Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 276381
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276381.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McKinley Mountain Area, Wet Mountains Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Penny Ante Claim
Tuttle Ranch Occurrence (Willis Tuttle Ranch)

Latitude: 38°15'59"N
Longitude: 105°18'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.266388888889,-105.30333333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Th Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Thorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	188706,188707	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	188707	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	188706,188707	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	188706,188707	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	188707	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	188707	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	188707	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	188706,188707	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	188706,188707	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	188707	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	188707	6417
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2	188706,188707	1006

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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