Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Haystack Range Pegmatite District, Goshen Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7273.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haystack Range Pegmatite District, Goshen Co., Wyoming, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Chicago Mine (Chicago Pegmatite; Spook No. 4 Mine)
Crystal Palace Pegmatite
Denver Pegmatite (Torrington No. 1 Pegmatite)
Haystack No. 1 Pegmatite
Haystack No. 2 Pegmatite
Minnie Pegmatite
New York Pegmatite
Ruth Pegmatite
Savage Pegmatite
Seward Pass
White Star Pegmatite

Latitude: 42°21'0"N
Longitude: 104°37'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.35,-104.62333333333

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.

Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 B Be Ca Fe H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Quartz Tourmaline

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Epidote ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	292421	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	9	292413,292414,292415,292417,292418,292419,292420,292421,292422	4286
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	8	292413,292414,292415,292416,292417,292419,292421,292423	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	292413,292414,292415,292416,292417,292418,292419,292420,292421,292423	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	292414,292421	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	292414	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	292413,292414,292415,292416,292417,292418,292419,292420,292421,292422,292423	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	7	292413,292414,292415,292416,292419,292420,292423	2705

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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