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⇱ Sheep Creek Prospect, Boulder Ridge Area, Larimer County, Colorado, USA

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Sheep Creek Prospect, Boulder Ridge Area, Larimer County, Colorado, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 57' 0'' North , 105° 43' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Red Feather Lakes343 (2011)20.2km
Laramie32,158 (2017)41.9km
Centennial270 (2011)51.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
115555
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:115555:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 21
Commodities (Major) - REE, Thorium, Uranium
Deposit Type: Other
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Pegmatite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Host Rock: Granite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.


Mineral List


1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Entries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Monazite Group'
Formula: REE(PO4)
ⓘ Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
Unclassified
ⓘ'Monazite Group'-REE(PO4)

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
Oⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
SiSilicon
Siⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
CaCalcium
Caⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O

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