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Locality Name:
Garfield, Monarch District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 69289
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69289.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garfield, Monarch District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Columbus Gulch
Missouri Hill
Monarch Hill
Taylor Gulch

Latitude: 38°33'55"N
Longitude: 106°17'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.565277777778,-106.29222222222
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteGarnetMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211855343419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311855392353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311855391534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11855402734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211855353092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3185534,185536,18553727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4185536,185537,185540,1855414979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11855335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22185533,18554027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611855344135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211855359895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11855398173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5185533,185536,185537,185540,18554124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3185534,185537,1855407437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2185536,18554030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118553814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11855401689
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41185534359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4118553414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22185540,18554112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23185533,185540,18554139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811855409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24185533,185534,185539,18554161156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2185536,1855402473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3185533,185540,18554121482


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