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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

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: 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: 
AnalcimeCalciteClayElpiditeFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyrite
QuartzWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Abelsonite  (*)Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Dawsonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Elpidite  (*)Garrelsite  (*)Leucosphenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Neighborite  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Searlesite  (*)Shortite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Abelsonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNiC31H32N447.542.38277877,277878,277879,277880,277881,277882,277883,27788410
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O47.542.312778841627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)25633.903092
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)25633.9083
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5633.9027770
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)25633.9090
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)247.542.312778849895
Elpidite  (*)ElpiditeNa2ZrSi6O15·3H2O5633.9050
Garrelsite  (*)NoneNaBa3B7Si2O16(OH)45633.905
Leucosphenite  (*)NoneNa4BaTi2B2Si10O305633.9019
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25633.9017380
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)5633.9078
Neighborite  (*)PerovskiteNaMgF35633.9017
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)35633.9064
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)47.542.312778842349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS247.542.3127788439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO247.542.3127788461156
Searlesite  (*)NoneNaBSi2O5(OH)25633.9034
Shortite  (*)NoneNa2Ca2(CO3)35633.9037
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS5633.90372



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0008In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0009In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0010In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0011In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0012In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0013In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0014In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0015In Mahogany Zone


9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
USGS_PP168-0015633.9Eocenestatigraphyage of the Green River Formation      20265Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USAGreen River FormationBradley (1931) USGS_PP168age of the Green River Formation
Michelle_000847.542.347.5-42.3StratigraphyAge of deposition    Abelsonite 39263ERDA/LERC No. 2 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USAERDA/LERC No. 2 WellMilton et al. (1978) AM63_930 
Michelle_000947.542.347.5-42.3StratigraphyAge of deposition    Abelsonite 39264ERDA/LERC No. 3 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USAERDA/LERC No. 3 WellMilton et al. (1978) AM63_930 
Michelle_001047.542.347.5-42.3StratigraphyAge of deposition    Abelsonite 39265ERDA/LERC No. 4 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USAERDA/LERC No. 4 WellMilton et al. (1978) AM63_930 
Michelle_001147.542.347.5-42.3StratigraphyAge of deposition    Abelsonite 39266ERDA/LERC No. 6 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USAERDA/LERC No. 6 WellMilton et al. (1978) AM63_930 
Michelle_001247.542.347.5-42.3StratigraphyAge of deposition    Abelsonite 39267ERDA/LERC No. 7 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USAERDA/LERC No. 7 WellMilton et al. (1978) AM63_930 
Michelle_001347.542.347.5-42.3StratigraphyAge of deposition    Abelsonite 39268ERDA/LERC No. 8 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USAERDA/LERC No. 8 WellMilton et al. (1978) AM63_930 
Michelle_001447.542.347.5-42.3StratigraphyAge of deposition    Abelsonite 39269ERDA/LERC No. 9 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USAERDA/LERC No. 9 WellMilton et al. (1978) AM63_930 
Michelle_001547.542.347.5-42.3StratigraphyAge of deposition    Abelsonite 39262WOSCO Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USAWOSCO WellMilton et al. (1978) AM63_930 


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