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Locality Name:
Rosita District, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosita District, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bassick Mine (Claims: Queen Victoria; Triangle; Nemeha; William; Augusta; Maine; Georgia)

Latitude: 38°7'38"N
Longitude: 105°19'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.127222222222,-105.33222222222
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 C Ca Ce Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Th Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparKaoliniteMeloniteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Brockite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11874238803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211874233092
Brockite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·H2O118742348
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)118742327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2118742327198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211874239895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118742324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu118742330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118742314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11874231689
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141187423784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411874235591
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21187423409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2118742339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2118742361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11874236417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11874232473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS118742321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311874233418
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41187423337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311874235317


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