Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Front Range, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 257719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Front Range, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Bergen Park Pit
Black Clay Mine
Blackstone Claim
Brown Silica
Fork Prospect
Fred Pierce Ranch (Ramstetter Quarry)
G. H. Buckman Ranch
Glencoe Quarries
Golden Pit
Grosso Prospect
Jackass Occurrence
Johnson No. 2
No. 3 & 4 Refractory Clay Mines
Pallaro Lease (Morrison Mine; Four Corners Mine)
Section 35 T3S R71W Prospect
Section 36 T2S R71W N 1/2 Prospect
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10016681)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10016689)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence (MRDS - 10016915)
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10091191)
Unknown Limestone - General (MRDS - 10108145)
Unknown Limestone - General (MRDS - 10108171)
Unknown Limestone - General Occurrence (MRDS - 10016674)
Unknown Stone - Crushed/Broken (MRDS - 10016687)
Unknown Stone - Crushed/Broken (MRDS - 10166853)
Unknown Stone - Dimension Occurrence (MRDS - 10016677)

Latitude: 39°45'36"N
Longitude: 105°14'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.76,-105.23805555556

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.

Clay	Mica	None	Quartz

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 H K O Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Mica None Quartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Carnotite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	190669	1184
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	190662	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	190661,190662	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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