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Locality Name:
Cunningham Gulch, Animas District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 380
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 31831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cunningham Gulch, Animas District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Green Mountain Mine
Highland Mary Mine
Keystone Mine
Lower Highland Mary Mine
Osceola Mine (Osceola-Pride)
Pride Of The West Mine
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 37°48'2"N
Longitude: 107°34'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.800555555556,-107.57777777778
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteLinariteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S262011960602793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)262011960652734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)262011960663250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)626201196060919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)26203196061,196065,19606711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26205196061,196064,196065,196066,19606727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)262011960654979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226204196060,196061,196065,19606627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O262011960653531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)262011960661025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS262011960654165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)262011960668173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2262011960659617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1226201196061663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26204196060,196061,196065,19606624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)262011960657437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2620119606130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32620119606514640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)26201196065469
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)226201196065987
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226204196060,196061,196065,19606639462
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO326201196065147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226206196060,196061,196062,196065,196066,19606761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg26202196060,1960665186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26204196060,196061,196065,19606621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1326202196061,1960665317


3 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
Giersdorf_00000596242022±2238U-206U uraniniteK-172 YesUraniniteUraniniteU4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U238-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000597262224±2235U-207Pb uraniniteK-172 YesUraniniteUraniniteU4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U235-Pb207 analysis
Giersdorf_00000598380280330±50207Pb-206PbThe Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methodslowuraniniteK-172 YesUraniniteUraniniteU4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for Pb207-Pb206 analysis

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