Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Printer Boy Hill, Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 41.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 37.9

mindat Locality ID: 48345
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48345.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Printer Boy Hill, Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Brian Boru Mine
First National Mine
Florence Mine
G. M. Favorite Mine
Lillian Mines
Lower Printer Boy Mine
Minor Tunnel
Sangamon Tunnel
Upper Printer Boy Mine
Wilson Mine

Latitude: 39°13'49"N
Longitude: 106°14'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.230277777778,-106.24722222222

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Kobellite	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kobellite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Bi C Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bismutite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Kobellite None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

20 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	41.3	37.9	1	191498	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	41.3	37.9	1	191495	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	41.3	37.9	1	191495	919
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	41.3	37.9	2	191496,191498	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	41.3	37.9	1	191496	716
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	41.3	37.9	1	191498	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	41.3	37.9	2	191496,191498	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	41.3	37.9	3	191495,191499,191502	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	41.3	37.9	1	191496	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	41.3	37.9	4	191495,191496,191499,191502	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	41.3	37.9	4	191496,191498,191499,191502	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	41.3	37.9	1	191498	14640
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	41.3	37.9	1	191498	87
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	41.3	37.9	1	191496	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	41.3	37.9	3	191495,191499,191502	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	41.3	37.9	1	191498	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	41.3	37.9	2	191495,191499	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	41.3	37.9	1	191495	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	41.3	37.9	1	191495	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	41.3	37.9	2	191499,191502	1803

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00472	41.3	37.9	39.6±1.7							Yes				3652	Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA	Leadville	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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