Zirkel Mesa, Leucite Hills Mining District, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Zirkel Mesa | Mesa |
| Leucite Hills Mining District | Mining District |
| Sweetwater County | County |
| Wyoming | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 47' 30'' North , 108° 55' 32'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Superior | 229 (2010) | 4.9km |
| Reliance | 714 (2011) | 26.3km |
| Rock Springs | 23,962 (2017) | 32.3km |
| North Rock Springs | 2,207 (2011) | 32.7km |
| Clearview Acres | 795 (2011) | 37.4km |
A K-aggregates occurrence/pit operation located in the E½ T21N, R102W, and into western T21N, R101W, 6th PM.
Mineralization is a 0.95 Ma old volcanic deposit with cinder cones and lava flows of diopside-sanidine-phlogopite lamproite (orendite). Vugs in some of the flows are filled with microcrystals of potassic-jeanlouisite, priderite, and apatite-(CaF).
Zirkel Mesa is the largest in the region. Complex flows appear to have issued from several conduits. The lavas rest on rocks of "Montana" age which have been cut by at least three faults; therefore the flows are later than the faulting. There are four cones of fragmental pumice on the mesa and one of consolidated lava. The mesa covers 3,300 acres, and the lava has an average thickness of 75 feet. The rock in the nearly horizontal part of the mesa has indicated and inferred reserves of 940,005,000 tons of leucite rock, or 94,000,500 tons of K2O. Irregularities such as cones, protuberances, etc. contain 1202,336,276 tons of rock, or 10,233,627 tons of K2O.
Part of the mesa is actually quarried for road gravel, and it is listed as a potassium deposit by the WGS.
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8 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.
Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F |
| ⓘ Leucite Formula: K(AlSi2O6) |
| ⓘ Noonkanbahite Formula: BaKNaTi2(Si4O12)O2 Description: Initially described as shcherbakovite, but the chemical composition corresponds to the newly redefined noonkanbahite |
| ⓘ Oxyphlogopite Formula: K(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)2 |
| ⓘ Potassic-fluoro-richterite Formula: {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| ⓘ Potassic-jeanlouisite (TL) Formula: K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2 Type Locality: References: Oberti, Roberta, Boiocchi, Massimo, Hawthorne, Frank C., Della Ventura, Giancarlo, Färber, Gunnar (2019) Potassic-jeanlouisite from Leucite Hill, Wyoming, USA, ideally K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2: the first species of oxo amphibole in the sodium–calcium subgroup. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (4) 587-593 doi:10.1180/mgm.2019.38 |
| ⓘ Priderite Formula: K(Ti4+7Fe3+)O16 |
| ⓘ Sanidine Formula: K(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ Formula: (K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2 Description: Initially described as shcherbakovite, but chemical composition corresponds to the newly redefined noonkanbahite |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Priderite | 4.DK.05b | K(Ti4+7Fe3+)O16 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorapatite | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Potassic-fluoro-richterite | 9.DE.20 | {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Potassic-jeanlouisite (TL) | 9.DE.25 | K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2 |
| ⓘ | Shcherbakovite ? | 9.DH.20 | (K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2 |
| ⓘ | Noonkanbahite | 9.DH.20 | BaKNaTi2(Si4O12)O2 |
| ⓘ | Oxyphlogopite | 9.EC.20 | K(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)2 |
| ⓘ | Sanidine | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ | Leucite | 9.GB.05 | K(AlSi2O6) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Potassic-fluoro-richterite | {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| O | ⓘ Leucite | K(AlSi2O6) |
| O | ⓘ Priderite | K(Ti74+Fe3+)O16 |
| O | ⓘ Sanidine | K(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Shcherbakovite | (K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2 |
| O | ⓘ Potassic-fluoro-richterite | {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Noonkanbahite | BaKNaTi2(Si4O12)O2 |
| O | ⓘ Oxyphlogopite | K(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)2 |
| O | ⓘ Potassic-jeanlouisite | K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| F | ⓘ Potassic-fluoro-richterite | {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| F | ⓘ Oxyphlogopite | K(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Shcherbakovite | (K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2 |
| Na | ⓘ Potassic-fluoro-richterite | {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| Na | ⓘ Noonkanbahite | BaKNaTi2(Si4O12)O2 |
| Na | ⓘ Potassic-jeanlouisite | K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Potassic-fluoro-richterite | {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Oxyphlogopite | K(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Potassic-jeanlouisite | K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Leucite | K(AlSi2O6) |
| Al | ⓘ Sanidine | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Oxyphlogopite | K(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Leucite | K(AlSi2O6) |
| Si | ⓘ Sanidine | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Shcherbakovite | (K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2 |
| Si | ⓘ Potassic-fluoro-richterite | {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Noonkanbahite | BaKNaTi2(Si4O12)O2 |
| Si | ⓘ Oxyphlogopite | K(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Potassic-jeanlouisite | K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Leucite | K(AlSi2O6) |
| K | ⓘ Priderite | K(Ti74+Fe3+)O16 |
| K | ⓘ Sanidine | K(AlSi3O8) |
| K | ⓘ Shcherbakovite | (K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2 |
| K | ⓘ Potassic-fluoro-richterite | {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Noonkanbahite | BaKNaTi2(Si4O12)O2 |
| K | ⓘ Oxyphlogopite | K(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)2 |
| K | ⓘ Potassic-jeanlouisite | K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Ca | ⓘ Potassic-fluoro-richterite | {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Potassic-jeanlouisite | K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Priderite | K(Ti74+Fe3+)O16 |
| Ti | ⓘ Shcherbakovite | (K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2 |
| Ti | ⓘ Noonkanbahite | BaKNaTi2(Si4O12)O2 |
| Ti | ⓘ Oxyphlogopite | K(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)2 |
| Ti | ⓘ Potassic-jeanlouisite | K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Priderite | K(Ti74+Fe3+)O16 |
| Fe | ⓘ Oxyphlogopite | K(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)2 |
| Nb | Niobium | |
| Nb | ⓘ Shcherbakovite | (K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Shcherbakovite | (K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2 |
| Ba | ⓘ Noonkanbahite | BaKNaTi2(Si4O12)O2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Bridger BasinBasin
- Idaho-Wyoming Thrust Belt–Greater Green River BasinBasin
- Middle Rocky MountainsOrogenic Belt
- Wyoming DomainDomain
USA
- Green River FormationFormation
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater TroughBasin
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References
[1]Osterwald, F.W., Osterwald, D.B., Long, J.S. Jr., Wilson, W. H. (1966) Mineral Resources Of Wyoming. Bulletin 50. Wyoming Geological Survey pp.154-155
Mitchell, Roger H. (1990) Shcherbakovite in leucite phlogopite lamproites from the Leucite Hills, Wyoming. Mineralogical Magazine, 54 (377) 645-646 doi:10.1180/minmag.1990.054.377.18
Oberti, Roberta, Boiocchi, Massimo, Hawthorne, Frank C., Della Ventura, Giancarlo, Färber, Gunnar (2019) Potassic-jeanlouisite from Leucite Hill, Wyoming, USA, ideally K(NaCa)(Mg4Ti)Si8O22O2: the first species of oxo amphibole in the sodium–calcium subgroup. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (4) 587-593 doi:10.1180/mgm.2019.38
Zirkel Mesa, Leucite Hills Mining District, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA