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Locality Name:
Crystal Peak, Teller Co., Colorado, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 121019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crystal Peak, Teller Co., Colorado, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Crystal Creek
Crystal Peak Topaz Prospects
Dreamtime Claim
Indian Creek Drive
Ray Ziegler Pegmatite Pocket
Rocket Claim
Smoky Hawk Claim
Take 5 Claim (Take Five Claim)
Unnamed Pegmatite
Ute Claim

Latitude: 39°0'38"N
Longitude: 105°17'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.010555555556,-105.29444444444

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Mica	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite
Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Barylite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Genthelvite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Microcline ()*
Milarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Th Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Mica Milarite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite
Topaz Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1114	995	4	198560,198562,198564,198565	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1114	995	0		2162
Barylite ()*	None	BaBe₂Si₂O₇	1114	995	0		33
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	198564	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1114	995	0		4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	198564	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1079	1075	2	198564,198567	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	198564	518
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1114	995	6	198558,198560,198562,198564,198565,198566	9617
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	198564	60
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1114	995	4	198558,198560,198562,198564	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	198564	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	198564	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1114	995	0		5433
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1079	1009	9	198558,198560,198562,198563,198564,198565,198566,198567,198568	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O			1	198564	156
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1114	995	0		17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1114	995	0		471
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1114	995	2	198562,198564	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1114	995	0		2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1114	995	7	198558,198560,198562,198564,198565,198566,198568	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1114	995	0		1711
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	198561	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	198564	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	198564	6417
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1114	995	0		1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	198564	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1114	995	1	198562	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	198564	5251

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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