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Locality Name:
Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1779
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1338

mindat Locality ID: 24031
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24031.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District
Medicine Bow Mountains Prospect
Pelton Creek Occurrence

Latitude: 41°11'12"N
Longitude: 106°12'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.186666666667,-106.20388888889
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 As Au Ba Bi C Co Cu Fe H O Pt S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteMalachiteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21779133812896895509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128971311547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12897091966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41779133812896895516
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1289709925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3289689,289702,2897175707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27289689,289699,289702,289705,289709,289713,28971727198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1289702966
Copper  (*)CopperCu6289689,289699,289702,289703,289711,2897183846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2289689,2896914165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2289689,2896992970
Gold  (*)CopperAu17289689,289694,289695,289696,289697,289699,289702,289703,289705,289706,289707,289711,289715,289717,289718,289719,28972230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32289689,28970914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128972914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22289689,28970912537
Platinum  (*)CopperPt177913381289689485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25289689,289699,289705,289712,28971339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82289689,2897129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26289689,289697,289705,289709,289712,28972261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12896995186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128972921482


16 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
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02067_206_238159015901590206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02067_207_206177617761776207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02067_207_235167216721672207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02068_206_238150215021502206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02068_207_206177917791779207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02068_207_235162116211621207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02069_206_238146214621462206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02069_207_206177617761776207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02069_207_235159515951595207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02070_206_238139813981398206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02070_207_206177217721772207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02070_207_235155315531553207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02071_206_238133813381338206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02071_207_206177217721772207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02071_207_235151515151515207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  172380Inversion Cabin Prospects, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-Rb-Sr-000371411.991351.991381.99±30Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     174934Unnamed U Occurrence (3), Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mts, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 

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