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Locality Name:
Rosita District, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 275243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosita District, Wet Mountains Area, Custer Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bassick Mine (Claims: Queen Victoria; Triangle; Nemeha; William; Augusta; Maine; Georgia)

Latitude: 38°7'38"N
Longitude: 105°19'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.127222222222,-105.33222222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Melonite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Brockite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Ce Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Th Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Melonite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	187423	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	187423	3092
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O	1	187423	48
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	187423	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	187423	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	187423	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	187423	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	187423	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	187423	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	187423	1689
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	187423	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	187423	5591
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	187423	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	187423	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	187423	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	187423	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	187423	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	187423	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	187423	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	187423	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	187423	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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