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Locality Name:
Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17.8

mindat Locality ID: 23768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA": 165
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 143

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Capitol City
Carson District
Cimarron District
Cooper Creek
Emerald Lake Area
Finger Mesa Area
Galena District (Henson Creek District)
Henson
Lake City District (Lake District)
Larson Creek Area
Mary Holbrook Property
Owl Gulch
Park District (Sherman District)
Park District (Whitecross District; Burrows Park District; Adams District)
Pine River
Rio Grande Reservoir Area
Rio Grande River
San Juan Mts
Sherman District
Slumgullion Mud Flow
Sweet Home Mine
Tuckerville Prospects
Uncompahgre Peak
Uncompahgre Peak Area
Unknown Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10264218)
West Ute Creek

Latitude: 37°54'58"N
Longitude: 107°22'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.916111111111,-107.38138888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Th U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAutunite
BaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFluoriteGermaniteGypsumJohanniteKaoliniteLillianite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteMordeniteNatroliteNone
Not in a structural groupPhenakitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTopazWurtziteZircon

116 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Colusite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epistilbite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Johannite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kolwezite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Lead  (*)Lillianite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Thorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Volynskite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S21.220.46190240,190249,190251,190262,190289,1903232793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1190358254
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS330.517.82190266,190284315
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe30.1272190284,190357489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)630.517.83190277,190301,190356966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2190247,1902512734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)230.517.82190286,1902893092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS30.120.42190284,1902899052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61190358919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)119035871
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11903621272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)230.517.83190251,190262,1903585509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)30.517.825190203,190204,190206,190207,190208,190239,190245,190247,190259,190263,190264,190266,190271,190275,190276,190283,190284,190286,190289,190291,190297,190300,190302,190355,19035811547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S330.517.83190263,190276,1902841935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS430.517.85190231,190232,190238,190284,1902885516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1130.517.85190263,190283,190284,190289,190291843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS330.517.86190263,190266,190283,190284,190289,1902911089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611903291633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe230.517.83190284,190287,190338361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)30.517.814190227,190231,190232,190239,190254,190286,190289,190337,190339,190355,190358,190359,190361,19036227770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11903621184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2190251,1903584979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S6190231,190232,190235,190238,190247,1903585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS230.517.848190203,190206,190207,190208,190216,190227,190228,190233,190235,190237,190238,190239,190240,190243,190244,190245,190247,190249,190251,190252,190258,190259,190263,190264,190266,190271,190276,190283,190284,190285,190286,190288,190289,190297,190298,190305,190316,190323,190326,190329,190331,190334,190337,190339,190341,190343,190344,19035527198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS230.1271190284162
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11903583531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11903582600
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe30.517.82190276,190284169
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S1630.517.84190276,190284,190323,190357110
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1190358363
Copper  (*)CopperCu30.517.82190237,1902883846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS30.517.86190247,190251,190284,190288,190323,1903584165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11903582970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)430.517.83190277,190286,190289651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11903581027
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1190358220
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS230.1272190259,190284246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS430.517.87190203,190206,190207,190208,190238,190276,190284910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)21.220.411902898173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O1190359138
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS41190203163
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11902392740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF230.517.84190239,190286,190289,1903179617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1230.517.87190227,190252,190264,190286,190288,190289,190291663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS30.517.846190203,190204,190208,190216,190226,190227,190231,190232,190233,190235,190237,190238,190239,190240,190243,190244,190249,190250,190252,190254,190258,190259,190263,190264,190266,190271,190275,190276,190277,190284,190286,190288,190289,190291,190297,190300,190302,190305,190323,190324,190325,190326,190339,190355,190357,19035824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu30.517.85190239,190249,190258,190277,19028430554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13119035772
Graphite  (*)NoneC11903472812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O30.517.84190251,190283,190286,1902896890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O330.517.84190216,190284,190289,19030114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11903581689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te30.1274190238,190239,190284,190357804
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)630.127119028482
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1430.1271190284784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611902512228
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O119036269
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)430.517.85190239,190277,190286,190289,1903015591
Kolwezite  (*)MalachiteCuCo(CO3)(OH)2119035810
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe830.517.82190276,190284111
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11903591271
Lead  (*)CopperPb30.1271190284192
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS61190339128
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS430.517.82190276,190284198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O430.517.82190286,19028914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)230.517.83190251,190271,19035812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS230.517.88190204,190208,190263,190266,190277,190283,190291,1903005674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS230.517.81190262252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS830.517.82190276,19028492
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O30.517.81190262915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe230.517.82190277,190284207
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1190358182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS230.517.86190279,190316,190333,190345,190355,1903635800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO330.517.81190279140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)230.517.84190254,190286,190289,19036217380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O30.517.811903081236
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1190358492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O4190242,190336,190350,1903562994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2190361,190362144
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O1190358105
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]30.1271190284249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe230.517.84190239,190277,190284,190287409
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te330.517.8119027657
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1190328485
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]30.517.82190284,190291716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS330.1271190284733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS330.517.85190235,190264,190271,190280,1902841425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS230.517.842190203,190204,190206,190207,190208,190211,190212,190216,190228,190233,190237,190238,190239,190240,190243,190247,190249,190251,190252,190258,190259,190263,190264,190266,190284,190286,190289,190301,190316,190323,190329,190331,190334,190337,190338,190339,190341,190343,190344,190355,190358,19036539462
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO330.120.42190284,190289147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO230.517.863190204,190206,190207,190208,190214,190226,190227,190228,190233,190235,190237,190238,190239,190240,190242,190243,190244,190245,190247,190249,190250,190251,190252,190254,190258,190259,190263,190264,190266,190271,190275,190276,190277,190283,190284,190285,190286,190288,190289,190291,190297,190298,190300,190301,190302,190305,190319,190323,190328,190329,190331,190334,190337,190338,190339,190341,190343,190344,190345,190350,190355,190357,19035961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)30.517.813190227,190245,190254,190264,190266,190275,190276,190284,190286,190289,190291,190300,1903231711
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S212190214,190319165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11902616417
Silver  (*)CopperAg30.517.812190231,190232,190237,190239,190251,190252,190258,190264,190266,190286,190289,1902985186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)30.517.82190251,1902712473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS30.517.853190203,190204,190206,190208,190216,190226,190227,190228,190233,190235,190237,190238,190239,190240,190243,190244,190245,190247,190249,190250,190251,190252,190258,190259,190263,190264,190266,190271,190275,190276,190277,190283,190284,190286,190288,190289,190291,190297,190298,190300,190302,190305,190316,190323,190325,190329,190331,190334,190338,190339,190341,190355,19035821482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS430.1273190235,190249,190284586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S330.517.811902773418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2190231,190232332
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)30.127119028492
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)630.517.81190277105
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe430.517.83190239,190284,190285337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2119035752
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe30.1271190284190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te330.1271190284276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1330.517.86190259,190263,190284,190291,190323,1903581803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1330.517.821190206,190235,190237,190238,190247,190251,190263,190264,190266,190276,190284,190285,190286,190289,190291,190323,190326,190341,190343,190355,1903575317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14119035858
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)11903231006
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211903171476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO230.517.86190250,190270,190284,190304,190358,1903622718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2190236,190362890
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe230.127119028464
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41190358303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411902511655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS30.517.82190276,190284372
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O1190358185


