Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Plata District (California District), La Plata Co., Colorado, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 26965
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26965.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Plata District (California District), La Plata Co., Colorado, USA": 139
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 137

Number of Child Localities: 135
Child Localities:
Allard Stock
Allard Tunnel Occurrence (Audrey Nos. 1-2; Protection; Ruby Nos. 1-95; Shorty Nos. 1-4; Jane Nos. 1-4; Minnie)
Ashland - Ten Broeck Mines (Parole Extension; MS 19962; Brawner; MS 19962; Patented Claims: Ashland; MS 1109; Ten Broeck; MS 19961)
Aurora Mine (Patented Claims: Jim Smith; MS 1960; Jewel; MS 1962; Aurora; MS 1961)
Babcock Peak Magnetite Deposit
Bay City Mine
Bessie G Mine
Bessie Jr; Oroverde Occurrence
Black Diamond Mine
Blackhawk
Bonnie Girl Mine (Baker Contact)
Boren Creek Shaft Occurrence
Boren Gulch Group
Brawner Tunnel & Mill
Buffalo - Bristol Claims
Bull - Dover Et Al Claims
Camp Bird Prospect
Century
Champion
Charlene Prospect (Twin Canyon)
Checkmaker
Cherry Creek Occurrence
Columbus Mine (Last Chance; MS 17252; Maverick; MS 9223; Columbus; MS 9223; Moonlight; MS 9179; Little Mack; MS 1144; Gold Cup; MS 9223)
Copper Age Mine
Cumberland Mine (Patented Claims: Cumberland; MS 2376; Judge Lamb; MS 2357)
Cunningham (Cunningham Tunnel)
Daisy - Hibernia Mine
Durango Girl Mine (Patented Claims: Durango Boy; MS 16438; Durango Girl; MS 16525; New Hope; MS 16525)
Eagle Pass Mine (Unpatented Claims: Bodie; Patented Claim: Eagle Pass; MS 6124; Roosevelt)
East Mancos River Placers
Escalante
Esmerelda (Esmerelda Tunnel)
Eureka - Bulldozer Mine (Patented Claim: Eureka; MS 1271; Unpatented Claim: Bulldozer)
Farmer Boy (Former Bay On Topo Sheet; Lucky Four In Prof. Paper 219)
Fraction
George A. Greenwood Group
Goff Claim
Gold Bar Placer
Gold King - Swamp Angel Group (Patented Claims: Gold King; MS 4880; Swamp Angel; MS 4881)
Gold King Mine
Gold Nugget Group
Gold Wedge
Golden Girl
Golden Rose
Gracie I. Fox
Grand View Prospect
Grassy Hills (Grassy Hill Tunnel)
Graves
Greenhorn Prospect
Ground Hog Tunnel
Gustas Brothers
Hidden Treasure (Heck Mine)
Honeydew Prospect (Del Rey)
Idaho Mine
Incas Mine
Iridos Mine (Irodas Mine)
Iron King
J. L. Russell - Jim Smith
Jennie Lind Mine (MS 17561; Patented Claim: Jennie Lind)
Jewell Group
John Graves Manganese Prospect
Jumbo - Morovoratz Mine (Jumbo; MS 19879; Patented Claims: Morovoratz; MS 88; Morovoratz; MS 91)
Junction Creek Claims
Kennebec
Klondyke
La Plata
La Plata River Headwaters
La Plata River Placers
Lady Eleanora Mine (Butterfly)
Last Chance
Lewis Creek Adit Occurrence
Little Kate Mine (Patented Claim: Little Kate; MS 8964)
Little Nona Mine (Unpatented Claim: Little Nona)
Lost Mine (Unpatented Claim: Lost)
Lucky Discovery Mine
Lucky Four Mine (Delphic; MS 19336)
Lucky Strike
Mammoth Prospect
Mark Thomas Occurrence
Mary S.
Mason Mine (Poverty Hill; Golden Eagle; Red Rock; Poverty Hill Group)
May Day Mine
May Rose Mine (Yuletide)
Mineral Wonder Mine (Butterfly; MS 19553; September; MS 19553; Mineral Wonder; MS 6911; Stamboul And Butterfly Mines; Ruby Queen; MS 2586; Patented Claims: Stamboul; MS 2585)
Monarch Mine (Eclipse; Jupiter; Sunshine; Monitor; Tip Top Mine; Platora; MS 8870; Happy)
Montezuma Gold Reef Group
Moonlight Prospect
Mountain Lily Mine (Camp Bird; MS 19403; Timberline; MS 17241; Ramona)
Muldoon Mine (Unpatented Claims: Independence; Cumberland; Patented Claim: Muldoon; MS 2356)
Neglected Mine
Omaha - Grant Smelter (?slag Locality)
Oro Fino
Oro Negro Group
P. W. Pittman Group
Painter Placer Claims
Parrott City
Pat Lode
Puzzle Mine (Unpatented Claims: Puzzle Nos. 4-9; Jennie Lind)
R. M. Campbell Group
Rosenite (Mars No. 0080670197)
Ruby King Mine (Patented Claim: Ruby King; MS 1237)
Sadie Mine
Sarah S.
Semanda Mining Property
Shoo Fly Prospect
Shorty Lode
Silver Nugget; Lions Den Occurrence
Small Hope Mine (Patented Claim: Small Hope; MS 10349)
Snowstrom Mine (Patented Claim: Martha; MS 1721)
Southern Boy Mine
Suene De Oro
Suprise Tunnel
Swamp Copper Deposit
Texarado Oil; Uranium Company
Texas Chief Mine (Texas Chief And Mountain Meadow Groups; Mountain Meadow Mine)
Timbrock
Tomahawk Mine
Tripp Gulch Mine
Uncle Sam
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118009)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118675)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10142124)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10142146)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10142487)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10166420)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10214985)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10239387)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10264329)
Victor Prospect
Western Belle Mine (Patented Claims: Western Belle; MS 5715; Golden Rose; MS 7498; Western Belle And Golden Rose Mines)
Western View Mining Group
Wheel Of Fortune Occurrence (Bonaparte)
White Diamond Tunnel
Wyatt Myers Group
Yellow Eye

