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Locality Name:
American Mammoth, Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27.82
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23.03

mindat Locality ID: 118440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-118440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "American Mammoth, Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°17'44"N
Longitude: 106°7'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.295555555556,-106.13222222222

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

4 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
Hg-0010027.8223.03mid to late Oligocene?-?Volcanism and Caldera development   YesMazzettiiteHg50124Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA Pride and Hasenohr (1983)10.1016/0375-6742(83)90034-1JGE19_405 
Hg-00100a27.827.827.8?-?    YesMazzettiiteHg, Au, Ag, Pb, Zn50124Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA Rose and Pride (2010) GSAAP42_54Eruption of the Bonanza tuff 27.8 ma preceded caldera formation and development of gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper mineralization in the Bonanza region
Mo-0025627.8223.03mid to late Oligocene?-?Volcanism and Caldera development   YesMolybdeniteMo50124Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA Pride and Hasenohr (1983)10.1016/0375-6742(83)90034-1JGE19_405 
Mo-00256a27.827.827.8?-?    YesMolybdeniteMo, Au, Ag, Pb, Zn50124Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA Rose and Pride (2010) GSAAP42_54Eruption of the Bonanza tuff 27.8 ma preceded caldera formation and development of gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper mineralization in the Bonanza region


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