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Locality Name:
Alicante, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 3587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alicante, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Iron Hill
John Reed Mine
Ule Mine
Ute Mine

Latitude: 39°17'40"N
Longitude: 106°12'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.294444444444,-106.21472222222

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Minium	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Minium ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Baryte Calcite Copper Corundum Minium None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	41.3	37.9	5	191251,191252,191253,191254,191255	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	41.3	37.9	1	191256	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	41.3	37.9	1	191251	91
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	41.3	37.9	5	191251,191252,191253,191254,191255	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	41.3	37.9	2	191257,191258	5707
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	41.3	37.9	6	191251,191252,191253,191254,191255,191256	1382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	41.3	37.9	1	191256	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	41.3	37.9	8	191251,191252,191253,191254,191255,191256,191257,191258	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	41.3	37.9	5	191251,191252,191253,191254,191255	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	41.3	37.9	5	191251,191252,191253,191254,191255	1689
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	41.3	37.9	5	191251,191252,191253,191254,191255	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	41.3	37.9	3	191251,191253,191256	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	41.3	37.9	5	191251,191252,191253,191254,191255	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	41.3	37.9	5	191251,191252,191253,191254,191255	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	41.3	37.9	1	191256	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	41.3	37.9	2	191251,191256	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	41.3	37.9	1	191251	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	41.3	37.9	8	191251,191252,191253,191254,191255,191256,191257,191258	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	41.3	37.9	2	191257,191258	586
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	41.3	37.9	1	191252	2045

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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