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<br />TABU: C. 2: AUTHIGENIC MINEEiA!'S IN THE GRecN RIVER FORMATION, PROM MILTON AND OTHF:RS, 1960.
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<br />ispecies capilaked are uni,/ue to the Green Rioer, and I/.o,e in italics are known e[,ewlleTe only in Igneou, or ",ctamorpl.ic rocb.
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<br />Sulfides Oxides
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<br />Pyrite reS,
<br />~brC:J.3ite FeS~
<br />'U Pyrrhotite re,..S
<br />.. \'lurtzite ZnS
<br />;(I
<br />'\:J....
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<br />Carb"onate.!
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<br />Calcite Caca,l
<br />Dolomite Ca~[g(CO~) 1
<br />Siderite FeCn,
<br />Magnesite MgC03
<br />. \Vitbetitc BaCO~
<br />(?)'"Alstonite.Brornlite" CaBa(Ca,),
<br />. Barytocalcite CaB.(Ca,),
<br />. Nahco!ite ;\iaHCO,l
<br />. Thermonatrite N<l:rCO:J'H:rO
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<br />Caruonate-phosphates
<br />BrtAOLEYlTE Na~PO,;~lgCO:i
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<br />!-iilkntc.t
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<br />Albite NaAISi ,a,
<br />e"' Ar.:dcite NaAISiJO,'H]O
<br />n" Sepiolite Hll_\fg.iSil~O.l,,(OH) "1"6H:zO
<br />LOt.'GIlU."ITE: Ni..l~~fglSjIlOIIll'8H:O
<br />. La})urllsovite (K.Ua,N.1,C.:l.~ln)
<br />(Ti,Nb) (Si,Al),(a,aH) ,H,a
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<br />Borosilicatf!s
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<br />nEED~fERG:-<t.ntTE NallSi"Oa
<br />~e:ulesite NaI3Si..O.'H;!.O
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<br />...
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<br />P hosphales
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<br />Fluorapatite CJ.1o(PO..)eF:
<br />Carbonate fluorapatite (collophane)
<br />. Ca,,(pa.l,Ca;H,a
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<br />,.
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<br />Sullates
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<br />(?)Anhydrite c.1Sa.
<br />(?) DJss.:lnite C.JSO~ ""H20
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<br />Hydrocarbons
<br />GilsQnite, uintahite, ut3.hite, tabbyite, ozokerite, ingramite,
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<br />"n
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<br />Quartz SiOl
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<br />Trona Na~CO.I'NaHCO) '2H~O
<br />ElTELrTE ~a,~lg(CaJ,
<br />Dawsonite ~~3A1{CO)}.1'2AI(Ol-I) 1
<br />Burba"We Na, (Ca,Sr,Da,Col). ((:0,,) ,.
<br />SlIOHTITE Nil~Ca~(COJ).1
<br />Plrssonite NalCa(CO~)2'2H::O
<br />Gaylussite Na,Ca(Ca,,);5Hp
<br />NORSETIHTE BaMg(Ca,),
<br />~~EW UN.....A~f.CD) 3NaHCO..';\.I,CO. .
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<br />Carbonatc-chlorid,:,s
<br />Northupite NalCOJ'~rgCO.I.NaCI .
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<br />Acmite :'\i1FC'.:'lSi::O..
<br />flpidite Na~ZrSi"Otr.'JIl~O
<br />Magnesiorichcckitc (crocidolitc). pI!....
<br />Na, ('lg.Fe), (Fe,Al) ,5"0,, (OH I,
<br />Clay minerals
<br />K.feldspar
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<br />CAI\flELSITE (Ua,Ca),tg) ~HISiBJOlQ l
<br />Leucosphenite CaDaNa'IDTiaSi,Qu
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<br />Halides
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<br />,.
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<br />NE.;IGIlBOrHT'E: ~a.:\fgFJ
<br />Cryolite SaJ..uF.
<br />Halite
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<br />(?)Cyp.,um CaSa;2H,o
<br />n;lrit~ [3a50 ~
<br />Celestite SrSO,
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<br />albertite, coal, etc.
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<br />"r preceding mineral name indicates uncertainty as to its e:dstellce in the Green Ri....e-r. "Alstonitc-bromlite" m:lY be bilni:oc:ucite.
<br />Anhydrite. b~ssalljte. and gypsum may have formed. in the we-t drill ~lJttings during storage..'. '.
<br />Source: Ja:~~d, Z982, p: 12. For a more recent dGsc~:ption~ see Mitton's '~nner~Zo~~ of
<br />the Green River Fo:t.'mation~" pY'eDaYed [01' the V.3.G.S. and George v/G.3hiT:.~-:on
<br />University, !:epa:t'tment of C""JoLog:;, Oct. ~977. -
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