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Locality Name:
Iron Mountain Mine (Iron Mine; Iron Hill Mine), Rosita District, Custer Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 112186
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-112186.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Mountain Mine (Iron Mine; Iron Hill Mine), Rosita District, Custer Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°7'7"N
Longitude: 105°22'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.118611111111,-105.37305555556
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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleBaryteBrochantiteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeMicaMolybdenite
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
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)203419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803


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