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Locality Name:
Iron 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: 46968
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46968.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Hill, Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Adelaide Mine
Argentine Mine
California Gulch
Double Decker Mine
Moyer Mine
Oro La Plata Mine
South Bull's Eye Mine
Tucson Mine

Latitude: 39°14'32"N
Longitude: 106°15'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.242222222222,-106.26166666667

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	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Epsomite	Feldspar	Kobellite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Minium	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Matildite ()*	Minium ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Epsomite Feldspar Kobellite Malachite Melonite Mica Minium None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

37 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	191482	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	41.3	37.9	1	191482	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	41.3	37.9	5	191474,191475,191476,191477,191480	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	41.3	37.9	1	191482	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	41.3	37.9	1	191471	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	41.3	37.9	1	191482	1935
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	41.3	37.9	1	191479	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	41.3	37.9	1	191472	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	41.3	37.9	7	191471,191474,191475,191476,191477,191480,191482	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	41.3	37.9	1	191482	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	41.3	37.9	1	191482	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	41.3	37.9	5	191474,191475,191476,191477,191480	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	41.3	37.9	1	191471	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	41.3	37.9	1	191471	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	41.3	37.9	1	191471	2970
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	41.3	37.9	1	191482	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	41.3	37.9	8	191471,191472,191474,191475,191476,191477,191480,191482	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	41.3	37.9	1	191482	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	41.3	37.9	2	191471,191482	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	41.3	37.9	1	191482	188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	41.3	37.9	5	191474,191475,191476,191477,191480	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	41.3	37.9	6	191474,191475,191476,191477,191480,191482	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	41.3	37.9	1	191482	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	41.3	37.9	1	191482	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	41.3	37.9	1	191471	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	41.3	37.9	1	191482	252
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	41.3	37.9	5	191474,191475,191476,191477,191480	247
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	41.3	37.9	1	191471	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	41.3	37.9	1	191482	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	41.3	37.9	3	191471,191479,191482	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	41.3	37.9	5	191474,191475,191476,191477,191480	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	41.3	37.9	5	191474,191475,191476,191477,191480	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	41.3	37.9	2	191471,191482	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	41.3	37.9	1	191482	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	41.3	37.9	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	41.3	37.9	1	191482	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	41.3	37.9	7	191474,191475,191476,191477,191479,191480,191482	21482

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

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