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Locality Name:
Storm Mountain, Crystal Mountain Pegmatite District (Storm Mountain District), Larimer Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 159386
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159386.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Storm Mountain, Crystal Mountain Pegmatite District (Storm Mountain District), Larimer Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Storm Mountain Mine

Latitude: 40°29'0"N
Longitude: 105°23'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.483333333333,-105.38333333333
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb Si Th U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H K O Si U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAndalusiteApatiteAutuniteBerylCompreignaciteFluoriteGraftoniteMeta-autuniteNone
OlivinePhosphuranyliteTripliteVivianiteZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Alluaudite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beusite  (*)
Compreignacite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Thorianite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vandendriesscheite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3119183494
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511918341310
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11918341272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811918344286
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)2119183439
Compreignacite  (*)CompreignaciteK2(UO2)6O4(OH)6·7H2O027
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)1191834108
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)21191834107
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)1191834204
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1191834367
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1191834388
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O1191834182
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)119183480
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO21191834236
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)1191834313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211918342718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1191834890
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O119183452
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1191834636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F119183447


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