Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Orient Iron Mine (Caesar; MS 11400; Valley View; MS 8940; Vivia B.; MS 4988; Runaway; MS 1539; Prospector; MS 1505; Villa Grove), Orient District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 118599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-118599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orient Iron Mine (Caesar; MS 11400; Valley View; MS 8940; Vivia B.; MS 4988; Runaway; MS 1539; Prospector; MS 1505; Villa Grove), Orient District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°12'17"N
Longitude: 105°48'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.204722222222,-105.81333333333

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Quartz

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: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore None Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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