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Locality Name:
Gardner Area, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gardner Area, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Anal No. 1 Mine (Mitzy; Buckhorn; M.P. Nos. 1-9; Security Exploration Company Claim)
Bell Air Claims
Deiz Ranch Occurrence
Florisita Conglomerate
Isabell Group
Little Joe Claims
Little Joe No. 1
Maes Creek Prospects
Polvo Blanco Occurrence
South Apache Creek Prospects
Stumbling Stud Mine (Badito Cone Mine)
Tom Branch Prospects
Virginia - Verna 1-6 Claims

Latitude: 37°55'53"N
Longitude: 105°7'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.931388888889,-105.12277777778
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteNoneZircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3190378,190380,1903871272
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2190380,1903871184
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2190378,190387566
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11903788173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211903879617
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119037812537
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23190378,190381,1903872718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1190387890


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