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:
Topeka-Kentucky Giant Vein, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 117487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-117487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Topeka-Kentucky Giant Vein, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Topeka Mine

Latitude: 37°56'10"N
Longitude: 107°39'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.936111111111,-107.65611111111

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Brookite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Ba Ca Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sr Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Brookite Chalcopyrite Fluorite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goyazite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	194213	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	194213	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		173
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	194213	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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