Latitude: 37°24'9"N
Longitude: 108°1'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.4025,-108.03083333333

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Domeykite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	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 Na O P Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Te Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe H O S

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

89 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*
Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Betekhtinite ()*
Bobjonesite ()*	Bohdanowiczite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cattierite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coloradoite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Domeykite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Magnolite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Ourayite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Petzite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sopcheite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*
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			6	190986,190992,191010,191012,191037,191078	2793
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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	190991	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	191077	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			9	190989,191002,191025,191040,191052,191063,191078,191085,191099	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	191070	3250
Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆(Cu₄Zn₂)As₄S₁₃			1	190992	14
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	70	65	2	190987,190992	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	70	65	4	190986,190987,190990,191052	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	70	65	3	190987,191010,191052	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			27	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	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	4	190986,190987,191052,191078	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr			2	191039,191070	227
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			4	190992,191025,191039,191070	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70	65	13	190986,190987,191002,191008,191009,191025,191039,191040,191052,191060,191069,191070,191097	27770
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂			1	191009	30
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	191070	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	70	65	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	65	3	190987,191010,191052	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	65	28	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	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
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe			7	190992,191010,191013,191014,191025,191063,191078	169
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	70	65	4	190987,191024,191054,191102	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			5	190986,191052,191078,191085,191106	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	191009	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	190992,191010,191013,191078	651
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	70	65	1	190987	73
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	70	65	4	190987,191052,191078,191106	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			5	190990,190992,191057,191060,191078	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	70	65	7	190986,190987,190992,191018,191025,191052,191069	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	190992	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70	65	30	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	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			28	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	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃			1	191070	72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	70	65	6	190986,190987,190990,190992,190994,191052	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
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	70	65	3	190987,191009,191076	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	7	190986,190987,190990,190994,190996,190998,191052	14899
Magnolite ()*	None	Hg¹⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)			1	190992	3
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	70	65	4	190986,190987,191010,191052	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	70	65	3	190987,190992,191052	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	70	65	0		915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			4	191024,191041,191069,191090	397
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂			1	191052	155
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	191025	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	70	65	4	190987,190992,191008,191078	17380
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃			1	191085	24
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]			1	191010	249
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			8	190992,191013,191025,191039,191063,191070,191078,191104	409
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	190992	265
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	191012	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	29	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	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	191054	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	65	45	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	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	191034	712
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	190992,191013,191044,191095	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	191052	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	191052	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	190992,191057,191104	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			5	191069,191078,191085,191090,191095	5186
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄			1	191052	24
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70	65	22	190986,190987,190992,190998,191010,191012,191014,191025,191039,191040,191044,191052,191057,191063,191064,191070,191071,191085,191091,191095,191104,191106	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			2	191010,191077	586
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
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			11	190992,191013,191025,191057,191063,191070,191078,191085,191087,191091,191106	5317
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
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	70	65	1	190987	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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