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Locality Name:
Windy Gap, Grand Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75
Youngest recorded age at locality: 61.4

mindat Locality ID: 158769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windy Gap, Grand Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°6'33"N
Longitude: 106°'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.109166666667,-106.00194444444
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: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayFeldsparMicaNoneQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)7561.408803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7561.4027770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)27561.40309
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O7561.40471
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27561.4061156


8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-33452756670.5±4.5   33452    158769Windy Gap, Grand Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-33453756670.5±4.5   33453    158769Windy Gap, Grand Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-33454756670.5±4.5   33454    158769Windy Gap, Grand Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-33455756670.5±4.5   33455    158769Windy Gap, Grand Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-33456756670.5±4.5   33456    158769Windy Gap, Grand Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-33457756670.5±4.5   33457    158769Windy Gap, Grand Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-33458756670.5±4.5   33458    158769Windy Gap, Grand Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3345971.461.466.4±5   33459    158769Windy Gap, Grand Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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