Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Centennial Ridge Mining District (La Plata Mining District), Albany Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7113
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7113.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Centennial Ridge Mining District (La Plata Mining District), Albany Co., Wyoming, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Big Strike Mining Mine
Centennial Mine
Centennial Ridge Mine
Cliff Mine
Columbine Mine
Copper King Mine
Empire Mine (Schnitzler)
Fall Creek Placer
Free Gold Claim (Billy Waters)
Golden Crown Mining Syndicate Mine
Independence Mine
Kentucky Derby Mine
Middle Fork Placers
North America Mine
Platinum City Mine
Queen Mill Run
Queen Mine (Queen Shaft)
Telephone Mine
Utopia Mine

Latitude: 41°16'45"N
Longitude: 106°10'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.279166666667,-106.17805555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Malachite	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Iridium ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Ir Mg Mo O Pb Pt S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe Pt S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Malachite Molybdenite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	289543,289560,289562	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	289543,289545,289546,289547,289548,289550,289553	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	6	289543,289545,289546,289548,289550,289553	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	289543,289562	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	289543,289562	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	289555	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	289543,289545,289546,289549,289550,289551,289552,289553,289556,289558,289559,289560,289562	30554
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	289544	162
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	289543,289545,289546,289548,289550,289553	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	289547	5800
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	0		485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	289543,289545,289546,289548,289550,289552,289553,289558,289562	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	289547,289550,289551,289552,289558,289562	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	289543,289562	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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