Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Rosa, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 134315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Rosa, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Devils Slide Area
Farview Area
Rosa No. 1 Trench
Upper Farview Area

Latitude: 38°44'43"N
Longitude: 104°56'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.745277777778,-104.94333333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Astrophyllite	Bastnäsite	Clay	Corundum	Fluocerite	Mica	None	Olivine
Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Annite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*
Fluoro-riebeckite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Thorite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na O Si Th Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: F Fe Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Astrophyllite Bastnäsite Clay Corundum Fluocerite Mica None Olivine
Rutile Spinel Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	188150,188151	356
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	188152	161
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	188153	304
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	0		371
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1	188153	45
Fluoro-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂F₂	0		2
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	188152	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	188152	2994
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	188152	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	188152	1006
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	188152	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	188152	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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