Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 14922
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14922.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°53'48"N
Longitude: 107°42'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.896666666667,-107.71027777778

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corrensite	Enargite	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rectorite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wurtzite ()*
Zunyite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corrensite Enargite Fluorite Kaolinite Mica
None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

21 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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26	20	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	20	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	26	20	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	26	20	910
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	26	20	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	26	20	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	26	20	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	26	20	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	26	20	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	26	20	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26	20	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	26	20	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26	20	61156
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O	26	20	49
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	26	20	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26	20	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	26	20	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	26	20	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	26	20	372
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	26	20	86

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
R050435	Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R050435

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