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Locality Name:
Great Divide Area, Moffat Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 205834
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205834.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Divide Area, Moffat Co., Colorado, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Airborne Anomaly
Airborne Anomaly B17-103 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-104 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-105 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-106 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-107 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-108 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-109 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-110 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-111
Airborne Anomaly B17-112 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-113 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-114 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-115 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-117 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-118 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-119 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-120 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-121 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-122 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-123 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-124 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-125 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-126 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-127 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-128 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-129 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly B17-36 Occurrence
Farnsworth Uranium Deposit (E Hen; Pal; And Grey Hound Leases; Housel Gold Placer Mine; Friend Ship; Pardner; Magpie; Sag)
Housel Gulch Placer
Little Snake No. 1

Latitude: 40°46'11"N
Longitude: 107°51'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.769722222222,-107.85472222222

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 Au B Ca Fe H Na O P Si Ta Ti U V Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperCorundumGarnetNoneNot in a structural groupRutileTapioliteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Corundum  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211928222162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311928221534
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311928221797
Gold  (*)CopperAu119282230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119281114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311928225433
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211928225614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11928222705
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6119282288
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11928224899
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O23192794,192795,192796,192797,192798,192799,192800,192801,192803,192805,192807,192808,192809,192810,192811,192812,192813,192814,192815,192816,192817,192818,192819628
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1192822939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11928225251



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