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Hornblende Root Name Group from
Crystal Park area, Crystal Park, El Paso County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:'Hornblende Root Name Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hornblende Root Name Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Crystal Park area, Crystal Park, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:374192
Long-form Identifier:1:3:374192:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hornblende Root Name Group
47.4km (29.5 miles) Twin Mountain, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
47.5km (29.5 miles) Hayman Mine (Haymon), Tarryall Springs Mining District (Puma City), Park County, Colorado, USA
52.7km (32.7 miles) West Ranch Deposit (West Deposit), Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
55.6km (34.6 miles) Betty Mine (Lone Chimney Mine; Betty Lowe), Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
65.2km (40.5 miles) Green Mountain Mine (Copper Boy Mine), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) Balfour Mines, Elevenmile Canyon Area, Park County, Colorado, USA
69.3km (43.1 miles) Oliver Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) Iron Mountain Mine (Iron Mountain Deposit; Iron Mountain Titaniferous Magnetite Deposit), McClure Mountain Complex, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
69.6km (43.2 miles) Devil's Hole Mine, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
72.3km (44.9 miles) Bull Gulch Mica Mine, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
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