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Locality Name:
Mountain Lion Mine - Keystone Vein, Magnolia District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 5943
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5943.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mountain Lion Mine - Keystone Vein, Magnolia District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°59'27"N
Longitude: 105°22'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.990833333333,-105.36972222222

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Zemannite

Calaverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Gold ()*	Keystoneite ()*
Magnolite ()*	Mercury ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*

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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Ni O S Si Te V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Ni O S Si Te V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Zemannite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	65.5	361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65.5	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	65.5	169
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65.5	30554
Keystoneite ()*	Zemannite	Mg_0.5NiFe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·4H₂O	65.5	4
Magnolite ()*	None	Hg¹⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)	65.5	3
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	65.5	397
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65.5	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65.5	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65.5	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65.5	253
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	65.5	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	65.5	190

2 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
	Hg-00080	65.5	0		?-?						Yes		Calomel, Coloradoite, Magnolite, Mercury	Hg	24262	Magnolia District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA		Kelly and Goddard (1969)		GSAM109_237
	Mo-00187	65.5	0		?-?						Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	24262	Magnolia District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA		Kelly and Goddard (1969)		GSAM109_237

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