Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Poncha Springs, Browns Canyon District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 69287
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69287.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poncha Springs, Browns Canyon District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lloyd & Delay Adit
Puzzle Mine

Latitude: 38°38'51"N
Longitude: 106°4'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.6475,-106.0725

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Manganite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	185291,185292	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	185291,185292	27770
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	185291,185292	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	185291,185292	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	185291,185292	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	185291,185292	5591
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	185291,185292	770
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	185291,185292	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	185291,185292	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	185291,185292	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	185291,185292	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	185291,185292	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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