Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Manitou District, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 145043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manitou District, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Black Canyon
Cascade - Ute Pass
Castle Concrete Lennox B (Pikeview Quarry)
Castle Quarry
Cave Of The Winds
Colorado Springs Area
Garden Of The Gods
Glen Eyrie
Holly Occurrence
Manitou District Occurrence (Big Four; MS 17766; Manitou; MS 17047)
Pikeview Mine Lennox Breed Quarry
Rainbow
Springs Silica Company
Unknown Clay (MRDS - 10108310)
Unknown Limestone - General (MRDS - 10108309)
Unknown Limestone - General Occurrence (MRDS - 10017850)
Unknown Sand And Gravel - Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10017961)
Unknown Stone - Crushed/Broken Occurrence (MRDS - 10017960)

Latitude: 38°53'8"N
Longitude: 104°54'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.885555555556,-104.90027777778

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tridymite

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: Au C Ca Cu F H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Calcite Copper Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Tridymite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ice ()*	Malachite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	188131	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	188133	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	188131	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	188133	5707
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	188128	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	188137	30554
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	188131	341
Ice ()*	Amorphous Tridymite	H₂O	1	188131	59
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	188133	12537
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	188131	223
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	188133	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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