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Locality Name:
Carisa Mine (Carissa Mine; Clarissa Mine), Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 9610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carisa Mine (Carissa Mine; Clarissa Mine), Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°55'37"N
Longitude: 112°6'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.926944444444,-112.10138888889

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteApatiteArsenicBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteCopper
CyanotrichiteDiasporeEnargiteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltStibniteWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Enargite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Kettnerite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)32320254
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)632320919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2323205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3232011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi323201966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3323201935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)32320716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6323201633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3232027770
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl323201382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O323203531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)32320363
Copper  (*)CopperCu323203846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O323202970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)232320179
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)32320220
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS432320910
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)323207437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3232030554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O323201689
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F3232046
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23232012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl323201107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O32320168
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)32320492
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)32320140
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)3232053
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)232320454
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O323201153



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00496323232     Yes  4192Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USATintic–East TinticSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050659Carisa Mine (Carissa Mine; Clarissa Mine), Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050659
R050469Carisa Mine (Carissa Mine; Clarissa Mine), Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050469


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