Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Diamond Alkali Daco No. 3
Grierson Well No. 1
John Hay Jr. Well No. 1
Perkins Well No. 1
Perkins Well No. 2
Trona Mine
Union Pacific Well No. 4
Westvaco Mine
William T. Rogers No. 1 Well

Latitude: 41°23'12"N
Longitude: 109°46'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.386666666667,-109.78222222222

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlstoniteAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteBradleyiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiite
ClayElpiditeFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteKieseriteLabuntsoviteMarcasiteMckelveyite
MordeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNorthupiteNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSepioliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteStarkeyiteSulphurTalcWurtzite

65 IMA Minerals at location:
Abelsonite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Alstonite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Bradleyite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cryolite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Eitelite  (*)Elpidite  (*)Ewaldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Garrelsite  (*)Gaylussite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Haüyne  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lazurite  (*)Leucosphenite  (*)Loughlinite  (*)
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mckelveyite-(Y)  (*)Moissanite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Natron  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)Norsethite  (*)Northupite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Paralabuntsovite-Mg  (*)Pirssonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Searlesite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Shortite  (*)Siderite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Stevensite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talc  (*)
Trona  (*)Vinogradovite  (*)Wegscheiderite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Abelsonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNiC31H32N4010
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612939401022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Alstonite  (*)AlstoniteBaCa(CO3)2129394224
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2129394783
Bradleyite  (*)BradleyiteNa3Mg(PO4)(CO3)2293942,29394714
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2293947,29394827770
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O0113
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Cryolite  (*)PerovskiteNa2NaAlF6050
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)2090
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23293940,293942,2939479895
Eitelite  (*)NoneNa2Mg(CO3)2020
Elpidite  (*)ElpiditeNa2ZrSi6O15·3H2O050
Ewaldite  (*)MckelveyiteBaCa(CO3)2·2.6H2O12939408
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Garrelsite  (*)NoneNaBa3B7Si2O16(OH)405
Gaylussite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O129394257
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl4293941,293943,293944,2939481398
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)1293948158
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Lazurite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3)1-·H2O129394837
Leucosphenite  (*)NoneNa4BaTi2B2Si10O30129394719
Loughlinite  (*)ClayNa2Mg3Si6O16·8H2O3293942,293946,2939476
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2079
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Mckelveyite-(Y)  (*)MckelveyiteNaBa3CaY(CO3)6·3H2O12939409
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC057
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12939421508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O0405
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)3293941,293943,29394478
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Natron  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·10H2O051
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3064
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)2129394730
Northupite  (*)NorthupiteNa3Mg(CO3)2Cl129394231
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Paralabuntsovite-Mg  (*)LabuntsoviteNa8K8Mg4Ti16(Si4O12)8(OH,O)16·20-24H2O12939451
Pirssonite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·2H2O129394219
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22293942,29394739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23293940,293942,29394761156
Searlesite  (*)NoneNaBSi2O5(OH)2129394734
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Shortite  (*)NoneNa2Ca2(CO3)32293942,29394737
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O079
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2057
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212939483337
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O6293941,293942,293943,293944,293947,293948129
Vinogradovite  (*)NoneNa4Ti4(Si2O6)2[(Si,Al)4O10]O4·(H2O,Na,K)3028
Wegscheiderite  (*)NoneNa5H3(CO3)43293941,293943,2939448
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)1293947251
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110214Westvaco Mine, Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110214


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