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Locality Name:
Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, Rio Blanco Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 122867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, Rio Blanco Co., Colorado, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mahogany Zone
Parachute Creek Member

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteFeldsparMarcasiteNickelineNoneNorthupitePyritePyroxeneRocksaltWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)
Halite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Northupite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Searlesite  (*)Shortite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Trona  (*)Wegscheiderite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211953433092
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2083
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)2090
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11953441398
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)119534478
Northupite  (*)NorthupiteNa3Mg(CO3)2Cl119534431
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Searlesite  (*)NoneNaBSi2O5(OH)2119534434
Shortite  (*)NoneNa2Ca2(CO3)3119534437
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O1195344129
Wegscheiderite  (*)NoneNa5H3(CO3)411953448
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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