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Locality Name:
Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1107.21
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1007.21

mindat Locality ID: 3668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Goethite Hill
Pikes Peak Batholith Miarolitic Cavities
Sentinel Rock (Specimen Rock)
Southern Base
Windy Point Granite

Latitude: 38°48'15"N
Longitude: 104°55'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.804166666667,-104.9175
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 B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na Nb O P S Si Sn Th Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na Nb O P S Si Sn Th Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBerylCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakite
PyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteTopazTourmalineZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Annite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Barylite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1079107511881598803
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21107.211007.210356
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1107.211007.2103250
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O71107.211007.21033
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1107.211007.21011547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2107910751188159606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181107.211007.2104286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1030.0131015118815827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21107.211007.2105171
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81030.01310151188158577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81030.013101511881581756
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61107.211007.210518
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)107910751188159520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1030.013101511881588173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1030.013101511881582740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2107910752188157,1881599617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)107910752188157,1881597437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310791075118815914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31107.211007.2105433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41030.013101511881585591
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)107910153188157,188158,1881594924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1030.013101511881581508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2107910152188158,18815917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1107.211007.2102349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)107910751188159326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21107.211007.2102273
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F21107.211007.21089
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21107.211007.21039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81079107511881619056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2107910153188157,188158,18815961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21079107511881595614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81107.211007.210353
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1107.211007.210598
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1107.211007.2102705
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)21107.211007.21092
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1107.211007.2101006
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2107910152188158,1881591476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1107.211007.210939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1107.211007.2105251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000008shallow-seated complex, partly subvolcanic, with a series of elliptical intrusive centers
Jen_0000148biotite+hornblende, gabbro, quartz, syenite, faylite granite, riebeckite granite


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_132107910751077±2Ar/Ar       3668Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USAPike's PeakMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
USGS-Rb-Sr-002131107.211007.211057.21±50Rb-Srage of intrusionbiotite     3668Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
Jen_0000008101510151015 age of batholith emplacement      65416Pikes Peak Batholith Miarolitic Cavities, Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USAPikes Peak BatholithČerný (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90111-MPR51_429 
Jen_00001481030.0131029.9871030±0.013Rb-Sr       65416Pikes Peak Batholith Miarolitic Cavities, Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USAPikes Peak Batholith, ColoradoAnderson (1983)10.1130/MEM161-p133GSAM161_133anorogenic

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