Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Independence (Independence Pass), Columbia District, Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27141
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27141.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Independence (Independence Pass), Columbia District, Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grottos Pegmatite
Pitkin Mine
Tin Cup Mine

Latitude: 39°6'15"N
Longitude: 106°36'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.104166666667,-106.60194444444

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.

Allanite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Zircon

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranopolycrase ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Nb O Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Columbite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	195155	706
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	195156	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	195156	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	195156,195157	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	195156	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	195156,195157	1382
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	195156,195157	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	195155	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	195156	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	195156	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	195155	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	195155	945
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	0		121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	195156	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	195155,195156	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	195156	6417
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	195155	2718
Uranopolycrase ()*	Columbite	UTi₂O₆	1	195155	13
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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