Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kankakee Mine (Pure Gold; Iron Mask; Aurum; Oro; Tunnel Site; Golden Age; Extension; Lake View; Iron King; Crusader Gold Mine; Chance; Gold Coin; Bullion; Unpatented Claims: Kankakee), Beartown District (Bear Creek District), San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 380
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 118969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-118969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kankakee Mine (Pure Gold; Iron Mask; Aurum; Oro; Tunnel Site; Golden Age; Extension; Lake View; Iron King; Crusader Gold Mine; Chance; Gold Coin; Bullion; Unpatented Claims: Kankakee), Beartown District (Bear Creek District), San Juan Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°42'28"N
Longitude: 107°31'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.707777777778,-107.51666666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Marcasite	Melonite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Petzite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Marcasite Melonite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	26	20	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	26	20	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	26	20	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26	20	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	26	20	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	20	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	26	20	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	26	20	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	26	20	5674
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	26	20	409
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26	20	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26	20	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	26	20	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	26	20	5317

3 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	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
Giersdorf_00000596	24	20	22±2	238U-206U			uraninite	K-172	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	4142	Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Happy Jack Mine	Miller et al. (1963)	10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB74_609	Age given for U238-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000597	26	22	24±2	235U-207Pb			uraninite	K-172	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	4142	Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Happy Jack Mine	Miller et al. (1963)	10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB74_609	Age given for U235-Pb207 analysis
Giersdorf_00000598	380	280	330±50	207Pb-206Pb	The Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methods	low	uraninite	K-172	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	4142	Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Happy Jack Mine	Miller et al. (1963)	10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB74_609	Age given for Pb207-Pb206 analysis

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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