Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lower Geyser Basin, Park Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 248601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lower Geyser Basin, Park Co., Wyoming, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Analcime	Clay	Dachiardite	Gyrolite	Mica	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Dachiardite-Na ()*	Laumontite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Okenite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Quartz ()*
Truscottite ()*	Wairakite ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Clay Dachiardite Gyrolite Mica Mordenite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Pyroxene
Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Dachiardite-Na ()*	Dachiardite	Na₄(Si₂₀Al₄)O₄₈·13H₂O	22
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	71
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Truscottite ()*	Gyrolite	Ca₁₄Si₂₄O₅₈(OH)₈·2H₂O	10
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	73
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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