Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Piceance Basin, Moffat Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 133493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piceance Basin, Moffat Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Green River Formation

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.

Baryte	Blödite	Clay	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Smectite-vermiculite	Starkeyite

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Blödite Clay Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Kieserite Mica None Pyrite
Smectite-vermiculite Starkeyite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Blödite ()*	Burkeite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Starkeyite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	192888	130
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	0		47
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	192888	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	192888	39462
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	192888	79
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	192888	139

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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