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Locality Name:
Stove Prairie Area, Larimer Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 159001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stove Prairie Area, Larimer Co., Colorado, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bidwell Claims
Cache La Poudre River
Challenger Mine (Challenger; Claims: Heline No. 1)
Depression Mine (Prosperity; Elsiefind; Unpatented Claims: Depression; Lone Star; Peaco Ck)
Goldora Mine (Unpatented Claims: Goldora 1-4)
Green Rock Mine
Kelly Mine
Lookout Mine
Spaulding Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Silver Prospects (MRDS - 10013962)

Latitude: 40°39'36"N
Longitude: 105°24'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.66,-105.41333333333
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 F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O P Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeCalciteClayNoneOlivineQuartzScheeliteSerpentineVesuvianite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Alluaudite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Calcite  (*)Graphite  (*)Heterosite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3119203094
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41192022708
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119202227770
Graphite  (*)NoneC11920292812
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)1192030204
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)5192020,192023,192026,192028,192029494
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)5192020,192023,192026,192028,1920294894
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011920231395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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