Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 110777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-110777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Chest Mine, Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°54'37"N
Longitude: 105°58'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.910277777778,-105.975

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1610	1570	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1610	1570	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1610	1570	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1610	1570	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1610	1570	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1610	1570	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1610	1570	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1610	1570	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1610	1570	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1610	1570	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1610	1570	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1610	1570	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1610	1570	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1610	1570	969
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1610	1570	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1610	1570	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_029	1610	1570	1590±20	U/Pb			monazite			Yes				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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