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Locality Name:
Whale Mine, 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: 118823
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-118823.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 38°19'9"N
Longitude: 106°7'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.319166666667,-106.12388888889

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	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	None	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 Ba Cu Fe O Pb S U Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite None Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	27.8	27.8	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	27.82	23.03	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27.82	23.03	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	27.8	27.8	24243
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	27.8	27.8	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	27.8	27.8	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	27.82	23.03	2718

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Hg-00100	27.82	23.03	mid to late Oligocene	?-?	Volcanism and Caldera development	Yes	Mazzettiite	Hg	50124	Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA	Pride and Hasenohr (1983)	10.1016/0375-6742(83)90034-1	JGE19_405
Hg-00100a	27.8	27.8	27.8	?-?		Yes	Mazzettiite	Hg, Au, Ag, Pb, Zn	50124	Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA	Rose and Pride (2010)		GSAAP42_54	Eruption 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-00256	27.82	23.03	mid to late Oligocene	?-?	Volcanism and Caldera development	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	50124	Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA	Pride and Hasenohr (1983)	10.1016/0375-6742(83)90034-1	JGE19_405
Mo-00256a	27.8	27.8	27.8	?-?		Yes	Molybdenite	Mo, Au, Ag, Pb, Zn	50124	Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA	Rose and Pride (2010)		GSAAP42_54	Eruption 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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