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Locality Name:
Cleora District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 49776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cleora District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Aksarben
Ben Boyer Claim
Ben Hill Mine
Black Beauty Deposit (Crater Deposit)
Bonus Extension Mine
Bowen
C. J. List
Calcium (MRDS - 10238479)
Cleora No. 2 Prospect
Colorado Granite
Copper King Lode
Cottonwood Creek Magnetite Deposit
Crystal Placer
Federal
Fluorspar Inc.
Grand View Mine
Gypse Queen Mine
Hub Tunnels Occurrence
Magnuson & Son Calcium Plant
Marvel Occurrence
Mount Cross Granite
Mount Princeton
Mute Lode Prospect
North Star Claim
Polly No. 4
R. D. H. Mill
Rose Pink
Saddle Claim
Sage Claim
Salida Granite
Stewart Mine
Stockton Mine (Gertrude Vein)
Uncle Andy Prospect
Unknown Marble - Dimension Occurrence (MRDS - 10017008)
Unknown Stone - Crushed/Broken Occurrence (MRDS - 10017009)
Unnamed Manganese Deposit (MRDS - 10013768)
Unnamed Manganese Deposit (MRDS - 10087826)
Unnamed Manganese Deposit (MRDS - 10090938)
Walter Higham Mine
Warner Granite
Wellsville Prospect (Iron Mountain)
Whispering Pine
Winnie Claims

Latitude: 38°32'40"N
Longitude: 106°'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.544444444444,-106.00222222222
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: Ag Al Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteAragoniteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldspar
GarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTourmalineVesuvianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11853408803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311853402353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1185366489
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511853401310
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811853404286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42185351,1853675516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7185344,185352,185364,185367,185371,185372,18537327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11853384979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210185344,185351,185353,185358,185359,185363,185366,185367,185368,18537827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11853673531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11853463846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2185352,1853672970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)22185351,18536767
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62185352,1853674135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1185367648
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41185340445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118533824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4185351,185352,185366,18536730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32185352,1853671544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118534014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42185340,18534714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23185351,185353,18535812537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11853404924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2118534017380
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22185339,1853743106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214185338,185340,185344,185351,185352,185353,185358,185359,185363,185364,185366,185367,185368,18537861156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1185339969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)10185344,185351,185353,185358,185359,185363,185364,185367,185368,1853784894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11853396417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11853525186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS118536621482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102185352,1853671395


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-3562715510±5   35627    110817Marvel Occurrence, Cleora District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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