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Locality Name:
Lake George Beryllium Area (Badger Flats Beryllium Area; Mountain Dale), Park Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 133177
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133177.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake George Beryllium Area (Badger Flats Beryllium Area; Mountain Dale), Park Co., Colorado, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
A & C Claims (A & C No. 2 Claim; China Wall Cupola)
Apex Mine (Unpatented Claims: Rosella; Little May; Apex No. 2; Apex No. 7; Apex Copper Company Mine; Patented Claims: Apex; Kanesko)
Badger Flats Area (China Wall Cupola; Boomer Mine; Mary Lee Mine; Redskin Mine)
Black Prince Mine
Blue Jay Mine
Boomer Mine (East Boomer; Outhouse Lode; Mammoth Lode; Florman Shaft)
Champell Mine
China Wall Area
Happy Thought Mine (Fort De Vincennes)
Hazel Marie Group
J & S Group (J & S No. 1; J & S No. 2; J & S No. 3)
Little John Mine (Little John No. 1; Little John No. 2)
Littlejohn J And S Occurrence
Minerva J Mine
Redskin Gulch
Redskin Mine (Redskin Claim; Claims: Papoose; Squaw)
Tarryall Creek Mine
Tennessee Mine (Tennessee No. 2)
Unnamed Greisen Pipe
Unnamed Pegmatite
Yucca Hill

Latitude: 39°5'19"N
Longitude: 105°25'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.088611111111,-105.43305555556

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mo Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Nb O P Si Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTapioliteTopazZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Euclase  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Topaz  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2194813,1948169052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)119481611547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)214194811,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194825,194826,194828606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1813194811,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194826,1948284286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO214194811,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194826,1948285171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11948164979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215194811,194812,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194826,19482827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS15194811,194812,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194826,1948284165
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)15194811,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194825,194826,194828120
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O60414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF217194811,194812,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194825,194826,194828,1948299617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15194811,194812,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194826,19482824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11948167437
Gold  (*)CopperAu119481230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119481614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS215194811,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194826,194828,1948315800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216194811,194812,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194825,194826,19482817380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1194813326
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1194816494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214194811,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194826,19482839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218194811,194812,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194825,194826,194828,194829,19483061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2194812,1948164894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)15194811,194812,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194826,1948286417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2194812,1948165186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14194811,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194826,19482821482
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6119483088
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F215194811,194812,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194826,1948281476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO214194811,194813,194814,194815,194816,194817,194818,194819,194820,194821,194822,194824,194826,1948282718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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