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Locality Name:
Stinking Water Prospect (Crater Mtn), Park Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 31
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 173747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-173747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stinking Water Prospect (Crater Mtn), Park Co., Wyoming, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°1'48"N
Longitude: 109°37'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.03,-109.63194444444
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS312609052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2312605509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4312605516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S312605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23126027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)312608173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O31260345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3126024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3126030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6312602228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43126014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23126012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2312605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23126017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23126039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3126021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13312605317


1 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
PorphCu-00203312631–26      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu173747Stinking Water Prospect (Crater Mtn), Park Co., Wyoming, USAStinkingwaterSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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