Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Preuss-Cactus Mine, San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 183178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-183178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Preuss-Cactus Mine, San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°28'59"N
Longitude: 113°16'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.483055555556,-113.28305555556

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Al Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	66	2.6	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	2.6	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	2.6	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	2.6	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	2.6	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	66	2.6	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	66	2.6	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66	2.6	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	66	2.6	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	2.6	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	2.6	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66	2.6	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	2.6	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	66	2.6	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	2.6	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	2.6	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	2.6	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	66	2.6	5317

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-00488	66	2.6	Tertiary							Yes				28922	San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA	San Francisco	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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