Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Laramie Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laramie Co., Wyoming, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Albin (pallasite) Meteorite
Bear Pegmatite
Beaver Pegmatite
Granite Canyon (Granite Quarry)
Granite Canyon Quarry (Granite Morrison Knudsen; Granite Quarry)
Great Western Sugar Company 1926
Horse Creek Quarry
Iron Mountain Kimberlite District
Lyle Faith Quarry
Silver Crown Mining District
Unknown Dolomite Prospect (MRDS - 10133267)
Unknown Flagstone (MRDS - 10157722)
Unknown Flagstone (MRDS - 10181491)

Latitude: 41°18'26"N
Longitude: 105°4'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.307222222222,-105.08027777778

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Iron	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stanfieldite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Triphylite ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Iron Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	292838,292860	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	292838	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	292838,292854	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	292838,292844,292852,292854	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	292838	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	292838	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	292838,292844,292847	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	292838,292849,292852,292854	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	292829	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	292844	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	7	292838,292841,292849,292852,292854,292861,292862	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	292838,292844	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	292838,292854	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	292836	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	292854	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	292830	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	292838	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	292838	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	292839,292844,292847,292857,292861,292862,292867	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	292844,292854	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	292836	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	292829	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	292844,292854	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	292838,292844,292852,292854	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	292829	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	292830,292831	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	292844,292854,292863	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	292854	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	292838,292844,292849,292852,292854,292867	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	292836	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	292838	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	292830,292831,292838,292849,292852	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	292829	374
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	292839,292844,292847,292861,292862	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	292838,292844,292854	21482
Stanfieldite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg₅(PO₄)₆	1	292829	14
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	292838	1101
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	292829	116
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	3	292843,292856,292864	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	2	292843,292864	313
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	292836	120
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	292864	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	292838	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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