Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cleora District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 49776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cleora District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Aksarben
Ben Boyer Claim
Ben Hill Mine
Black Beauty Deposit (Crater Deposit)
Bonus Extension Mine
Bowen
C. J. List
Calcium (MRDS - 10238479)
Cleora No. 2 Prospect
Colorado Granite
Copper King Lode
Cottonwood Creek Magnetite Deposit
Crystal Placer
Federal
Fluorspar Inc.
Grand View Mine
Gypse Queen Mine
Hub Tunnels Occurrence
Magnuson & Son Calcium Plant
Marvel Occurrence
Mount Cross Granite
Mount Princeton
Mute Lode Prospect
North Star Claim
Polly No. 4
R. D. H. Mill
Rose Pink
Saddle Claim
Sage Claim
Salida Granite
Stewart Mine
Stockton Mine (Gertrude Vein)
Uncle Andy Prospect
Unknown Marble - Dimension Occurrence (MRDS - 10017008)
Unknown Stone - Crushed/Broken Occurrence (MRDS - 10017009)
Unnamed Manganese Deposit (MRDS - 10013768)
Unnamed Manganese Deposit (MRDS - 10087826)
Unnamed Manganese Deposit (MRDS - 10090938)
Walter Higham Mine
Warner Granite
Wellsville Prospect (Iron Mountain)
Whispering Pine
Winnie Claims

Latitude: 38°32'40"N
Longitude: 106°'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.544444444444,-106.00222222222

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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: Ag Al Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Garnet Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline Vesuvianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	185340	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	185340	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	185366	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	185340	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	185340	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	185351,185367	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	185344,185352,185364,185367,185371,185372,185373	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	185338	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	185344,185351,185353,185358,185359,185363,185366,185367,185368,185378	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	185367	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	185346	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	185352,185367	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	185351,185367	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	185352,185367	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	185367	648
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	185340	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	185338	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	185351,185352,185366,185367	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	185352,185367	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	185340	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	185340,185347	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	185351,185353,185358	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	185340	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	185340	17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	185339,185374	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	185338,185340,185344,185351,185352,185353,185358,185359,185363,185364,185366,185367,185368,185378	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	185339	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	10	185344,185351,185353,185358,185359,185363,185364,185367,185368,185378	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	185339	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	185352	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	185366	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	185352,185367	1395

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-35627	15	5	10±5					35627						110817	Marvel Occurrence, Cleora District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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