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Locality Name:
Silverton, Animas District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 380
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13

mindat Locality ID: 3663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silverton, Animas District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA": 66
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Anvil Mountain
Arrastra Basin
Hazelton Mountain
Ideal Placer
Kendall Mountain
Round Mountain
Storm Peak Area
Sultan Mountain

Latitude: 37°48'18"N
Longitude: 107°38'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.805,-107.64722222222
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteClay
ColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteFeldsparFluoriteGypsum
LillianiteLinariteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePolybasitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Monticellite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)26132196126,1961802734
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)326131196141544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226132196141,1961675509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)26134196145,196148,196160,19617011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6261311961621633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26132196146,19618027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)26133196126,196133,1961624979
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O2613119616291
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2261318196124,196127,196133,196143,196144,196145,196147,196149,196157,196158,196160,196162,196170,196173,196176,196177,196179,19618027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26132196179,1961804165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S261311961801027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6261311961464135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226133196133,196143,1961489617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1226135196133,196173,196175,196176,196179663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS261323196124,196126,196127,196133,196143,196144,196145,196147,196148,196149,196157,196158,196159,196160,196161,196162,196170,196173,196175,196176,196177,196179,19618024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)26132196162,1961677437
Gold  (*)CopperAu26132196167,19618030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O261311961266890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326132196179,19618014640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)26138196124,196125,196126,196143,196147,196175,196179,196184469
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1426132196169,196180784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6261311961262228
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS626131196179128
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)226131196162987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226132196162,19616712537
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)26131196146153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226132196126,19616717380
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)62613119616264
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]26131196180249
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)626132196126,196167477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O26131196162309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2261315196124,196133,196134,196136,196144,196148,196157,196158,196162,196170,196173,196175,196177,196179,19618039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2261311961773106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2261313196126,196136,196145,196148,196157,196158,196160,196162,196170,196173,196176,196179,19618061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)26136196148,196162,196169,196173,196179,1961801711
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)26131196178598
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O26131196162292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)26134196148,196162,196169,1961806417
Silver  (*)CopperAg26132196133,1961485186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS261317196126,196133,196143,196144,196145,196146,196147,196148,196149,196157,196158,196162,196170,196173,196177,196179,19618021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3261311961793418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13261311961771803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO261311961581101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1326138196127,196133,196145,196160,196170,196173,196179,1961805317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2261311961462562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10261311961461395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3261311961461247


4 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
Jen_000143816.61316.6-13 age of mineralizationscheelite   Scheelite  3663Silverton, Animas District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USASilvertonPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 
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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