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Locality Name:
Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 29426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
American Star Mine
Black Warrior Prospects (North Beck Group)
Black Warrior Shaft Occurrence (North Beck Group)
Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock)
Chief No. 1 Mine (Chief Consolidated Mine)
Chief No. 2 Shaft (Chief Consolidated Mine)
Cole Canyon South Prospects (North Beck Group)
Dagmar Mine
Dagmar Shaft Occurrence (North Western Group)
Dollar Bill And Cuban Claims
Eagle And Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell; Wyoming Mine)
Eureka Hill Mine
Evan's Mine Area Prospects (Chief Consolidated Group)
Evans Mine
Garity Quarry
General Logan Shaft Occurrence (Bullion Beck And Champion Group)
Godiva Mine (Godiva Shaft)
Homestake Mine
Jenny Lind Canyon South Prospects (Shamrock And Lucky Strike Groups)
Keystone Prospect
Keystone Ridge NW Prospects
North Beck Shaft And Nearby Prospects (North Beck Group)
North Western Group Prospects
Paxman Prospect
Plutus Mine (Tetro Mine)
Porphyry Flat Prospects (North Beck Group)
Raymond Prospect (Raymond-Illinois Mine)
Retribution Shaft Occurrence (Raymond-Illinois Group)
Ridge And Valley Mine
Sacramento Shaft Occurrence (North Beck Group)
Snell Ranch Workings Occurrence
Snowflake Shaft Occurrence
St. Louis Group
SW Packard Peak Adit Occurrence (Chief Consolidated Group)
Tetro Mine

Latitude: 39°57'15"N
Longitude: 112°7'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.954166666667,-112.12638888889

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Autunite	Baryte
Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Coronadite
Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Dugganite	Enargite	Germanite	Gilmarite	Jalpaite	Linarite
Malachite	Marcasite	Matlockite	Mica	Minium	Mixite	Natrochalcite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite
Philipsburgite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite
Wurtzite	Zemannite

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 Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl F H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Autunite Baryte
Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Carminite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay Connellite Copper Coronadite
Corundum Covellite Devilline Diaspore Dugganite Enargite Germanite Gilmarite Jalpaite Linarite
Malachite Marcasite Matlockite Mica Minium Mixite Natrochalcite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite
Philipsburgite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tyrolite
Wurtzite Zemannite

