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Locality Name:
Seminoe Mountains District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seminoe Mountains District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Apex Adit
Bradley Peak Area Occurrence
Charlie's Glory Hole Occurrence
Charlie's Glory Hole Prospect
Deserted Treasure Mine
Hope Mine
Junk Creek Mines
King Mine
Long Creek Area 2 Prospect
Sage Creek Mine
Seminoe Mountains Area Prospect
Seminoe Mountains Prospect (MRDS - 10254748)
Seminoe Mountains Prospects (Greely Iron Placer; Calca Tor Claim; Grant Iron Placer; Domingo Claim; Midnight Iron Placer; New Year C Laim)
Star Mine
Sunday Morning Creek Prospect
Sunday Morning Prospect
Unidentified Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10080865)
Unidentified Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10080867)
Unidentified Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10080880)
Unidentified Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10080881)
Unidentified Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10080908)
Unidentified Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10080909)
Unidentified Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10096580)
Unidentified Prospect (MRDS - 10080907)
Unknown Abrasive - Garnet Occurrence (MRDS - 10132605)
Unknown Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10159122)
Unknown Gemstone Prospect (MRDS - 10157345)
Unknown Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10279177)
Unnamed Placers
Wood Creek

Latitude: 42°10'36"N
Longitude: 107°1'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.176666666667,-107.02666666667
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: Ag Al Au Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteCopperCorundumGarnetNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12907413531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12907412970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612907544135
Gold  (*)CopperAu7290724,290726,290729,290730,290741,290749,29075430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310290732,290738,290742,290743,290744,290745,290746,290747,290748,29074914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4129073814899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31290754341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27290724,290726,290729,290732,290735,290738,29074161156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12907495186


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