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:
McElmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area, Montezuma Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 80
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 275808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McElmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area, Montezuma Co., Colorado, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Battle Rock Mine
Cliff House Group (Cliff House No. 4 Prospects; Cliff House No. 2)
Coffin's Prospect
Karla Kay Mine
Little Maude Mine
McElmo Creek Area (McElmo Field; Ute Mountains Area)
Three States Natural Gas Company Prospect
Unknown Vanadium - Coal Prospect (MRDS - 10190975)
Ute Creek Dike Prospects

Latitude: 37°19'9"N
Longitude: 108°45'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.319166666667,-108.755

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.

Allophane	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Gypsum	Malachite	Natrolite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Pintadoite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Gypsum Malachite Natrolite None
Pyrite Quartz Rutile

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	80	60	1	193002	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	80	60	2	192997,193002	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	192997	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	80	60	4	192999,193000,193002,193003	1184
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	80	60	2	192997,193002	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	80	60	1	193002	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	80	60	1	193002	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	80	60	2	193000,193002	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	80	60	2	192997,193002	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	80	60	2	192999,193002	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	80	60	1	193002	1236
Pintadoite ()*	None	Ca₂V⁵⁺₂O₇·9H₂O			1	192999	11
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	80	60	2	193001,193002	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	80	60	2	193000,193002	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	192997	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	80	60	1	193002	1101

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-66795	80	60	70±10					66795						116365	McElmo Creek Area (McElmo Field; Ute Mountains Area), McElmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area, Montezuma Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-66796	80	60	70±10					66796						116365	McElmo Creek Area (McElmo Field; Ute Mountains Area), McElmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area, Montezuma Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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