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Locality Name:
Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1693.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1169.1

mindat Locality ID: 29232
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29232.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Chief Lithium Pegmatite
Debbie Jean Claims
Devil's Hole Quarry (Wild Rose Claim; Zingheim Quarry)
Florence Group
Four Star Prospect
Good Hope Dreamer Mine (Delano; Delano 5-12)
Highway 50 Roadcut
Navajo Claims (Big Emma)
Oliver Prospect
Pegmatite Occurrence (MRDS - 10018402)
Sheila I Prospect
Texas Creek Prospect
Unknown Mica - Feldspar (MRDS - 10018619)
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 38°26'2"N
Longitude: 105°34'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.433888888889,-105.57861111111
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 B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAutuniteBerylBismutiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSpinel
StibniteTopazTourmalineZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Topaz  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2188625,1886278803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2188629,1886381272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211886275509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182188625,1886274286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311886271935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1188627716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411886365516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2118863627198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1693.11169.11188635566
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811886311008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21188627327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611886274135
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1188625520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11886272740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211886309617
Gold  (*)CopperAu118862730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118863014640
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41693.11169.101507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43188625,188627,18863014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2188625,1886274924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23188625,188627,18863117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2118863039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24188625,188627,188631,18863661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11886334894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2188625,1886272705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511886271516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311886251214
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211886251476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21693.11169.12188630,1886352718


12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01619_206_2381442.61442.61442.6206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01619_207_2061656.11656.11656.1207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01619_207_2351531.31531.31531.3207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01620_206_2381366.91366.91366.9206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01620_207_2061645.71645.71645.7207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01620_207_2351479.91479.91479.9207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01621_206_2381279.81279.81279.8206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01621_207_2061693.11693.11693.1207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01621_207_2351420.81420.81420.8207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01622_206_2381169.11169.11169.1206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01622_207_2061633.61633.61633.6207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01622_207_2351343.61343.61343.6207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  113115Sheila I Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 

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