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Locality Name:
Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1860
Youngest recorded age at locality: 48

mindat Locality ID: 5901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA": 384
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 344

Number of Child Localities: 122
Child Localities:
Apex No. 10 Clay Pit
Bender
Bergen Park Area
Beryl Ores Mill
Bette No. 1
Binder Clay Mine
Blue Mountain
Brannon Pit No. 17
Buff Pit
Buffalo Creek Area
C. P. Hoyts Pits
Carlile Shale
Chieftan Mine
Clear Creek Canyon
Clear Creek Pegmatite Province
Cody Park
Conifer
Coors Clay Mines
Critchell Area
Dakota Hogback
Deckers
Deer Creek
Deer Creek Canyon
Deer Creek Mine
Deer Creek South Pit Quarry
Denver Area
Douglas Mountain
Douglas Mountain Road
Eldorado Springs Quadrangle
Elk Creek
Evergreen District (Malachite District)
Evergreen Meadows
Fenders - Magnotte Pegmatite Occurrence
Foothill District
Front Range
Genesee Park Calc-silicate Locality
Gilpin No. 1
Golden Clay Mines
Golden District
Golden Fire Brick Company
Golden Gate Canyon - Ralston Creek Area
Golden Granite Quarry
Guy Hill Pegmatite Area
Hard Rock Quarries
Idaho Springs Formation
Idledale District
Indian Gulch
Indian Hills
Iowa Gulch Occurrence (Iowa Gulch Pegmatite)
Iron Dyke
Johnson Reservoir
Lakewood
Lariat Mine
Leavenworth Creek
Lindsay
Long Scraggy
Lookout Mountain
Lower Clear Creek Area
M&S Chieftain Mine
Madlen School Pegmatites
Malden School Pegmatite Occurrence
Mica Prospect; Nare Ranch
Morrison Area
Morrison Quarry
Mount Evans
Mount Vernon Canyon
New Hedley
No Name Pegmatite
North & South Chieftan
Orahood Bank
Pasty
R. Gilman Ranch Pegmatite Occurrence
Ralston Buttes District
Rock Products No. 2
South Golden Mine
South Platte District
South Platte Pegmatite District
South Tarryall Peak Area
Squaw Pass Quadrangle
Strainland Mine (Golden Mine)
Stranger Mine (George W. Parfet Estate; Inc.; Prospect)
Swede Gulch Pegmatite
Tarryall Mountains Area
Terra Cotta
Thomas - Union Lodes (Mica Mine)
Turkey Creek
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory; MRDS - 10016652)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory; MRDS - 10016673)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory; MRDS - 10016691)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory; MRDS - 10016800)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory; MRDS - 10016816)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10016144)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10016152)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10016154)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10016803)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10016805)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10016808)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10091139)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10091161)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10091164)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10091167)
Unknown Clay (MRDS - 10263610)
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10016923)
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10016925)
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10016943)
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10091166)
Unknown Dolomite Occurrence (MRDS - 10016814)
Unknown Gypsum - Anhydrite Occurrence (MRDS - 10091133)
Unknown Quartz Occurrence (MRDS - 10118562)
Unknown Silica Occurrence (MRDS - 10016811)
Unknown Stone - Crushed/Broken (MRDS - 10016671)
Unknown Stone - Crushed/Broken (MRDS - 10108045)
Unknown Stone - Dimension (MRDS - 10108136)
Unknown Stone (MRDS - 10166679)
Unnamed Pegmatite
Van Bibber Creek Pegmatite (Dry Creek)
Vergie No. 2
Waterton (Kassler) Area
Waterton Pit
West Creek
White Ranch Park
Wigwam Creek

Latitude: 39°35'2"N
Longitude: 105°13'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.583888888889,-105.21666666667

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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U V W Y Yb Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAlumAluminiteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteApophyllite
AragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBerylBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChabazite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoceriteFluoriteFritzscheiteGadoliniteGarnet
GismondineGypsumHalotrichiteHarmotomeHeulanditeHumiteHydrotalciteJohanniteKaoliniteKieserite
LöllingiteLévyneMalachiteMarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteMonaziteMordenite
NatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePharmacosideritePhenakitePhosphuranylitePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSchoepiteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteStilbiteTalcTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTopaz
TourmalineTripliteVesuvianiteWoodwarditeZippeiteZircon