15 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00195723.123.123.1        5591Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USALake City CalderaHon et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.410EG80_410 
Kristen001958292929        5591Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USAUncompahgre CalderaHon et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.410EG80_410 
Kristen00195930.527.529±1.5        5591Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USALake City AreaHon et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.410EG80_410 
Kristen00196029.527.528.5±1        5591Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USALake City AreaHon et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.410EG80_410 
Kristen00196124.122.123.1±1        5591Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USALake City AreaHon et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.410EG80_410 
Kristen00196219.817.818.8±1        5591Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USALake City AreaHon et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.410EG80_410 
Kristen00196528.527.1         5591Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USALake City AreaHon et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.410EG80_410 
Kristen001963282727.5±0.5206Pb/238Umineralization agehigh      3642Golden Fleece Mine, Lake City, Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USAGolden Fleece VeinHon et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.410EG80_410 
Kristen00196430.127.528.8±1.3207Pb/235U       3642Golden Fleece Mine, Lake City, Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USAGolden Fleece VeinHon et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.410EG80_410 
Kristen00196621.220.420.8±0.4K-Ar sericite     7754Oulay Mine (Ulay Mine; Ute-Ulay Mine), Lake City, Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USAUte-Ulay MineHon et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.410EG80_410 
NAVDAT-4576926.926.126.5±0.4   45769    114513Unknown Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10264218), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4577026.926.126.5±0.4   45770    114513Unknown Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10264218), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4577126.926.126.5±0.4   45771    114513Unknown Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10264218), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4577226.926.126.5±0.4   45772    114513Unknown Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10264218), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4577826.926.126.5±0.4   45778    114513Unknown Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10264218), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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