Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cane Creek, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 205
Youngest recorded age at locality: 51

mindat Locality ID: 287912
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287912.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cane Creek, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Snyder Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

None	Not in a structural group

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: C Ca H Na O U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Not in a structural group

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Andersonite ()*

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
Andersonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·5-6H₂O	57	51	1	275875	47

3 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	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
Giersdorf_00000599	55	51	53±2	238U-206U			uraninite	K-153	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	6444	Snyder Mine, Cane Creek, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Cane Creek Mine	Miller et al. (1963)	10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB74_609	Age given for U238-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000600	57	53	55±2	235U-207Pb			uraninite	K-153	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	6444	Snyder Mine, Cane Creek, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Cane Creek Mine	Miller et al. (1963)	10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB74_609	Age given for U235-Pb207 analysis
Giersdorf_00000601	205	145	175±30	207Pb-206Pb	The Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methods	low	uraninite	K-153	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	6444	Snyder Mine, Cane Creek, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Cane Creek Mine	Miller et al. (1963)	10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB74_609	Age given for Pb207-Pb206 analysis

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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