Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1490
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1250

mindat Locality ID: 29245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29245.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Bazooka
Beryl And Rare Minerals Lode
Beryl Claim
Black Wonder Occurrence
Brown Derby Mine
Brown Derby Ridge (Ventura Claim)
Buck Horn Mine
Bucky Pegmatite (New Anniversary; Willow Creek)
Mine X
Monazite Claims
O C Group
Opportunity Mine
Pegmatite 417 Occurrence
Pegmatite No. 537 Occurrence
Pegmatite No. 538 Occurrence
Pegmatite No. 560 Occurrence
Trio No. 1 Occurrence
Unnamed Pegmatite
White Spar No. 1 Mine
White Spar No. 2 Mine
Willow Creek Occurrence

Latitude: 38°33'40"N
Longitude: 106°37'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.561111111111,-106.62305555556

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Allophane	Analcime	Autunite	Beryl	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Monazite	None	Pyrochlore
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Autunite ()*
Beryl ()*	Brockite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Grayite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite-(Sm) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Rynersonite ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibiotantalite ()*	Topaz ()*	Trilithionite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Be Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sm Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Allophane Analcime Autunite Beryl Cancrinite-sodalite Chlorite Clay Columbite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Mica Monazite None Pyrochlore
Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Spinel Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1490	1250	18	189844,189845,189846,189847,189848,189849,189850,189853,189855,189856,189860,189861,189862,189863,189864,189865,189867,189868	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	189856	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1490	1250	2	189850,189856	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	189844	244
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	189858	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1490	1250	20	189845,189846,189847,189848,189849,189852,189853,189854,189855,189856,189858,189860,189861,189862,189863,189864,189865,189867,189868,189869	4286
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O			1	189866	48
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	189868	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	189844	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1490	1250	2	189848,189849	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1490	1250	1	189849	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈			1	189844	181
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1490	1250	3	189848,189849,189867	520
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1490	1250	2	189848,189849	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1490	1250	1	189848	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1490	1250	3	189848,189849,189868	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1490	1250	4	189845,189848,189849,189856	445
Grayite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO₄)·H₂O			1	189866	17
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1490	1350	1	189854	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1440	1440	2	189847,189865	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	189856	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1490	1250	2	189847,189848	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1490	1250	10	189848,189849,189852,189853,189854,189855,189856,189860,189866,189867	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1490	1250	3	189848,189849,189856	945
Monazite-(Sm) ()*	Monazite	Sm(PO₄)	1490	1250	1	189849	4
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1490	1250	17	189844,189845,189846,189848,189849,189852,189853,189854,189855,189856,189860,189861,189862,189863,189864,189867,189868	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1490	1250	2	189848,189849	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1490	1250	21	189844,189845,189846,189847,189848,189849,189850,189852,189853,189854,189855,189856,189860,189861,189862,189863,189864,189865,189866,189867,189868	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	189856	5614
Rynersonite ()*	Aeschynite	CaTa₂O₆	1490	1250	2	189848,189849	14
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1490	1250	2	189848,189861	353
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1490	1250	4	189848,189849,189850,189860	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1490	1250	2	189848,189849	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	189844	688
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1490	1250	2	189848,189849	446
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	1490	1250	2	189848,189849	53
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1490	1250	8	189848,189849,189852,189853,189856,189858,189860,189867	1476
Trilithionite ()*	Mica	KLi_1.5Al_1.5(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	1490	1250	1	189848	28
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	189858	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000010	Proterozoic Colorado Province

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000010	1440	1440	1440				113770	Black Wonder Occurrence, Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA	Quartz Creek District	Černý (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90111-M	PR51_429
Alexandra-0309	1450	1250	1350 ± 100	Rb–Sr, K-Ar, U-Pb	Age of pegmatite	lepidolite, monazite, сolumbite, tantalite	5902	Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA	Brown Derby	Aldrich et al. (1956)	10.1029/JZ061i002p00215	JGR61_215
Bradley_2012_146	1490	1350	1420±70	Rb/Sr			5902	Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA	Brown Derby	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050132	Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R050132
R080063	Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R080063
R040105	Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R040105

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