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Locality Name:
Horn Silver Mine, Frisco, San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 4138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Horn Silver Mine, Frisco, San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°26'58"N
Longitude: 113°16'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.449444444444,-113.27555555556
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCovelliteEpidoteEpsomiteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSartoriteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
SulphurVesuvianiteVoltaiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S662.602793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6662.60966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)662.602734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2662.605509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)662.6011547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6662.60132
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7662.60450
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6662.601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)662.6027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)662.604979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O662.60925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S662.605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2662.6027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl662.601382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O662.603531
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5662.60344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS662.604165
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5662.6034
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)662.608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.6024243
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O662.60188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS662.60717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O662.606890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14662.60784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6662.602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4662.605591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2662.60987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4662.6014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2662.6012537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O662.602994
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6662.60477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3662.60733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3662.601425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.6039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2662.6061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O662.601153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)662.602473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS662.6021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3662.603418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS662.602045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO662.601101
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10662.601395
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O662.60111
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3662.601247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4662.601655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS662.60372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)662.605251


1 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
sedznpb-00488662.6Tertiary     Yes  28922San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USASan FranciscoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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