Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Highland Flats-Box Creek Mining District, Converse Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 261081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Highland Flats-Box Creek Mining District, Converse Co., Wyoming, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Anomaly No. 38 - Kerr McGee Occurrence
Bill Smith Mine
Buffalo Shaft
Golden Eagle Mine
Highland Uranium Operation
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10278854)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018955)
Wells Prospect

Latitude: 43°4'0"N
Longitude: 105°32'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.066666666667,-105.54722222222

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Schoepite	Vivianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schoepite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Na O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Schoepite Vivianite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	290976	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	290976	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	290979	27770
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2	290976,290979	566
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	290976	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	290976	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	290976	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	290976	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	290976	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	290976,290979	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	290976	61156
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	1	290976	94
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	290976,290979	2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	290976	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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