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Locality Name:
Stove Mountain (Cookstove Mountain), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5540
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5540.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stove Mountain (Cookstove Mountain), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fairview
Mount Rosa Pegmatite
NE Spur

Latitude: 38°45'58"N
Longitude: 104°55'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.766111111111,-104.92055555556

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: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti U Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAstrophylliteBastnäsiteBrookiteCancrinite-sodaliteChloriteClayColumbiteCoronaditeCorundum
FeldsparFluoceriteFluoriteGadoliniteKaoliniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePyrite
QuartzRutileScheeliteSodaliteTivaniteTopazZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)
Brookite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cookeite  (*)
Danalite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Microcline  (*)Phenakite  (*)Proto-anthophyllite  (*)
Pseudorutile  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Topaz  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F0161
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F1188171304
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)BastnäsiteLa(CO3)F118817130
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2118817194
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)80181
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S058
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1188170371
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO40196
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)FluoceriteCeF3118817145
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)20163
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S118817260
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118817014640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O099
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411881705591
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2188170,1881724924
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Proto-anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)204
Pseudorutile  (*)TivaniteFe3+2Ti4+3O9030
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22188170,18817261156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)20375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)Columbite(Y,U,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)4051
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11881725251



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