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Eight Mile Park, Eight Mile Park pegmatite District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA

5 mi northwest of Canon City (also known as the Royal Gorge district), comprises a pegmatite district of about 10 square mi in T. 18 S., R. 71 W. It is easily reached via U.S. Highway 50 and the Royal Gorge Road from Canon City. ("Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 15, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997). Type locality for natromontebrasite, formerly known as fremontite, after the county.





Mineral List:
Albite
Apatite-(CaF)
Azurite
Beryl
Beyerite
Biotite
Bismutite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
'Chlorite Group'
Columbite
Cordierite
Djurleite
Elbaite
Gahnite
Lepidolite
Magnetite
Monazite-(Ce)
Montebrasite
Muscovite
Natromontebrasite
Parsonsite
Quartz
var: Rose Quartz

Samarskite-(Y)
Schorl
Silver
Spessartine
Torbernite
Triplite


30 entries listed. 24 valid minerals.

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