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:
Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 20265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
ERDA/LERC No. 2 Well
ERDA/LERC No. 3 Well
ERDA/LERC No. 4 Well
ERDA/LERC No. 6 Well
ERDA/LERC No. 7 Well
ERDA/LERC No. 8 Well
ERDA/LERC No. 9 Well
WOSCO Well

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Elpidite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Wurtzite

Abelsonite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Calcite ()*
Dawsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elpidite ()*	Garrelsite ()*	Leucosphenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Neighborite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Searlesite ()*	Shortite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clay Elpidite Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite
Quartz Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Abelsonite ()*	Not in a structural group	NiC₃₁H₃₂N₄	47.5	42.3	8	277877,277878,277879,277880,277881,277882,277883,277884	10
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	47.5	42.3	1	277884	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	56	33.9	0		3092
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	56	33.9	0		83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	56	33.9	0		27770
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	33.9	0		90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	47.5	42.3	1	277884	9895
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	56	33.9	0		50
Garrelsite ()*	None	NaBa₃B₇Si₂O₁₆(OH)₄	56	33.9	0		5
Leucosphenite ()*	None	Na₄BaTi₂B₂Si₁₀O₃₀	56	33.9	0		19
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	56	33.9	0		17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	56	33.9	0		78
Neighborite ()*	Perovskite	NaMgF₃	56	33.9	0		17
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	56	33.9	0		64
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	47.5	42.3	1	277884	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	47.5	42.3	1	277884	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	47.5	42.3	1	277884	61156
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂	56	33.9	0		34
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃	56	33.9	0		37
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	56	33.9	0		372

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0008	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0009	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0010	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0011	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0012	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0013	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0014	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0015	In Mahogany Zone

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
USGS_PP168-001	56	33.9	Eocene	statigraphy	age of the Green River Formation		20265	Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	Green River Formation	Bradley (1931)	USGS_PP168	age of the Green River Formation
Michelle_0008	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39263	ERDA/LERC No. 2 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 2 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0009	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39264	ERDA/LERC No. 3 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 3 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0010	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39265	ERDA/LERC No. 4 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 4 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0011	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39266	ERDA/LERC No. 6 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 6 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0012	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39267	ERDA/LERC No. 7 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 7 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0013	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39268	ERDA/LERC No. 8 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 8 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0014	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39269	ERDA/LERC No. 9 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 9 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0015	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39262	WOSCO Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	WOSCO Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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