Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27.82
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23.03

mindat Locality ID: 50124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50124.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA": 155
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 154

Number of Child Localities: 154
Child Localities:
Ajax
Alder Creek
American Mammoth
American Revenue
Antoro Mine
Ashley Tunnel Occurrence
Atlantic Mine
Baltimore Mine
Bernice Prospect
Black Bess Mine
Bonanza
Bonanza Mine (Cornucopia Claims; Bonanza No. 1)
Brighton
Broadbury Group
Buffalo Mine
Burlington Mine
Chicago Mine
Chief
Chloride Mine (Chloride 1-4 Claims)
Clark Vein (Rawley No. 12 Tunnel; High Rock Tunnel)
Cliff Mine (Cliff No. 1 Tunnel)
Clover Creek Dist
Cocomongo Mine
Colorado Belle Mine (Claim: Belle Of Colorado)
Columbia Group
Commander Mine (Razoo Mine)
Cora Shaft
Coronet
Cronje Tunnel
Cross Mine (Burlington; And Japan Claims; Cross)
Crown Point Shaft Occurrence
Defiance
Deming Mine (Demming Mine)
E D Shaft
Eagle Mine (Eagle-Hawk Mine Eagle And Hawk Claims)
Enterprise Group (Golden Blow Out; Claims: Silver Key; Enterprise)
Erie Mine
Essie And Little Jeff Mines
Euclid Mine
Evening Star Mine
Exchequer Mine
Express Mine (Express - Headlight Mine)
Findley Gulch (Findlay Gulch)
Gem City
Gladstone Shaft Occurrence (Chicago No. 11 Claim)
Glennbrook Mine
Great Depth Tunnel Occurrence (Dandy; Claims: Great Depth)
Great Mogul Tunnel (First Chance Mine)
Green Bay Tunnel (Claims: Green Bay; Big Manitou; Emma; Grand View; Little Manitou)
Gypsy Queen Mine
Hanover Mine
Hayden Mountain Group
Hornet Manganese Mine
Hortense Mine
Ignacio
Joe Wheeler Mine (Claim: Golden Wave)
Josephine
Jupiter Mine
Juretta Tunnel Occurrence
Katie Mine
Kerber Creek Limonite Deposit (Kerber Creek Bog Iron Deposit)
Kerber Creek Prospect
Keystone Mine
Kismuth Mines
Klondike Mine
Legal Tender Mine
Liberty Mine
Little Bonanza
Little Darling Mine
Little Jenny Mine (Jennie Mine; Jenny Mine)
Little Manitou Mine
Little Pittsburgh Mine
Little Thelma Mine
Manitou - Sunlight Mine
Marine Lode
Mariposa Adit Occurrence
May Belle Tunnel
May Queen Prospect (Merrimac And May Queen Claims)
Memphis Mine (Arkansas Shaft)
Michigan Mine
Minnesota Mine
Minnie Lynch Mine
Morning Star Mine
Navajo Claims
New York Shaft
Now What Mine
Oregon Tunnel Mine
Paddy Doyle Mine
Paragon Mine
Payson Mine
Pershing Mine (Pershing Manganese Mine; Saguache Manganese Mine No. 334)
Porphyry Peak Alunite Deposit
Queen City Mine
Radcliff Mine
Rainbow Mine
Rawley Mine
Revenue Mine
Rico Mine
Rosalie Mine (Rosa Lee Mine)
Sarah D
Schoville Group
Senator Mine
Shawmut Mine
Silver Creek Mine (Silver Creek 1-3)
Sosthenes Mine (Sosthenis Mine)
St. Joe Mine (St. Joseph Mine)
St. Louis Mine
Stemwinder Mine
Superior Mine
Twins Mines
Unknown Aluminum (MRDS - 10191183)
Unknown Barium - Barite (MRDS - 10215846)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10216179)
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10143249)
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10190813)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10119348)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10119384)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10167305)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10167411)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10191268)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10215944)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10240264)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10264647)
Unknown Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10240523)
Unknown Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10264977)
Unknown Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10289315)
Unknown Mica (MRDS - 10305133)
Unknown Molybdenum Occurrence (MRDS - 10119238)
Unknown Perlite (MRDS - 10190819)
Unknown Perlite (MRDS - 10240556)
Unknown Perlite (MRDS - 10264496)
Unnamed Alunite Occurrence (MRDS - 10090904)
Unnamed Copper - Lead - Zinc Prospects (Worth; Little Johnny; Long; Cable; Carrie; Clara; Desmet; Marquett; Hawkins; Dubois; MRDS - 10094521)
Unnamed Copper - Zinc - Lead Mine (MRDS - 10012548)
Unnamed Copper - Zinc - Lead Mine (MRDS - 10094478)
Unnamed Gold - Lead - Zinc - Silver Mine (MRDS - 10101746)
Unnamed Lead - Copper - Zinc Mine (MRDS - 10094477)
Unnamed Lead - Silver - Gold Prospects (MRDS - 10012554)
Unnamed Pegmatite
Unnamed Zinc - Copper - Lead Prospect (MRDS - 10012549)
Vallejo Tunnel
Vienna Mine
Villa Grove Turquoise Mine (Hall Turquoise Mine; Villa Grove Mine; Turquoise Lode And Turquoise Blue Lode Claims)
Vini-Vidi-Vici
Wainright
Warwick (Paddy Doyle)
Washakee
Whale Mine
Wheel Of Fortune Mine
Whitney Group
Wide Awake Mine
Wisconsin Adit Occurrence (Brighton Claim)
Yellow Type Mine
Zero Tunnel

