Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1635

mindat Locality ID: 242817
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242817.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beaver Rim
Clarke Goodman Claims
Graham Copper Mine
Queen Ester Prospect

Latitude: 42°44'15"N
Longitude: 107°56'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.7375,-107.93638888889

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	Corundum	Malachite	None	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 C Cu Fe H Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Corundum Malachite None Quartz Tourmaline

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Chrysocolla ()*	Corundum ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*

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
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2570	1635	2	292194,292195	3531
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2570	1635	1	292192	1797
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2570	1635	2	292194,292195	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2570	1635	2	292193,292195	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2570	1635	1	292193	2705

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-00643	2570	2430	2500±70	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		242817	Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00644	2570	2510	2540±30	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		242817	Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00645	2432.72	2432.72	2432.72	Rb-Sr		plagioclase		242817	Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00646	2432.72	2432.72	2432.72	Rb-Sr		biotite		242817	Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00647	2432.72	2432.72	2432.72	Rb-Sr		muscovite	Muscovite	242817	Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00648	2300.42	2300.42	2300.42	Rb-Sr		whole rock		242817	Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00649	2075.27	2075.27	2075.27	Rb-Sr		microcline	Microcline	242817	Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00063_206_238	1635	1635	1635	206_238	maximum age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	242817	Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00063_207_206	2540	2540	2540	207_206	maximum age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	242817	Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00063_207_235	2075	2075	2075	207_235	maximum age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	242817	Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

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