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Locality Name:
Niobrara Co., Wyoming, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niobrara Co., Wyoming, USA": 103
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 100

Number of Child Localities: 87
Child Localities:
Ace High 1 Claim
Airborne Anomaly 3 Occurrence
Allsup
Alter
Apex Occurrence
Bob Cat 2 Claim
Bowers Claims
Clark Group
Drifter
Duck Claims
Floyd And Frank Moore; Lance Creek Occurrence
George Storey Claim
Happy Jack 122 Occurrence
Happy Jack 48 Occurrence
Harney Claim
Hornice Occurrence
Lance Creek
Lightning Creek Area
Lillian 4 Occurrence
Locality No. 104 Occurrence
Locality No. 105 Occurrence
Locality No. 106 Occurrence
Locality No. 82 Occurrence
Locality No. 83 Occurrence
Locality No. 84 Occurrence
Locality No. 86 Occurrence
Locality No. 87 Occurrence
Locality No. 88 Occurrence
Locality No. 91 Occurrence
Locality No. 92 Occurrence
Locality No. 98 Occurrence
Lucky Seven Occurrence
Lusk
Miller 1 Occurrence
N. Edge Of Town Cemetery Prospect
Nelson Ranch
New Hope (Old Harney Coal Mine)
Old Rocky Occurrence
Old Woman Anticline Occurrence
Ran Claims
Rawhide
Scott Group 1-7
Silver Springs Creek Pegmatites
Unidentified Occurrence (MRDS - 10096625)
Unknown - G. Storey Property Occurrence
Unknown - J. W. Meng Property (MRDS - 10208230)
Unknown - No. 1 Occurrence (MRDS - 10206355)
Unknown - No. 1 Occurrence (MRDS - 10303225)
Unknown - No. 2 Occurrence (MRDS - 10230662)
Unknown - No. 2 Occurrence (MRDS - 10254829)
Unknown Copper (MRDS - 10133068)
Unknown Tantalum Occurrence (MRDS - 10133145)
Unknown Tantalum Occurrence (MRDS - 10157084)
Unknown Tantalum Occurrence (MRDS - 10181890)
Unknown Tantalum Occurrence (MRDS - 10279015)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10108471)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10230581)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10254197)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018891)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018892)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018893)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018894)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018895)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018897)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018898)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018899)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018901)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10091600)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10091601)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10091603)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10091604)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10091605)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10091607)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10091608)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10157651)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10159417)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10159842)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10181767)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10205992)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10230496)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10230656)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10279304)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10279366)
Unknown Uranium Prospect (MRDS - 10133656)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10081138)
Walt Claim No. 2
Westvaco No. 13 Prospect

Latitude: 42°57'35"N
Longitude: 104°35'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.959722222222,-104.59444444444

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: Ag Al B Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBaryteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
Tourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Boltwoodite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Weeksite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212934333419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312934331534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212934335509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)129341311547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812934544286
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O129341467
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)129343327770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12934151184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12934335707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2293433,2934963531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12934331025
Copper  (*)CopperCu12934333846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12934332970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212934439895
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3129344314640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412934335591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22293433,29349612537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1293433443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12934544924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2129345417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2129343339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22293433,29345461156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12934542705
Silver  (*)CopperAg12934335186
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O2293413,293415628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212934332718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3293413,293433,293455890
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O129343342



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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