Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Little Patsy Pegmatite (Patsy Pegmatite), South Platte Pegmatite District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1079
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1075

mindat Locality ID: 3645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Patsy Pegmatite (Patsy Pegmatite), South Platte Pegmatite District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°24'38"N
Longitude: 105°13'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.410555555556,-105.22944444444

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.

Autunite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluocerite	Fluorite	Mica	Monazite	None
Quartz	Scheelite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Autunite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ishikawaite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Samarskite-(Yb) ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*
Torbernite ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O P Si Ta Th U Y Yb Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O P Si Ta Th U Y Yb Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluocerite Fluorite Mica Monazite None
Quartz Scheelite Topaz Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1079	1075	8803
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1079	1075	1272
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1079	1075	196
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1079	1075	45
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1079	1075	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1079	1075	14640
Ishikawaite ()*	Columbite	(U,Fe,Y)NbO₄	1079	1075	24
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1079	1075	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1079	1075	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1079	1075	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1079	1075	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1079	1075	353
Samarskite-(Yb) ()*	Columbite	YbNbO₄	1079	1075	1
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1079	1075	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1079	1075	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1079	1075	1059
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	1079	1075	51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1079	1075	5251

1 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
	Bradley_2012_132	1079	1075	1077±2	Ar/Ar						Yes				3668	Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA	Pike's Peak	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110058	Little Patsy Pegmatite (Patsy Pegmatite), South Platte Pegmatite District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R110058

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