Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Morrison Area, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 158984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morrison Area, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Dinosaur Ridge
Jefferson County Iron Mines
Morrison Formation
Morrison Quadrangle
Morrison Road Roadcut
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10016950)
Unnamed Fe Mine (MRDS - 10013740)

Latitude: 39°38'38"N
Longitude: 105°10'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.643888888889,-105.17555555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite

Alunogen ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	190769	272
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	190766	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	190768	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	190766	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	190767	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	190766	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	190764	2740
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	190767	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	190766	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	190771	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	190766	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	190765	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	190766	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	190766	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	190766	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	190766	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	190768	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	190766,190771	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	190767	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	190767	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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