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Locality Name:
North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5895
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5895.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Southeast Quarry
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Tunnel
West Quarry

Latitude: 39°46'23"N
Longitude: 105°12'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.773055555556,-105.21444444444

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAnalcimeApophylliteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChabaziteClayGismondine
HarmotomeHeulanditeLévyneMicaMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartz
Smectite-vermiculiteStilbiteThomsonite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cowlesite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Garronite-Ca  (*)
Gonnardite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Offretite  (*)Opal  (*)
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2190691,1906921627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2190691,19069427770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O3190691,190692,190694310
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cowlesite  (*)NoneCa(Al2Si3)O10·5-6H2O119069184
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O1190692303
Garronite-Ca  (*)GismondineCa3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O066
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O0167
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O0246
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O042
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O0405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O0146
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)HarmotomeCa3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O075
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O0268
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O2190691,190692452



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