205 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)
Alum-(K)  (*)Aluminite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayleyite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Copper  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cowlesite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dypingite  (*)Edenite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Gadolinite-(Ce)  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Garronite-Ca  (*)Gedrite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Humite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilsemannite  (*)Ishikawaite  (*)Johannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)
Kalinite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lansfordite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Liebigite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Meionite  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Offretite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phillipsite-Ca  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Samarskite-(Yb)  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sellaite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Swartzite  (*)Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talc  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thalénite-(Y)  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Uranopilite  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Willemite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zippeite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23190538,190606,1906263419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1079107521190560,190562,190565,190566,190567,190569,190577,190578,190583,190584,190831,190834,190835,190837,190839,190851,190854,190855,190864,190866,1909188803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)107910759190562,190566,190581,190586,190682,190775,190841,190864,190872706
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1190538470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31860485190555,190605,190614,190625,1908022353
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O119087792
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O119077678
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61190728966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O3190653,190688,190769272
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O6190690,190691,190692,190696,190718,1907251627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211906822162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO53190615,190792,1909171310
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1010101011908171588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)218604810190602,190698,190707,190711,190766,190783,190784,190798,190802,1908033092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22190915,190918356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)2190625,1906291036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)23190537,190538,190706718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3190556,190690,1906963250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1860483190540,190802,1909189052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O64190629,190690,190696,1907682060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O107968.24190596,190802,190817,1908371272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25190567,190597,190621,190799,1908035509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1860485190557,190621,190690,190783,19082111547
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O70.468.2119080238
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O119059692
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23190560,190565,190583606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181743.92107521190538,190559,190560,190561,190562,190565,190567,190570,190574,190575,190576,190580,190581,190583,190586,190587,190591,190703,190857,190872,1909074286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11907981966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S35190560,190562,190570,190703,1907981935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)4190560,190562,190570,190703716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41860489190596,190629,190783,190787,190797,190798,190799,190802,1908035516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611905971633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18604823190538,190556,190557,190619,190620,190687,190690,190691,190694,190696,190707,190711,190723,190743,190766,190783,190784,190787,190797,190798,190802,190803,19081727770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O3190642,190644,1906691184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22190686,1908685171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11906861252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2190621,1906224979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O5190690,190691,190692,190694,190696310
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1860481190783925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S18604812190621,190622,190698,190783,190786,190787,190797,190798,190799,190802,190803,1908105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218604818190538,190596,190597,190601,190625,190626,190629,190631,190698,190707,190711,190784,190787,190796,190797,190798,190802,19080327198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21190538285
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O46190568,190570,190578,190686,190703,190906321
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O6190620,190626,190629,190630,190690,1906963531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8107910753190817,190864,1909181756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21190538236
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O70.468.27190642,190644,190707,190711,190785,190797,190802566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61190562518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O63190583,190714,190918289
Copper  (*)CopperCu2190617,1906983846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O187190537,190545,190625,190706,190767,190797,1908691008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311905681797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1860488190597,190783,190787,190797,190798,190799,190802,1908034165
Cowlesite  (*)NoneCa(Al2Si3)O10·5-6H2O3190690,190691,19069684
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21190706327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4190596,190629,190630,1907862970
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)210101010119083890
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1860484190796,190797,190798,1908021027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611905384135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21860484190766,190797,190802,1908989895
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O119057950
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)21190538160
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1190918520
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS21190803246
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61190538944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)8190568,190592,190619,190620,190626,190631,190682,1907038173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1860481190802484
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6101010104190562,190591,190845,190862414
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1190915371
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO41743.9210755190580,190837,190838,190851,190864196
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1743.921603.921190580345
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21190915271
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)FluoceriteCeF310791075119083745
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3190538,190595,1907642740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O3190690,190692,190696303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF218604840190585,190621,190622,190707,190711,190783,190784,190785,190786,190790,190791,190797,190802,190816,190819,190820,190821,190822,190824,190826,190828,190833,190834,190836,190837,190838,190841,190842,190844,190846,190848,190849,190851,190854,190855,190856,190864,190865,190866,1909189617
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O2190596,19078561
Gadolinite-(Ce)  (*)GadoliniteCe2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)21743.9210753190580,190826,19086431
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2107910752190841,190864163
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O45190538,190590,190625,190626,190869445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18604817190538,190551,190597,190601,190621,190622,190623,190626,190629,190707,190711,190783,190784,190796,190797,190798,19080224243
Garronite-Ca  (*)GismondineCa3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O2190690,19069666
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)23190706,190767,190869178
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1190798131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3190602,190766,1909187437
Gold  (*)CopperAu5190610,190611,190757,190758,19079830554
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O2190690,190696167
Graphite  (*)NoneC1860482190606,1908022812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32190592,1906821544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21860482190802,190915223
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1860485190717,190740,190802,190899,1909186890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1190653409
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21190915209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O62190682,190915741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318604825190625,190698,190708,190743,190771,190783,190786,190787,190797,190798,190799,190802,190803,190821,190827,190829,190831,190832,190837,190847,190849,190850,190864,190866,19091814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11906211689
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O2190690,190696246
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2119053880
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1190556341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311907065433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)4190638,190643,190648,190653123
Ishikawaite  (*)Columbite(U,Fe,Y)NbO410791075119083724
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O70.468.2119080269
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS21860482190783,190802102
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O10791075119086499
