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Locality Name:
Big Boulder Mine (Big Boulder Beryl Mine), Crystal Mountain Pegmatite District (Storm Mountain District), Larimer Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 8684
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8684.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Boulder Mine (Big Boulder Beryl Mine), Crystal Mountain Pegmatite District (Storm Mountain District), Larimer Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°31'16"N
Longitude: 105°24'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.521111111111,-105.40861111111
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 Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Si Ta U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Ta U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeApatiteAutuniteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGraftoniteLeucophosphite
MicaNoneOlivinePhosphosideritePyroxeneQuartzTripliteVivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3094
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)0108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)20107
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O0110
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)080
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O60688
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6099
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F0233
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


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