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Locality Name:
Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine; Sweet Home Lode And Pulaski Lode [Patents 106 And 107]), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 3690
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3690.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine; Sweet Home Lode And Pulaski Lode [Patents 106 And 107]), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°18'46"N
Longitude: 106°7'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.312777777778,-106.11805555556

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBranneriteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFluorite
KaoliniteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteTopazTripliteWurtziteZinkenite
Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goyazite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Helvine  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Svanbergite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Triplite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS326260315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)262602734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2262603092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2626011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4262605516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O626260248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2626027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)262604979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22626027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O262603531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS262604165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O262602970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)426260651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S262601027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2262609895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS426260910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)262608173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O26260345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F262602740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2262609617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1226260663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2626024243
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)626260173
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS26260717
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S26260237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32626014640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)26260469
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1426260784
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)226260234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22626012537
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS82626092
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2262605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22626017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22626039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22626061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)262601711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2262605614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)262604894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O26260292
Silver  (*)CopperAg262605186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)262602473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2626021482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S282626073
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS26260332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS262602045
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)626260105
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13262601803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13262605317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2262601476
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F26260233
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)26260939
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S4226260228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)262605251



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_141262626±0Ar/Ar k-feldspar     3690Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine; Sweet Home Lode And Pulaski Lode [Patents 106 And 107]), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USASweet Home MineMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050019Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine; Sweet Home Lode And Pulaski Lode [Patents 106 And 107]), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050019


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