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Locality Name:
Alicante, Lake Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 276620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alicante, Lake Co., Colorado, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Arkansas Pit
Buckeye Gulch
Ceresco
Chalk Mountain Occurrence
Chalk Mountain Porphry
Clinton Gulch
Colorado Travel Tunnel Occurrence (Pirate; Vault; Gold Key; Banker; Wire Gold)
Doublin Tunnel
Elkhorn Shaft
Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10118077)
Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10159356)
Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10264002)
Jennie June Mine
Little Corinne
Mt Chief No. 3
Mt. Zion Occurrence
Prince Frederick
Small Hopes
Unknown Fluorine - Fluorite (MRDS - 10117916)
Unknown Gold - Manganese - Zinc - Lead - Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10016170)
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10091034)
Unknown Manganese - Lead - Zinc Occurrence (MRDS - 10016175)
Unknown Manganese (MRDS - 10288644)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10263866)
Zephyr

Latitude: 39°19'53"N
Longitude: 106°12'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.331388888889,-106.20666666667

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 Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Te U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorrensiteFeldsparFluoriteMeloniteMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTopaz

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rectorite  (*)Rickardite  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Topaz  (*)Uraninite  (*)Weissite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11911798803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1191176489
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22191178,19120027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1191176169
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4191178,191181,191182,19120024243
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1191176804
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1191181469
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4119117621
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211911785800
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1191180144
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21191176409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23191176,191182,19120039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24191178,191179,191181,19120061156
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O119117549
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe2119117652
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1191179598
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3191178,191182,19120021482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)119117692
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41191176337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1191176190
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211911791476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211911802718
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe119117631



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