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Lepidolite from
Rito Alto Peak, Sangre de Cristo, Custer County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Peak
Classification
Species:'Lepidolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lepidolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rito Alto Peak, Sangre de Cristo, Custer County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:488175
Long-form Identifier:1:3:488175:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Lepidolite
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pegmatite (MRDS - 10010897), Bull Ridge Area/Devils Hole Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘChief lithium pegmatite, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
50.4km (31.3 miles) ⓘMeyers - McMullin pegmatite occurrence, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
51.6km (32.1 miles) ⓘEight Mile Park, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
52.2km (32.5 miles) ⓘMeyers quarry (Meyers Quarry; Meyers-Halstead Quarry; Suzana Claims; Suzanna Claims; Royal Gorge No. 2), Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
96.0km (59.6 miles) ⓘBazooka, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
97.2km (60.4 miles) ⓘBrown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
97.3km (60.5 miles) ⓘBrown Derby No. 1, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
98.1km (60.9 miles) ⓘBrown Derby No. 5 Mine, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
99.8km (62.0 miles) ⓘBucky pegmatite (New Anniversary; Willow Creek), Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison 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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