Mocking Bird Claim (Little Joe), Hayden Pass Area, Saguache County, Colorado, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Mocking Bird Claim (Little Joe) | Claim |
Hayden Pass Area | Area |
Saguache County | County |
Colorado | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 15' 58'' North , 105° 51' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Columbine Gem and Mineral Society | Salida, Colorado | 32km |
Mindat Locality ID:
118587
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:118587:7
GUID (UUID V4):
e3161626-2f2f-4088-9384-e59f07157fdf
REF:Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 392-393
Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., AND OTHERS, 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE
Commodities (Major) - Uranium; (Trace) - Tantalum, Cadmium, Radium, Thorium
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Minturn Formation
Structure: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault
Host Rock: Gneiss, Pegmatite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
8 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Euxenite-(Y) Formula: (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ Microcline Formula: K(AlSi3O8) |
ⓘ 'Monazite' Formula: REE(PO4) |
ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 References: |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Samarskite-(Y) Formula: YFe3+Nb2O8 |
ⓘ Xenotime-(Y) Formula: Y(PO4) |
ⓘ Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | Samarskite-(Y) | 4.DB.25 | YFe3+Nb2O8 |
ⓘ | Euxenite-(Y) | 4.DG.05 | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
ⓘ | Xenotime-(Y) | 8.AD.35 | Y(PO4) |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
ⓘ | Microcline | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Monazite' | - | REE(PO4) |
ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
O | ⓘ Monazite | REE(PO4) |
O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Samarskite-(Y) | YFe3+Nb2O8 |
O | ⓘ Xenotime-(Y) | Y(PO4) |
O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
O | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
Si | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | ⓘ Monazite | REE(PO4) |
P | ⓘ Xenotime-(Y) | Y(PO4) |
K | Potassium | |
K | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | ⓘ Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Fe | ⓘ Samarskite-(Y) | YFe3+Nb2O8 |
Y | Yttrium | |
Y | ⓘ Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Y | ⓘ Samarskite-(Y) | YFe3+Nb2O8 |
Y | ⓘ Xenotime-(Y) | Y(PO4) |
Zr | Zirconium | |
Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
Nb | Niobium | |
Nb | ⓘ Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Nb | ⓘ Samarskite-(Y) | YFe3+Nb2O8 |
Ce | Cerium | |
Ce | ⓘ Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Ta | Tantalum | |
Ta | ⓘ Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
Th | Thorium | |
Th | ⓘ Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
U | Uranium | |
U | ⓘ Euxenite-(Y) | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 |
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