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Locality Name:
Frisco, San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 20077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frisco, San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Horn Silver Mine

Latitude: 38°26'57"N
Longitude: 113°16'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.449166666667,-113.27555555556

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Epsomite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Sulphur	Vesuvianite	Voltaite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Opal ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tenorite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Voltaite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Wurtzite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Epsomite Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Sulphur Vesuvianite Voltaite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

47 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	66	2.6	1	271423	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	271423	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	66	2.6	1	271423	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	2.6	1	271423	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	2.6	1	271423	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	271423	132
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	66	2.6	1	271423	450
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	271423	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	1	271423	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	2.6	1	271423	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	66	2.6	1	271423	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	66	2.6	1	271423	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	2.6	1	271423	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	66	2.6	1	271423	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	66	2.6	1	271423	3531
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	66	2.6	1	271423	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	66	2.6	1	271423	4165
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	66	2.6	1	271423	34
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	2.6	1	271423	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	1	271423	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	66	2.6	1	271423	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	66	2.6	1	271423	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	66	2.6	1	271423	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	66	2.6	1	271423	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	271423	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	66	2.6	1	271423	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	66	2.6	1	271423	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	2.6	1	271423	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	2.6	1	271423	12537
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	66	2.6	1	271423	2994
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	271423	477
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	66	2.6	1	271423	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	66	2.6	1	271423	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	2.6	1	271423	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	2.6	1	271423	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	66	2.6	1	271423	1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	66	2.6	1	271423	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	2.6	1	271423	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	66	2.6	1	271423	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	66	2.6	1	271423	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	66	2.6	1	271423	1101
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	66	2.6	1	271423	1395
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	66	2.6	1	271423	111
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	66	2.6	1	271423	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	66	2.6	1	271423	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	66	2.6	1	271423	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	66	2.6	1	271423	5251

1 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
	sedznpb-00488	66	2.6	Tertiary							Yes				28922	San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA	San Francisco	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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