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Locality Name:
Lone Cone District (Dunton District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49884
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49884.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lone Cone District (Dunton District), Dolores Co., Colorado, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
A. B. G. Mine (Amy; Esmerelda; F.V.G.; Burns Group; Nagara)
Allen Claims Group
America Mine (Corkscrew; Columbia; MS 18486a; Nil Desperandum; MS 18486a; Patented Claims: America; MS 18486a)
Blaine Tunnel (Rico Argentine)
Blue Eagle Mine
Como
Emma Mine (Barbara; Normandic; Brooklyn; MS 18498; Sirius; MS 12931; Cynthia; Orion; MS 12953a; Modern Mines)
Free Coinage Mine
Geyser Creek
Geyser Group (Wheel Of Fortune; Uncle Bim; Unpatented Claims: Aviation; Blue Bird No. 2)
Jeep
Little Silver Occurrence
Little Susan Occurrence (Little Susie; Blue Jay)
Macpherson Drilling
Modern Gold Mines
Mount Pleasant
Nettie Occurrence (Susan)
Poor Boy
Privateer Prospect
Prospect (MRDS - 10118256)
Rosebud Mine (Robert Rom; Black Imp Nos. 1-3; Unpatented Claims: Rosebud Nos. 1-3; Rosebud Extension; Rosebud Mill Site)
Smuggler Mine
Smuggler/Almont (Smuggler Almont)
Sulfur King
Sulphur Queen Group
Teaser Occurrence
Troy
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10239460)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10263899)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10214379)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10287972)
Unnamed Sulfur Prospect (MRDS - 10166592)
Yellow Bee

Latitude: 37°44'50"N
Longitude: 108°6'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.747222222222,-108.10666666667

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Melanterite	None
Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Melanterite None
Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	6	187481,187485,187486,187488,187500,187501	2793
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	187485	272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	187485,187500	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	187479	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	187483	1184
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	187479,187481,187485,187486,187488,187499,187500	27198
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	187485	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	187481,187485,187486,187488,187495,187499,187500	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	187495	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	187485	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	187485	409
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	187485	915
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	187501	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	6	187481,187485,187486,187488,187500,187501	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	5	187481,187485,187486,187488,187500	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	187479,187485,187488,187495,187499,187500	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	187479,187481,187485,187486,187488,187495,187499,187500	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	187499	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	187479,187481,187485,187486,187488,187499,187500	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	187500	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	187499	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	187499	1803
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	1	187483	628

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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