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O119087754
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4101010106190602,190689,190728,190766,190839,1908665591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O107910751190854198
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411905781507
Lansfordite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·5H2O119057917
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2190690,1906961271
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O2190690,19069642
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O70.468.2119080278
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)1190562155
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41743.921603.9217190541,190559,190561,190566,190569,190580,190581,190589,190596,190599,190625,190706,190715,190765,190774,190798,19080114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214190567,190569,190577,190597,190601,190621,190625,190626,190629,190786,190799,190803,190810,19091012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21860484190644,190783,190798,1908025674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As81190798161
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1190682176
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O2190690,190696425
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2190785,190797388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2190785,190797443
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1190642129
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1190785182
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1743.92107545190560,190562,190565,190566,190567,190568,190569,190570,190572,190576,190577,190578,190580,190582,190583,190584,190585,190589,190591,190605,190626,190703,190706,190712,190715,190782,190816,190819,190821,190823,190826,190827,190832,190837,190838,190841,190842,190848,190849,190850,190853,190854,190855,190864,1909184924
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O1190618223
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1860481190802168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21860489190565,190580,190595,190787,190798,190802,190811,190817,1908685800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)107910753190562,190837,190841945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3190609,190689,1907661508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O3190687,190690,190696405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218604837190560,190562,190565,190566,190567,190568,190570,190575,190578,190580,190582,190585,190586,190587,190589,190591,190605,190609,190633,190662,190689,190703,190706,190715,190766,190782,190783,190797,190802,190817,190833,190837,190854,190864,190876,190877,19090717380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41190877112
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O4190690,190696,190718,1907251236
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O119057980
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1860483190783,190798,190802633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3190690,190696,190716471
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O2190690,190696146
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O4190556,190687,190690,1906962994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2190798,1908772349
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2119079852
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1190918428
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)HarmotomeCa3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O2190690,19069675
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23190606,190690,1906962273
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O1190785182
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1190538260
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F2119091889
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1190701494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211905381898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218604827190596,190625,190629,190631,190638,190643,190644,190687,190698,190707,190708,190711,190723,190766,190783,190784,190785,190787,190796,190797,190798,190802,190803,190817,190821,190838,19085139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2101010102190826,1908513106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11906251725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81860488190625,190629,190783,190787,190797,190798,190802,1908119056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218604897190538,190560,190561,190562,190565,190566,190567,190568,190569,190570,190572,190575,190577,190578,190580,190582,190584,190585,190589,190592,190602,190605,190616,190619,190621,190622,190624,190625,190626,190633,190642,190661,190662,190682,190687,190690,190698,190703,190706,190707,190708,190711,190715,190728,190761,190762,190763,190766,190783,190784,190785,190787,190791,190797,190798,190801,190802,190817,190818,190819,190821,190822,190823,190824,190826,190827,190828,190829,190832,190833,190834,190837,190838,190839,190840,190841,190842,190844,190847,190848,190849,190851,190853,190854,190855,190856,190857,190860,190864,190865,190866,190869,190876,190877,190907,190917,19091861156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs21860482190798,190802233
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101190556312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO27190538,190568,190590,190624,190703,190706,1908695614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81743.92107511190562,190576,190580,190591,190735,190823,190830,190837,190838,190851,190863353
Samarskite-(Yb)  (*)ColumbiteYbNbO41079107511908371
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1190768598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3190682,190701,1908124894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3190703,190907,1909182705
Sellaite  (*)RutileMgF210101010119082646
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1860488190620,190625,190766,190771,190796,190797,190802,1908176417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2119091892
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO510190537,190538,190590,190624,190703,190706,190767,190797,190869,1908771516
Silver  (*)CopperAg2190783,1907985186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31190803531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11906252473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31860482190703,1908021214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18604816190538,190597,190601,190621,190622,190623,190625,190626,190629,190707,190711,190783,190797,190798,190802,19080321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42190538,1907061934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)2190767,190797978
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O2190690,190696268
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1190798332
Swartzite  (*)NoneCaMg(UO2)(CO3)3·12H2O70.468.211908024
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F107910753190820,190854,19086455
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O1190653139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22190619,1906203337
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O61190567211
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131860482190802,1908031803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO5190596,190629,190699,190786,1908031101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133190628,190629,1907985317
Thalénite-(Y)  (*)NoneY3Si3O10F10791075119086426
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1190717299
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O4190690,190691,190692,190696452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1079107512190583,190591,190603,190714,190820,190823,190837,190838,190840,190847,190854,1908641006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5190538,190539,190595,190629,1906824899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21079107521190538,190562,190583,190586,190590,190624,190703,190712,190824,190833,190837,190838,190843,190844,190849,190854,190856,190864,190866,190872,1909181476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O107968.27190596,190737,190787,190797,190799,190802,1908371059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22190538,1906262562
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)1190562313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F1190568233
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21743.9268.226190560,190580,190596,190625,190638,190643,190644,190707,190708,190709,190711,190784,190785,190787,190789,190796,190797,190798,190799,190800,190802,190803,190854,190877,190910,1909122718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O70.468.26190596,190644,190787,190797,190799,190802890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O119078794
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O119078751
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)104190564,190619,190620,1906821395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41190621303
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)186048119080257
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1743.9210758190562,190580,190703,190704,190819,190820,190841,190864939
Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)Columbite(Y,U,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)41743.9210752190580,19083751
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O119091884
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)470.468.21190802175
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1079107518190560,190562,190571,190586,190590,190703,190706,190731,190775,190820,190823,190837,190838,190854,190861,190862,190864,1908725251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000883The Schwarzwalder Mine was the largest producing vein-type uranium deposit in the US
Giersdorf_00000884The Schwarzwalder Mine was the largest producing vein-type uranium deposit in the US
Giersdorf_00000885The Schwarzwalder Mine was the largest producing vein-type uranium deposit in the US
Giersdorf_00000886The Schwarzwalder Mine was the largest producing vein-type uranium deposit in the US
Giersdorf_00000887The Schwarzwalder Mine was the largest producing vein-type uranium deposit in the US
Giersdorf_00000888The Schwarzwalder Mine was the largest producing vein-type uranium deposit in the US
Giersdorf_00000889The Schwarzwalder Mine was the largest producing vein-type uranium deposit in the US
Giersdorf_00000890The Schwarzwalder Mine was the largest producing vein-type uranium deposit in the US
Giersdorf_00000891The Schwarzwalder Mine was the largest producing vein-type uranium deposit in the US
Giersdorf_00000892The Schwarzwalder Mine was the largest producing vein-type uranium deposit in the US


