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Locality Name:
Clyde Long Property (Surprise Claims; Elk Park Mine; Exxon Lease; Centennial Claims), Elk Park, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 5992
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5992.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clyde Long Property (Surprise Claims; Elk Park Mine; Exxon Lease; Centennial Claims), Elk Park, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°42'53"N
Longitude: 107°39'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.714722222222,-107.65611111111
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAutuniteCalciteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumFluoriteLöllingite
MilleriteMolybdeniteNatroautuniteNickelineNonePerovskitePharmacosideritePlancheitePyriteQuartz
ScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSulphurTetrahedriteVivianite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Abernathyite  (*)Acanthite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Autunite  (*)Berthierine  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Iriginite  (*)
Jordisite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metauranospinite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Selenium  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Abernathyite  (*)NatroautuniteK(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O2620016
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S262002793
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O26200445
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O262001272
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)42620059
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS26200966
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O26200814
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32620014640
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)26200123
Iriginite  (*)None(UO2)Mo6+2O7·3H2O2620015
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS226200102
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs226200762
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O26200443
Metauranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O2620014
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O26200182
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS262001066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2262005800
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O2620013
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs26200633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS26200767
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O26200428
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O2620074
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O26200309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS326200733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3262001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22620039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22620061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs226200233
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O262001153
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe26200143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)262006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg262005186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs326200531
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13262001803
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2262002718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O26200890
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O2620051
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4262001655


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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