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


mindat Locality ID: 7124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7124.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jelm Mountain Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Annie Mine
Boston Mine
Colorado Shaft Mine
Copper Queen Mine
Jelm Mountain
Jelm Mountain Area Prospect (Old Cummins City Area)
Mark Claim - Annie Mine
Rising Sun Mine
Unidentified Prospect (MRDS - 10080888)
Unidentified Prospect (MRDS - 10080889)
Unknown Copper Mine (MRDS - 10205809)
Unknown Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10205813)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10304794)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10278843)
Wyoming Queen Mine

Latitude: 41°5'57"N
Longitude: 106°'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.099166666667,-106.00194444444

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: Ag Au Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C Cu O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBismutiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25289645,289646,289647,289652,28965927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu6289646,289647,289652,289653,289654,2896593846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4289646,289647,289652,28965924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu128964530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128964514640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128964512537
Silver  (*)CopperAg4289646,289647,289652,2896595186



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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