Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cashin Mine (Red Chief Claim; Titon Claim; Angell Claim; Horse Shoe Claim; Bennie Claim; Maud Claim; Humboldt Claim), La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), Montrose Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 22531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cashin Mine (Red Chief Claim; Titon Claim; Angell Claim; Horse Shoe Claim; Bennie Claim; Maud Claim; Humboldt Claim), La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), Montrose Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°18'38"N
Longitude: 108°56'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.310555555556,-108.94888888889

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	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Domeykite	Kaolinite
Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Algodonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Domeykite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Koutekite ()*	Langite ()*
Linarite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Novákite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Domeykite Kaolinite
Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	220	220	2793
Algodonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu_1-xAs_x (x ≈ 0.15)	220	220	41
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	220	220	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	220	220	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	220	220	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	220	220	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	220	220	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	220	220	359
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	220	220	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	220	220	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	220	220	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	220	220	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	220	220	2970
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	220	220	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	220	220	9895
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	220	220	73
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	220	220	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	220	220	5591
Koutekite ()*	None	Cu₅As₂	220	220	18
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	220	220	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	220	220	987
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	220	220	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	220	220	12537
Novákite ()*	None	(Cu,Ag)₂₁As₁₀	220	220	3
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	220	220	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	220	220	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	220	220	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	220	220	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	220	220	1803

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
	sedcu-00685	220	220	Triassic										Cu	22531	Cashin Mine (Red Chief Claim; Titon Claim; Angell Claim; Horse Shoe Claim; Bennie Claim; Maud Claim; Humboldt Claim), La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	Cashin	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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