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Locality Name:
Mt Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 3597
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3597.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beryl Gem Claims
East Face
Snowfield
West Face

Latitude: 38°39'59"N
Longitude: 106°15'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.666388888889,-106.26638888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Beryl	Bismutite	Brannerite	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilbite	Struvite	Sulphur	Titanite	Topaz	Triplite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Bazzite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Euclase ()*	Ferberite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*
Stellerite ()*	Struvite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Triplite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P S Sc Si Sn Ti U W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P S Sc Si Sn Ti U W Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Beryl Bismutite Brannerite Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Spinel Stibnite Stilbite Struvite Sulphur Titanite Topaz Triplite
Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	40	26	1	185641	8803
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	40	26	0		51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	40	26	0		606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	40	26	3	185639,185641,185642	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	40	26	0		1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	40	26	0		716
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	40	26	0		248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	40	26	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	40	26	0		5171
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	40	26	0		3531
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	40	26	0		120
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	40	26	0		551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	40	26	0		345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	40	26	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	40	26	1	185640	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	40	26	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	40	26	0		14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	40	26	0		469
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	40	26	0		2228
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	40	26	1	185642	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	40	26	0		14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	40	26	1	185643	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	40	26	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	40	26	1	185641	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	40	26	0		2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	40	26	2	185639,185643	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	40	26	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	40	26	2	185641,185642	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	40	26	0		5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	40	26	0		1214
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	40	26	0		189
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	40	26	0		30
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	40	26	0		2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	40	26	0		4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	40	26	0		1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	40	26	0		233
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	40	26	0		5251

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
	NAVDAT-36554	40	26	33±7					36554						3597	Mt Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050137	Mt Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R050137

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