Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Yuma Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 26106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuma Co., Colorado, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Armel Meteorite
Niobrara Formation
Republican River
Unknown Clay
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Occurrence
Unknown Clay Occurrence
Unknown Pumice Deposit
Unknown Volcanic Materials Occurrence

Latitude: 40°0'27"N
Longitude: 102°13'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.0075,-102.23222222222

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.

Amorphous	Clay	Corundum	Cubanite	Iron	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Cr Cu Fe H Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay Corundum Cubanite Iron Kaolinite None Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	198683	3902
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	198683	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	198683	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	198683	191
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	198685	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	198683	451
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	198687	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	198685	39462
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	198683	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	198683	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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