Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lucky MC Mine (Lucky Mac), Gas Hills Mining District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19

mindat Locality ID: 4231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4231.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lucky MC Mine (Lucky Mac), Gas Hills Mining District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, 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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	None	Phosphuranylite
Pyrite	Quartz	Schoepite	Sulphur	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilsemannite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Metazellerite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Opal ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Sabugalite ()*	Schoepite ()*	Selenium ()*
Soddyite ()*	Umohoite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Zellerite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P S Se Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P S Se Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Meta-autunite None Phosphuranylite
Pyrite Quartz Schoepite Sulphur Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	35	19	27770
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	35	19	566
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	35	19	2740
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	35	19	6890
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	35	19	123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35	19	2228
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	35	19	78
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	35	19	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	35	19	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	35	19	443
Metazellerite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₂·3H₂O	35	19	4
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	35	19	182
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	35	19	2994
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	35	19	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35	19	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35	19	61156
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	35	19	58
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O	35	19	87
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	35	19	94
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	35	19	143
Soddyite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂	35	19	44
Umohoite ()*	None	(UO₂)(MoO₄)·2H₂O	35	19	16
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	35	19	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	35	19	890
Zellerite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	35	19	15

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00091	35	19		U-Pb						Yes		Jordisite, Umohoite, Ilsemannite	Mo	7200	Gas Hills Mining District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA		Dooley et al. (1974); Ludwig (1979)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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