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Locality Name:
Sedalia District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 25855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sedalia District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sedalia Mine (Jackpot Adit; Adits Nos. 1-3; Dewey Adit; Sedalia Copper Mine)

Latitude: 38°35'0"N
Longitude: 106°'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.583333333333,-106

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: Ag Al Au Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBerylBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineEpidoteEpsomite
FeldsparGarnetGypsumHumiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTalcTitaniteVesuvianiteWavelliteZircon

72 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beryl  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gedrite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211856783419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311856782353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511856781310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11856782734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11856781036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21185678718
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41185678246
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61185678919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211856785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)118567811547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811856784286
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611856781633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)118567827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11856784979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1185678925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11856785707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2118567827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11856783531
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21185678236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11856781025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811856781008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11856784165
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21185678327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11856782970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611856784135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11856788173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11856782740
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41185678445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118567824243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21185678178
Gold  (*)CopperAu118567830554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1185678188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11856786890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118567814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11856781689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41185678407
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611856781066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311856785433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411856781507
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21185678987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4118567814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2118567812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211856785674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1185678915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11856784924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2118567817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11856782994
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211856782273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2118567839462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21185678771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811856789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2118567861156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21185678454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211856785614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11856784894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1185678292
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511856781516
Silver  (*)CopperAg11856785186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11856782473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS118567821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411856781934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1185678978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211856783337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11856781101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11856784899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211856782562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011856781395
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1185678374
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41185678303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411856781655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11856785251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11856781025



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