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Locality Name:
King Turquoise Mine, Manassa, Conejos Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 6088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "King Turquoise Mine, Manassa, Conejos Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°10'29"N
Longitude: 105°45'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.174722222222,-105.76166666667
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousClayCristobaliteDiasporeKaoliniteMicaNonePyrophylliteSmectite-vermiculiteTridymite
TurquoiseWavellite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O077
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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