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Locality Name:
Browns Canyon District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 42
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.7

mindat Locality ID: 69288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Browns Canyon District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Alderman Deposit
Arkansas Claim (American Fluorspar Mine; Bapp Mine)
Bancroft Incline
Blue Stone Deposit
Browns Canyon (Dostal Mine)
Chimney Hill Mine (Morgan Ranch Deposits; Manganese Hill)
Colorado - American Mine (West Vein; Trefone Adit; East Vein; American Shaft; Mill Adit; Branch Or Collins Vein)
Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine
Commercial Minerals Inc.
Condor
Curly Lee Shaft
Fluorspar Syndicate
Hill Top
Jack Rabbit Group
Joe Robesnick
Last Chance Mine (Lower Adit; Kramer Mine; Adit No. 1; Adit No. 2)
Lionell Occurrence
Manganese Occurrence (MRDS - 10018346)
Poncha Springs
Snowflake Deposit
Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit (MRDS - 10013780)
Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit (MRDS - 10013781)
Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit (MRDS - 10087834)
White King Deposit
Wonder Lode

Latitude: 38°37'59"N
Longitude: 106°3'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.633055555556,-106.05972222222

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Kaolinite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	42	31.7	10	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185296,185297	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	42	31.7	10	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185296,185297	27770
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	185290	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	42	31.7	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	42	31.7	9	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185297	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	42	31.7	9	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185297	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	42	31.7	9	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185297	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			8	185272,185275,185277,185278,185291,185292,185293,185297	5591
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	42	31.7	9	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185297	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	42	31.7	0		5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	42	31.7	9	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185297	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	42	31.7	9	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185297	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	42	31.7	9	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185297	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	42	31.7	10	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185296,185297	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	42	31.7	10	185272,185275,185277,185278,185287,185291,185292,185293,185296,185297	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	185272	598

2 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
	NAVDAT-35680	41.7	31.7	36.7±5					35680						110791	Last Chance Mine (Lower Adit; Kramer Mine; Adit No. 1; Adit No. 2), Browns Canyon District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-35681	42	32	37±5					35681						110791	Last Chance Mine (Lower Adit; Kramer Mine; Adit No. 1; Adit No. 2), Browns Canyon District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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