Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Plata Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 23419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Plata Co., Colorado, USA": 242
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 232

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Cascade District
Cave Basin
Doyle Deposit
Dunn
Durango Area
E.A.K.
East Silver Mesa
Eureka; Whiton Prospect (Needle Mountain)
Excelsior
Havert
La Plata District (California District)
Marcy - Shenandoah
Morning Glory
Needle Mountain District (Tacoma District; Florida District; Vallecito District)
Pine River
Quartzite Mts
Runlett Peak-Cave Basin Area
Shamrock Occurrence
Silver Mesa
Southern Cross
Supreme
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10118557)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10142580)
Unnamed Hot Spring
Vallecito Creek Area
Valley View

Latitude: 37°22'0"N
Longitude: 107°48'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.366666666667,-107.80111111111

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	Adelite	Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Domeykite	Enargite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Staurolite	Stilpnomelane
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Volborthite	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 Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cu H O Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Brookite Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Domeykite Enargite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Halotrichite Kaolinite Kieserite Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Melonite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Staurolite Stilpnomelane
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Volborthite Wurtzite Zircon

111 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*
Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Austinite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Betekhtinite ()*
Bobjonesite ()*	Bohdanowiczite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cattierite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Domeykite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Magnolite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Ourayite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sopcheite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Volborthite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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			9	190986,190992,191010,191012,191037,191078,191128,191130,191142	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	190946	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	191052	1022
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	191085	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	191052	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	191070	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	190967	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	190991	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	191077,191127	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			11	190931,190985,190989,191002,191025,191040,191052,191063,191078,191085,191099	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	190946	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	191070	3250
Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆(Cu₄Zn₂)As₄S₁₃			1	190992	14
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	70	65	4	190985,190987,190992,191127	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	70	65	5	190985,190986,190987,190990,191052	2060
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	70	65	0		71
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	191149	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	70	65	6	190940,190985,190987,191010,191052,191127	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			28	190988,190989,190992,190994,190998,191002,191008,191010,191012,191014,191025,191039,191044,191053,191061,191064,191069,191070,191072,191077,191078,191087,191090,191091,191098,191099,191119,191127	11547
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅			1	191009	45
Bobjonesite ()*	None	V⁴⁺O(SO₄)·3H₂O			1	190992	3
Bohdanowiczite ()*	None	AgBiSe₂			1	191070	41
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	70	65	6	190986,190987,191052,191078,191127,191166	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr			2	191039,191070	227
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	190967	700
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			4	190992,191025,191039,191070	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70	65	25	190928,190931,190932,190933,190935,190939,190940,190986,190987,191002,191008,191009,191025,191039,191040,191052,191060,191069,191070,191097,191127,191137,191144,191157,191164	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	190954	1184
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂			1	191009	30
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	191070	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	70	65	1	190985	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	65	5	190940,190987,191010,191052,191157	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	65	47	190928,190935,190986,190987,190988,190989,190991,190992,190994,190996,190998,191002,191010,191018,191025,191039,191047,191052,191057,191060,191070,191071,191072,191078,191085,191096,191097,191099,191104,191106,191127,191128,191129,191130,191131,191132,191133,191136,191137,191141,191142,191146,191147,191153,191166,191167,191168	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			3	191039,191061,191070	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	70	65	2	190986,190987	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	190992,191013	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			1	190954	281
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe			7	190992,191010,191013,191014,191025,191063,191078	169
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	70	65	0		363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	70	65	5	190985,190987,191024,191054,191102	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			7	190986,191052,191078,191085,191106,191127,191166	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	191009	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			6	190992,191010,191013,191078,191135,191136	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	190931	9895
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	70	65	1	190987	73
