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Locality Name:
Deseret District (Desert Mountain District), Juab Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deseret District (Desert Mountain District), Juab Co., Utah, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Allison Knolls
Desert Mountain

Latitude: 39°47'48"N
Longitude: 112°35'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.796666666667,-112.58333333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu F Fe H O S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinelTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)40246
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127407211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42274072,2740745516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12740714979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24274068,274070,274072,27407427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12740723531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3274071,274072,27407424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32274072,27407414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127407212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22274068,27407239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24274069,274070,274071,27407261156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412740721655



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