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:
Deckers Area, Douglas Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 279136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deckers Area, Douglas Co., Colorado, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Andre - Horse Creek Placer
Goose Creek Area
Quarry (MRDS - 10142270)
Quarry (MRDS - 10166606)
Quarry (MRDS - 10214733)
Quarry (MRDS - 10281455)
Sugarloaf Peak
Unnamed Molybdenum Occurrence (MRDS - 10013983)

Latitude: 39°10'40"N
Longitude: 105°9'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.177777777778,-105.16444444444

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Copper	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz

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 Au Be Ca F Fe H Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Copper Fluorite Molybdenite None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	187759	4286
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	187764	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	187764	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	187758	30554
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	187764	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	187764	741
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	187765	5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	187759	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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