Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yellowstone National Park, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.094
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.616

mindat Locality ID: 4239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellowstone National Park, 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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Cristobalite	Dachiardite	Gyrolite	Mica	Mordenite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dachiardite-Na ()*
Fayalite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Quartz ()*	Wairakite ()*
Yugawaralite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Calcite Clay Cristobalite Dachiardite Gyrolite Mica Mordenite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2.094	0.616	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2.094	0.616	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2.094	0.616	309
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2.094	0.616	453
Dachiardite-Na ()*	Dachiardite	Na₄(Si₂₀Al₄)O₄₈·13H₂O	2.094	0.616	22
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2.094	0.616	371
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	2.094	0.616	142
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2.094	0.616	1271
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2.094	0.616	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2.094	0.616	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2.094	0.616	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2.094	0.616	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2.094	0.616	363
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2.094	0.616	61156
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	2.094	0.616	73
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	2.094	0.616	33

15 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0000161	0.642	0.628	0.635±0.007	Ar-Ar	youngest ashflow sheet	sanidine	92G5	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Lava Creek Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559
Jen_0000162	0.644	0.628	0.636±0.008	Ar-Ar	youngest ashflow sheet	sanidine	8YC-411	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Lava Creek Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559
Jen_0000162a	0.645	0.635	0.640±0.005	Ar-Ar	youngest ashflow sheet	sanidine	8YC-411	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Lava Creek Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559
Jen_0000163	0.656	0.634	0.645±0.011	Ar-Ar	youngest ashflow sheet	sanidine	7YC-325	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Lava Creek Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559
Jen_0000163a	0.639	0.631	0.635±0.004	Ar-Ar	youngest ashflow sheet	sanidine	7YC-325	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Lava Creek Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559
Jen_0000164	0.642	0.628	0.635±0.007	Ar-Ar	youngest ashflow sheet	sanidine	0YC-553	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Lava Creek Fallout Ash	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559
Jen_0000164a	0.634	0.616	0.625±0.009	Ar-Ar	youngest ashflow sheet	sanidine	0YC-553	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Lava Creek Fallout Ash	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559
Jen_0000165	0.644	0.638	0.641±0.003	Ar-Ar	youngest ashflow sheet	sanidine	8YC-413	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Lava Creek Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559
Jen_0000165a	0.647	0.639	0.643±0.004	Ar-Ar	youngest ashflow sheet	sanidine	8YC-413	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Lava Creek Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559
Jen_0000167	2.094	2.076	2.085±0.009	Ar-Ar	oldest ashflow sheet	sanidine	79Y-182A	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Huckleberry Ridge Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559	transitional remnant magnetization unique to this unit to confirm age
Jen_0000167a	2.061	2.037	2.049±0.012	Ar-Ar	oldest ashflow sheet	sanidine	79Y-182A	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Huckleberry Ridge Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559	transitional remnant magnetization unique to this unit to confirm age
Jen_0000168	2.06	2.04	2.050±0.010	Ar-Ar	oldest ashflow sheet	sanidine	79Y-1821	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Huckleberry Ridge Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559	transitional remnant magnetization unique to this unit to confirm age
Jen_0000168a	2.085	2.039	2.062±0.023	Ar-Ar	oldest ashflow sheet	sanidine	79Y-1821	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Huckleberry Ridge Tuff	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559	transitional remnant magnetization unique to this unit to confirm age
Jen_0000169	2.066	2.034	2.050±0.016	Ar-Ar	oldest ashflow sheet	sanidine	68-0-46	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Mount Everts	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559	transitional remnant magnetization unique to this unit to confirm age
Jen_0000169a	2.073	2.047	2.060±0.013	Ar-Ar	oldest ashflow sheet	sanidine	68-0-46	Sanidine	4239	Yellowstone National Park, USA	Mount Everts	Lanphere et al. (2002)	10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2	GSAB114_559	transitional remnant magnetization unique to this unit to confirm age

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