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Locality Name:
Big Creek Pegmatite District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Creek Pegmatite District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Big Creek Mine
Platt Pegmatite Mine (Uranium King Mine; Platte Mine)

Latitude: 41°6'55"N
Longitude: 106°30'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.115277777778,-106.50444444444
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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBerylChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMica
NoneQuartzSpinelTourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12905278803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412905265516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12905265707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2129052627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12905263531
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61290527414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212905279617
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2129052612537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2290526,2905274924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2129052717380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22290526,29052761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12905272705


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