Unidentified Rare Earth Occurrence (MRDS - 10094767), Gunnison Co., Colorado, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Unidentified Rare Earth Occurrence (MRDS - 10094767) | Occurrence |
Gunnison Co. | County |
Colorado | State |
USA | Country |
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Key
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 54' 19'' North , 106° 59' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Mount Crested Butte | 801 (2012) | 2.3km |
Crested Butte | 1,579 (2017) | 4.0km |
Marble | 135 (2017) | 25.5km |
Snowmass Village | 2,916 (2017) | 34.5km |
Aspen | 6,882 (2017) | 35.0km |
REF:Deposit:: PARKER, RAYMOND L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNITED STATES, USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATION RESOURCE MAP MR-36
Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL
Commodities (Major) - Feldspar; (Minor) - Uranium, REE
Development Status: Occurrence
Structure: Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nnw-Trending Trout Creek Fault
Host Rock: Granodiorite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
β Euxenite-(Y) Formula: (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β Microcline Formula: K(AlSi3O8) Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β 'Monazite' Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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β | Euxenite-(Y) | 4.DG.05 | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Microcline | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'Monazite' | - |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 8 - MULTIPLE OXIDES CONTAINING NIOBIUM,TANTALUM OR TITANIUM | |||
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AB2O6 | |||
β | Euxenite-(Y) | 8.3.8.2 | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
β | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
Group 76 - TECTOSILICATES Al-Si Framework | |||
Al-Si Framework with Al-Si frameworks | |||
β | Microcline | 76.1.1.5 | K(AlSi3O8) |
Unclassified Minerals, Mixtures, etc. | |||
β | 'Monazite' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
O | β Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | β Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Y | Yttrium | |
Y | β Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Nb | Niobium | |
Nb | β Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Ce | Cerium | |
Ce | β Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Ta | Tantalum | |
Ta | β Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Th | Thorium | |
Th | β Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
U | Uranium | |
U | β Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containg this locality
North America
- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
USA
- Green River FormationFormation
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