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Locality Name:
Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23.8

mindat Locality ID: 50075
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50075.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Greenhorn Occurrence
Grizzly Gulch
Independence Mine (Gatton; MS 1422; Claims: Independence; MS 1421; Mammoth; MS 1424; Dolly Varden; MS 1423)
Lincoln Gulch
Mt. Hope Mine (Golden Champion Mill Site; MS 1882b; Golden Champion; MS 1882a; Claims:Mount Hope; MS 1881a; Mount Hope Mill Site; MS 1881b)
Ruby Mine (MS 12174; Claims: Ruby 1-4)
Sphalerite Mine
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10018128)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10118600)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10167627)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10190923)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10240139)

Latitude: 39°5'23"N
Longitude: 106°33'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.089722222222,-106.55861111111

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

23 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	195198	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	33.7	23.8	2	195194,195199	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	36.3	23.8	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36.3	23.8	5	195195,195196,195197,195198,195199	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	195196	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	195198	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	195196	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36.3	23.8	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	195199	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	36.3	23.8	2	195195,195197	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	36.3	23.8	0		5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	36.3	23.8	0		1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	195198	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	33.7	23.8	2	195193,195194	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	36.3	23.8	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36.3	23.8	0		17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	33.7	23.8	1	195194	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	33.7	23.8	2	195194,195198	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36.3	23.8	7	195193,195194,195195,195196,195197,195198,195199	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36.3	23.8	6	195193,195194,195195,195197,195198,195199	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	36.3	23.8	2	195195,195197	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	195198,195199	21482
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	36.3	23.8	0		652

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-67124	33.7	23.8	28.75±4.95	67124	158688	Grizzly Gulch, Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-67127	33.7	23.8	28.75±4.95	67127	158688	Grizzly Gulch, Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-67128	33.7	23.8	28.75±4.95	67128	158688	Grizzly Gulch, Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-67118	33.7	23.8	28.75±4.95	67118	118064	Independence Mine (Gatton; MS 1422; Claims: Independence; MS 1421; Mammoth; MS 1424; Dolly Varden; MS 1423), Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-67156	33.7	23.8	28.75±4.95	67156	118064	Independence Mine (Gatton; MS 1422; Claims: Independence; MS 1421; Mammoth; MS 1424; Dolly Varden; MS 1423), Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-67157	33.7	23.8	28.75±4.95	67157	118064	Independence Mine (Gatton; MS 1422; Claims: Independence; MS 1421; Mammoth; MS 1424; Dolly Varden; MS 1423), Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-67158	33.7	23.8	28.75±4.95	67158	118064	Independence Mine (Gatton; MS 1422; Claims: Independence; MS 1421; Mammoth; MS 1424; Dolly Varden; MS 1423), Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-67159	33.7	23.8	28.75±4.95	67159	118064	Independence Mine (Gatton; MS 1422; Claims: Independence; MS 1421; Mammoth; MS 1424; Dolly Varden; MS 1423), Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-67160	36.3	29.7	33±3.3	67160	118064	Independence Mine (Gatton; MS 1422; Claims: Independence; MS 1421; Mammoth; MS 1424; Dolly Varden; MS 1423), Lincoln District (Lincoln Gulch District; Ruby District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

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