Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Tie Siding Pegmatites, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 7137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tie Siding Pegmatites, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Copper Float Group - Tie Siding
Holiday Place Nos. 1 & 2 Pegmatites
Tie Siding Area (MRDS - 10132281)
Tie Siding Area (MRDS - 10181811)
Tie Siding Area (MRDS - 10229667)
Tie Siding Feldspar Pegmatite No. 1
Tie Siding Feldspar Pegmatite No. 2
Tie Siding Pegmatite No. 3 Prospect
Unknown Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10096584)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018714)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10018715)
West Dale Creek Pegmatite

Latitude: 41°2'53"N
Longitude: 105°25'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.048055555556,-105.42805555556

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 Cu H K O Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Si Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayCopperFeldsparMicaNoneQuartzZircon

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Copper  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Copper  (*)CopperCu160054112898093846
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)160054104924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21600541017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21600541128980961156
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)160054105251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
ree-006891600541Middle Proterozoic        7137Tie Siding Pegmatites, Albany Co., Wyoming, USATie SidingOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050128Tie Siding Pegmatites, Albany Co., Wyoming, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050128


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