Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Park, Park Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 144669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Park, Park Co., Colorado, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Antero Junction
Chase Gulch Area
Porcupine Cave
South Park Basalt
South Park Basalt (2)
South Park Mining Company

Latitude: 38°57'5"N
Longitude: 105°50'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.951388888889,-105.83861111111

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Carnallite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Meta-autunite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Manganite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Baryte Braunite Calcite Carnallite Fluorite Gypsum Meta-autunite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	194911	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	194905	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	15	5	1	194912	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	194910	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	194913	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	194910	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O			1	194905	132
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	194910	1184
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	194908	566
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	194910	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	15	5	1	194912	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	194910	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	194905	1398
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	194913	350
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	194913	770
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	194907	388
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	194911	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	194904,194905	2994
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	194913	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	194903,194904,194905,194910	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	194910	312
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	194908,194909	2718

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-35586	15	5	10±5					35586						133337	South Park Basalt (2), South Park, Park Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-35587	15	5	10±5					35587						133337	South Park Basalt (2), South Park, Park Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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