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Locality Name:
Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1610
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1570

mindat Locality ID: 3600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Abe Lincoln No. 2 Occurrence
Buena Vista
Crystal No. 8 Mine (Luella Mine)
Iron Chest Mine
Lower Surry Quarry
Mizpah Gold Mine
Newett
Newett Quarries
Northern View (Rose Of Sharon)
Trout Creek No. 2 Mine
Tung Ash Mine
Unidentified Monazite Occurrence (MRDS - 10018145)
Unidentified Monazite Occurrence (MRDS - 10018146)
Unidentified Rare Earth Occurrence (MRDS - 10094767)

Latitude: 38°50'12"N
Longitude: 106°5'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.836666666667,-106.09388888889

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.

Allanite	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite
Malachite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Descloizite ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kasolite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Uranophane-β ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scorodite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yukonite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce Fe H Nb O Pb Si U Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Descloizite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite
Malachite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Zircon

48 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)	1610	1570	1	185696	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1610	1570	0		706
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1610	1570	2	185692,185698	2734
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1610	1570	1	185691	194
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1610	1570	1	185691	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1610	1570	1	185691	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1610	1570	1	185692	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1610	1570	1	185691	150
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1610	1570	1	185691	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1610	1570	1	185691	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1610	1570	2	185691,185692	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1610	1570	2	185692,185698	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1610	1570	1	185692	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1610	1570	1	185692	3531
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1610	1570	1	185698	378
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1610	1570	4	185691,185700,185701,185702	414
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1610	1570	1	185689	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1610	1570	1	185691	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1610	1570	0		163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1610	1570	3	185692,185694,185698	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1610	1570	1	185694	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1610	1570	1	185691	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1610	1570	1	185698	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1610	1570	1	185698	1066
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1610	1570	0		198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1610	1570	1	185690	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1610	1570	1	185692	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1610	1570	3	185690,185691,185702	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1610	1570	1	185691	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1610	1570	2	185691,185692	17380
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1610	1570	0		144
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1610	1570	1	185691	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1610	1570	1	185692	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1610	1570	1	185692	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1610	1570	1	185698	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1610	1570	5	185690,185691,185692,185696,185702	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1610	1570	1	185692	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1610	1570	1	185692	969
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1610	1570	0		353
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1610	1570	1	185691	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1610	1570	1	185694	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1610	1570	1	185692	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1610	1570	3	185692,185694,185698	21482
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1610	1570	2	185688,185699	652
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1610	1570	1	185698	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1610	1570	2	185691,185693	939
Yukonite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O	1610	1570	1	185691	29
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1610	1570	1	185690	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
	Bradley_2012_029	1610	1570	1590±20	U/Pb			monazite							3600	Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA	Trout Creek	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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