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Locality Name:
Little Indian No. 6 Prospect, Marshall Pass District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 203
Youngest recorded age at locality: 94

mindat Locality ID: 118561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-118561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Indian No. 6 Prospect, Marshall Pass District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°24'19"N
Longitude: 106°19'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.405277777778,-106.33083333333

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: Ca H O Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
None

1 IMA Minerals at location:
Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O203940890



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000794The Lookout claims are a set of 34 claims in Saguache Co., Colorado, in the Marshall Pass uranium district. The district is located about 12 miles southeast of Sargents and spans the Saguache and Gunnison counties. Two of the major ore bodies, including the Lookout 22 body in particular, were found in alluvium at an elevation of approximately 10,000 feet.
Giersdorf_00000795The Lookout claims are a set of 34 claims in Saguache Co., Colorado, in the Marshall Pass uranium district. The district is located about 12 miles southeast of Sargents and spans the Saguache and Gunnison counties. Two of the major ore bodies, including the Lookout 22 body in particular, were found in alluvium at an elevation of approximately 10,000 feet.
Giersdorf_00000796The Lookout claims are a set of 34 claims in Saguache Co., Colorado, in the Marshall Pass uranium district. The district is located about 12 miles southeast of Sargents and spans the Saguache and Gunnison counties. Two of the major ore bodies, including the Lookout 22 body in particular, were found in alluvium at an elevation of approximately 10,000 feet.


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_00000794949494202Pb-238UThe ages given are noted by the author to be insufficiently sourced as they are only derived from a single sample. The author expresses that more Marshall Pass uranium minerals should be dated to collect an average age for the set of deposits.uraninite  YesUraniniteAutunite, Boltwoodite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Ianthinite, Marcasite, Metazeunerite, Pyrite, Schoepite, Soddyite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, ZeuneriteU30136Lookout No. 22 Claim, Marshall Pass District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USALookout No. 22 ClaimGross (1965) AM50_909Pb202-U238 age for a uraninite sample
Giersdorf_00000795999999207Pb-235UThe ages given are noted by the author to be insufficiently sourced as they are only derived from a single sample. The author expresses that more Marshall Pass uranium minerals should be dated to collect an average age for the set of deposits.uraninite  YesUraniniteAutunite, Boltwoodite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Ianthinite, Marcasite, Metazeunerite, Pyrite, Schoepite, Soddyite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, ZeuneriteU30136Lookout No. 22 Claim, Marshall Pass District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USALookout No. 22 ClaimGross (1965) AM50_909Pb207-U235 age for a uraninite sample
Giersdorf_00000796203203203207Pb-206PbThe ages given are noted by the author to be insufficiently sourced as they are only derived from a single sample. The author expresses that more Marshall Pass uranium minerals should be dated to collect an average age for the set of deposits.uraninite  YesUraniniteAutunite, Boltwoodite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Ianthinite, Marcasite, Metazeunerite, Pyrite, Schoepite, Soddyite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, ZeuneriteU30136Lookout No. 22 Claim, Marshall Pass District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USALookout No. 22 ClaimGross (1965) AM50_909Pb207-Pb206 age for a uraninite sample


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