Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Copper Bottom Mine, Hartville Uplift Mining District, Goshen Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1716
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1712

mindat Locality ID: 7531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Bottom Mine, Hartville Uplift Mining District, Goshen Co., Wyoming, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tetrahedrite

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 As C Ca Cu H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Tetrahedrite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1716	1712	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1716	1712	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1716	1712	3531
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1716	1712	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1716	1712	61156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1716	1712	1803

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
	Bradley_2012_089	1716	1712	1714±2	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			7272	Hartville Uplift Mining District, Goshen Co., Wyoming, USA	[Hartville Uplift]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

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