Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sunlight Mining District, Park Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunlight Mining District, Park Co., Wyoming, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Big Goose Claim
Bluff Vein
Butte Claim
Copper King Claim
Evening Star Claim
Greenhorn Vein
Hardee's Claim
Hargrave-Newton-LaFond Mine
Hoodoo Claim
Joe Vein
Malachite Vein
Marin Deposit
McClung Mine
Morning Star Claim
Novelty Claim
Painter Mine
Silvertip Claim
Tip Top Claim
Wild Goose Claim
Winona Mine

Latitude: 44°38'7"N
Longitude: 109°47'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.635277777778,-109.79111111111

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.

Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Melonite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Melonite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	293553	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	293558	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	293550,293554,293566	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	293552,293558	3846
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	293553	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	293550,293553,293558,293567	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	293550,293552,293558	30554
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	293567	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	293550,293558	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	293553	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	293552,293558	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	293550	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	293567	332
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	3	293550,293554,293566	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	293550,293553,293554,293566	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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