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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1693.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 25

mindat Locality ID: 24118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA": 66
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 52
Child Localities:
Airborne Anomaly 18 Occurrence
Anna Lee Lode Occurrence
Barite Lode 2 Occurrence
Barite Lode Occurrence
Barrel Springs Mine (Pearl Springs Barite Vein)
Beardsley Deposit (Zabel-Beardsley Lease)
Big Chief 1 Claim (Star Mine)
Big Horn Mine (Big Horn; Grey Ram; Burro Claims)
Blue Bird Claim (Greenwood Property)
Buckeye - Holt Mine
Charleston Property
Colorado Zinc Company Mine
Cora B Claim (Greenwood Property)
Damn Fool Claims (Macho 1-20; Hopeful 1-3; Margaret Group; Crestone 1-6)
Derby Extension
Fair View Lode Occurrence
Feldspar Mine (Feldspar Lode)
Floyd Watters Ranch (Lewis C. Mundy Claim; Walter's Ranch)
G. W. And Antrim Claims (G. W. Lode Claims; Antrim Claims)
Gem Park Complex Prospect (Wet Mountains)
Gold Crown No. 2 Claim (Gold Crown No. 1; May Day Lode; Hidden Treasury)
Haputa Ranch (Haputa Extension)
Hardin Claim Group
Hardwick Mine
Hoza Ranch
John Spalding Occurrence (Spaulding)
Lee Jones Ranch Occurrence (Jones Ranch)
Lucky Strike Prospect
McKinley Mountain Area
Mystery Lode Occurrence
Nightingale Mine
Oak Creek
Pine Tree Claim (Greenwood Property)
Pocahontas Mine (1)
Quarry (MRDS - 10190539)
Querida
Rare Earth Special No. 1 And No. 2 Claims
Rosita District
Sewell Ranch Occurrence
Skek City Mine (Skek Mine)
Strip Mine (MRDS - 10107946)
Sunshine Valley Lode Occurrence
Swartz Ranch Occurrence (D.P. Van Nouhuys Property)
Tomsick Property
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10094513)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10094533)
Unknown Fluorine - Fluorite (MRDS - 10239413)
Unknown Fluorine - Fluorite (MRDS - 10239508)
Unknown Vermiculite (MRDS - 10288148)
Unknown Zinc (MRDS - 10166766)
Unnamed Strip Mine (MRDS - 10101781)
Wet Mountain Mine

Latitude: 38°9'9"N
Longitude: 105°18'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.1525,-105.31305555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Melonite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Brockite ()*	Calciosamarskite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fersmanite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Te Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Melonite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

40 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1693.8	1668.9	3	187400,187420,187423	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	187423	3092
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1693.8	1668.9	1	187400	295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1693.8	551	37	187373,187374,187375,187376,187377,187378,187380,187382,187384,187388,187390,187391,187392,187393,187395,187397,187401,187402,187403,187404,187405,187406,187407,187408,187409,187410,187411,187412,187413,187415,187416,187420,187421,187424,187428,187430,187437	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	187428	606
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O			4	187395,187413,187420,187423	48
Calciosamarskite ()*	Columbite	(Ca,Fe,Y)(Nb,Ta,Ti)O₄			1	187403	11
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			9	187389,187390,187393,187401,187402,187420,187421,187423,187424	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	187385	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	187377	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			11	187374,187375,187378,187379,187390,187393,187402,187405,187412,187413,187423	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	551	551	2	187391,187423	9895
Fersmanite ()*	None	Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄(Ti,Nb)₄(Si₂O₇)₂O₈F₃			1	187421	11
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	187420	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1693.8	1668.9	16	187377,187380,187382,187384,187389,187393,187395,187401,187403,187404,187406,187408,187410,187411,187415,187430	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1693.8	1668.9	29	187373,187374,187375,187377,187378,187380,187382,187383,187384,187389,187390,187393,187395,187397,187401,187402,187403,187404,187406,187407,187408,187410,187411,187412,187413,187415,187423,187424,187430	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	187377,187401	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	187379,187401,187423	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			15	187373,187374,187375,187377,187384,187389,187390,187393,187397,187401,187407,187415,187420,187423,187428	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	187423	1689
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	187423	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	187423	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	187393,187428	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	187377,187400,187401	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	187436	5800
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	187423	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1693.8	1668.9	21	187373,187375,187377,187380,187382,187384,187393,187395,187401,187402,187403,187404,187406,187408,187410,187411,187413,187415,187420,187423,187430	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1693.8	1668.9	32	187373,187374,187375,187377,187378,187380,187382,187384,187387,187392,187393,187395,187397,187401,187402,187403,187404,187405,187406,187407,187408,187410,187411,187413,187415,187420,187421,187423,187424,187427,187428,187430	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	187412	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	187377,187393,187401	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			8	187378,187384,187387,187393,187401,187402,187407,187423	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	187374,187375	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	187423	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	187383,187396,187412,187423	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	187423	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	187423	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	187423	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1693.8	1668.9	37	187373,187374,187375,187377,187378,187380,187382,187384,187387,187389,187390,187392,187393,187395,187397,187398,187401,187402,187403,187404,187405,187406,187407,187408,187409,187410,187411,187412,187413,187415,187420,187421,187424,187427,187428,187429,187430	1006
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	187393	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	187393,187428	5251

14 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
ree-00657	551	551	551 Ma (K-Ar, rie, fenite)	K-Ar	rie			112157	Gem Park Complex Prospect (Wet Mountains), Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA	Gem Park	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01615_206_238	1685.2	1685.2	1685.2	206_238	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01615_207_206	1693	1693	1693	207_206	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01615_207_235	1688.7	1688.7	1688.7	207_235	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01616_206_238	1680.8	1680.8	1680.8	206_238	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01616_207_206	1693.8	1693.8	1693.8	207_206	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01616_207_235	1686.5	1686.5	1686.5	207_235	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01617_206_238	1675.4	1675.4	1675.4	206_238	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01617_207_206	1693	1693	1693	207_206	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01617_207_235	1683.2	1683.2	1683.2	207_235	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01618_206_238	1668.9	1668.9	1668.9	206_238	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01618_207_206	1687.5	1687.5	1687.5	207_206	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01618_207_235	1677.1	1677.1	1677.1	207_235	zircon		Zircon	112293	Twenty Grand Claim, McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
NAVDAT-35612	35	25	30±5			35612		112283	Strip Mine (MRDS - 10107946), Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT

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