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Sodom Mine (Shiny Lo De; Spring Load; Unpatented Claims: Dixie Nos. 1; 2; 4; 6; Basic Load; Monzonite; Dixie Group; Standard), Manhattan Mining District, Larimer County, Colorado, USAi
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Sodom Mine (Shiny Lo De; Spring Load; Unpatented Claims: Dixie Nos. 1; 2; 4; 6; Basic Load; Monzonite; Dixie Group; Standard)Mine
Manhattan Mining DistrictMining District
Larimer CountyCounty
ColoradoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 43' 46'' North , 105° 38' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Red Feather Lakes343 (2011)9.1km
Estes Park6,257 (2017)40.4km
Grand Lake483 (2017)55.2km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
Fort Collins RockhoundsFort Collins, Colorado50km
Mindat Locality ID:
115559
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:115559:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS O F THE FRONT RANGE, COLOREDO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 285-286
Commodities (Major) - Gold, Silver; (Minor) - Zinc, Lead, Copper
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Gneisses, Sherman Granite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Host Rock: Gneiss
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

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4 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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