Latitude: 38°18'0"N
Longitude: 106°7'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.3,-106.12444444444

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite
Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Petrovicite	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise
Wavellite	Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl F H Mo O P S Si Te U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite
Copper Corrensite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite
Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Petrovicite Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Turquoise
Wavellite Wurtzite

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*
Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Empressite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mackayite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Mazzettiite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Paratellurite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Petzite ()*	Poughite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rickardite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wavellite ()*	Zincocopiapite ()*
Zunyite ()*

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	27.8	27.8	1	195655	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	27.8	27.8	3	195631,195663,195685	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	27.82	23.03	2	195712,195763	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	27.82	23.03	2	195632,195643	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	27.8	27.8	2	195632,195768	2734
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	27.82	23.03	0		1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	27.82	23.03	22	195624,195625,195631,195632,195637,195643,195644,195657,195664,195668,195671,195674,195676,195687,195697,195700,195706,195707,195716,195718,195729,195768	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	27.82	23.03	1	195687	85
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	27.82	23.03	5	195662,195676,195684,195716,195727	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27.82	23.03	11	195621,195624,195631,195640,195654,195661,195674,195687,195716,195769,195771	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	27.8	27.8	1	195632	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	27.82	23.03	7	195624,195639,195655,195676,195716,195718,195727	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27.82	23.03	41	195621,195624,195627,195631,195632,195637,195639,195640,195641,195643,195649,195655,195657,195661,195662,195666,195671,195676,195686,195687,195690,195691,195693,195697,195701,195709,195711,195714,195716,195718,195723,195729,195753,195754,195755,195757,195760,195768,195769,195771,195772	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	27.8	27.8	1	195655	1382
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	27.82	23.03	1	195632	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	27.82	23.03	1	195716	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	27.82	23.03	7	195631,195632,195639,195662,195676,195687,195716	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	27.82	23.03	0		481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	27.82	23.03	1	195654	9895
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	27.8	27.8	2	195631,195685	43
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	27.82	23.03	2	195662,195716	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	27.82	23.03	1	195621	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	27.82	23.03	1	195632	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	27.82	23.03	6	195632,195639,195643,195655,195662,195707	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	27.8	27.8	82	195624,195625,195627,195629,195631,195632,195635,195637,195639,195640,195641,195643,195644,195647,195649,195650,195653,195655,195657,195658,195660,195662,195663,195664,195665,195666,195668,195669,195670,195671,195674,195676,195678,195679,195683,195684,195686,195687,195689,195690,195692,195693,195697,195698,195699,195700,195701,195702,195703,195704,195705,195706,195708,195709,195710,195713,195714,195715,195716,195717,195718,195722,195723,195724,195725,195726,195727,195728,195729,195730,195753,195754,195755,195756,195757,195760,195761,195762,195768,195769,195771,195772	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	27.8	27.8	1	195685	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	27.82	23.03	1	195711	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	27.82	23.03	1	195763	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	27.8	27.8	2	195631,195674	804
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	27.82	23.03	1	195763	49
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	27.82	23.03	2	195632,195639	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	27.82	23.03	1	195763	5591
Mackayite ()*	None	Fe³⁺Te⁴⁺₂O₅(OH)	27.82	23.03	1	195685	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	27.82	23.03	2	195759,195763	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	27.82	23.03	1	195697	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	27.82	23.03	1	195711	770
Mazzettiite ()*	Petrovicite	Ag₃HgPbSbTe₅	27.82	23.03	1	195663	1
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	27.82	23.03	1	195759	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	27.82	23.03	0		5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	27.82	23.03	1	195763	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	27.82	23.03	1	195763	17380
