Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Yellowstone National Park, Teton Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 171301
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-171301.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellowstone National Park, Teton Co., Wyoming, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lower Geyser Basin

Latitude: 44°33'44"N
Longitude: 110°50'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.562222222222,-110.83805555556

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	Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	None	Pectolite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clay Fluorite None Pectolite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	294281	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	294281	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	294281	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	294281	9617
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	294281	1508
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	294281	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	294281	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	294281	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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