Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver Crown Mining District, Laramie Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7296
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7296.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Crown Mining District, Laramie Co., Wyoming, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Agat Mine
Arizona Mine
Barlett Copper King Prospect
Bon Brothers Mine
Carbonate Belle Claim
Comstock Mine
Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10279273)
Eagle Mountain Group (Rambler- Covellite & Gertrude Claims)
Fairview Mine
Globe Mine
Gold Crater Group
Good Hope Mine
Grant Claim
Great Standard Group Mines
Hecla
Hecla Mine
Hermosetta Mine
Julia Lode Mine
King David Mine
Kopper Krown Group Mines
Lenox Mine
London Mine
Louise Mine
Monte Cristo Occurrence
Pacific Lode Occurrence
Rambler Prospect
Thunder Cloud Claim
Yellow Bird Mine

Latitude: 41°9'32"N
Longitude: 105°11'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.158888888889,-105.18666666667

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote
Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote
Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	292860	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	292854	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	292844,292852,292854	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	292844,292847	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	292849,292852,292854	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	292844	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	6	292841,292849,292852,292854,292861,292862	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	292844	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	292854	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	292854	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	292839,292844,292847,292857,292861,292862,292867	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	292844,292854	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	292844,292854	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	292844,292852,292854	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	292844,292854,292863	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	292854	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	292844,292849,292852,292854,292867	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	292849,292852	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	292839,292844,292847,292861,292862	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	292844,292854	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	3	292843,292856,292864	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	2	292843,292864	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	292864	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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