Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Grand Canyon Of The Yellowstone, Park Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.489
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.469

mindat Locality ID: 277797
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277797.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grand Canyon Of The Yellowstone, Park Co., Wyoming, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Seven Mile Well

Latitude: 44°45'10"N
Longitude: 110°24'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.752777777778,-110.40527777778

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.

Amorphous	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Fe H K N O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Buddingtonite ()*	Dickite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Slawsonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0.489	0.469	1	293516	966
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈	0.489	0.469	1	293516	27
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0.489	0.469	1	293516	651
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0.489	0.469	1	293516	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0.489	0.469	1	293516	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0.489	0.469	1	293516	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.489	0.469	1	293516	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.489	0.469	1	293516	61156
Slawsonite ()*	None	Sr(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0.489	0.469	1	293516	12

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-61972	0.489	0.469	0.479±0.01					61972						214684	Seven Mile Well, Grand Canyon Of The Yellowstone, Park Co., Wyoming, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

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