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Locality Name:
Bridger Mts (Bridger Range), Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bridger Mts (Bridger Range), Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copper Mountain Pegmatite District

Latitude: 43°24'46"N
Longitude: 107°59'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.412777777778,-107.99583333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylBrauniteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparGarnetGraftoniteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelStibniteTourmaline

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beusite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Petalite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Spodumene  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3291465,291480,2914818803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1810291465,291466,291467,291473,291474,291476,291478,291479,291480,2914814286
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)2129146539
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312914651935
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1291465483
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212914765171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2129146527198
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1291465520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12914652740
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41291465445
Graphite  (*)NoneC2291475,2914772812
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4129146514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2129146512537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3291465,291480,2914814924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25291465,291475,291477,291480,29148117380
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O103291465,291479,291481124
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212914653106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23291465,291480,29148161156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12914652705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312914651214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61291479688


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