Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hidden Treasure, Upper Union District (Empire District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 73
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 111404
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-111404.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hidden Treasure, Upper Union District (Empire District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°45'44"N
Longitude: 105°43'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.762222222222,-105.71694444444

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	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Au Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	73	60	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	73	60	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	73	60	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	73	60	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	73	60	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	73	60	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	73	60	21482

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-128194	70	60	65±5					128194						111404	Hidden Treasure, Upper Union District (Empire District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-19671	73	63	68±5					19671						111404	Hidden Treasure, Upper Union District (Empire District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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