Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lake Owen Complex, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 276981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Owen Complex, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lake Owens Mafic Complex Occurrence (Lake Owens; Iron Mountain)

Latitude: 41°8'45"N
Longitude: 106°5'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.145833333333,-106.09555555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Feldspar	Melonite	Millerite	None	Spinel	Ullmannite

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 Bi Ca Co Cu Fe Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Feldspar Melonite Millerite None Spinel Ullmannite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Bornite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cooperite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	289663	1036
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	289663	5516
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	289663	154
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	289663	27198
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	289663	124
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	289663	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	289663	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	289663	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	289663	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	289663	133

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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