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Locality Name:
Encampment District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Encampment District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 55
Child Localities:
Alma Mine
Azurite
Batchelder Mine
Beulah Mine
Big Blue No. 1
Big Chief Mine Group
Big Chief Nos. 1 & 2
Big Creek Mine
Bonita Prospect No. 1
Bridger Mine
Broadway Mine
Carlton Group
Cascade Mine
Century Group 1 (Hinton Mine)
Century Mines Group No. 2
Charter Oak Mine
Colorado Belle Mines Group
Continental Group
Copper Gem Prospect
Creede Prospect
Doane-Rambler Mine (Rex Mine)
Dreamland King Claims Group
Encampment
Ferris-Haggarty Mine (Ferris-Haggerty)
Gertrude
Gold Coin Prospect
Hawkeye
Hidden Treasure No. 3
Homestake
Independence Claims Group
Iron King Prospect
Island City Group Prospect
Itmay Mine
King Of The Camp Prospect
Kurtze-Chatterton Mine
Leighton - Gentry Prospect
Lena Shields Group
Meta Mine
Mohawk Prospect 1
Newton Group
North Fork Claims Group
Osceola Claim
Portland-Hercules Mines
Spring Creek Prospect
Sun Anchor And Sweet Claims
Syndicate Property
Taylor Claim
Tennent Creek Mine
Three Forks Claims Group
Umslopagus Group (MRDS - 10132339)
Umslopagus Group (MRDS - 10254283)
Umslopagus Group (MRDS - 10254599)
Umslopagus Prospect
Unknown Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10279301)
Unknown Lead Prospect (MRDS - 10230640)

Latitude: 41°10'41"N
Longitude: 106°55'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.178055555556,-106.92916666667
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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H Nb O P Pb Pt S Si Ta Th Ti Tl U Y Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteGarnetMalachiteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cheralite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Lorándite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25290575,290583,290588,290592,2905945509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)129059211547
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1290617716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44290575,290583,290588,2905945516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)8290577,290583,290585,290596,290598,290608,290613,29061627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12906084979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S10290575,290578,290583,290588,290592,290594,290598,290605,290613,2906165707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219290568,290575,290577,290578,290580,290581,290583,290585,290587,290588,290594,290596,290598,290603,290605,290606,290608,290613,29061527198
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)2129059350
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2290578,2905883531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2290587,2906023846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4290578,290588,290592,2905944165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3290588,290592,2905942970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12906158173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61290593414
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5290568,290577,290578,290596,29060824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2290614,29061830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35290583,290595,290597,290598,29061314640
Lorándite  (*)NoneTlAsS2129059215
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4129061514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26290578,290588,290592,290594,290598,29059912537
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31290592511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23290592,290596,29060639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83290587,290602,2906069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217290568,290575,290577,290580,290583,290585,290588,290594,290596,290598,290603,290605,290608,290613,290614,290616,29061861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1290592712
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4290568,290585,290598,2906136417
Silver  (*)CopperAg12906185186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21290592337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2290578,29060821482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101


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