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Locality Name:
ERDA/LERC No. 3 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 39264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "ERDA/LERC No. 3 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

None	Not in a structural group

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: C H N Ni

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H N Ni

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Not in a structural group

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Abelsonite ()*

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
Abelsonite ()*	Not in a structural group	NiC₃₁H₃₂N₄	47.5	42.3	0		10

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0008	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0009	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0010	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0011	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0012	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0013	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0014	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0015	In Mahogany Zone

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
USGS_PP168-001	56	33.9	Eocene	statigraphy	age of the Green River Formation	Yes		20265	Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	Green River Formation	Bradley (1931)	USGS_PP168	age of the Green River Formation
Michelle_0008	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Yes	Abelsonite	39263	ERDA/LERC No. 2 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 2 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0009	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition		Abelsonite	39264	ERDA/LERC No. 3 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 3 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0010	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Yes	Abelsonite	39265	ERDA/LERC No. 4 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 4 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0011	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Yes	Abelsonite	39266	ERDA/LERC No. 6 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 6 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0012	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Yes	Abelsonite	39267	ERDA/LERC No. 7 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 7 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0013	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Yes	Abelsonite	39268	ERDA/LERC No. 8 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 8 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0014	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Yes	Abelsonite	39269	ERDA/LERC No. 9 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 9 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0015	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Yes	Abelsonite	39262	WOSCO Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	WOSCO Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930

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