Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lusk, Niobrara Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 267461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lusk, Niobrara Co., Wyoming, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silver Cliff Mine (Rochelle Mine)

Latitude: 42°45'41"N
Longitude: 104°28'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.761388888889,-104.46944444444

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Weeksite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	293433	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	293433	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	293433	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	293433	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	293433	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	293433	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	293433	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	293433	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	293433	2970
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	293433	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	293433	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	293433	443
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	293433	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	293433	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	293433	5186
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	293433	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	293433	890
Weeksite ()*	None	(K)₂(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₃)·4H₂O	1	293433	42

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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