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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Independence Mine (Independence Mill Site Alamosa; Queen Esther Claims; Independent; Bonanza; Eastern Star; Midnight Star; Baca Grant No. 4), Crestone Mining District (Baca Grant Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USAi
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Independence Mine (Independence Mill Site Alamosa; Queen Esther Claims; Independent; Bonanza; Eastern Star; Midnight Star; Baca Grant No. 4)Mine
Crestone Mining District (Baca Grant Mining District)Mining District
Saguache CountyCounty
ColoradoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 56' 45'' North , 105° 38' 58'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
37.94584,-105.64944
GeoHash:
G#: 9wszggu6t
GRN:
N26W60
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Crestone139 (2017)7.1km
Moffat116 (2011)23.6km
Westcliffe577 (2017)26.4km
Silver Cliff591 (2017)27.6km
Hooper103 (2011)30.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
118536
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:118536:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGERS REPTS FOR 1900, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1912, 1913, 1915
Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS 1-558
Deposit:: CLEMENT, J.F., 1952, THE GEOLOGY O
Commodities (Major) - Silver, Gold, Copper
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Granodiorite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
Structure: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Independence Mine Fault, Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift
Host Rock: Metasedimentary Rock, Schist, Granodiorite, Gneiss
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

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3 valid minerals.

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Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu

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