heeney, Green Mountain District, Summit Co., Colorado, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050140


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