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Locality Name:
Elk Park, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 380
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 276085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elk Park, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Clyde Long Property (Surprise Claims; Elk Park Mine; Exxon Lease; Centennial Claims)

Latitude: 37°42'53"N
Longitude: 107°39'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.714722222222,-107.65611111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAutuniteCalciteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumFluoriteLöllingite
MilleriteMolybdeniteNatroautuniteNickelineNonePerovskitePharmacosideritePlancheitePyriteQuartz
ScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSulphurTetrahedriteVivianite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Abernathyite  (*)Acanthite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Autunite  (*)Berthierine  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Iriginite  (*)
Jordisite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metauranospinite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Selenium  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Abernathyite  (*)NatroautuniteK(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O2620119625816
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S262011962582793
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O26201196258445
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O262011962581272
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)42620119625859
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS26201196258966
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O26201196258814
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32620119625814640
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)26201196258123
Iriginite  (*)None(UO2)Mo6+2O7·3H2O2620119625815
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS226201196258102
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs226201196258762
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O26201196258443
Metauranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O2620119625814
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O26201196258182
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS262011962581066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2262011962585800
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O2620119625813
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs26201196258633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS26201196258767
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O26201196258428
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O2620119625874
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O26201196258309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS326201196258733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3262011962581425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22620119625839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22620119625861156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs226201196258233
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O262011962581153
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe26201196258143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)262011962586417
Silver  (*)CopperAg262011962585186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs326202196258531
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13262011962581803
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2262011962582718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O26201196258890
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O2620119625851
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4262011962581655


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000596242022±2238U-206U uraniniteK-172 YesUraniniteUraniniteU4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U238-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000597262224±2235U-207Pb uraniniteK-172 YesUraniniteUraniniteU4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U235-Pb207 analysis
Giersdorf_00000598380280330±50207Pb-206PbThe Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methodslowuraniniteK-172 YesUraniniteUraniniteU4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for Pb207-Pb206 analysis

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