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Locality Name:
Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 77
Youngest recorded age at locality: 67

mindat Locality ID: 14350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 46
Child Localities:
Ace High - Jackpot Prospect
American Flag Mine (Anaconda Mine; Ethel Consolidation Mine; Crete Mine; Holdredge Mine)
Azurite No. 1 Claim
Blackjack Group
Blue Brute And Sevilla Queen Claims
Buckley Hill
Calumet Mine (Calumet; Calumet No. 2; Hecla; Hecla No. 2; Calumet Iron Mine; Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite Deposit; Patented Placer Claims: Calumet; Hecla-Williamson; Smithville No. 2; CF&I Company Mine)
Coffey Pot Claims
Combination Prospect (Allard Beryllium Prospect)
Copper King Mine (E.W.; Turret Deposit)
Corundum Knob
Dangerfield
Doyle Quarry
Friend Claims
Glenn Lamberg Feldspar Deposit
Gold Bug Mine
Golden Island
Golden Wonder Mine
Herskberger Tunnel
Homestake Mine
Independence Mine
Iron King Hematite Deposit (Hawkins Hematite Bank; Lucky Break; Iron King Gold Mine; Iron King Mine)
Liberty Hill Mine (Walter Higham's Mine)
Lucky John No. 2 Mine
M And W
Mascot
Mica-Beryl Mine (MRDS - 10013705)
Midwest
Nutmeg
Old Glory Claim (Last Chance Prospect; Last Chance Spar-Mica Dyke Prospect)
Riegel Feldspar Prospect
Rock King Mine
Royal Bo (Riegal)
Salida
Shirley Group
Shirley No. 3
Silver Rocker Group
Spartan Mine
Sunset
Turret Deposit
Unnamed Graphite Deposit (MRDS - 10013948)
Unnamed Pegmatite Prospect [1]
Unnamed Prospects
Unnamed Skarn
Venture Lode Mine 1933
Vivandiere Mine

Latitude: 38°37'50"N
Longitude: 105°58'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.630555555556,-105.98166666667

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline

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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Baryte Beryl Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Gahnite ()*
Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	77	67	5	185704,185705,185710,185723,185724	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	77	67	5	185710,185723,185735,185738,185740	8803
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	185704	718
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	77	67	1	185710	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	185704,185705	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			12	185708,185711,185712,185716,185723,185730,185733,185734,185735,185738,185740,185745	4286
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	185704	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	77	67	6	185704,185705,185710,185726,185744,185746	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	185704	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	185704	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	77	67	5	185704,185710,185719,185724,185749	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	185721	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	185704	3531
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	185730	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			2	185704,185724	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	77	67	4	185706,185710,185714,185747	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	185724	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	77	67	1	185710	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	77	67	2	185710,185746	8173
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			5	185704,185705,185706,185724,185747	445
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	77	67	0		178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	185705,185719,185721,185725,185749	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	77	67	3	185710,185714,185744	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	77	67	1	185710	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	77	67	3	185704,185710,185725	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	185737	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	185724	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	77	67	1	185710	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	77	67	1	185710	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	77	67	1	185710	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	77	67	4	185704,185706,185710,185724	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	77	67	2	185704,185710	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			5	185723,185730,185735,185738,185745	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	185724	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			10	185712,185723,185724,185730,185733,185734,185735,185738,185740,185745	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	185704,185705	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	185738,185740	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	185704	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	77	67	2	185710,185724	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			4	185707,185726,185741,185748	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	77	67	1	185710	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	185724	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	77	67	20	185704,185705,185710,185711,185712,185719,185721,185723,185724,185730,185733,185734,185735,185738,185740,185744,185745,185746,185747,185749	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	77	67	2	185706,185710	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	77	67	1	185710	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	185747	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	185707,185726,185748	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	77	67	3	185704,185710,185724	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	185719,185725,185749	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	185704,185724	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	185706	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	185704	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	77	67	1	185710	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	77	67	2	185704,185710	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	77	67	2	185710,185743	652
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	185721	1655

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-35653	77	67	72±5					35653						5572	Calumet Mine (Calumet; Calumet No. 2; Hecla; Hecla No. 2; Calumet Iron Mine; Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite Deposit; Patented Placer Claims: Calumet; Hecla-Williamson; Smithville No. 2; CF&I Company Mine), Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061087	Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R061087
R050131	Calumet Mine (Calumet; Calumet No. 2; Hecla; Hecla No. 2; Calumet Iron Mine; Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite Deposit; Patented Placer Claims: Calumet; Hecla-Williamson; Smithville No. 2; CF&I Company Mine), Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R050131

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