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Locality Name:
Columbia District, Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Columbia District, Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Ainer
Alpine Mine
Ashcroft Occurrence
Borealis
Eclipse Mine (Tunnel Lode; Claims: Wyoming; MS 4190; Eclipse No. 2; Eclipse No. 1)
Gem Mine
Hurricane Mine
Independence
Independence (Independence Pass)
Iron Hills Properties
Iron Mtn.
Larson
McDonalds
Montezuma Mine (Yellow Boy; MS 2177; Emma; MS 6976)
Porphyry Bell
Tam O'Shanter
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10288999)
Unnamed Iron Deposit
Unnamed Iron Deposit (2)

Latitude: 39°2'59"N
Longitude: 106°47'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.049722222222,-106.79666666667
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteHalotrichiteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranopolycrase  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1195155706
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11951659052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3195156,195163,19516811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2195156,19516327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2195156,1951574979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22195156,19516327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2195156,1951571382
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2195156,1951572970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119516324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11951557437
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1195167409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119515614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44195154,195156,195167,19516814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11951554924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1195155945
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)61195154121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22195156,19516339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211951603106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24195154,195155,195156,19516361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2195156,1951686417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119516321482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211951552718
Uranopolycrase  (*)ColumbiteUTi2O6119515513
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11951545251


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