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Locality Name:
Iron Mountain Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 4232
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4232.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Mountain Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Cobar No. 1- Plicoflex Inc. (Magnetite Products Corp)
Grant Creek
Iron Mountain Deposits
Iron Mountain Prospect
Iron Mountain Prospect (MRDS - 10132702)
Iron Mountain Prospect (MRDS - 10229418)
Laramie Range Anorthosite Prospect
Laramie Range Prospect
Middle Sybille Creek
Monolith Portland Midwest Company Prospect
North Iron Mountain Occurrence (Laramie Range; Strong Creek)
Percis Claims (Wyoming Copper Company)
Smaller Deposit No. 7
Spring Creek Occurrence (Laramie Range)
Sybille Pit (Sybille Quarry)
Taylor Deposit Prospect
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 1; MRDS - 10080937)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 10; MRDS - 10080916)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 11; MRDS - 10080917)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 12; MRDS - 10080930)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 13; MRDS - 10080918)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 14; MRDS - 10080931)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 15; MRDS - 10080934)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 2; MRDS - 10080938)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 3; MRDS - 10080923)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 4; MRDS - 10080924)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 5; MRDS - 10080925)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 6; MRDS - 10080926)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 7; MRDS - 10080927)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 8; MRDS - 10080929)
Unidentified Prospect (Deposit No. 9; MRDS - 10080928)
Unknown Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10278871)
Unknown Thorium Prospect (MRDS - 10181774)

Latitude: 41°37'29"N
Longitude: 105°23'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.624722222222,-105.3875

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaddeleyiteCorundumFeldsparMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneSpinelVivianite
Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Spinel  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12896371036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612896242060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21289624238
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12896215707
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12896212970
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1289624371
Graphite  (*)NoneC12896242812
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41289624407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O316289624,289625,289626,289627,289628,289629,289630,289631,289632,289634,289635,289636,289637,289638,289639,2896405433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418289608,289624,289625,289626,289627,289628,289629,289630,289631,289632,289633,289634,289635,289636,289637,289638,289639,28964014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128962112537
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61289624303
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4160054101934
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1289624636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12896245251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
ree-006711600541Middle Proterozoic        172689Laramie Range Anorthosite Prospect, Iron Mountain Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USALaramie Anorthosite ComplexOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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