Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Specimen Rock, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3621
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3621.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Specimen Rock, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bear Creek Canyon

Latitude: 38°48'16"N
Longitude: 104°55'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.804444444444,-104.91722222222

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.

Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Topaz	Tourmaline

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 Ca F Fe H K Li Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Topaz Tourmaline

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Bertrandite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	0		606
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		520
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	188168	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	188168	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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