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Locality Name:
Mayesville District, Larimer Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 115532
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-115532.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mayesville District, Larimer Co., Colorado, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Big Mica Beryl Prospect
Chaney - Sims Beryl Prospects
Crown Point Vein Occurrence
Little Bobby Vein Occurrence
Soda Springs Group
Unnamed Copper - Nickel - Laterite - Silver - Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10013869)
Wahketa Mine

Latitude: 40°40'43"N
Longitude: 105°37'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.678611111111,-105.6225

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 Au Be Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparMicaNonePyriteQuartz
Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811919404286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22191942,19194427198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3191939,191942,19194324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu119194130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119194314640
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11919404924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22191939,19194017380
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1191943144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119194239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22191940,19194261156
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1191943890



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