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Locality Name:
Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1625.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 578.4

mindat Locality ID: 49888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Acme Property
Colorado Copper Company Mine
Copper Prince Mine
Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?)
Indian Springs Gulch Prospect
Queen Princess Property
Red Gulch Mine
Unknown Quartz (MRDS - 10264153)

Latitude: 38°29'52"N
Longitude: 105°42'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.497777777778,-105.70027777778

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.

Baryte	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group

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 Ba C Cu Fe H O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Copper Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Silver ()*

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1625.4	578.4	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			5	188544,188545,188546,188549,188550	11547
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			5	188544,188545,188546,188549,188550	5707
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	188548	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1625.4	578.4	6	188544,188545,188546,188547,188549,188550	12537
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			6	188544,188545,188546,188548,188549,188550	5186

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01623_206_238	1327.1	1327.1	1327.1	206_238	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01623_207_206	1625.4	1625.4	1625.4	207_206	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01623_207_235	1445.9	1445.9	1445.9	207_235	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01624_206_238	1019.6	1019.6	1019.6	206_238	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01624_207_206	1563.3	1563.3	1563.3	207_206	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01624_207_235	1208.3	1208.3	1208.3	207_235	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01625_206_238	811.9	811.9	811.9	206_238	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01625_207_206	1494.5	1494.5	1494.5	207_206	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01625_207_235	1018.7	1018.7	1018.7	207_235	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01626_206_238	578.4	578.4	578.4	206_238	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01626_207_206	1351.2	1351.2	1351.2	207_206	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01626_207_235	763.2	763.2	763.2	207_235	age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	112960	Dirty Gulch Mine (Copper Prince Mine?), Red Gulch District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

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