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Locality Name:
Frisco, 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: 20077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frisco, San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Horn Silver Mine

Latitude: 38°26'57"N
Longitude: 113°16'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.449166666667,-113.27555555556

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCovelliteEpidoteEpsomiteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSartoriteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
SulphurVesuvianiteVoltaiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S662.612714232793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6662.61271423966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)662.612714232734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2662.612714235509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)662.6127142311547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6662.61271423132
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7662.61271423450
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6662.612714231633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)662.6127142327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)662.612714234979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O662.61271423925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S662.612714235707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2662.6127142327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl662.612714231382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O662.612714233531
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5662.61271423344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS662.612714234165
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5662.6127142334
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)662.612714238173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.6127142324243
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O662.61271423188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS662.61271423717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O662.612714236890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14662.61271423784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6662.612714232228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4662.612714235591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2662.61271423987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4662.6127142314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2662.6127142312537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O662.612714232994
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6662.61271423477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3662.61271423733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3662.612714231425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.6127142339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2662.6127142361156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O662.612714231153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)662.612714232473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS662.6127142321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3662.612714233418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS662.612714232045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO662.612714231101
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10662.612714231395
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O662.61271423111
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3662.612714231247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4662.612714231655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS662.61271423372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)662.612714235251



1 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
sedznpb-00488662.6Tertiary     Yes  28922San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USASan FranciscoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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