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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Late Acquisition Mine (Monarch; Claims: Late Acquisition; Traynor; Hoskins; Iron), Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USAi
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Late Acquisition Mine (Monarch; Claims: Late Acquisition; Traynor; Hoskins; Iron)Mine
Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District)Mining District
Pitkin CountyCounty
ColoradoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 10' 39'' North , 106° 49' 45'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
39.17750,-106.82917
GeoHash:
G#: 9wunch137
GRN:
N27W59
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Aspen6,882 (2017)1.8km
Snowmass Village2,916 (2017)10.2km
Woody Creek263 (2011)11.4km
Basalt3,891 (2017)27.6km
Mount Crested Butte801 (2012)32.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
118075
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:118075:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 161
Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.
Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES,
Commodities (Major) - Lead, Silver, Zinc; (Trace) - Gold
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Mbr), Hornblende Quartz Diorite
Structure: Aspen Mountain Syncline, Saddle Rock Fault, Pride Fault, Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Host Rock: Dolomite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SSulfur
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS

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