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Locality Name:
Manassa, Conejos Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 286347
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286347.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manassa, Conejos Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
King Turquoise Mine

Latitude: 37°10'28"N
Longitude: 105°45'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.174444444444,-105.76166666667
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousClayCristobaliteDiasporeKaoliniteMicaNonePyrophylliteSmectite-vermiculiteTridymite
TurquoiseWavellite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61187026966
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O118702677
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21187026453
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1187026481
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411870265591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11870261508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2118702617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11870262994
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21187026771
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21187026458
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1187026484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1187026374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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