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Locality Name:
Nathrop, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29229
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29229.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nathrop, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Lower Arkansas River Placers
Nathrop Ruby Mountain Occurrence
Ruby Mountain
Unnamed Pegmatites
Upper Browns Creek Area

Latitude: 38°44'37"N
Longitude: 106°3'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.743611111111,-106.06611111111
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 Au Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mn Mo O S Si Te Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBerylBranneriteCalciteClayCopperCorundumCristobaliteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPseudobrookitePyriteQuartzRutile
SpinelStibniteTetradymiteTopazTridymite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Spessartine  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211856532162
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182185652,1856534286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311856521935
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61185653248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)118565027770
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21185650453
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1185653345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211856539617
Gold  (*)CopperAu2185648,18565030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32185650,18565114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311856505433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611856532228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43185650,185651,18565314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211856535800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31185653140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22185652,18565317380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11856502994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11856532349
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O51185650164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22185652,18565339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23185650,185652,18565361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22185652,1856535614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1185650598
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311856501214
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1185652510
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22185650,1856531476
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21185650458


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