Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wellsville Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 134891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wellsville Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
G. L. Davis Mine
Galpin & Vreeland Claim
Maverick Gulch
Pine Canyon Lode Occurrence (Southmost Claim Group)
Tumble Mountain Quarry
U.S. Soils Quarry
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10094573)
Wellsville Deposit (Iron Mountain Deposit)

Latitude: 38°29'49"N
Longitude: 105°52'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.496944444444,-105.87444444444

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.

Calcite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Rutile

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: C Ca Cu H Mg Mn O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Gypsum Malachite None Rutile

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	188694	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	188687	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	188689,188691,188692	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	188690	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	188694	770
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	188694	3106

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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