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Locality Name:
Lincoln Co., Wyoming, USA


mindat Locality ID: 171302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-171302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln Co., Wyoming, USA": 142
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 136

Number of Child Localities: 42
Child Localities:
Afton Occurrence (Phosphoria)
Cockscomb Prospect
Davis Claim
Hams Fork Coal Region
Horse Creek Prospect
Kemmerer
Lake Alice Mining District
Leefe Mine
Pine Bar Diggings Occurrence
Price & Thomas Claims
Quealy Mine
Rock Creek Valley Occurrence
Sheep Creek Canyon Occurrence (Bridger National Forest; Greys River)
Smith's Fork Occurrence
South Mountain Mine
Star Valley
Sublette Ridge Prospect
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10080953)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10081122)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10081139)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10081150)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10081158)
Unknown Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10206357)
Unknown Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10157221)
Unknown Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10157810)
Unknown Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10205874)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018808)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018809)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018810)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018811)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018812)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018813)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018814)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018815)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018816)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018817)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018818)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018819)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018820)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018821)
Viola Area Occurrence
Western Phosphate

Latitude: 42°25'34"N
Longitude: 110°44'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.426111111111,-110.7475

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: Au C Cu Fe H Mo O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperCorundumMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Copper  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212928815509
Copper  (*)CopperCu2292873,2929033846
Gold  (*)CopperAu2292874,29288930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33292899,292900,29290114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312928745433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27292881,292882,292883,292884,292885,292886,29288712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212928805674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212928815800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23292880,292881,29288739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2129288161156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12928972045



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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