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:
Weston Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 175668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-175668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weston Co., Wyoming, USA": 95
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 94

Number of Child Localities: 89
Child Localities:
Alray Uranium Mine
Cambria Area Occurrence
Cedar Ridge Occurrence
Elk Mountain
Farclin ? Prospect
Farley No. 1 Prospect
Farley No. 2 Prospect
Farley No. 3 Prospect
Foster
Goodson Property No. 1 Occurrence
Goodson Property No. 2 Occurrence
Government Limestone Quarry
Heetland
Helmer
Homestake 2
Homestake Pit No. 1
Homestake Pit No. 2
Homestake Pit No. 3
Homestake Pit No. 4
Homestake Pit No. 5
Jerome Area
L. Shuck Property
Lak Reservoir Area No. 1 Occurrence
Lak Reservoir Area No. 2 Occurrence
Lak Reservoir Area No. 3 Occurrence
Lewis Dennis
Lucky Strike Bentonite Mine
Myers
Nelson
Newcastle Area
Newcastle No. 1 Occurrence
Newcastle No. 2 Occurrence
North Of Newcastle Occurrence
Oil Creek Occurrence
Owens Draw Occurrence
Pedro Area No. 1 Occurrence
Pedro Area No. 2
Pedro Area No. 3
Pedro Occurrence
Pine Ridge
Rawhauser Quarry
Red Creek Area Occurrence
Rushmore Clareton Uranium Property Occurrence
Salt Creek Prospect
Shannon Lease
Sheep Creek Occurrence
Sheldon Canyon Occurrence
Sisson
Sodak Mine
Stockade Beaver Creek No. 1 Occurrence
Stockade Beaver Creek No. 2 Occurrence
Strawberry Mountain Area Occurrence
Sunny Divide
Thornton Dome Occurrence
Unknown Barium-Barite Occurrence (MRDS - 10206104)
Unknown Clay - Bentonite (MRDS - 10157452)
Unknown Clay - Bentonite (MRDS - 10279143)
Unknown Clay - Bentonite Occurrence (MRDS - 10157700)
Unknown Clay - Bentonite Occurrence (MRDS - 10255162)
Unknown Clay - Bentonite Occurrence (MRDS - 10255441)
Unknown Clay - Bentonite Occurrence (MRDS - 10278932)
Unknown Clay - Bentonite Prospect (MRDS - 10132979)
Unknown Clay - Bentonite Prospect (MRDS - 10279336)
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory) Prospect (MRDS - 10303562)
Unknown Flagstone (MRDS - 10206549)
Unknown Gold - Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10229958)
Unknown Gypsum-Anhydrite Occurrence (MRDS - 10182117)
Unknown Gypsum-Anhydrite Prospect (MRDS - 10157415)
Unknown Gypsum-Anhydrite Prospect (MRDS - 10206206)
Unknown Gypsum-Anhydrite Prospect (MRDS - 10303076)
Unknown Limestone - General (MRDS - 10279313)
Unknown Limestone - General Occurrence (MRDS - 10133468)
Unknown Limestone - General Prospect (MRDS - 10133675)
Unknown Limestone - General Prospect (MRDS - 10157476)
Unknown Limestone - General Prospect (MRDS - 10255227)
Unknown Limestone - General Prospect (MRDS - 10279308)
Unknown Manganese Occurrence (MRDS - 10279329)
Unknown Silver - Lead (MRDS - 10133256)
Unknown Sodium - Salt Prospect (MRDS - 10230156)
Unknown Stone - Crushed/Broken Occurrence (MRDS - 10206084)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10206443)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10280358)
Unnamed Limestone - General Prospect (MRDS - 10181590)
Upton
Upton Bentonite Mine
Upton No. 1
Upton No. 2 (Colloid)
Vickers Mine
Wicker & Baldwin Occurrence

Latitude: 44°4'50"N
Longitude: 104°22'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.080555555556,-104.36805555556

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	None	Pyrite

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: Ba C Ca Fe H K O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Corundum None Pyrite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	294370	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	294370,294435	27770
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	294435	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	294435	2228
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	294435	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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