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Locality Name:
Crestone District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50125
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50125.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crestone District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Beryl Occurrence
Blue Beard Claims
Bob Cat Mine
Concordia Claim
Crestone Mineral Company Claims (Vanderbilt; Sampson; Crestone; Dewey; Wedge; Hooper)
Dandy - Copper Tunnel
Eastern Star Mine
Elarton Manganese Deposit
Garfield Claim
Garner Creek
I. Kreiner Mine
Independence Mine (Independence Mill Site Alamosa; Queen Esther Claims; Independent; Bonanza; Eastern Star; Midnight Star; Baca Grant No. 4)
Judith Claim
Pelican Claim
Reed Claim
Sunbeam Claim
Unknown Fluorine - Fluorite (MRDS - 10143458)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118937)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10191510)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10240348)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10265028)
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10143299)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10239889)
Unnamed Copper - Gold Prospects (MRDS - 10012940)
Unnamed Mines (MRDS - 10012948)
Unnamed Silver - Gold - Copper Mine (MRDS - 10012941)

Latitude: 37°59'7"N
Longitude: 105°42'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.985277777778,-105.71388888889

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Garnet	Monazite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Zircon

Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Spessartine ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Au Be Ca Ce Cu Fe H Mn Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Corundum Garnet Monazite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	195853	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	195854	4286
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	195869	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	195846,195847,195848,195849,195855,195857,195858,195867,195868	27198
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	3	195844,195845,195854	414
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	195847,195848,195857,195858	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	12	195846,195847,195848,195849,195851,195855,195857,195858,195859,195867,195868,195869	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	195850	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	195854	14640
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	195845	945
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	195845	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	195849,195851,195855,195867,195868,195869	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	195854	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	195856	353
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	195845	1214
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	195844	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	195844,195845	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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