Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Imperial 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: 37606
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37606.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 38°27'45"N
Longitude: 113°17'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.4625,-113.29444444444

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel	Vesuvianite

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel Vesuvianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	2.6	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	66	2.6	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	2.6	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	2.6	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	2.6	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	66	2.6	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	2.6	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	2.6	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	2.6	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	2.6	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	66	2.6	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	2.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	2.6	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	66	2.6	4894
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	66	2.6	1395

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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