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Locality Name:
Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite District, Buena Vista, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 299332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite District, Buena Vista, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Buena Vista
Newett
Tie Gulch Pegmatite
Yard Mine

Latitude: 38°48'55"N
Longitude: 106°1'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.815277777778,-106.02861111111
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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetMalachiteMicaMonaziteNoneQuartzSpinelStibniteTourmalineZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Thorite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)61185304141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2185304,1853058803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3185304,185305,185306706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311853042353
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811853044286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311853041935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2185304,185306716
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211853069617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)21185304163
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4118530614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2118530612537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3185304,185305,1853064924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1185306945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22185304,18530617380
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)63185304,185305,185306121
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23185304,185305,18530661156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11853042705
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)11853041006
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211853062718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2185304,185306939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11853045251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120080Clora May Mine (Mina Blanca; Clara May Lode), Newett, Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite District, Buena Vista, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120080

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