Paratellurite ()*	Rutile	TeO₂	27.82	23.03	0		20
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	27.8	27.8	2	195655,195716	249
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	27.8	27.8	2	195631,195674	409
Poughite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(SO₄)·3H₂O	27.82	23.03	1	195685	12
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	27.8	27.8	1	195655	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	27.8	27.8	2	195655,195662	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	27.82	23.03	46	195621,195624,195625,195627,195631,195632,195639,195640,195641,195643,195644,195647,195654,195655,195657,195660,195661,195662,195664,195668,195670,195671,195674,195676,195687,195690,195697,195699,195700,195702,195706,195707,195708,195709,195711,195716,195718,195722,195723,195725,195727,195729,195761,195763,195771,195772	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	27.82	23.03	1	195711	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27.82	23.03	43	195624,195625,195631,195632,195637,195639,195640,195641,195643,195644,195647,195655,195657,195661,195662,195663,195664,195668,195671,195674,195676,195685,195687,195690,195697,195700,195702,195706,195707,195708,195709,195711,195712,195713,195716,195718,195723,195727,195729,195759,195769,195771,195772	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	27.82	23.03	15	195631,195632,195639,195640,195643,195644,195655,195657,195661,195662,195690,195707,195709,195716,195729	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	27.82	23.03	3	195632,195643,195690	969
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	27.82	23.03	1	195631	52
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	27.82	23.03	3	195632,195643,195712	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	27.82	23.03	3	195640,195654,195716	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	27.8	27.8	2	195655,195768	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	27.8	27.8	1	195632	2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	27.82	23.03	1	195716	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	27.8	27.8	68	195624,195625,195627,195629,195631,195632,195637,195639,195640,195641,195643,195644,195647,195649,195650,195655,195657,195660,195662,195664,195665,195666,195668,195670,195671,195674,195676,195678,195679,195684,195687,195689,195692,195699,195700,195701,195702,195703,195704,195705,195706,195708,195709,195711,195713,195715,195716,195718,195722,195723,195724,195725,195726,195727,195728,195729,195730,195753,195754,195755,195756,195757,195760,195761,195768,195769,195771,195772	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	27.8	27.8	8	195632,195643,195662,195676,195687,195690,195716,195718	332
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	27.8	27.8	1	195631	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	27.8	27.8	2	195631,195674	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	27.82	23.03	2	195631,195685	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	27.82	23.03	33	195624,195627,195631,195632,195643,195655,195657,195661,195662,195664,195668,195670,195671,195674,195686,195687,195690,195697,195698,195699,195700,195702,195708,195709,195714,195716,195718,195722,195725,195727,195729,195769,195771	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	27.8	27.8	2	195631,195716	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	27.82	23.03	1	195763	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	27.82	23.03	2	195716,195768	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	27.82	23.03	1	195682	890
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	27.82	23.03	1	195763	374
Zincocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	ZnFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	27.8	27.8	1	195632	11
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	27.82	23.03	0		86

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Hg-00100	27.82	23.03	mid to late Oligocene	?-?	Volcanism and Caldera development	Mazzettiite	Hg	50124	Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA	Pride and Hasenohr (1983)	10.1016/0375-6742(83)90034-1	JGE19_405
Hg-00100a	27.8	27.8	27.8	?-?		Mazzettiite	Hg, Au, Ag, Pb, Zn	50124	Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA	Rose and Pride (2010)		GSAAP42_54	Eruption of the Bonanza tuff 27.8 ma preceded caldera formation and development of gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper mineralization in the Bonanza region
Mo-00256	27.82	23.03	mid to late Oligocene	?-?	Volcanism and Caldera development	Molybdenite	Mo	50124	Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA	Pride and Hasenohr (1983)	10.1016/0375-6742(83)90034-1	JGE19_405
Mo-00256a	27.8	27.8	27.8	?-?		Molybdenite	Mo, Au, Ag, Pb, Zn	50124	Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA	Rose and Pride (2010)		GSAAP42_54	Eruption of the Bonanza tuff 27.8 ma preceded caldera formation and development of gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper mineralization in the Bonanza region

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070445	Klondike Mine, Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R070445
R070701	Klondike Mine, Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R070701

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