115 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*
Argentojarosite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenocrandallite ()*	Arsenogoyazite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Cesbronite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Colusite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Daubréeite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*	Duftite ()*
Dugganite ()*	Enargite ()*	Eurekadumpite ()*	Frankhawthorneite ()*	Galena ()*
Gartrellite ()*	Gilmarite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jensenite ()*	Juabite ()*
Kettnerite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Leisingite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mcalpineite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Minium ()*	Minrecordite ()*	Mixite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Philipsburgite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Preisingerite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Quetzalcoatlite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Segnitite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strashimirite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Tellurite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tsumcorite ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Utahite ()*
Wurtzite ()*	Xocomecatlite ()*	Zemannite ()*	Zeunerite ()*	Zunyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	32	32	3	274162,274163,274169	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	1	274162	254
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	1	274169	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	32	32	4	274162,274169,274170,274175	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	32	32	1	274162	246
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	1	274169	58
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	32	32	1	274162	194
Arsenocrandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	32	32	1	274162	12
Arsenogoyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	32	32	1	274162	21
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	32	32	1	274162	919
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	1	274162	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	32	32	1	274162	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	32	32	1	274162	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	32	32	4	274162,274167,274169,274170	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	32	32	1	274162	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	32	32	1	274162	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	32	32	1	274162	450
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	32	32	1	274169	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	32	32	1	274169	71
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	32	32	1	274169	716
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	32	32	2	274162,274170	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	32	32	1	274162	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32	32	3	274162,274164,274169	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	32	32	1	274162	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	32	32	6	274162,274163,274169,274170,274175,274188	4979
Cesbronite ()*	None	Cu₃Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₄	32	32	1	274162	3
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	32	32	1	274162	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	32	32	1	274162	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	32	32	1	274162	90
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	32	32	5	274162,274163,274169,274170,274175	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	32	32	1	274162	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	32	32	1	274162	127
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	32	32	1	274162	110
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	1	274162	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	32	32	1	274162	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	32	32	1	274162	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	32	32	1	274162	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	32	32	1	274162	175
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	32	32	1	274162	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	32	32	1	274162	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	32	32	1	274162	2970
Daubréeite ()*	Matlockite	BiO(OH)	32	32	1	274169	13
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	32	32	1	274162	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	32	32	18	274160,274161,274162,274163,274164,274165,274167,274171,274174,274179,274180,274181,274182,274185,274186,274189,274191,274192	9895
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	1	274162	220
Dugganite ()*	Dugganite	Pb₃Zn₃(TeO₆)(AsO₄)₂	32	32	1	274162	18
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	32	32	5	274162,274163,274169,274170,274177	910
Eurekadumpite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Cu,Zn)₁₆(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(AsO₄)₃Cl(OH)₁₈·7H₂O	32	32	1	274162	5
Frankhawthorneite ()*	None	Cu₂Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₂	32	32	1	274162	2
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	32	32	8	274162,274163,274164,274167,274169,274170,274175,274177	24243
Gartrellite ()*	None	PbCuFe³⁺(AsO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	32	32	1	274162	41
Gilmarite ()*	Gilmarite	Cu²⁺₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	32	32	1	274162	8
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	32	32	3	274162,274164,274170	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	32	32	4	274162,274163,274169,274170	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	32	32	1	274162	72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	32	32	5	274160,274162,274165,274168,274180	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	32	32	1	274162	1689
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	32	32	1	274162	82
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	32	32	1	274163	69
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	1	274170	65
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	32	32	1	274162	1066
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	32	32	1	274162	116
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	3	274162,274169,274170	2228
Jensenite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃Te⁶⁺O₆·2H₂O	32	32	1	274162	3
Juabite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaCu₁₀(Te⁴⁺O₃)₄(AsO₄)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	32	32	1	274162	6
Kettnerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBiO(CO₃)F	32	32	1	274162	46
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	32	32	1	274162	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	32	32	1	274170	265
Leisingite ()*	None	Cu₂MgTe⁶⁺O₆·6H₂O	32	32	1	274162	2
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	32	32	1	274170	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	32	32	1	274162	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	32	32	1	274162	5674
Mcalpineite ()*	None	Cu₃Te⁶⁺O₆	32	32	1	274162	12
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	32	32	1	274162	182
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	32	32	1	274162	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	32	32	1	274175	247
Minrecordite ()*	None	CaZn(CO₃)₂	32	32	1	274162	8
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	32	32	1	274162	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	32	32	1	274162	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	2	274162,274170	254
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	2	274162,274170	492
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	32	32	1	274162	249
Philipsburgite ()*	Philipsburgite	Cu₅Zn(AsO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	32	32	1	274162	31
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	32	32	1	274170	142
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	32	32	1	274162	158
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	2	274162,274163	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	32	32	1	274162	716
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	32	32	1	274162	309
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	32	32	1	274162	53
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	32	32	1	274163	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	32	32	1	274163	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32	32	3	274162,274163,274177	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	32	32	2	274162,274180	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	32	32	1	274170	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	32	8	274162,274163,274164,274167,274169,274170,274173,274177	61156
Quetzalcoatlite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃Zn₆Te⁶⁺₂O₁₂(OH)₆·(Ag,Pb, )Cl	32	32	1	274162	6
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	32	32	1	274162	454
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	32	32	1	274162	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	32	32	1	274162	134
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	32	32	2	274162,274163	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	32	32	3	274163,274169,274175	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	32	32	4	274163,274164,274167,274170	21482
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	32	32	1	274162	90
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	32	32	1	274162	105
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂	32	32	1	274162	52
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	32	32	1	274162	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	32	32	2	274162,274164	5317
Tsumcorite ()*	Natrochalcite	PbZn₂(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	32	32	1	274162	29
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	32	32	1	274162	245
Utahite ()*	None	MgCu²⁺₄Zn₂Te⁶⁺₃O₁₄(OH)₄·6H₂O	32	32	1	274162	4
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	32	32	2	274162,274163	372
Xocomecatlite ()*	None	Cu₃(Te⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	32	32	1	274162	10
Zemannite ()*	Zemannite	Mg_0.5ZnFe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·nH₂O (3≤n≤4.5)	32	32	1	274162	7
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	32	32	1	274162	185
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	32	32	0		86

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
	sedznpb-00496	32	32	32							Yes				4192	Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA	Tintic–East Tintic	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100039	Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA	https://rruff.info/R100039
R070138	Eureka Hill Mine, Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA	https://rruff.info/R070138

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