Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Denver Group (Denver Mining And Milling Company; Ore Hill Group; Red Ledge Mine; Fenner Mine; Chance Mine; Pacoima Canyon Mine), Kagel Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1205
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1167

mindat Locality ID: 81204
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-81204.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Denver Group (Denver Mining And Milling Company; Ore Hill Group; Red Ledge Mine; Fenner Mine; Chance Mine; Pacoima Canyon Mine), Kagel Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Indicator Mine (Denver Indicator Mine)

Latitude: 34°21'50"N
Longitude: 118°19'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.363888888889,-118.32666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Melanterite Nickeline None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1205	1167	1	161414	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1205	1167	1	161414	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1205	1167	1	161414	24243
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1205	1167	1	161414	915
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1205	1167	1	161414	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1205	1167	0		61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1205	1167	1	161414	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1205	1167	1	161414	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_125	1205	1167	1186±19	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			28941	San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California, USA	Mendenhall Peak	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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