Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Paint Iron Mine, Douglas Mountain Mining District, Moffat County, Colorado, USAi
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Paint Iron MineMine
Douglas Mountain Mining DistrictMining District
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 33' 30'' North , 108° 45' 22'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.55833,-108.75611
GeoHash:
G#: 9x4wtpqjq
GRN:
N28W59
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Dinosaur311 (2017)41.3km
Rangely2,381 (2017)52.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
116259
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:116259:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: HARRER, C. M., AND TESCH, W. J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 49-51
Deposit:: HANSEN, W. R., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ZENOBIA PEAK QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1408
Commodities (Major) - Iron; (Trace) - Titanium - Metal
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Lodore Formation
Structure: Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau, Uinta Anticline, Browns Park Syncline
Host Rock: Sandstone, Limestone
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Central Rocky Mtns)

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Ochre'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
FeIron
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3

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North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
USA

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