Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Snowflake Feldspar Mine, Teller Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3691
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3691.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Snowflake Feldspar Mine, Teller Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°3'46"N
Longitude: 105°8'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.062777777778,-105.13916666667

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.

Allanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Quartz	Scheelite	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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo Na Nb O P S Si Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo Na Nb O P S Si Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite None Quartz Scheelite Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Quartz ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Thalénite-(Y) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	55
Thalénite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₃Si₃O₁₀F	26
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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