Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Garfield Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garfield Co., Colorado, USA": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Carbonate District
Carbondale
Col-Tex Prospect
Colorado River
Deep Creek
East Canyon Creek
East Rifle Creek Area
Flat Tops Primitive Area
Glenwood Lime Quarry
Glenwood Springs
Hubbard Cave
Lily Mine
Mamm Creek
Marblehead Quarry
Midcontinent Limestone
Newcastle Area
Parker Occurrence
Piceance Basin
Porcupine Cave
Rifle
Rifle Creek District
Strong Mine (Windy Point Mine)
Unknown Clay - Kaolin Occurrence (MRDS - 10017991)
Unknown Clay (MRDS - 10191464)
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10017797)
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10017953)
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10091369)
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10091370)
Unknown Gypsum-Anhydrite (MRDS - 10239529)
Unknown Gypsum-Anhydrite Occurrence (MRDS - 10017955)
Unknown Limestone - General (MRDS - 10017726)
Unknown Zeolites Occurrence (MRDS - 10017942)
White River Plateau

Latitude: 39°33'6"N
Longitude: 107°29'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.551666666667,-107.49416666667

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.

Acanthite	Alum	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arcanite	Baryte	Beryl
Blödite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Harmotome	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pascoite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite
Straczekite	Sulphur	Wurtzite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O Pb S Se Si Sn U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alum Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arcanite Baryte Beryl
Blödite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Harmotome Kaolinite Kieserite Malachite Marcasite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pascoite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Starkeyite
Straczekite Sulphur Wurtzite Zircon

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayleyite ()*	Blödite ()*
Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corvusite ()*	Cryolite ()*
Dawsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Melanovanadite ()*	Metarossite ()*
Metazeunerite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Montroseite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pascoite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Searlesite ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderotil ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Swartzite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tschermigite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	188740	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	188757	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	188757	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	188755,188787	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	188745	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	188758	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	188755	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	188755	11547
Bayleyite ()*	None	Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·18H₂O	2	188739,188740	38
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	188755	130
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	1	188755	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	188731,188739,188740,188755,188771	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	6	188739,188740,188764,188765,188766,188767	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	188732	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	188731	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	188739,188740	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2	188739,188740	281
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	188749	1008
Corvusite ()*	Straczekite	(Na,Ca,K)_1-x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)₈O₂₀·4H₂O	2	188739,188740	79
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	1	188755	50
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	188757	90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	188739,188740,188754,188755,188771,188789	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	188755	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	188739,188740,188754,188771	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	188755	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	188742	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	188774	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	8	188745,188746,188747,188755,188759,188768,188771,188785	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	188745	1398
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	188749	290
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	188771	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	188731,188771	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	188755	5591
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	1	188740	78
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	188755	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	188731,188742	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	188739,188740,188757,188771	5674
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	1	188746	61
Melanovanadite ()*	None	Ca(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺)₄O₁₀·5H₂O	1	188739	20
Metarossite ()*	None	CaV⁵⁺₂O₆·2H₂O	1	188740	34
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	188733	182
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	188739,188740,188755	1508
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)	2	188739,188740	136
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	188755	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	1	188761	78
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	188756	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	188735,188755	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	188757	2349
Pascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₃V⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O	2	188739,188740	78
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	188771	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	188739,188740,188742,188757	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	188776	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	188757	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	188739,188740,188742,188746,188755	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	188755	375
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	188738,188739,188740	253
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂	1	188757	34
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	2	188739,188740	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	188755	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	188740	84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	188740,188774	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	188731,188771	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	188739,188740,188742,188754,188771	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	188755	79
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	188746	2045
Swartzite ()*	None	CaMg(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·12H₂O	1	188740	4
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	188755	139
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	188746	81
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	5	188739,188740,188764,188765,188767	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	188733	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	188733	890
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	188757	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	188755	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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