Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Veta Pass Area, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21.3

mindat Locality ID: 133863
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133863.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Veta Pass Area, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Brigham-Post Property
City Slicker Mine
Copper Bull Mine
Hall Property
McGuire Lode Occurrence (C. E. Wilson Property)
McIntire Property
Mount Mestas
Muleshoe Uranium Deposit
Parks Lode Claim
Pass Creek
Prospect (MRDS - 10288467)
Santa Rosa Claim
Spanish Peaks Uranium Occurrence (Sunnyside)

Latitude: 37°34'55"N
Longitude: 105°10'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.581944444444,-105.17861111111

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.

Adelite	Autunite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Harmotome	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Volborthite

Autunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Laumontite ()*
Malachite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Prehnite ()*	Silver ()*	Tangeite ()*
Tyuyamunite ()*	Volborthite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O P S Si U V

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Autunite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Digenite Harmotome Malachite None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Volborthite

17 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
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			2	190411,190417	1272
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	190411	5516
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			5	190406,190407,190409,190411,190417	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	190411	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	190411	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	23.5	21.5	2	190408,190411	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	190411	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	190411	1027
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	190406	290
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	23.3	21.3	1	190412	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	190406,190407	12537
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	23.5	21.3	0		144
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23.5	21.3	0		1898
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	23.5	21.5	1	190408	5186
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	190415	60
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			4	190406,190407,190413,190414	628
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O			1	190407	155

2 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-1412	23.5	21.5	22.5±1					1412						159180	Copper Bull Mine, La Veta Pass Area, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-1402	23.3	21.3	22.3±1					1402						145248	Mount Mestas, La Veta Pass Area, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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