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Locality Name:
Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21.3

mindat Locality ID: 49907
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49907.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA": 72
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 59

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Apishipa River
Blanca District
Blanca Peak
Butte Valley; Alamo No. 1 Occurrence
Capers
Gardner Area
Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness
Huerfano District (Malachite District)
La Veta District
La Veta Pass Area
La Veta-Huerfano Park Areas
Mosca Pass Area
Red Wing Area
Sharpsdale Area
Spanish Peaks
Spanish Peaks Area
Trinidad Coal Field
Unknown Clay Occurrence (MRDS - 10016545)
Unknown Coal - Sand And Gravel Occurrence (MRDS - 10016608)
Unknown Limestone - General Occurrence (MRDS - 10016550)
Walsenburg Area
Wet Mountains Prospect
Wet Mts

Latitude: 37°39'30"N
Longitude: 105°4'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.658333333333,-105.08

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.

Adelite	Analcime	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Harmotome	Kieserite	Malachite	Melonite	Molybdenite	Mordenite
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Volborthite	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Antigorite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Harmotome ()*	Haüyne ()*
Hessite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*
Tangeite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Volborthite ()*	Wairakite ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Analcime Autunite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Covellite Digenite Epidote Fluorite Harmotome Kieserite Malachite Melonite Molybdenite Mordenite
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sodalite Sphalerite Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Volborthite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	190427	1627
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	190427	708
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			6	190378,190380,190387,190405,190411,190417	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	190367	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	190399,190403,190411	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	190367,190401,190402,190427	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			9	190380,190387,190398,190405,190406,190407,190409,190411,190417	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	190399,190400,190403,190411	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			9	190369,190394,190397,190399,190401,190402,190403,190411,190421	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			2	190378,190387	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	23.5	21.5	6	190393,190399,190400,190403,190408,190411	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	190399,190403,190411	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	190394,190403	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			3	190399,190403,190411	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	190378	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	190387	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	190397,190401,190402,190421	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	27.2	21.3	3	190372,190397,190404	30554
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	190406	290
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)			1	190427	158
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			2	190370,190372	804
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	23.3	21.3	2	190412,190427	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	190378,190406,190407	12537
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	190400	182
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	190422	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			1	190427	405
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	23.5	21.3	1	190405	144
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23.5	21.3	1	190405	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	190372,190428	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	190401,190402,190422	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	190401,190402	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	23.5	21.5	2	190393,190408	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	190401,190402	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	190370	337
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O			1	190429	139
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	190415	60
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	190372	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	190401,190402	5317
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			5	190405,190406,190407,190413,190414	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			4	190378,190381,190387,190400	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	190387	890
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O			2	190407,190419	155
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O			1	190427	73

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-1410	27.2	21.3	24.25±2.95	1410	114566	Wayatoya Creek Placer, La Veta District, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-1412	23.5	21.5	22.5±1	1412	159180	Copper Bull Mine, La Veta Pass Area, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-1402	23.3	21.3	22.3±1	1402	145248	Mount Mestas, La Veta Pass Area, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
ree-00665	541	495	Cambrian		114567	Wet Mountains Prospect, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA	Wet Mountains	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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