Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Crystal No. 8 Mine (Luella Mine), Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1610
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1570

mindat Locality ID: 6039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crystal No. 8 Mine (Luella Mine), Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°50'1"N
Longitude: 106°1'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.833611111111,-106.02555555556

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.

Arseniosiderite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	Monazite	None	Pharmacosiderite	Quartz	Stibnite	Zircon

Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*
Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yukonite ()*

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Nb O P S Si Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Bismutite Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite
Mica Monazite None Pharmacosiderite Quartz Stibnite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1610	1570	194
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1610	1570	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1610	1570	9052
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1610	1570	150
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1610	1570	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1610	1570	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1610	1570	27770
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1610	1570	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1610	1570	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1610	1570	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1610	1570	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1610	1570	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1610	1570	17380
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1610	1570	121
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1610	1570	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1610	1570	1153
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1610	1570	939
Yukonite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O	1610	1570	29

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
	Bradley_2012_029	1610	1570	1590±20	U/Pb			monazite			Yes				3600	Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA	Trout Creek	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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