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Locality Name:
Carissa Mine (Carissa Lode), South Pass City, South Pass-Atlantic City Mining District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carissa Mine (Carissa Lode), South Pass City, South Pass-Atlantic City Mining District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°28'27"N
Longitude: 108°47'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.474166666667,-108.79388888889

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: As Au Ca Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Ca Fe H Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteClayCopperCorundumNickelineNoneOrpimentPyriteQuartz
Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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