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Locality Name:
Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3659
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3659.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°45'0"N
Longitude: 106°4'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.75,-106.06694444444
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 F Fe H K Mn O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca F Fe H K Mn O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteCopperCorundumCristobaliteFeldsparGarnetNonePseudobrookiteQuartz
SpinelTopazTridymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Opal  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Topaz  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O50164
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458


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