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Samarskite-(Y) from
Little Patsy pegmatite, South Platte Pegmatite Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Samarskite-(Y)
Formula:YFe3+Nb2O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Samarskite-(Y) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Patsy pegmatite, South Platte Pegmatite Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43723
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43723:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Samarskite-(Y)
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘButterfield pegmatites, South Platte Pegmatite Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘCalifornia Mine, Devils Head Pegmatite Mining District, Douglas County, Colorado, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘBurroughs Mine (Traut-Rudin-Anderson Pegmatite; Sunrise Peak Mine), Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘRoscoe Beryl Mine (Roscoe pegmatite), Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) ⓘGrover Mine (Grover pegmatite; Windsor), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
39.7km (24.7 miles) ⓘCentennial Cone pegmatite (K. L. Green Ranch), Centennial Cone, Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
49.1km (30.5 miles) ⓘKatydid Mine (Rogers Publishing Company Mine), Wilkerson Pass Area, Park County, Colorado, USA
52.5km (32.6 miles) ⓘBlack Cloud Mine, Teller County, Colorado, USA
65.4km (40.7 miles) ⓘPikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
References
Jacobson, Mark I., Smith, Myron W. (1990) Fluocerite-(Ce) and Other Minerals from the Little Patsy Quarry [Colorado]. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (5) 429-430
Simmons, W. B., Hanson, S. L., Falster, A. U. (2006) Samarskite-(Yb): a new species of the samarskite group from the Little Patsy pegmatite, Jefferson County, Colorado. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (5). 1119-1125 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.5.1119
 
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