Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Diamond Alkali Daco No. 3
Grierson Well No. 1
John Hay Jr. Well No. 1
Perkins Well No. 1
Perkins Well No. 2
Trona Mine
Union Pacific Well No. 4
Westvaco Mine
William T. Rogers No. 1 Well

Latitude: 41°23'12"N
Longitude: 109°46'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.386666666667,-109.78222222222

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.

Alstonite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bradleyite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite
Clay	Elpidite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Labuntsovite	Marcasite	Mckelveyite
Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Northupite	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Talc	Wurtzite

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alstonite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bradleyite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite
Clay Elpidite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Kieserite Labuntsovite Marcasite Mckelveyite
Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Northupite Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Starkeyite Sulphur Talc Wurtzite

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Abelsonite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alstonite ()*	Analcime ()*
Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Bradleyite ()*
Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cryolite ()*	Dawsonite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Eitelite ()*	Elpidite ()*	Ewaldite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Garrelsite ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lazurite ()*	Leucosphenite ()*	Loughlinite ()*
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mckelveyite-(Y) ()*	Moissanite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Natron ()*
Nontronite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Norsethite ()*	Northupite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Paralabuntsovite-Mg ()*	Pirssonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Searlesite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Shortite ()*	Siderite ()*	Starkeyite ()*
Stevensite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Talc ()*
Trona ()*	Vinogradovite ()*	Wegscheiderite ()*	Witherite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Abelsonite ()*	Not in a structural group	NiC₃₁H₃₂N₄	0		10
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	293940	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Alstonite ()*	Alstonite	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	293942	24
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	293947	83
Bradleyite ()*	Bradleyite	Na₃Mg(PO₄)(CO₃)	2	293942,293947	14
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	293947,293948	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	0		113
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0		1252
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	0		50
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	293940,293942,293947	9895
Eitelite ()*	None	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂	0		20
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	0		50
Ewaldite ()*	Mckelveyite	BaCa(CO₃)₂·2.6H₂O	1	293940	8
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Garrelsite ()*	None	NaBa₃B₇Si₂O₁₆(OH)₄	0		5
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	293942	57
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	4	293941,293943,293944,293948	1398
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	293948	158
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	1	293948	37
Leucosphenite ()*	None	Na₄BaTi₂B₂Si₁₀O₃₀	1	293947	19
Loughlinite ()*	Clay	Na₂Mg₃Si₆O₁₆·8H₂O	3	293942,293946,293947	6
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		79
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Mckelveyite-(Y) ()*	Mckelveyite	NaBa₃CaY(CO₃)₆·3H₂O	1	293940	9
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	0		57
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	293942	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	0		405
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	3	293941,293943,293944	78
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	0		1236
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	0		51
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		471
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	0		64
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	1	293947	30
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl	1	293942	31
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Paralabuntsovite-Mg ()*	Labuntsovite	Na₈K₈Mg₄Ti₁₆(Si₄O₁₂)₈(OH,O)₁₆·20-24H₂O	1	293945	1
Pirssonite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·2H₂O	1	293942	19
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	293942,293947	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	293940,293942,293947	61156
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂	1	293947	34
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	0		241
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃	2	293942,293947	37
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	0		79
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		57
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	0		589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	0		139
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	293948	3337
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	6	293941,293942,293943,293944,293947,293948	129
Vinogradovite ()*	None	Na₄Ti₄(Si₂O₆)₂[(Si,Al)₄O₁₀]O₄·(H₂O,Na,K)₃	0		28
Wegscheiderite ()*	None	Na₅H₃(CO₃)₄	3	293941,293943,293944	8
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	293947	251
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	0		372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110214	Westvaco Mine, Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA	https://rruff.info/R110214

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