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Locality Name:
Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6.1

mindat Locality ID: 7159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 51
Child Localities:
2 D Pit (Day Loma)
A Ore Body Prospect
A-B Claims
AEC Airborne Anomaly No. 2 Occurrence
AEC Airborne Anomaly No. 3 Occurrence
AEC Airborne Anomaly No. 6 Martha No. 7 Claims (Martha No. 7 Claims)
AEC Airborne Anomaly No. 6 Occurrence
AEC Airborne Anomaly No. 7 Occurrence
AEC Airborne Anomaly No. 8 Occurrence
AEC Airborne Anomaly No. 9 Occurrence
Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC
Arbob Claims
Arbor No. 4 & 5 Claims
Big Smith No. 1 Prospect
Boundary Overstripping Utah Construction Pr
Como Ridge Prospect
Dave Pit
Dave Section 10 Pit (Dave And T G S)
Discovery Location
E Ore Body Prospect
Gafco Claim
Getty Oil's Boundary Overstripping (Getty Mine Proposed)
Hurda Group Claims
Iron Mine (MRDS - 10080891)
Jenie Claim No. 1
Jenkins Project
Little Buck Claims
Mall Lease
Martha Claims
Medicine Bow Rim
North Walker Mine
Nu-Hot Spot No. 7 Claim
NW Ore Body Prospect
Petrotomics Mine
Shirley Basin Mine
Shirley Basin Mine (Utah Mines; F Group Mine)
Shirley Basin North
Shirley Basin South
Shirley Basin West
Shirley No. 22 Occurrence
South Walker-Sullivan
Sullivan Mine
TSG No. 1 Pit
Unknown - P. T. Jenkins Property (MRDS - 10278628)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10157433)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10278659)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10279136)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10205639)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10278883)
West Shirley Basin Occurrence
Wyoming State

Latitude: 42°22'37"N
Longitude: 106°12'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.376944444444,-106.21166666667
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: C Ca F Fe H K Na O P S Se Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca F Fe H K Na O P S Se Si U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteCalciteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzSulphur
Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Ferroselite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schröckingerite  (*)Selenium  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O23906.101272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)129079627770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O23906.101184
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1290798566
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe2129079651
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)23906.107437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32290786,29079614640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22290765,2907965674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22290765,29079639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223906.1061156
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O23906.10128
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe23906.10143
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O23906.10628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO24290765,290796,290798,2908122718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O23906.10890


37 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
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01968_206_23816.916.916.9206_238 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01968_207_206115011501150207_206 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01968_207_23528.428.428.4207_235 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01969_206_2386.16.16.1206_238 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01969_207_206239023902390207_206 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01969_207_23520.120.120.1207_235 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01970_206_2386.16.16.1206_238 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01970_207_206222022202220207_206 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01970_207_23518.318.318.3207_235 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01971_206_23813.613.613.6206_238 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01971_207_206650650650207_206 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01971_207_235181818207_235 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01972_206_2389.39.39.3206_238 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01972_207_206164016401640207_206 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01972_207_23520.220.220.2207_235 uraninite, pitchblende     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01973_206_23891.691.691.6206_238 pyrite   Pyrite  171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01973_207_206610610610207_206 pyrite   Pyrite  171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01973_207_235114114114207_235 pyrite   Pyrite  171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01975_206_238277277277206_238 pyrite   Pyrite  171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01975_207_206170170170207_206 pyrite   Pyrite  171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01975_207_235267267267207_235 pyrite   Pyrite  171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01976_206_238109109109206_238 pyrite   Pyrite  171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01976_207_206430430430207_206 pyrite   Pyrite  171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01976_207_235125125125207_235 pyrite   Pyrite  171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01977_206_23823.223.223.2206_238Whole ore deposit      171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01977_207_206450450450207_206Whole ore deposit      171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01977_207_23527.727.727.7207_235Whole ore deposit      171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01978_206_23818.118.118.1206_238Whole ore deposit      171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01978_207_206560560560207_206Whole ore deposit      171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01978_207_23522.922.922.9207_235Whole ore deposit      171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01980_206_23817.517.517.5206_238Whole ore deposit      171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01980_207_206810810810207_206Whole ore deposit      171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01980_207_23524.924.924.9207_235Whole ore deposit      171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01982_206_23888.788.788.7206_238 charcoal     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01982_207_23523.223.223.2207_235 charcoal     171415Airborne Anomaly No. 1 AEC, Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00059_206_23828.518.523.5±5206_238 whole rock     171938Dave Section 10 Pit (Dave And T G S), Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00059_207_23529.519.524.5±5207_235 whole rock     171938Dave Section 10 Pit (Dave And T G S), Shirley Basin District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 

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