13 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
Bradley_2012_132107910751077±2Ar/Ar    Yes  3668Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USAPike's PeakMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
USGS-Rb-Sr-043081743.921603.921673.92±70Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     6280Roscoe Beryl Mine (Roscoe Pegmatite), Clear Creek Pegmatite Province, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
Giersdorf_0000088367.963.165.5±2.4K-Arage of Ralston dikebiotite     6282Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASchwartzwalder MineLudwig et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.7.1858EG80_1858Age of the closest intrusive body to the Schwarzwalder Mine
Giersdorf_0000088473.965.369.6±4.3U-Pb       6282Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASchwartzwalder MineLudwig et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.7.1858EG80_1858Pb206/Pb204 and U238/Pb204 Age
Giersdorf_00000885947082±12U-Pb       6282Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASchwartzwalder MineLudwig et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.7.1858EG80_1858Pb207/Pb204 and U235/Pb204 Age
Giersdorf_00000886785265±13U-Pb       6282Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASchwartzwalder MineLudwig et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.7.1858EG80_1858Pb206/Pb204 and U238/Pb204 Age
Giersdorf_00000887925272±20U-Pb       6282Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASchwartzwalder MineLudwig et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.7.1858EG80_1858Pb207/Pb204 and U235/Pb204 Age
Giersdorf_00000888815970±11U-Pb       6282Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASchwartzwalder MineLudwig et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.7.1858EG80_1858Pb206/Pb204 and U238/Pb204 Age
Giersdorf_00000889984873±25U-Pb       6282Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASchwartzwalder MineLudwig et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.7.1858EG80_1858Pb207/Pb204 and U235/Pb204 Age
Giersdorf_0000089070.468.269.3±1.1U-PbAge of Uranium oreshigh     U6282Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASchwartzwalder MineLudwig et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.7.1858EG80_1858Pb206/Pb204 and U238/Pb204 Age
Giersdorf_0000089172.267.669.9±2.3U-Pb       6282Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASchwartzwalder MineLudwig et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.7.1858EG80_1858Pb207/Pb204 and U235/Pb204 Age
Giersdorf_00000892186016001730±130 Age is given for the source age for the metals in the ores found in the mine      6282Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASchwartzwalder MineLudwig et al. (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.7.1858EG80_1858 
ree-00688101010101010 Ma        66693South Platte Pegmatite District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USASouth Platte DistrictOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120081Hinman Mine, Indian Hills, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120081
R050662Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050662
R110058Little Patsy Pegmatite (Patsy Pegmatite), South Platte Pegmatite District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110058


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