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	70	65	5	190987,191052,191078,191106,191127	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			7	190946,190985,190990,190992,191057,191060,191078	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	70	65	15	190986,190987,190992,191018,191025,191052,191069,191127,191128,191129,191132,191138,191141,191142,191144	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			2	190992,191127	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70	65	39	190928,190935,190939,190954,190986,190987,190988,190992,190994,190998,191008,191010,191012,191014,191018,191039,191040,191044,191052,191053,191057,191063,191064,191070,191071,191072,191085,191087,191091,191095,191096,191099,191104,191106,191127,191136,191145,191157,191167	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			34	190931,190942,190947,190956,190992,191008,191010,191012,191013,191014,191018,191023,191024,191025,191040,191047,191056,191057,191062,191063,191067,191069,191072,191077,191078,191085,191090,191095,191098,191099,191106,191119,191153,191166	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃			1	191070	72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	70	65	12	190928,190935,190940,190985,190986,190987,190990,190992,190994,191052,191127,191157	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	191070	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			7	190992,191010,191013,191014,191025,191063,191070	804
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			2	191127,191135	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	70	65	5	190987,191009,191076,191135,191136	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈			5	190992,191025,191039,191070,191078	111
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	191106	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	70	65	9	190985,190986,190987,190990,190994,190996,190998,191052,191140	14899
Magnolite ()*	None	Hg¹⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)			1	190992	3
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	70	65	10	190933,190935,190940,190986,190987,191010,191052,191127,191157,191166	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	70	65	4	190967,190987,190992,191052	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	70	65	1	190985	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			5	190956,191024,191041,191069,191090	397
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂			1	191052	155
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	191149	443
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	191025	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			5	190981,191130,191135,191136,191145	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	70	65	7	190967,190987,190992,191008,191078,191135,191136	17380
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃			1	191085	24
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]			1	191010	249
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			9	190992,191013,191025,191039,191063,191070,191078,191104,191127	409
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	190992	265
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			2	191012,191127	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			6	191010,191053,191072,191077,191090,191098	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			7	191010,191053,191072,191077,191090,191098,191104	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	65	40	190928,190931,190932,190937,190938,190939,190986,190987,190988,190989,190990,190992,191002,191008,191009,191010,191012,191013,191014,191018,191025,191039,191040,191044,191052,191057,191063,191070,191076,191078,191085,191087,191096,191097,191119,191127,191136,191142,191166,191168	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	191135,191136	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	191054	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	65	72	190928,190931,190932,190935,190937,190938,190939,190967,190981,190986,190987,190988,190989,190992,190994,190998,191002,191008,191010,191012,191013,191014,191018,191024,191025,191039,191040,191041,191044,191047,191052,191053,191057,191060,191061,191063,191064,191069,191070,191071,191072,191076,191077,191078,191085,191087,191090,191091,191097,191098,191099,191104,191106,191119,191127,191128,191129,191130,191131,191132,191133,191136,191137,191138,191142,191144,191145,191146,191147,191153,191166,191167	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	191034	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			8	191127,191128,191130,191131,191136,191138,191142,191144	1711
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			6	190954,190957,190992,191013,191044,191095	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	191052	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	191052	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	191166,191168	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			5	190940,190992,191057,191104,191157	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			8	190985,191069,191078,191085,191090,191095,191142,191153	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	191157	2473
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄			1	191052	24
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70	65	41	190928,190935,190939,190986,190987,190992,190998,191010,191012,191014,191025,191039,191040,191044,191052,191057,191063,191064,191070,191071,191085,191091,191095,191104,191106,191127,191128,191129,191131,191132,191135,191136,191138,191141,191142,191144,191145,191146,191147,191157,191167	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	191155	978
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			4	191010,191077,191127,191159	586
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	190946	456
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)			1	191070	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			12	190992,191008,191025,191039,191063,191069,191070,191076,191078,191085,191090,191099	337
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O			1	190992	139
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			2	191025,191076	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	70	65	2	190987,191034	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	191127	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			15	190992,191013,191025,191057,191063,191070,191078,191085,191087,191091,191106,191128,191130,191136,191142	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	190967	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	191052	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	70	65	1	190987	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	191002	2562
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			1	190954	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	70	65	5	190967,190987,191149,191150,191151	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	191095	890
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O			1	191053	155
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	191022	939

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
	PorphCu-00139	70	65	70–65									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Fluorite, Galena, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Domeykite	Cu	114858	Allard Tunnel Occurrence (Audrey Nos. 1-2; Protection; Ruby Nos. 1-95; Shorty Nos. 1-4; Jane Nos. 1-4; Minnie), La Plata District (California District), La Plata Co., Colorado, USA	Allard	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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