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Locality Name:
Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1488.77
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1408.77

mindat Locality ID: 50053
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50053.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bell Claim
Chance Claim
Jerome Craig Ranch
McKinley Mine
Thimble Rock Pegmatites
Unaweep Canyon
Unnamed Pegmatites

Latitude: 38°49'18"N
Longitude: 108°36'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.821666666667,-108.60916666667

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Topaz

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Boltwoodite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Topaz ()*

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 Au Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H K Mo Na O Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Topaz

21 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	192301	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	192301,192310	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	192306,192308	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1488.77	1408.77	2	192305,192309	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			3	192299,192301,192303	4286
Boltwoodite ()*	None	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O	1488.77	1408.77	0		67
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1488.77	1408.77	3	192305,192308,192309	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1488.77	1408.77	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1488.77	1408.77	3	192306,192308,192309	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1488.77	1408.77	3	192305,192308,192309	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1488.77	1408.77	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	192308	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	192308	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1488.77	1408.77	2	192308,192309	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	192306,192308	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1488.77	1408.77	0		5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1488.77	1408.77	2	192308,192309	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1488.77	1408.77	4	192301,192305,192308,192309	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	192299	353
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	192308	1101
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	192308	1476

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
	USGS-Rb-Sr-01297	1488.77	1408.77	1448.77±40	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		whole rock							65675	Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks Claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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