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Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA
One of several mountains formed by erosion of the Pikes Peak batholith, famous for miarolitic cavities with smokey quartz, amazonite, topaz and others.
Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities70 entries listed. 41 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
Localities in this Region
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References
Barker, F., Wones, D.R., Sharp, W.N., and Desborough, G.A. (1975) The Pikes Peak batholith, Colorado Front Range, and a model for the origin of the gabbro-anorthosite-syenite-potassic granite suite. Precambrian Research: 2: 97-160.
Smith, D.R., Noblett, J., Wobus, R.A., Unruh, D., Douglass, J., Beane, R., Davis, C., Goldman, S., Kay, G., Gustavson, B., Saltoun, B., and Stewart, J. (1999) Petrology and geochemistry of late-stage intrusions of the A-type, mid-Proterozoic Pikes Peak batholith (central Colorado, USA): implications for petrogenic models. Precambrian Research: 98: 271-305.
Smith, D.R., Noblett, J., Wobus, R.A., Unruh, D., Douglass, J., Beane, R., Davis, C., Goldman, S., Kay, G., Gustavson, B., Saltoun, B., and Stewart, J. (1999) Petrology and geochemistry of late-stage intrusions of the A-type, mid-Proterozoic Pikes Peak batholith (central Colorado, USA): implications for petrogenic models. Precambrian Research: 98: 271-305.
External Links
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikes_Peak
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralogy_of_the_Pikes_Peak_Region
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralogy_of_the_Pikes_Peak_Region
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