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Locality Name:
Garo Area, Park Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 279857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garo Area, Park Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Garo Deposit (Shirley May Mine; Duvall Discovery)

Latitude: 39°5'45"N
Longitude: 105°53'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.095833333333,-105.89027777778
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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneCalciteCorundumCovelliteFritzscheiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzVolborthite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tangeite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211946005509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119460027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11946001184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11946005707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11946003531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11946004165
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119460014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119460012537
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1194600129
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119460039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119460061156
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)119460060
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1194600628
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1194600890
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O1194600155


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