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Ilmenite from
Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:34271
Long-form Identifier:1:3:34271:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘNachtrieb pegmatite, Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
13.1km (8.2 miles) ⓘBuena Vista Occurrence, Buena Vista Area, Free Gold Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘIndependence Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘSedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘBon Ton Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
43.4km (27.0 miles) ⓘGuffey District; West Occurrence, Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
43.6km (27.1 miles) ⓘBetty Mine (Lone Chimney Mine; Betty Lowe), Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
50.4km (31.3 miles) ⓘBaumer Pegmatite Prospect, Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
52.2km (32.4 miles) ⓘCotopaxi Mine (Cotopaxi lode; Gumaer Mine; Fannie lode; Fannie Mill), Mine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘFive Points Gulch, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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