Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
West Cheyenne Canon, Cheyenne District (St. Peters Dome District), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 123296
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123296.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Cheyenne Canon, Cheyenne District (St. Peters Dome District), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Astrophyllite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Sodalite

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Astrophyllite Cancrinite-sodalite Feldspar Fluorite None Quartz Rutile Sodalite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Astrophyllite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	161
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	60
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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