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Locality Name:
McGuire Pegmatite (Lone Lode; Lonesome Pegmatite), Park Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1079
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1075

mindat Locality ID: 31166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McGuire Pegmatite (Lone Lode; Lonesome Pegmatite), Park Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°19'55"N
Longitude: 105°24'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.331944444444,-105.4125

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 Ce F Fe H K Mn Nb O P Si Ta Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Nb O P Si Ta Ti Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPseudobrookite
QuartzRutileTivaniteTopazZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ixiolite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)
Pseudorutile  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Topaz  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
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 groupTiO21079107502162
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6107910750518
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21079107509617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310791075014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31079107505433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2107910750148
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1079107504924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)107910750945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210791075017380
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5107910750164
Pseudorutile  (*)TivaniteFe3+2Ti4+3O910791075030
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210791075061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21079107505614
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21079107501476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)107910750939



1 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
Bradley_2012_132107910751077±2Ar/Ar    Yes  3668Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USAPike's PeakMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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