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Locality Name:
Micanite District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Micanite District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Betty Mine
Climax Mine (Mine No. 8 U.S. Mica Company; Climax Mica Mine)
Lower South Mine (Whisper ? Mine)
Micanite Ridge
Rosemont Mine (East Mine)
Rowe's No. 2 Mine
Rowe's North Mine
Rowe's Prospects
Rowe's South Prospect
Tickon Prospect
Upper South Mine
Whopper Mine And Prospect

Latitude: 38°41'2"N
Longitude: 105°28'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.683888888889,-105.48277777778

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Triplite	Vesuvianite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Triplite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Nb O Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Triplite Vesuvianite
Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	188514,188522	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	9	188514,188515,188518,188519,188520,188521,188522,188523,188524	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2	188514,188517	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	188513	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	188513	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	188514	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	188513	4165
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	0		414
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	188514	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	188514	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	188514,188524	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	188513	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	10	188514,188515,188517,188518,188519,188520,188521,188522,188523,188524	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	188514,188515,188517,188518,188519,188520,188521,188522,188523,188524	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	188513	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	188513,188514,188515,188517,188518,188519,188520,188522,188523,188524	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	3	188514,188516,188524	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	188513	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	188513	1934
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	2	188514,188515	233
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	188513	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	188514	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	188514	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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