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Locality Name:
Taylor Gulch, Garfield, Monarch District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 69310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taylor Gulch, Garfield, Monarch District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Garfield Mine
Indianapolis Mine

Latitude: 38°33'37"N
Longitude: 106°17'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.560277777778,-106.28722222222

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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeEpidoteGarnetMalachite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11855402734
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2185540,1855414979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2118554027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2185540,18554124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11855407437
Gold  (*)CopperAu118554030554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11855401689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22185540,18554112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22185540,18554139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811855409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2118554161156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11855402473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2185540,18554121482



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