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Locality Name:
Bulldog Mountain Mine (Bulldog Mountain Operation), Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24.3

mindat Locality ID: 3610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bulldog Mountain Mine (Bulldog Mountain Operation), Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°51'36"N
Longitude: 106°56'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.86,-106.93888888889

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Devilline
Fluorite	Jalpaite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

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 Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Devilline
Fluorite Jalpaite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Starkeyite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	24.9	24.3	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	24.9	24.3	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	24.9	24.3	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	24.9	24.3	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	24.9	24.3	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	24.9	24.3	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	24.9	24.3	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	24.9	24.3	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	24.9	24.3	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	24.9	24.3	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	24.9	24.3	3846
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	24.9	24.3	179
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	24.9	24.3	163
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	24.9	24.3	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24.9	24.3	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	24.9	24.3	14640
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	24.9	24.3	116
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	24.9	24.3	581
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	24.9	24.3	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	24.9	24.3	51
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	24.9	24.3	300
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	24.9	24.3	1107
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	24.9	24.3	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	24.9	24.3	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	24.9	24.3	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	24.9	24.3	1725
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	24.9	24.3	84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	24.9	24.3	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	24.9	24.3	1711
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	24.9	24.3	454
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	24.9	24.3	293
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	24.9	24.3	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	24.9	24.3	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	24.9	24.3	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	24.9	24.3	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	24.9	24.3	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	24.9	24.3	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	24.9	24.3	1655
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	24.9	24.3	89

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
	EG71_1006	24.9	24.3	24.6±0.3	K-Ar		high	sericite			Yes				25833	Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA	Creede, Colorado	Bethke et al. (1976)	10.2113/gsecongeo.71.6.1006	EG71_1006	P. 1008

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