Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Western Phosphate, Teton Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 10
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 175666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-175666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Western Phosphate, Teton Co., Wyoming, USA": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Buck Creek Occurrence
Crystal Creek Prospect No. 1 (1963; Stratigraphic Sections 44b And 44c In Sheldon)
Crystal Creek Prospect No. 2 (Stratigraphic Section 44a In Sheldon; 1963)
East Cream Puff Mountain Occurrence
Flat Creek Occurrence No. 1
Flat Creek Occurrence No. 2 (Stratigraphic Sections 50 A And 50 B In Sheldon; 1963)
Gros Ventre Slide Prospect (In Sheldon; Stratigraphic Sections 42a; 42c; 42b; 1963)
Hoback Range Combined Prospect (Hoback Range)
Hoback Range No. 1 Prospect
Hoback Range No. 2 Prospect
Hoback Range No. 3 Prospect
Location C Occurrence
Location D Occurrence
Location F Occurrence
Mosquito Creek Trench Occurrence (USGS Lot No. Cp-22)
Reserve Block T-PSMR-154-170 Occurrence
Six Lakes Occurrence (52; Stratigraphic Sections 51; 1963; And 53 In Sheldon)
Snake River Canyon Occurrence
Snow King Mountain Trench Occurrence (USGS Lot No. Cp-14)
South Fork Elk Creek Trench Occurrence (Cp-61)
South Fork Fall Creek Trench Occurrence (Cp-57)
Talbot Canyon Occurrence
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10080814)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10080820)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10080822)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10080826)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10080827)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10080944)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10080973)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10080979)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10081151)
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10081153)
Unidentified Occurrence (USGS Lot Cp-47; MRDS - 10081132)
Unknown Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect (MRDS - 10157293)
Unknown Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect (MRDS - 10206136)
Unknown Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect (MRDS - 10206226)
Unknown Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect (MRDS - 10230099)
Unknown Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect (MRDS - 10254175)
Unknown Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect (MRDS - 10254612)
Unknown Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect (MRDS - 10278660)
Unknown Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect (MRDS - 10303262)

Latitude: 43°26'23"N
Longitude: 110°44'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.439722222222,-110.7425

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.

Copper	None

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 Hg

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper None

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Mercury ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	294256	397
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	294256	5186

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-37508	10	3	6+4/-3	37508	172108	Flat Creek Occurrence No. 2 (Stratigraphic Sections 50 A And 50 B In Sheldon; 1963), Western Phosphate, Teton Co., Wyoming, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-37515	10	3	6+4/-3	37515	172808	Location C Occurrence, Western Phosphate, Teton Co., Wyoming, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-37527	8.56	8.4	8.48±0.08	37527	173035	Mosquito Creek Trench Occurrence (USGS Lot No. Cp-22), Western Phosphate, Teton Co., Wyoming, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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