Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26.22

mindat Locality ID: 282543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine

Latitude: 37°44'46"N
Longitude: 106°49'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.746111111111,-106.82611111111

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	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

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 F Fe H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Covellite Fluorite Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Covellite ()*	Creedite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gearksutite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	26.3	26.22	1	192737	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	26.3	26.22	1	192737	85
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26.3	26.22	1	192737	27770
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	26.3	26.22	1	192737	4165
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	26.3	26.22	1	192737	48
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	26.3	26.22	1	192737	9617
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	26.3	26.22	1	192737	68
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	26.3	26.22	1	192737	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	26.3	26.22	1	192737	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26.3	26.22	1	192737	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26.3	26.22	1	192737	61156

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-1341	26.3	26.22	26.26±0.04	biotite, sanidine	1341	282543	Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-30117	26.3	26.22	26.26±0.04	biotite, sanidine	30117	282543	Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-30118	26.3	26.22	26.26±0.04	biotite, sanidine	30118	282543	Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-30119	26.3	26.22	26.26±0.04	biotite, sanidine	30119	282543	Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-45691	26.3	26.22	26.26±0.04	biotite, sanidine	45691	282543	Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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