Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ray Ziegler Pegmatite Pocket, Crystal Peak, Teller Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1114
Youngest recorded age at locality: 995

mindat Locality ID: 71514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-71514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ray Ziegler Pegmatite Pocket, Crystal Peak, Teller Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°0'45"N
Longitude: 105°18'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.0125,-105.30611111111

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.

Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Phenakite	Quartz	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 Be Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite None Phenakite Quartz Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Microcline ()*	Phenakite ()*
Quartz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1114	995	8803
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1114	995	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1114	995	7437
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1073	1009	4924
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1114	995	326
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1114	995	61156
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1114	995	939

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000265	Pegmatites of the Pikes Peak Batholith
Giersdorf_00000266	Pegmatites of the Pikes Peak Batholith
Giersdorf_00000267	Pegmatites of the Pikes Peak Batholith

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
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
Giersdorf_00000265	1114	1075	1114-1075	U-Pb	zircon		Zircon	71514	Ray Ziegler Pegmatite Pocket, Crystal Peak, Teller Co., Colorado, USA	Ray Ziegler pocket	Blasi et al. (1984)	10.3406/bulmi.1984.7771	BM107_411
Giersdorf_00000266	1021	995	1008±13	Rb-Sr				71514	Ray Ziegler Pegmatite Pocket, Crystal Peak, Teller Co., Colorado, USA	Ray Ziegler pocket	Blasi et al. (1984)	10.3406/bulmi.1984.7771	BM107_411
Giersdorf_00000267	1073	1009	1073-1009	K-Ca	microcline		Microcline	71514	Ray Ziegler Pegmatite Pocket, Crystal Peak, Teller Co., Colorado, USA	Ray Ziegler pocket	Blasi et al. (1984)	10.3406/bulmi.1984.7771	BM107_411

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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